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Fast and Furious.

July 4, 2020July 5, 2020

2020 is not a year during which you can write off indeterminacy using that old adage: “There’s always uncertainty”.

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The Role Of (Il)liquidity In History’s Greatest Bear Market Rally

July 3, 2020

The result…

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Nomura’s McElligott: The Machines Are Getting Long And Covering Shorts In Real-Time

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020

“Remember my generic thinking on these strategies: ‘Volatility is the exposure toggle.'”

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Goldman: Expect High Volatility And Low Risk-Adjusted Returns

June 27, 2020June 27, 2020

Curb your enthusiasm. And buckle up.

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‘We Need To Re-Evaluate Our Understanding Of Volatility’: The Babadook Revisited

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

To be sure, we had ample warning.

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‘Now That’s How It Was Supposed To Go!’ Nomura’s McElligott Talks Selloff, Sees ‘Rally Looking Out’

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

“The ‘trade up into-, trade down out of-‘ the June serial options expiration phenomenon [is] finally kicking in”.

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Nomura’s McElligott: ‘One Very Significant Source’ Of US Equities Buying Started A Daisy Chain

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

“…we might have triggered a ‘buyers are higher’ dynamic”.

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Why Nomura’s Charlie McElligott Sees Potential For A Short-Term Market Pullback

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

“…a meaningfully larger drop-off”.

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Nomura’s McElligott: Shorts ‘Mangled’ In ‘Risk-On Panic’

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

And yet, remember that all of this comes with an important sequencing caveat.

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2020 Has Seen More 3-Sigma Cross-Asset Moves Than 2008 – And It’s Only June

June 12, 2020

“…even though we are not halfway through the year yet”.

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‘Classic Butterfly Effect Knock-On’: Nomura’s McElligott Explains Thursday’s Dramatic Selloff

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020

“So what was yesterday all about?”

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‘What A 14-Sigma Momentum Crash Looks Like’ (Or, The Culmination Of A Decade-Long ‘Life Versus Death’ Battle)

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

If you’re wondering where that falls on the “swan” scale…

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Nomura’s McElligott On ‘Big Deal’ Trend Inflections And June Sequencing

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

“…a broader distribution of outcomes [and] a wider range thereafter”.

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Nomura’s Charlie McElligott: There’s A ‘Remarkable,’ ‘Tectonic’ Shift Occurring In US Equities

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

“This is obviously what the market is debating right now in real-time”.

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Unshackled (Redux): Nomura’s McElligott Sees Potential For Wider Price Moves Next Week

May 14, 2020

Prepare for a possible ‘unclenching’.

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With Stocks In ‘No Man’s Land,’ Nomura’s McElligott Delivers Summer Outlook, ‘Roadmap’ For Second Half

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

The summer fade, and a possible bounce thereafter.

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Nomura’s McElligott: New US-China Fight Could Be ‘Dreaded Macro Shock-Down Catalyst’

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Just when you thought it was safe…

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Nomura’s Charlie McElligott Explains Why Stocks Rallied In Face Of Depression

April 30, 2020

These are modern markets. You must learn to speak the language.

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Nomura’s McElligott: CTAs Set To Flip Long In S&P As Vol Normalization Triggers ‘Second-Order Slingshot’

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020

Back to “normal”?

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Collapse In Vol Of Vol Shows ‘Grab For Tails’ Out Of Steam, Nomura’s McElligott Says, As Stocks Try To Normalize

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

“If you’ve learned anything post-crisis…”

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Deutsche’s Kocic: The Last Two Months Show The Intrinsic Instability Of Our Entire Economic System

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020

“The truth is simple.”

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Depressions Used To Mean Something.

April 15, 2020April 16, 2020

“Black & white memories”.

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So You Wanna Be A Grizzly Man?

April 7, 2020

It’s perilous.

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Nomura’s McElligott Talks Flow Catalysts As VaR Shock Fades, Markets Eye Stimulus, Recession

March 26, 2020

“…despite everybody knowing this is just the beginning of a horrific few months of data to come.”

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Nomura’s McElligott: The Fed Is Now ‘Chief Risk-Taker And CIO’ (And Other Fun Market Notables)

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

So much to backstop, so little time.

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After ‘Great Liquidity Crisis,’ JPMorgan’s Kolanovic, Nomura’s McElligott Look Back And Ahead

March 20, 2020March 21, 2020

“Many aspects of this crisis have played out in-line with our prediction”.

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Gamma Drop-Off Offers Hope, But Now We Know: The Babadook Is Real

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

You can’t get rid of the Babadook.

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