Friday, October 17, 2014

A Chart Of Recent S&P500 Price Volatility – October 17,2014 Update

This post is an update to past posts regarding stock market volatility.
While I track many different measures of volatility, I find the following chart to be both simple and clear in depicting the recent increased volatility in the stock market.
Overall, my analyses indicates that there are many reasons for this volatility, and the volatility is very notable and has great significance.
This chart depicts the S&P500 in 60 minute intervals from September 1, 2014 through yesterday’s (October 16) close.   The blue line depicts a 50-period (hour) moving average.
(click on chart to enlarge image)(chart courtesy of StockCharts.com)
S&P500 hourly since September 1, 2014
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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation
SPX at 1862.76 as this post is written

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