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What this one covers
- The S&P 500 closed up 1.06% on Thursday and every major index finished higher
- Options had priced a 0.72% move, so the index did about one and a half times what was paid for
- The VIX fell to 14.3 on an up day, which means the market is paying less for protection into the jobs number
- Financials and Tesla led, and the Nvidia Hugging Face deal lifted the AI trade
- Friday brings the August jobs report at 8:30, the last big number before the Fed meets
The same thing, in writing
The close
Today in Vol for September 3. The S&P 500 closed up 1.06% on Thursday and every major index finished higher. Options had priced in a 0.72% move for the day. The index did about one and a half times that, and the VIX still fell to 14.3.
A year of S&P premium
The Terminal shows a year of S&P 500 premium day by day. Green bars are days when options overpriced the move that followed. Red bars are days when they underpriced it. Thursday was a red day, because the market moved more than options had paid for.
What moved it
Interest rates fell on dovish Fed comments ahead of the jobs report. Financials and Tesla led the gains, and the Nvidia deal with Hugging Face lifted the AI trade.
What comes next
Friday brings the August jobs report at 8:30, the last big number before the Fed meets. An up day with a falling VIX means the market is paying less for protection into a jobs number. That is today in Vol.
Topics
- today in vol
- s&p 500
- vix
- expected move
- jobs report
- market recap
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