The last chart is the one worth staying for. Tim Knight overlays decades of VIX data into one seasonal average, and it climbs from right about now until the first week of October. Not a forecast, not a hunch, just what the calendar has done for thirty years. Before that, the round trip. Triple digit revenue growth, a beat measured in billions, and a leader that gave every bit of it back inside two sessions. He has also raised exposure three days running, is glad he waited on precious metals, and runs through a book of thirty four shorts. π tastylive: https://www.tastylive.com/ π° Get Tom's pre-market analysis every morning: https://www.tastylive.com/newsletters π FREE Options Strategy Guide: https://tinyurl.com/bp9ms763 π± Follow tastylive on X: https://x.com/tastyliveshow Chapters 0:00 Portfolios have a personality 0:53 Why he is glad it is over 1:29 Still range bound after everything 2:03 Bonds tag the line exactly 2:48 The Dow goes nowhere 3:39 Tech gives back yesterday's gains 4:15 Raising exposure three days running 5:29 Thirty four shorts and housekeeping 6:09 All the Nvidia good news 7:10 A bearish engulfing on the leader 7:57 Emerging markets and South Korea 8:33 Why he waited on precious metals 9:56 The miners give back a week 10:26 Crypto finally sees some selling 11:41 One short and one only 12:18 The junk end gets hit hardest 13:13 Ethereum turns away from resistance 15:37 Storage and a re entry 16:09 Other shorts worth mentioning 17:07 The space and rocket names 19:44 A gap that has held 20:22 The last chart is volatility 21:07 What decades of data show #tastylive #timknight #vix #volatility #seasonality #nvidia #gold #technicalanalysis #charts #trading tastylive is a real financial network, producing hours of live programming every day. Follow along as our experts navigate the markets, provide actionable trading insights, and teach you how to trade. With over 120 original segments, and over 25 personalities, we'll help you take your trading to the next level, whether you are new to trading or a seasoned veteran. tastylive content is created, produced, and provided solely by tastylive, Inc. ("tastylive") and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not, nor is it intended to be, trading or investment advice or a recommendation that any security, futures contract, digital asset, other product, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any person. Trading securities, futures products, and digital assets involve risk and may result in a loss greater than the original amount invested. Investment information provided may not be appropriate for all investors and is provided without respect to individual investor financial sophistication, financial situation, investing time horizon or risk tolerance. Options, futures, and futures options are not suitable for all investors. Prior to trading securities, options, futures, or futures options, please read all applicable risk disclosures, including, but not limited to, the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options Disclosure and the Futures and Exchange Traded Options Risk Disclosure Statement found at https://tastytrade.com/disclosures/. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Performance is not presented net of all commissions, fees, and expenses. Multi-leg option strategies incur higher transaction costs than single leg trades as they involve multiple commission charges. Examples provided are for illustrative, informational, and educational purposes only and are not intended to be reflective of results you can expect to achieve. Supporting documentation for any claims, including claims made on behalf of options programs), comparisons, statistics, or other technical data, if applicable, will be supplied upon request. tastylive, through its content, financial programming or otherwise, does not provide investment or financial advice or make investment recommendations. tastylive is not a licensed financial adviser, registered investment adviser, or a registered broker-dealer.