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Stocks Make New Highs, More New Jobs Than Expected – Corrected

Stocks Make New Highs, More New Jobs Than Expected – Corrected

by Scott Nations | Jul 5, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Stocks Make New Highs, More New Jobs Than Expected – Corrected The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 rose by 1.72% during this holiday shortened week and made a new all-time high. This comes...
Peace Breaks Out, Inflation Is Tame, Stocks Love It.

Peace Breaks Out, Inflation Is Tame, Stocks Love It.

by Scott Nations | Jun 28, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Peace Breaks Out, Inflation Is Tame, Stocks Love It. The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 rose by 3.44% this week and made a new all-time high. It is now up 4.96% YTD; The Nasdaq-100 rose 4.20% for...
Inflation is Tame and the Fed Is on Hold.  What’s Next For Iran?

Inflation is Tame and the Fed Is on Hold. What’s Next For Iran?

by Scott Nations | Jun 21, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Inflation is Tame and the Fed Is on Hold. What’s Next For Iran? The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 fell 0.15% this week due to a decline of 0.22% on Friday. The week had plenty of news but...
It’s Never Good When Traders Have to Look at a Map

It’s Never Good When Traders Have to Look at a Map

by Scott Nations | Jun 15, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge It’s Never Good When Traders Have to Look at a Map The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 fell 0.39% this week due to a decline of 1.13% on Friday. That decline was in response to news of...
Stocks Gain As Jobs Data Is Good But Not Too Good, Vol Eases

Stocks Gain As Jobs Data Is Good But Not Too Good, Vol Eases

by Scott Nations | Jun 8, 2025 | Volatility Insights

Your Week’s Volatility Market Commentary — Information Is Your Edge Stocks Gain As Jobs Data Is Good But Not Too Good, Vol Eases The Weekly Takeaway: The S&P 500 rose 1.50% this week after gaining 1.88% during the previous week. The market rallied 4 out of 5 days...
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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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