Midday audit: CBOE VIX macro proxy keeps pressing a mixed tape through the session.
Yahoo Finance chart API put VIX on the desk's radar through the session, checked against 12 live quote points and 41 tracked sources before this midday audit issue went out.
What would change the readThis read fails and proves wrong if VIX loses relative strength, the peer group refuses to participate, or the move fully retraces before the midday audit closes the loop.