On May 23rd (yesterday in the US), a signal was given on the Point & Figure charts that points to a possible rise in volatility (fear). (Courtesy stockcharts.com)

A “low pole reversal” occurs when a sustained fall (or rise) is followed by at least 50% recovery. This implies that the fall (or rise) is over and that the direction “might” change. At least, the price might be expected to retrace 100% of the previous fall (or rise) – in this case, back to 17.5

The VIX is historically characterised by protracted periods of calmness and short periods of extreme volatility. I had to factor in a 10% (ten percent) X 3 box reversal to get any history going back more than a year; and 15% to get history going back to 2000

Note how a rise in volatility began to manifest in late 2006/early 2007 – which finally culminated in the GFC. (Blue trend lines)

The chart below is the longest dated bar chart I could find: (courtesy Bigcharts.com)

In context of the lack of volatility since early 2012, it seems that the low pole reversal signal given today should be taken very seriously.

In particular, this volatility should be seen in context of the chart I sent out a couple of days ago:

Brian Bloom

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