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Every so often, a market move catches traders off guard. Not because the news was surprising, but because many traders were already positioned the same way.

For the past three years, investing in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure has followed a relatively simple logic: find the companies building the picks and shovels for the gold rush. At the top of that list sat one name: NVIDIA.

This is the second part of the GO Markets VIX Playbook. The first piece covered the basics and explored what the VIX measures, what it does not, why traders watch it and where new traders most often misread it. If you skipped it, start there as the foundation matters.

Tuesday, 12 May 2026, at roughly 7:30 pm AEST, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will stand up in Canberra and deliver the 2026-27 Federal Budget. According to Budget.gov.au, that is when the Budget is officially released, with the Budget papers going live online at the same time.

If you have ever wondered why a forex pair moves sharply on a single Tuesday afternoon, the answer often sits inside one number: the cash rate.

Every time markets get jumpy, a three-letter acronym starts showing up in headlines and trading rooms. The VIX. You will see it called the fear gauge, the fear index, or just "vol." For newer traders, it can feel like an insider's number that everyone seems to track but few stop to explain.