Volatility to ramp down?

On the previous two impulsive spikes upward in the VIX the initial 4-6 week burst was as good as it got for the bears.  In the two previous examples, once the VIX began clustering (yellow shaded zones) as it is now, the beginning of the end of the bad stuff was indicated.

Now, will history repeat?  That is no done deal.  But throw the VIX into the tool bag of indicators to use in looking for direction coming out of the October/November pivot season.

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