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Midas @midascabal Here is why the AI bubble will implode. China is using a totally different approach to AI: – open source, mass scale, cheap The West approach to AI? – close source, private, profit driven China will mass produce AI and export it everywhere, like their products. This will be a race to the …
🚨BofA’s Indicator is screaming 'SELL' stocks: The BofA Bull & Bear Index hit 9.3 points and is now at one of the highest readings on record. Historically, with the indicator this high, the median “max drawdown” over the following 3 months was -4.3% for the MSCI All-Country… pic.twitter.com/MYtcbBEJoo — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) February 22, …
Michael Saylor has officially pushed his total Bitcoin holdings to 713,502 coins with an aggregate purchase price of over $54 billion, but his average cost basis now sits at $76,052 per coin. With Bitcoin currently testing the $75,000 range, his entire strategy is technically underwater, and the inflation-adjusted loss is a staggering blow to his …
Not just in China. US margin debt is rocketing too – this will end badly.https://t.co/CmZQAysuRy — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) January 23, 2026
The market is junked up on margin debt and teetering like it did in 2000 and 2007, ready to implode on anyone dumb enough to stay in. The increase in #margin #debt has outpaced the rise in the #market, as leverage provides additional buying power. However, while the current level is elevated, it is now …
This new model is different. By linking margin requirements to notional value, the CME has effectively introduced a self-adjusting mechanism: as prices rise, collateral requirements automatically increase. The higher gold and silver go, the more collateral shorts must post. That means: Shorting metals just got way more expensive. Overleveraged paper traders get squeezed faster. Forced …
#Gold hit the immediate resistance, but the momentum remains strong. Let's see if the price breaks again here before the inflation data. pic.twitter.com/faLSspNez9 — Gold Predictors (@GoldPredictors) January 12, 2026 Live view of silver short positions pic.twitter.com/cqyRNmGlVS — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) January 12, 2026 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuxhm2kw3itcg1.jpeg
Japan just flipped the switch after decades of easy money and the markets are starting to feel it. The Yen is about to dance, rates are climbing, and every risk asset is waking up to the new reality. 🚨 BOJ GOES FULL HAWKISH MODE 🇯🇵 Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda says rate hikes will …
Agree – that's why I've went 60% of my portfolio into $TLThttps://t.co/dj1X82hKpA — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) January 3, 2026 Last time when the U.S captured another South American leader $SPX had more than 10% correction pic.twitter.com/2sFSm9ZS9c — SwingTrader (@SwingTraderQ) January 4, 2026 I hope China doesn’t seize on U.S. aggression toward Venezuela as …
🚨The number of US ETFs is going parabolic, and it exceeded 900. The risk appetite has been rising, and the industry has been responsive. However, I would not be shocked if the number of ETFs drop below 100 after the next bear market. https://t.co/ZHWs1nnAqo — BraVoCycles Newsletter (@BraVoCycles) December 28, 2025 🚨 Margin Debt Keeps …
Silver moon dream just hit a hard wall. SILVER CRASH: $83 to $72 in a Single Day! ⚠️ Silver just wiped out $550B in market cap, plunging 13% after hitting an all-time high. Here’s the breakdown 👇 🔸 The CME raised margins to $25,000/contract, forcing a mass exodus of leveraged traders. 🔸 Unconfirmed reports of …
Margin Debt Exceeds $1Trillion. Can you Imagine the Magnitude of the Crash if there is low or no Exiting Liquidity? byu/Hephaestus4 inWallstreetsilver Visual Representation of the Nasdaq 100 and Crowded AI Trades! byu/Hephaestus4 inWallstreetsilver Chairman of UBS Group AG warns that poor insurance regulation and credit ratings arbitrage are creating systemic risks especially in the …
Margin debt is rising at a rate last seen before major bear markets and market CRASHES: Margin debt jumped 6.3%, or $67 billion, in September to a record $1.13 TRILLION. Investor leverage has surged 39% since April, marking the biggest 5-month spike since the late-2021 market frenzy. In the past, similar margin debt spikes have …
U.S. Stock Market at its most expensive valuation since the Great Depression 🚨 Probably Fine? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JVCijfR202 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 11, 2025 Guess what the biggest driver of this stock market rally has been? Leverage. For the first time ever, margin debt has topped $1 trillion and has ballooned +25% over the past year. Fully one-fifth of …
