The EUR/AUD FX Cross & VXO warning bells are ringing

Illustration 1: EUR/AUD FX cross exhibit high correlation & R-square with VXO … predictive ability of unknown stresses ahead in financial markets when both head higher?

There are a number of price movements of various financial instruments that Asianmacro had observed before that I simply do not have a logical explanation that satisfy either a scientific mathematical finance approach or a qualitative explanation.  Perhaps I do not have the eloquence nor knowledge of those strategists or economists in coming up with convincing arguments for everything that happens since my pursuit is simply on whether to buy, sell or hold in making profits as the sole objective.

One phenomena that I chanced upon is the propensity for the EUR/AUD FX cross together with VXO (http://www.cboe.com/micro/vxo/) to always head higher when markets enter into some period of uncertainty especially when negative events start to occur or potentially develop further in the financial markets.

Illustration 2: EUR/AUD FX cross heads higher post Gold collapse since 12 April 2013 & Boston bombings …. sign of potential further negatives ahead to develop in markets?

I will be very cautious and on a somewhat ”sell risk on rally” mode across various asset classes especially in stocks and commodities as this unexplained EUR/AUD & VXO indicator is flashing on my radar screen.  Whether it is due to AUD/USD coming off and under pressure due to poor China economic data (http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1215611/investors-dump-stocks-poor-china-economic-data) …. or EUR/USD heading higher … damn how can that be with uncertainty in EU still smarting from Greece, Cyprus, …… ?  It does not matter really … I rather be lucky than smart!

 

 

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