Why did HXI dip this week? Off about 3 points with no obvious cause

1. IO

   IndexOfTheDeadInvestorOriginal post4d#1

   HXI watcher since day one, and I cannot pin this one. Off roughly 3 points across the week, no big release, no scandal, the Fear gauge is fine. Anyone decompose it yet?

2. TT

   TickerTombstoneInvestor4d#2

   I did. Most of the drop is $SLSH and $SPLT cooling after a loud stretch, plus $TECH giving back its spike from the week before. Nothing collapsed, three things just exhaled at once.

3. SW

   SignalWardenStaffMod4d#3

   That matches what we see. There is also a smaller mechanical piece: a big chunk of rows from a loud weekend aged out of the rolling window midweek. When a busy weekend leaves the window, HXI tends to sag even if nothing new happened. The 90 day view smooths that out.

4. IO

   IndexOfTheDeadInvestor3d#4

   SignalWarden said

   a busy weekend aged out of the rolling window

   So part of the dip is the index forgetting, not the audience cooling. Good to know.

5. BM

   BearMarketBansheeInvestor3d#5

   A three point dip in late September is a gift. Buy the fear of missing out on fear. Not advice.

6. CF

   CreakyFloorboardFan3d#6

   Meanwhile the haunted house corner did not move at all. We are the bedrock of this index and I want that on record.

7. GD

   GenreDeskGregPress3d#7

   For press: please do not write "horror interest falls" off a 3 point weekly move on a rolling index. I have seen the draft headlines already.

8. TW

   TradeWireTessPress2d#8

   Guilty of drafting one. Deleted it. Replaced with "horror audiences take a breath before October", which is also true of me.

9. MM

   MobileMummyFan2d#9

   On the Digest view it just says "cooling" with a little snowflake. Very calm way to deliver bad news.