by Michael Markowski | May 12, 2021 | alerts, Crashes, Markets/Economy, News
The article “S&P 500 is in a ‘VixVortex’; Expect Double-Digit Decline,” published on 5/8/21, explains what I consider to be my most important ever breakthrough. Harnessing the Vix has been the most intellectually demanding and exciting endeavor I’ve...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Michael Markowski | May 8, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, News, Secular Bulls/Bears
The “VixVortex” was discovered as a result of recently completed studies on market volatility and the CBOE’s empirical data for the VIX from 2002 to 2021. The fourth VixVortex for the S&P 500 is currently in progress. The minimum to maximum...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Michael Markowski | May 8, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, News
The “VixVortex” was discovered as a result of recently completed studies on market volatility and the CBOE’s empirical data for the VIX from 2002 to 2021. The fourth VixVortex for the S&P 500 is currently in progress. The minimum to maximum...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Michael Markowski | Apr 4, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, News
For the first quarter of 2021, the BBT Algorithm (BBT) produced a gain of 10.13% vs. a gain of 5.75% for the S&P 500.   The BBT’ return was 76% higher than the S&P 500’s gain.  Nine of the BBT’s 15 trades were winners, a 60% win-ratio.  The win ratio for the...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Michael Markowski | Feb 23, 2021 | alerts, Crashes, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears, Uncategorized
There have been two recent discoveries that are relevant to the Bull Vix algorithm’s open VXX and UVXY positions:   The clustering of BSAs. Four periods from 1999 to 2021 in which a minimum of four BSAs were clustered within 6 to 11-week timeframes.  For the...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Michael Markowski | Feb 21, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Shiny Pennies
The probability is high for the S&P 500 in February 2022 to be below its February 2021 high.  This quant-based conclusion is from my research findings on four clusters of BSAs (Bullish Sentiment Anomalies).  Three of the BSA clusters were formed from 1999 to...