Ticker brief
VXX IPATH SERIES B S&P 500 VIX
last close
$18.36
1 day
+1.4%
14 days
-5.2%
mkt cap
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signals 14d
9
authors 14d
5
crowd 14d
+1.0σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 48% cheap · 2 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.11× (as of 2026-08-06) |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | +0.217 11 pctile own 1y | puts bid vs calls (downside bid) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2026-06-30 (z=3.5) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-08-16 → 2026-08-28 · now +0.70 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke5
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @alshfaw | B | +0.33 | 5 | +0.37 |
| @StratsLabs | C | +1.84 | 1 | -0.65 |
| @RedDogT3 | B | -0.69 | 1 | +0.50 |
| @RobertDurant7 | C | -3.09 | 1 | +0.75 |
| @JohnDoss1 | B | -0.96 | 1 | -0.10 |
Recent signals9of 9 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | @alshfaw | +0.70 | SVIX will correct about 10% into next week while VIX, VXX and VVIX catch a bid. — Gives explicit forward volatility direction and a one-week magnitude forecast. | — | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | @alshfaw | -0.20 | Advises patience and explicitly warns against rushing into VXX. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | @alshfaw | +0.40 | Volatility framework expects SVIX's final extension to resolve into a VIX-linked move. | -1.7% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-22 | @alshfaw | +0.45 | Base case is a lower SVIX break and reversal next week around NVDA earnings. — Forecasts an exhausted SVIX advance resolving lower, with volatility and equity weakness next week. | -3.1% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-20 | @JohnDoss1 | -0.10 | Sees political and economic risk but favors staying sidelined because volatility lacks an uptrend. | -4.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-18 | @RobertDurant7 | +0.75 | Long VXX and short SPY/QQQ for the next few days. — States a multi-day long-volatility, short-equity-index trade view. | -6.6% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @RedDogT3 | +0.50 | Discloses VXX calls bought that morning as downside protection | -5.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @alshfaw | +0.50 | Argues VIX9D's $10.50 historical support and ending diagonal favor a volatility bounce. | -5.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @StratsLabs | -0.65 | Favor defined-risk short VIX or VXX call spreads and avoid buying VIX calls at current skew. — Explicit options thesis recommends selling rich volatility call spreads with defined risk. | -5.2% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.