Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you checked out Jeff’s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n For example, the VIX closed at 18.69 on Friday. The VIX December 15 $19 puts – which expire in two days – closed at $0.35. Meanwhile, the VIX December 15 $19 calls closed at $1.30.<\/p>\n In other words, traders are willing to pay nearly four times more to buy out of the money<\/a> VIX calls than in the money<\/a> VIX puts.<\/p>\n If we go out one week farther, the VIX December 22 $19 puts closed Friday at $1.00. The equivalent calls closed at $2.00. That’s not as big of a difference as the options expiring this week.<\/p>\n So, we might interpret that to mean that the next two days may be more volatile than the following week.<\/p>\n Still, though, the VIX calls are more than double the price of the VIX puts. When we’ve seen this condition before it often leads to a higher VIX in the days ahead. And a higher VIX usually goes along with a falling stock market.<\/p>\n Traders who bought into last week’s buy signal might consider trimming some profits today.<\/p>\n And, folks who might be looking to put more money to work in the current environment might have a better chance to do so in the days ahead.<\/p>\n Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n Jeff Clark<\/p>\n Will you be trimming profits soon, or are you going to put in more money based on what the “crystal ball” is predicting?<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/casey-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/misc\/jeff-clark-signature.png\")
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