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To: Robert O who wrote (1126)9/26/2012 2:35:47 AM
From: The Ox  Respond to of 8239
 
I was out at the Ryder Cup practice, so I missed out on the trading today. I see TVIX was up 14% and another 2% after hours.

Be careful with these vehicles, imo. Great for intraday trading but you can easily get your head handed to you holding overnight on the wrong side.

We've had quite a run up, so a breather would make a lot of sense. Also, we have the end of quarter window dressing which should add to volatility.

Never the less, good call Robert!!



To: Robert O who wrote (1126)9/26/2012 9:03:38 AM
From: Return to Sender  Respond to of 8239
 
I use the VIX, VXO and VXN (Fear Indices) because they can help to refine decision making on tops and bottoms upon reverses from upper or lower Bollinger Bands especially when the index stretches more than 10% above or below its 10 day simple moving average. When a volatility index stretches more than 10% above or below its 10 day sma it will generally reverse direction as will the market in general in the opposite direction.