The last time the $VIX was this low the $SPX was over 1300.  In addition, the $VIX is quite a bit below it's November lows, while the $SPX is still below it's November highs.  This divergence leads me to believe that once this melt up is over, the market is going to take the elevator shaft down.  At the very least, I would expect the $VIX to meet it's 20-day SMA again in the next couple of weeks, as we're quite a bit below it at the moment.

    Fwiw, there's a new moon tomorrow, which in the past have marked some sort of turning point (although I wouldn't trade off of this).

    Sometimes the moon is aligned

    Posted by steveo on 23rd of Dec 2011 at 09:18 pm

    Sometimes the moon is aligned with the markets and sometimes it is not.   It may be coming back into vogue.

     

    Yes that's correct, sometimes the

    Posted by matt on 23rd of Dec 2011 at 11:20 pm

    Yes that's correct, sometimes the moon cycles are right on and sometimes they are not.  Basically uou look for inflection points at those cycles, but if no price inflection occurs then you ignore it and expect price to continue in the direction and extend to the next cycle etc.

    here's an updated chart with all the cycles.  The new moon is tomorrow and the next full moon is on Jan 9th.  

    At the rate the market

    Posted by tomW1 on 23rd of Dec 2011 at 08:32 pm

    At the rate the market is rising it will be at 1300 soon.....and therefore the $VIX should be in line, correct?

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