Speculative options trading reached the equivalent of 12% of NYSE volume last week.
Like some combustible combo of musical chairs, Russian roulette, and five finger fillet.
How many traders can dance upon the head of a pin? pic.twitter.com/nsCeyKH093
— SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) August 29, 2020
AAPL just 2% away from surpassing the entire Russell 2000. This is absolute insanity pic.twitter.com/mblZO5TAZv
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1299501263034355712
People say this divergence can go on for weeks. That is true but during those weeks they will have big drops followed by rallies to marginal higher highs. By the time the big sell off begins, no one will be short the market because of the whipsaws they had. That is why VIX rising pic.twitter.com/MEKcVsFn6Y
— xTrends (@xtrends) August 28, 2020
People say this divergence can go on for weeks. That is true but during those weeks they will have big drops followed by rallies to marginal higher highs. By the time the big sell off begins, no one will be short the market because of the whipsaws they had. That is why VIX rising pic.twitter.com/MEKcVsFn6Y
— xTrends (@xtrends) August 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1299434141272997888
You just came back from Mars:
The just Fed printed $2.8T in 6 months.
Reduced rates to 0%.
Deficits shot up to WW2 levels.
Would you have guessed that policy makers would still be fighting DEFLATION?
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None of us own enough gold.https://t.co/FQJDdw6aBI pic.twitter.com/dByPy8sXZ7— Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) August 29, 2020
The number of Americans who say they can’t afford enough food for themselves or their children is growing and is likely to get larger now some government benefits have expired https://t.co/bwd9xX2P7x
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) August 29, 2020
A record day for Mini VIX Futures yesterday as over 100,000 contracts traded for the first time, the $VIX Index continues to rise alongside the S&P 500, the Oct/Nov $VIX futures spread widens & @RussellRhoads breaks down $VIX options trading from yesterday & today. pic.twitter.com/T0SUW2X3hK
— Cboe (@Cboe) August 28, 2020
Recession probability according to prices pic.twitter.com/d9C8tgsNEF
— Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 27, 2020