11am update – morning chop

US equities are a little choppy, if mostly leaning on the weaker side. VIX will be inclined to be ground lower into the 12s… even if the SPX settles red.

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

Five more hours of chop… into the weekend.
SPX 5450… with VIX 12s… would be the natural settlement.


notable stock: NVDA

Nvidia can fall, and it doesn’t mean the main market has to follow.
Momentum set to turn negative.

notable energy: CVX

The oil giants set for a reasonable end to the week.
Momentum has turned positive.

notable silver ETF: SLV, daily2

You could argue silver is just tagging yesterday’s gap… but still, the day to day swings are becoming tedious.

notable miner: EXK

Reflective of the smaller miners.