$VIX Catalyst Posts
February 17, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $VIX Profile · Market Rankings
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5 source posts analyzed· 2026-02-17T15:06:23+00:00Someone just purchased $6M worth of $VIX Calls that are 58% OTM
· 2026-02-17T13:32:03+00:00$VIX Has touched ~20 in 8 of the 11 trading days in February. We did something like that in November 2025 which led to a 5.2% drawdown in the $SPY. Current $SPY peak to trough drawdown? Only -2.7%.
· 2026-02-17T16:04:48+00:00$VIX back under 22 Market trying mid day curls (in chop range) When price is between PM Lows & PM Highs or PDL & PDH , you will see choppy trend most of times either bullish or bearish, you can still do curls or fades but you have to understand ! $VIX 21/22 key
· 2026-02-17T15:12:11+00:00$VIX - the fwd (VX1!) is trading in backwardation, which may indicate that this choppiness could be short-lived and will not extent into a broader sell-off. $MOVE: Behaving.
· 2026-02-17T15:12:00+00:00vix giveth, vix taketh away. lol. guess my puts are printing. real.