Had to leave for 2 hours and come back to this shit show, lol...I definitely would've been stuck short on that break...this stuff is real ugly.
IMO, it's not the freakin' volatility that is making this thing harder to trade than normal - it's the meddling. There was basically probably 3-4 days where we had some organic action - now we're back to the BS.
totally agree...first had to switch gears from 12 vix to 30 vix (and all that implies)...and now we have extreme illiquidity/volatility, which in years past (like 15 years ago, lol), I'd aggressively go short into resistance...but I no longer trust that this won't be the prelude to some "Bulltard" get long stocks announcement when we are back near the break line at 2000 es/spx.