Author: Jeff Clark, Jeff Clark Trader

Today, we may need options more than ever as we face one of the most unpredictable markets we’ve seen in years.

It may be tempting to jump in and start buying them right now, but there are longer-term, systematic problems.

The earliest we could get a VIX sell signal is Thursday.

We could soon see a few days of upside action in stocks.

Fortunately, this is one of those times where traders can actually get paid well to just sit on the sidelines.