StockDuty ← Dashboard Aug 24, 2026 01:43 PM ET
CatalystFutures Digest

Regime is split. Gold vol 79th %ile says caution. VIX of VIX 6th, Nasdaq vol 8th, SPX dispersion 6th say nobody believes it. That mix is unstable.

ES
$70.84
-0.11%
SHY
$81.89
-0.18%
Corn, wheat, gold all 100th %ile. Commodities are maxed out, not just gold. Solana and Bitcoin both 100th %ile. Euro 94th. Yuan 0th. Extremes everywhere, in opposite directions. Kalshi has Nasdaq-100 32,000-32,499.99 Dec expiry at 4%. The market is pricing a very narrow path. The issue is broad vol complacency. When VIX of VIX is 6th %ile and hard assets are 100th, the reset doesn’t need bad news. Just positioning to flip. Watch: $6A_F $ES_F $SHY $VIX $ZF_F $ZN_F
Corn, wheat, gold all 100th %ile. Commodities are maxed out, not just gold.
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