Today the $VIX gapped open at 48.14 (bearish to the market) in early morning trading. The high of the day is 51.18 and the low of the day is 46.96. The closing candle is a spinner resting on the 50 sma (46.83) as support. The fib retracement is slightly above the intermediate (46.76) as it closed at 48.66. The next fib target is the 38.2% (54.64) area ...which is quite a distance away. The upper trend line of the symetrical pattern was breached today before the decline back to 48.00 -49.00 trading range.