so it looks like that supposed "bad print" on the cash vix this week will count ... only 17 times in the history of the vix has it printed in the 9 handle or lower. also i wasn't aware of this until today but apparently we're on the verge of doing something that hasn't been done since 1995 ... the cash s&p has not traded in a 1% daily range in the past 33 consecutive trading days -- that is the longest since it did 34 in a row in '95.