The Day Trading Podcast with Fexingo: Active Trading, Charts, and Short-Term Market Strategy

Lucas and Luna unpack the gap between the VIX at 16.78 and the VVIX at 91.88 — and why that divergence matters for options traders. They explore what the VVIX, or 'vol of vol' index, signals about tail risk and positioning, especially with the S&P 500 trading at 7,446 and the Russell 2000 up nearly 2% in the past five days. Using a concrete example from the recent Perpetua Resources news, they sho...

Lucas and Luna dive into the growing phenomenon of prediction markets and how they're creating a new arena for short-term traders. With the S&P 500 at 7,447 and the VIX dropping to 16.72, they discuss why event contracts on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are attracting day traders looking for asymmetric risk. Lucas breaks down the mechanics, the regulatory tug-of-war between states and the C...

The VIX has fallen nearly 6 percent over the past five sessions even as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have declined. Lucas and Luna break down what this divergence means for active traders. They explore the mechanics of the VIX term structure, the role of the VVIX (the volatility of volatility), and why a falling VIX during a selloff can signal a complacent market — or a coiled spring. Drawing on current...

In the first episode of The Day Trading Podcast, Lucas and Luna dig into one number that's been bothering active traders all week: the Russell 2000 is down more than 3% in five sessions while the S&P 500 barely budged. They walk through what that divergence means for short-term strategies, whether the 'bull capitulation' call from Bank of America holds water, and how the VIX at 18 changes the way...