Thank you

My best guess: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/13/us-china-trade-talks-hit-snag-over-agriculture-purchases-other-issues-according-to-report.html

still looking for the why and waiting to see if it sticks. Can you find a catalyst?

Pop!

Thanks Randy! Sorry, I mean zoomed in like showing fewer months on the time axis. Yep I have the same issue with Firefox but Safari works well (mac user).

You can click on the chart to expand it & then once expanded, roll the scroll wheel on your mouse (or touchpad on a laptop) to zoom in & out on the chart. Click & hold your left mouse button to pan (move) the chart) as well. The screenshots are saved in a high-resolution so you should be able to make out the details clearly when the chart is zoomed in with the resolution still good.
I’ve recently noticed that the charts will only zoom in on my PC when using Firefox although they will still zoom in & out on Chrome & Edge. If you experience that issue or if you don’t have a scroll wheel on your mouse (highly recommended), then click & hold on the very lower-most bottom right corner of any of the expanded charts & then drag it in or out to zoom the chart.

Actually, I’d prefer to see a nice spike down on the $VIX to take it solidly within or even to the bottom or just below that low-end support zone that had contained all pullbacks in the VIX for nearly 2 years now. So far it has come very close but hasn’t made a complete tag/test of that zone.
If you look at the two bottoming candles from 8/19/18 & 4/17/19, you will see that have large tails (shadows or skinny part of the candles below the bodies) which is indicative of a selling climax where the $VIX was down considerably & then rallied back up well off that day’s lows.

click on the picture and you can zoom in