Friday, February 24, 2017

NO WAY OUT OF THE BIG LONG

This is the chart of the week:

USDJPY versus S&P. Diverging for over two months:



Which portends badly for the "RISK ON" trade...



And remember that massively leveraged mutual fund the unwinding of which was "credited" for last week's melt-up?

Well it had more unwinding to do this week:



Which drove hedging to a multi-year low this week even as Social Mood imploded via the junk stock ratio:



Bond shorts got annihilated on the week:

Bueller?



Nasdaq realized volatility




S&P / VIX ratio (black) line with VIX (red). Volume from VXX ETF:




Volume oscillator





"What do you mean no bailout?"





Mind the gaps