Its the HIGH VIX, any vix around the mid 20s is going to cause 100-300 point daily swings!
Ill take it since I like trading these markets when they are this volatile....I didn't think though such a strong opening this morning....
sort of a circular argument though...the large swings will cause the high VIX!
like I mentioned yesterday, we've come down to the 8/24 lows on relatively tame volatility readings (especially in IWM), it even broke the 8/24 lows...and the action down is very, very different than the last several years (i.e. the downside swings had sticky prices), not that stuff where you have 5 minutes to cover before it launches to new swing highs.