Since January there hasn't been one reason for this thing to break out; NOT.ONE.
CPI coming in better than expected
PCE coming in as expected or better than
PPI Coming in as expected or better than
Powell talking a hawkish game but only raising 25bps
Even the ADP came in lower ...
With that being said for the sake of common sense now I'll get to the technicals.
Forming a bullish wedge here on the chart with bullish divergence on the RSI.
Hourly RSI over sold but that could just lead to a pop to the 20ma.
So that brings us back to this daily wedge pattern. sometimes patterns need Catalyst or "News" to breakout; I thought today's rate hike would be that Catalyst. Looking ahead , besides ECB rate decision tomorrow, and Fridays January unemployment I don't see a Catalyst coming in the next week to make this breakout.
Sometimes there is just a cycle correction like what happens after the summer months in early Sept and sometimes in mid to late Feb.
For now we wait an see , if vix loses support here, we head back. To 16.50 which is its yearly trendline support