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Analysis: S&P 500 and VIX Both Up on Same Day [Premium Insights]

The S&P 500 and VIX have moved together about 22% of the time in daily timeframe. Below we include analysis and backtests to investigate the potential short-term impact on price action of these events. Access to full article requires Premium Insights subscription.

The daily chart below shows that about 22% of the time S&P 500 and VIX returns have the same sign.

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Some traders think that S&P 500 and VIX daily returns have opposite signs for the most part but as the chart above shows this is only true about 78% of the time.

Yesterday (June 8, 2020) VIX rose 5.3% while the S&P 500 gained 1.2%. What does this mean about short-term price action?

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