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Interactive Brokers’ Steve Sosnick on market volatility and the ‘fear gauge’
Steve Sosnick explains recent market volatility, VIX signals, and investor risk management on The Claman Countdown.
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What stands out
Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers' chief strategist, walks through a recent spike in volatility and points to VIX moves and options activity as the 'fear gauge' lighting up, explaining how traders are using options to hedge. He frames the episode as a risk-management story, not a crash call, and spends time on positioning signals, who is buying protection and what that implies about near-term sentiment. The clip stands out because a broker-dealer strategist is describing real client flows, which are direct market inputs rather than abstract macro commentary.
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Current ratings and signals
Interactive Brokers (IBKR)
Bearish
IBKR rates Bearish overall. The fundamental read is neutral: the company passes 3 of 9 quality tests on the Piotroski F-Score; revenue is growing about 26.9% per year; net income is growing about 33.9% per year. The technical picture is bearish: price is 0.6% below the 200-day moving average; 7.5% below the 50-day; the 50/200 relationship is in a Golden cross. Sentiment is bearish (composite 48/100), based on 4 news articles and 2 qualified videos from recent coverage.