Betting on a spike in the vix tomorrow after the CPI number comes in hot. Too many signs of inflation to ignore, there's no way the CPI comes in softly. I think the markets will have a slight reaction which should spike the "fear index" for a brief period of time, long enough to sell the calls in-the-money
Strategy to profit from this possibility:
VXX...
Go long; there's a story behind the EV transformation and Ultium battery technology is promising. Not only that but there has been unusually large buying of the $60 strike call options for GM, signifying big bets usually from big institutional investors or other high net-worth traders.
Unusually high call volumes are very bullish and can cause a gamma...
