Today in stocks, summarized…

Before we start, this is perhaps the most important chart that no one is talking about…

As The longest VIX Losing Streak Since 2011 lifts stocks…

Markets ramped overnight (as shown by futures), stumbled a bit on weak EU data, then rallied on weak EU data (lol) then dumped on crude’s inventory build only to be ramped on VIX smash…

The bounce occurred as S&P and Dow touched unchanged on the day…

Post-Payrolls, Small Caps remain the big winner and Nasdaq the laggard (but they are all up notably)…

TS CASH WEEK

VIX was smashed to the lows of the day after Europe closed to send stocks back ramping towards the day’s highs…

S&P 500 briefly broke its 50-day moving average and traded as high as 1999.31 before fading back…

Biotechs gained around 1-2% today as the slumping sector triggered a ‘death cross’

Spot The Difference…

But financial credit markets remain notably more worried…

GoPro NoMo… Looks like Camera-On-A-Stick will not be The Next Big Thing after all.. but but but social media.. content…

YUM Yuck… biggest drop since Oct 2002… as Death Cross strikes…

As Digicell pulled its IPO yesterday, Pure Storage (the biggest VC-backed IPO of 2015) was ugly…

Treasury yields rose 3-5bps, pushing everything 2Y yields back above pre-payrolls levels...the european selling, US/Asia buying pattern remains in place

USD drifted sideways all day (still weaker post payrolls) as AUD strength continues to stun…

Commodities drifted higher early on but gold & silver were slammed going into the open and crude dumped after DOE inventory data…

Crude’s exuberant ramp is routed…

Why did Oil drop? Well apart from the production surge and inventory build, this is why…