Prepare for the Stock Market’s Volatility to Increase
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018 Sep 19, 2018 - 11:03 AM GMTBy: Troy_Bombardia
As you probably know, volatility has been notably absent from the U.S. stock market over the past 3-4 months. The S&P 500 has been rising in a slow and steady pace while VIX has been falling.
The S&P 500 has gone 75 consecutive days without a >1% daily gain. Here’s what happens next to the S&P (historically).
As you can see, this isn’t necessarily bearish for the U.S. stock market, even though the # of positive cases do start to fall after 6 months.
But here’s the more interesting point I want to show you. Look at the historical cases from 1990-present (when we have $VIX data)
These marked important long term bottoms in VIX. VIX tends to rise significantly over the next 6 months when the stock market’s volatility is very low (i.e. right now).
The S&P 500 has gone 75 consecutive days without a >1% daily gain. Here’s what happens next to VIX (historically)
This is a medium term bullish sign for VIX.
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By Troy Bombardia
I’m Troy Bombardia, the author behind BullMarkets.co. I used to run a hedge fund, but closed it due to a major health scare. I am now enjoying life and simply investing/trading my own account. I focus on long term performance and ignore short term performance.
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