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never lose faith crypto guys, may be the women of your life is not born yet https://t.co/MZVVmnmHUR
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never lose faith crypto guys, may be the women of your life is not born yet https://t.co/MZVVmnmHUR
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Motivational speakers: “There's a tiger in you”
Meanwhile the tiger in me: https://t.co/Gpgx2KJ6if
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Motivational speakers: “There's a tiger in you”
Meanwhile the tiger in me: https://t.co/Gpgx2KJ6if
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When Calm Gets Crowded And Why the VIX Stops Falling Here
When people say the VIX is at its natural floor, they don’t mean nothing bad can happen. They mean volatility is already priced as cheap as it tends to get when markets feel comfortable. At around 15, you’re not paying much for protection anymore and historically, that’s where it stops getting meaningfully cheaper. You’re not being rewarded for assuming things will stay perfectly calm.
Why betting on even lower gets risky
When volatility is this low, the trade becomes lopsided. You might squeeze out a little more by betting it goes lower, but the downside is sharp if anything changes. A surprise in data, policy, earnings, or geopolitics doesn’t need to be dramatic, it just needs to break the rhythm. And when everyone’s relaxed at the same time, the snapback is fast.
That’s why the seasonality chart matters. Early in the year, especially into February and March, volatility has a habit of waking up. Not because of some curse, but because positioning resets, new risks surface, and complacency gets tested once markets are fully leaned in.
The real takeaway
This is a reminder about asymmetry. When the VIX is already low, calm is fully priced in, and protection is cheap for a reason. You don’t need a crash for volatility to rise you just need the market to stop being perfectly smooth. That’s usually when people realize they should’ve kept the insurance.
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When Calm Gets Crowded And Why the VIX Stops Falling Here
When people say the VIX is at its natural floor, they don’t mean nothing bad can happen. They mean volatility is already priced as cheap as it tends to get when markets feel comfortable. At around 15, you’re not paying much for protection anymore and historically, that’s where it stops getting meaningfully cheaper. You’re not being rewarded for assuming things will stay perfectly calm.
Why betting on even lower gets risky
When volatility is this low, the trade becomes lopsided. You might squeeze out a little more by betting it goes lower, but the downside is sharp if anything changes. A surprise in data, policy, earnings, or geopolitics doesn’t need to be dramatic, it just needs to break the rhythm. And when everyone’s relaxed at the same time, the snapback is fast.
That’s why the seasonality chart matters. Early in the year, especially into February and March, volatility has a habit of waking up. Not because of some curse, but because positioning resets, new risks surface, and complacency gets tested once markets are fully leaned in.
The real takeaway
This is a reminder about asymmetry. When the VIX is already low, calm is fully priced in, and protection is cheap for a reason. You don’t need a crash for volatility to rise you just need the market to stop being perfectly smooth. That’s usually when people realize they should’ve kept the insurance.
VIX is at its natural floor. Betting on lower from here is naïve.
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FUN FACT: 15 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared after posting on the Bitcoin Forum for the last time. https://t.co/TGbNiclkIc tweet
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RT @TOzgokmen: Decades of ZIRP & QE had no influence on Japan economy because these were banking matters (follow Richard Koo's explanations on this on utube), while households & corporations followed their own instinct: they paid off debt, saved and produced, enhancing Japan exports and economy. In other words, while BoJ was trying to recover debt-based system, people of Japan need subscribed to that again post 1989.
Now, tariffs means Japan's exports are collapsing. There are obstacles everywhere. China is producing competitive cars. Hence real-deal economy is being hit 🎯
The result is loss of Yen's value, hectic movements by BoJ to deal with potential inflation as well as economic collapse. Sell this, buy this, as pillars of Japan economy are hit, in an aging population.
People just looking at financial markets curves 📈📉will NEVER see this, as they never understood anything.
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RT @TOzgokmen: Decades of ZIRP & QE had no influence on Japan economy because these were banking matters (follow Richard Koo's explanations on this on utube), while households & corporations followed their own instinct: they paid off debt, saved and produced, enhancing Japan exports and economy. In other words, while BoJ was trying to recover debt-based system, people of Japan need subscribed to that again post 1989.
Now, tariffs means Japan's exports are collapsing. There are obstacles everywhere. China is producing competitive cars. Hence real-deal economy is being hit 🎯
The result is loss of Yen's value, hectic movements by BoJ to deal with potential inflation as well as economic collapse. Sell this, buy this, as pillars of Japan economy are hit, in an aging population.
People just looking at financial markets curves 📈📉will NEVER see this, as they never understood anything.
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