Hope you like my 2cents worth: When all stocks are doing ok and everyone seems to be happy with the stable stock market then it's probably time to go into vix if it is relative low.
There is certainly some truth in it since quarterly futures on the market are the most actively traded futures month. Diff futures markets have diff quarter end dates, you might wanna know where are yours.
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