CBOE Volatility Index $VIX headed for lowest close since Liberation Day 🥳

Futures continue to fall after Nvidia $NVDA news: $VIX now up 7.7% S&P 500 down 1.48% US Tech 100 down 2.26% Ouch. Link:

Futures right now: $VIX up 5% S&P 500 down 0.89% US tech 100 down 1.54%! Link:

Market $SPX $SPY volatility continued to fall today. IV rank now 45 from 48, IV percentile dropped to 6%(!!!), IV regime still elevated due to $VIX. $VIX fell 2.36%, with some buyers stepping in from yesterday, but mostly buying the May $16 put. Link:

US Treasury Secretary Bessent just said: The VIX $VIX has spiked and likely peaked. Below you can see our volatility dashboards, showing where volatility exists and doesn't in the markets! Take a read! Link:

Market $SPY $SPX volatility is falling, now down to 48 IV rank, only a 30% IV percentile. The vol regime is still "high", but Vol of Vol is falling. Looking at $VIX, you see most people today targetting $16 puts for June, with 70k in volume today. Are you buying vol here?

JUST IN: Futures market is now open. Russell 2000 futures up 1.32% S&P 500 $SPX $SPY up +1.2% Nasdaq 100 up +1.3% $VIX down 3.61% Link:

The last five years of trading have had numerous "once in a lifetime" events. For example: 2020 - Covid crash market falling 34% 2021 - US Capitol Protests, $GME GameStop $AMC and other buy button removed 2022 - Ukraine Russia War, Global inflation surge, FTX Collapse 2023 - Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Signature bank Collapse, First Republic Bank Collapse, Israel-Hamas conflict 2024 - China Stock market crash falling 26%, Yen Carry Trade Unwind leading to third highest $VIX, Tokyo Stock market Crash falling 12.4% in one day 2025 - Trump tariff trade conflict, leading to the worst drop ever in the $DOW, Nasdaq $NDX down 11%, $SPY down 17% YTD Many lifetimes lived.

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BREAKING: Markets are less than one percen, now only a few points, from limit downs. $VIX is up 57%, trading at $52. Fastest fall since March 2020th (beating April 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th of 2025, insanely the last few days).

Today was: - The biggest upside moves ever in the DOW $DOW, Nasdaq $NDX, and the S&P 500 $SPY $SPX - The best day in the markets since 2008, 9th best day ever for $SPY, 2nd best day for $NDX - $VIX fell 35%!!! - The most 0DTE options activity ever (calls exploded)

Futures are open and opened deeply red. Nasdaq $NDX $QQQ futures down 1.15% S&P 500 $SPY $SPX futures down 1.11% Russell 2000 $IWM Futures down 1.26$ $VIX up 3.25% Link:

$VIX > 50

$VIX is below $40 again, down 20% today.

Futures open slightly green, $VIX down. Link:

$VIX is back below $50 after spiking to $60 overnight. It is up nearly 100% in a week. Where do you think volatility goes from here?

Here are all the markets that hit circuit breakers today so far: China Taiwan Japan Russell Futures Australia Singapore $VIX is up 14.62%.

$VIX futures touched $40, up +20%.

过去五年的机会，你抓住了几个？

The last five years of trading have had numerous "once in a lifetime" events. For example: 2020 - Covid crash market falling 34% 2021 - US Capitol Protests, $GME GameStop $AMC and other buy button removed 2022 - Ukraine Russia War, Global inflation surge, FTX Collapse 2023 - Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Signature bank Collapse, First Republic Bank Collapse, Israel-Hamas conflict 2024 - China Stock market crash falling 26%, Yen Carry Trade Unwind leading to third highest $VIX, Tokyo Stock market Crash falling 12.4% in one day 2025 - Trump tariff trade conflict, leading to the worst drop ever in the $DOW, Nasdaq $NDX down 11%, $SPY down 17% YTD Lots of lifetimes lived.

BREAKING: The VIX, $VIX, is at $40, up 32% today. It is up 108% this week.

Premkt $VIX: 38 $BABA: -8.29% $JD: -7.77% $XPEV: -7.49% $AMZN: -5.40% $AMD: -5.29% $INTC: -5.22% $TSLA: -5.13% $AAPL: -4.73% $NIO: -4.55% $NKE: -4.41% $MSFT: -4.38% $META: -4.25% $RIVN: -3.82% $NVDA: -3.80% $GOOGL: -3.07% $AMC: -2.27%

Uh oh. $VIX is up 33% today.

$VIX > 29

Wow. Futures are collapsing as markets fall following Trump's US Tariff "Liberation day" announcements. US Tech 100 down 4.18% S&P 500 $SPY $SPX down 3.52% Russel 200 down 4.74% Nasdaq 100 down 4.34% $VIX up 6.26% Ouch...

The market is absolutely DUMPING after Trump's press conference: Nasdaq down, US Tech 100 -4.05% $SPY, $SPX down -3.04% Russel 2k down -5%!!!! $VIX up 4.22% Futures deep, deep, deep red.

*U.S. STOCK FUTURES FALL, VIX JUMPS AS TRADERS AWAIT TRUMP TARIFFS $SPY $QQQ $VIX 🇺🇸

$VIX futures are up 5%, while US Tech 100 futures are down over 1% tonight. Ouch.

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$VIX big 24c 3/18 player from mid February unwound a majority of their position with the VIX at ~27. VIX now 24

$VIX now down over 20% since the big call buyer closed the bulk of their position

⚠️BREAKING: *U.S. STOCK FUTURES TUMBLE, VIX JUMPS AS SELLOFF RESUMES ON TARIFF, GROWTH CONCERNS $SPY $QQQ $VIX 🇺🇸

*U.S. STOCK FUTURES RISE IN SUNDAY NIGHT TRADE AS INVESTORS BRACE FOR TRUMP TARIFFS, JOBS REPORT $SPY $QQQ $VIX 🇺🇸

$VIX > 20

LONG ⚠️

*U.S. STOCKS FALL, VIX JUMPS AS S&P 500, NASDAQ PULL BACK FROM RECORDS $SPY $QQQ $VIX 🇺🇸

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$VIX below 15

The last time the $VIX spiked so hard, the FED choose to cut interest rates and inject liquidity into the economy. That marked the beginning of the #Bitcoin bull market. Will history repeat?

$VIX is at the second highest level since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.