AI is whipping markets around like crazy right now — wild swings in individual names, sector rotations happening in days instead of months, narratives flipping overnight.
But if you just look at VIX or realized vol on the indexes? Calm as a summer lake.
That's because the chaos is stock-specific and thematic. The big indices smooth it all out. Beneath the surface, though? It's a knife fight. This is exactly the kind of environment where people get chopped up chasing momentum or panic-selling at the bottom of a 3-day drawdown.
If you're not built for this, the simple move is to do less. Turn down position sizes. Stop checking every hour. Let the dust settle. The volatility is real even if the stats don't show it yet.
But if you just look at VIX or realized vol on the indexes? Calm as a summer lake.
That's because the chaos is stock-specific and thematic. The big indices smooth it all out. Beneath the surface, though? It's a knife fight. This is exactly the kind of environment where people get chopped up chasing momentum or panic-selling at the bottom of a 3-day drawdown.
If you're not built for this, the simple move is to do less. Turn down position sizes. Stop checking every hour. Let the dust settle. The volatility is real even if the stats don't show it yet.