Near-term Selling Pressure Near Exhaustion?

Let's notice that although the SPX did plunge to a new reaction low and looks (also feels) like an equity crash scenario is in motion, the VIX has climbed to a lower high than last Friday's recent peak at 48.11 and actually has turned down during the first hour of trading.

Technically, the action in the VIX is not confirming the weakness in the SPX, which is another warning signal that on a near-term basis the selling pressure might be very close to exhaustion. That said, let's realize that the key timeframe will be the final hour of trading, which lately attracted selling pressure and/or the establishment of new short positions in equities to reduce or otherwise hedge overnight (European) exposure. Today's final hour will be very telling as well.