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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (21578)	4/16/2010 5:22:05 PM
From: da_cheif™	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50010

vix is goin to 8......and will stay under 10 for a very long time....as for the buck......its a very long way from its high........as for bubble territory.....lol that word bubble has been used and abused ever since ive been doin this from the 60s heres an example of the thots of tulip mania 28 years ago.. workers.org amazingly the fear of heights is keep the wall of worry intact......

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (21578)	5/5/2010 10:10:24 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	4 Recommendations Respond to of 50010

Got VIX? re: "The VIX was awfully cheap given the extreme bullishness in option speculation and we got a nice pop today..." Message #21578 from SliderOnTheBlack at 4/16/2010 4:39:14 PM Message 26467596 -------------------------------------------------------------- So it was written... $VIX now up + 38% in less than 3 weeks (+47%) at the morning high... Given the near historic level of bullish speculation in options, and the $VIX being ridiculously cheap - it was cheap insurance. I hope you bought some (cheap insurance). I also hope everyone heeded the "heads up" on mining stocks. It's not just "windfall profits taxes" on miners, it's the Sovereign Debt Dominos, it's the US Dollar still being a global flight to safety haven, it's the stealth collapse in US commercial real estate, it's the tsunami of foreclosures still hidden in the pipeline, it's the lack of job creation, it's 39 million Americans on food stamps and a still 20% real unemployment rate. And most importantly, it's a coming global austerity program that is also going to be imposed on America. More on that word - austerity, later. SOTB

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (21578)	5/20/2010 9:42:51 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50010

"V" For Volatility: VIX up +15% this morning... If the $VIX can take out 42.15 today, it could easily see 50 by the end of the week. $VIX +100% in 3 weeks. Exiting that "March to May" call option trade on gold stocks ain't looking too bad either... Message 26467596 Chief, was that about $VIX 10 again (vbg)? snort, SOTB PS: re: Black Swan trades... With oil getting hammered, put sales on Oil ETF's are starting to get interesting. Especially so, given Hillary twisting the Iran sanctions tighter and AIPAC banging the Iran war drums louder.