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VIX Curve ‘Bump’ Shows Stock-Market Anxiety Growing by Midterms

Source: Bloomberg

Derivatives & VolatilityElections & Domestic PoliticsMarket Technicals & FlowsCorporate Earnings

Traders are positioning for a potential rise in equity derivatives volatility ahead of the US midterm elections in November. The week’s key catalysts cited are Nvidia’s upcoming earnings and a Jackson Hole speech by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, but the immediate signal is risk of election-related volatility rather than a directional earnings or policy change.

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