Bad News For The Bears: Gartman Will Be Long VIX Until The S&P Hits 2,118

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Yesterday morning, after reading the latest Gartman letter, we reported that in what may have been the worst possible news for vol longs, Gartman said he had become a “buyer of the VIX.” As a reminder this is what he said:
NEW RECOMMENDATION: we are taking a ‘punt’ on the short side of the equity market, but this time we shall do so by buying volatility; that is, we shall buy the VXX volatility index ETF listed on the NYSE and we shall do so upon receipt of this commentary and the market’s opening. We’ll have a stop in tomorrow’s TGL, but for now we do not wish to risk more than 5% on this trade… a rather large stop to be certain for our purposes in the past but we’ll tighten that up measurably over the course of the next day or two. This is unusual action on our part ahead of an FOMC meeting given the historical tendency of equities to rise after these meetings; but call it trader’s intuition or call it what you will we think a ‘one unit’ punt is warranted and reasonable.
To which we responded:

This post was published at Zero Hedge on 03/17/2016.