The “VIX” is the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index. Created in 1986, it measures the stock market’s expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index option’s price movement. It is ...
Subscribers to our Substack, The Contrarian Edge, received this commentary on Sunday, May 17. Digging through the crates in Schaeffer’s backroom recently, I came across a relic of a lost age. A ...
Sentiment trading uses retail trader data to measure sentiment and forecast trends based on trader market positions. The sentiment is the mood or tone of the market and a measure of how traders expect ...
The VIX is on a streak of trading below 20 The S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been in a steady uptrend for several months now. Naturally, this has led to a subdued CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). In case you’re ...