UPGRADED TO A CATEGORY 2 STORM WARNING Given the recent frenzy of tropical storms that ravaged Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, the current dynamics of equity markets are drawing a corollary to natural destructive forces. Roughly 3 weeks ago, I wrote of the appearance of short-term volatility risk signals... http://tancockstradingblog.blogspot.com/2017/11/technicals-highlight-short-term.html Following that post, markets did experience a brief round of volatility as the VIX spiked close to 60% in the 8 days of trading that followed. However, in the scheme of things, the move was somewhat muted as broader indices suffered from the albatross of lateral movement in the tech sector. After churning through high variance, techs resumed their march higher in the subsequent 8 days of trading and it seemed as though the storm had passed. This market action was akin to a category 1 hurricane warning and getting a tropical depression... not as bad as it could have been but there wa...