The Fed is back in the bond market. No cameras. No policy announcement. Just $43.6 billion in U.S. Treasuries scooped up in a single week. In May 2025, the Fed quietly bought $43.6 billion through its System Open Market Account (SOMA) — including $8.8 billion in 30-year bonds on May 8 https://dailyhodl.com/2025/05/24/fed-quietly-buys-43600000000-in-us-treasuries-in-alleged-stealth-qe-operation-after-china-abruptly-dumps-billions-in-bonds/ The official term …
German luxury carmakers just got steamrolled. Trump-era tariffs are still biting. EV demand is soft. China is turning away. Even with a draft trade deal in the works, the earnings bloodbath is already here. Mercedes collapsed first. “Revenue fell 10 % to €33.15 billion ($38.82 billion), and adjusted EBIT dropped 68 % to €1.273 billion ($1.47 billion). Net profit fell nearly 70 % to €957 million …
Margin debt across brokerage accounts in the United States reached $920.96 billion in May 2025, according to FINRA’s latest verified data. That number reflects an 8.3% jump over April and places leverage at levels not seen since the final quarter of 2021. The notable shift isn’t just the size—it’s the composition. Debt exposure is spread …
The surface looks euphoric. Underneath, it’s leaking pressure. U.S. equity markets are flashing signals that don’t line up. On one side, retail traders are piling into penny stocks, margin debt is hitting new highs, and social media is pumping vaporware IPOs like it’s 2021 again. On the other side, corporate insiders are quietly heading for …
Was it a margin call yesterday and now a silver squeeze is developing after years of manipulation? 🤔 https://t.co/Q03fESeSk8 pic.twitter.com/lHvg53vj5W — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) June 6, 2025 ⚡️#Silver prices have surged past $36/oz, reaching levels not seen since 2012, signaling robust market momentum.Fundamentals remain compelling: since 2022, silver has faced persistent supply deficits, with demand …
LOL, somebody got hit with huge margin call. RIP Silver short sellers pic.twitter.com/eroiL5kztQ — The Macro Guy (@SagarSinghSetia) June 5, 2025
There are 34% more sellers in the market than buyers. At no other point in records dating back to 2013 have sellers outnumbered buyers this much. In other words, it’s a buyer’s market. Redfin expects home prices to drop 1% by the end of the year as a result. Prospective buyers may see their purchasing …
via BossBlunts1: WHY THE CFTC NO-ACTION LETTER MATTERS It allows UBS to absorb toxic Credit Suisse swaps quietly — no clearing or margin requirements kick in. It shields these legacy exposures from public scrutiny. It suggests the risk is so large or complex, that the CFTC believes enforcing margin and clearing rules now could cause …
$1 trillion hedge fund trade unravels, threatening middle class, small businesses, and retail investors… “Who’s paying attention to the MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR hedge fund trade that is unraveling, and about to hammer the middle class, retail shareholders, and small businesses. Wall Street’s favorite high-leverage game — a complex Treasury futures arbitrage — is imploding. Hedge funds …
JPY moves are a strong sign Margin Calls keep hitting levered traders, collateral is being seized, but this time around clearly not dumped in the open market (maybe not dumped at all). The more banks and brokers are stuffed with illiquid assets the closer we get to a BTFP2.0 https://t.co/iGDIJBFNeA pic.twitter.com/p4c4JzZuef — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) …
As I warned earlier, the Treasury market is crashing. The yield on the 10-year just hit 4.5%, and the yield on the 30-year just hit 5%. Without an emergency rate cut tomorrow morning and the announcement of a massive QE program, tomorrow could be a 1987-style stock market crash. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) April 9, …
Tom Lee — probably the biggest bull on the street — has fallen pic.twitter.com/upisO46wVG — Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) April 7, 2025 BREAKING: Blackrock CEO says he will not rule out "another 20% stock market decline." pic.twitter.com/cVAh3aDbl1 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 7, 2025 You've been warned. pic.twitter.com/DL2GlnSziX — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) April 7, 2025 …
Hedge funds have been hit with the biggest margin calls since Covid shut down huge parts of the global economy in 2020, after Donald Trump’s tariffs triggered a powerful rout in global financial markets. Wall Street banks have asked their hedge fund clients to stump up more money as security for their loans because the …
