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Stocks Make New Highs – Fed Rate Cut Seen as Certain

Stocks Make New Highs – Fed Rate Cut Seen as Certain

by Scott Nations | Sep 14, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Stocks Make New Highs – Fed Rate Cut Seen as Certain The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 rose by 1.59% to close at 6584.29. The index is now up 11.95% YTD; The Nasdaq-100 gained 1.86% this...
Jobs Data Disappoints but Stocks Don’t

Jobs Data Disappoints but Stocks Don’t

by Scott Nations | Sep 6, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Jobs Data Disappoints but Stocks Don’t The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 rose by 0.33% during the holiday-shortened week to close at 6481.50. The index is now up 10.20% YTD; The Nasdaq-100...
“Old Economy”?  Yes!  AI?  Not so much.

“Old Economy”? Yes! AI? Not so much.

by Scott Nations | Aug 30, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge “Old Economy”? Yes! AI? Not so much. The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 fell 0.10% this week to close at 6460.26. The index lost 0.64% on Friday thanks to continuing inflation fears....
Four Down Days, One Big Up Day Thanks to the Fed

Four Down Days, One Big Up Day Thanks to the Fed

by Scott Nations | Aug 23, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Four Down Days, One Big Up Day Thanks to the Fed The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 gained 0.27% this week to close at 6466.91. The index lost ground each of the first four days of the week but...
Stocks Make New Highs Thanks To Megacap Tech

Stocks Make New Highs Thanks To Megacap Tech

by Scott Nations | Aug 16, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Stocks Make New Highs Thanks To Megacap Tech The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 gained 0.94% this week to close at 6449.80. The index posted an all-time intraday high of 6481.34 early on Friday and...
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Translate Index Values To Implied Moves

To convert a 30-day index value to a projected move:

  • Daily: Divide by 16
  • Weekly: Divide by 7.2
  • Monthly: Divide by 3.5

Example: VolDex at 22. Divide 22/16 = 1.375. This forecasts the expected daily move of the underlying instrument to be 1.375% based upon the VolDex value.

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