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Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap
Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap
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CBOE’s Dispersion Index (DSPX) is at levels only seen during Covid and the April ’25 tariff crash, while Correlation (COR1M) is near all-time lows. This divergence signals extreme positioning risk driven by the AI stock chase, and makes SPY downside hedges historically cheap.
Traders have been chasing AI related names in such heavy-handed fashion that it has now created positioning risk for the stock market.
Encapsulating this view are two popular CBOE options indexes: Dispersion (DSPX) and Correlation (COR1M).
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