Daily Pulse - 2026-05-16
The immediate bearish shift in S&P 500 and Bitcoin AHIs dictates a defensive tactical posture as surging yields and ETF outflows trigger risk-off flows.
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Daily Pulse - 2026-05-10
The semiconductor sector (SMH/SOXX) is exhibiting classic bubble signals, having doubled in two years, which historically precedes sharp V-top reversals.
Daily Pulse - 2026-05-09
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain in confirmed uptrends, driven by a narrow but powerful surge in semiconductors and a rotation into software/infrastructure.
Daily Pulse - 2026-04-25
The market is currently desensitized to Iran-related geopolitical headlines, but the "sudden stop" risk remains high if the ceasefire breaks.
Daily Pulse - 2026-04-19
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has significantly reduced the geopolitical risk premium, causing oil prices to collapse and VIX to drop below 18.
Daily Pulse - 2026-04-18
The "reopening" of the Strait of Hormuz is proving fragile, with reports of renewed closure and military activity causing rapid reversals in risk assets.
Daily Pulse - 2026-04-05
The market is currently in a "dead-cat bounce" below the 200-day moving average; lack of capitulation suggests the washout low is still ahead.
Daily Pulse - 2026-04-04
The market is currently in a "dead cat bounce" with technical indicators (MACD, VIX) suggesting the rally is masking underlying weakness; nearly half of the S&P 500 is already i...
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-30
The market is deeply oversold (RSI/MACD) and sentiment is at extreme fear (9.6/100), setting the stage for a reflexive short-covering rally.
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-29
The Strait of Hormuz remains a critical chokepoint; physical market shortages are decoupling from paper markets, with Hapag-Lloyd reporting $40-50M/week in added costs.
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-28
Equities (S&P 500/Nasdaq): BEARISH
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-23
The bounce still reads like an oversold, headline-driven reflex move rather than a durable low. Multiple technical reads remain below or around broken support, the S&P 500 is st...
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-22
Post-OPEX support is gone just as oil/geopolitical risk and higher yields lean against a damaged equity tape. Base case is that rallies fail until crude and war headlines cool m...
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-08
1.1 Energy shock trade (oil up, cyclicals down)
Daily Pulse - 2026-03-07
Iran-war escalation + oil >$90 is acting like a tax on growth while volatility is elevated; multiple sources describe technical damage and risk-off rotation.
Daily Pulse - 2026-02-28
U.S.-Iran escalation headlines and cross-asset risk-off reactions raise gap risk and intraday dispersion. Derivatives positioning and geopolitics both point to unstable tape beh...
Daily Pulse - 2026-02-20
SCOTUS tariff strike + immediate “10% global tariff” response is policy whipsaw that widens distribution of outcomes; rising vol while index range-bound is a classic “compressio...