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RISK: On risk appetite, the CBOE's volatility........>

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RISK: On risk appetite, the CBOE's volatility index or VIX was last 15.54, on
the high side of a 11.54 to 15.77 range.
- The VIX high of 17.28, seen August 11 at the peak of escalating U.S.-North
Korea tensions, was the highest since Nov. 9, the day after the U.S. election,
when the VIX peaked at 21.48. The 2017 high was 23.01, seen Nov. 4 ahead of the
election.
- The VIX has recently been trading both sides of its 200-day moving average,
currently 11.94.
- The July 26 low of 8.84 was a new life-time intraday VIX low (prior life-time
intraday low was 8.89, seen Dec. 27, 1993).

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