MarketMoves #01 - 8 January 2018 - HIGH VIX CALL VOLUME, tech stocks, and ERC-20 stability!

in #money7 years ago (edited)
Note: In MarketMoves, I cover market events of the last 24 hours in both crypto- and traditional markets. Do your own research before making any financial decisions; I can't stress that enough.
Going forward, I'll begin reviewing yesterday's thoughts/predictions in this spot.

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Daily summary

  • US equities up, anticipating Japanese equities up tonight and continued green tomorrow
  • Crypto fall and bounce on CMC changes - BTCF8 futures at $14925, predicting $15750 tomorrow PM
  • VIX volume anticipating slowing green or red tomorrow in equities

Indices, futures, forex, cryptos

  • Almost all indices up; $AMZN, $FB, $NVDA, $BA continue to pull the S&P up
  • Anticipating stable cryptos through the week, partial recovery on BTC and XRP as CMC news propagates
  • Record long Euro right now

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Source: CBOE

Interesting things we're seeing

  • ~1.2M call, 100k short volume on VIX (above)
  • $TSLA up 6% on no news - though I guess they have tended to perform better when Elon's rockets do well...
  • Leveraged BTC ETFs might be coming from Direxion (older news)

Smaller cryptos to watch

  • See my CoinReview earlier on $CAG, up 5% since I posted it mid-day. Expecting a continued run
  • Expecting better performance of ERC-20 coins in the near term due to ETH stability - continuation of $REQ-sized recent surges
  • Doing a CoinReview on Verify ($CRED) soon, I expect it to rise nicely as the other tx platforms/apps have

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What I'm doing today

  • Adding to long tech (software and chip) positions
  • Increasing crypto allocation from 70/30 ETH/other to 80/20. Stable as hell with ETHBTC ratio fattening
  • Cashing out a little $XIV, in case we go red this week I'm very willing to short volatility

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Disclaimer:

This post does not constitute financial advice. I have made both successful and unsuccessful trades using my research. At time of posting, I have long and short positions across various assets.