VIX and SPY getting on a historic decoupling

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[fstp] [fstp] This is what I can “stretching the rubber band” as the VIX/SPY decouple can happen from time to time. That is also the reason I scale my Weekly Profits Cycles trades to once a week so at worst I only catch the brunt of one of these squeezes per cycle. This will also make the [ODTE, see Mark and Licia’s class Friday](, game a bit more frisky if the decouple is signaling some more volatile market ahead after the new year.  [Weekly Profits Cycles]( and my VIX strangle I posted in the [Trading Desk]( should do ok. - AG  [Pit Profits] - OP MENTORING: SPY Dec15/Dec08 460 Call Calendars Dec15 453 puts closed for a 17% gain - OP MENTORING: SPY Dec06/Dec01 460 Call Calendars 452 puts closed for a 20% gain - OPTION SHOPPER: XSP Dec20 471 puts closed for a 264% gain Want to find YOUR winning fit? 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