What is a SKIP?
A SKIP means VIXY made no call on that 15-minute round. There is no side, no win and no loss.
When a round becomes a SKIP
VIXY can make a call until 13 minutes into the round. If it has not made one by then, the window has closed. A short time later, once the server has confirmed that no call exists anywhere, the round is marked SKIP.
Before that point a round with no call is still open, and VIXY can still call it. So a SKIP is final: it never turns into a call later in the same round.
Why VIXY skips
VIXY calls a round only when it has seen enough. Its current rule looks at how past rounds finished from a similar spot, based on the time left and how far price was from the target, and makes a call only when that reading clears a high bar. Plenty of rounds never get there.
That has a cost. A stricter bar means fewer calls and later calls, and a later call on the side price is already on usually means a higher contract price. A right call at a high price pays little, and a wrong one loses a lot.
What a SKIP does not mean
- It does not mean price will stay flat. The round still settles UP or DOWN.
- It is not a warning that the round is dangerous, and it is not advice to stay out.
- It is not a hidden win. We do not claim that skipping saved anyone anything. We have written down a test comparing skipped rounds with called ones, and until a result is published we make no claim either way.
What it means for you
A SKIP counts as neither a win nor a loss on the public record. If you buy a Day Pass, some rounds in your 24 hours will be SKIPs, and there is no promised number of calls in a day. A quiet day is possible.
Last reviewed 2026-11-04.