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Melt-up ménage à trois
Violently fearless
It is beginning to look a lot like FOMO
Look up
Where are we in this bubble?
Fall without the fear
Last time this happened...
China's reopening from hell
Beyond parabolic: NYFANG mimics August 2020 tech fever
Mighty Tech: Overbought but can get more overbought
Stubborn Euro longs face a resilient dollar comeback
Beyond the deal
Tech on steroids: AI the savior, or?
A narrow tech decoupling
Some 00/01 reminiscence
All about NVDA...and some more
3 charts we are watching: Finally FOMO?
"Fat and flat" mania
Cracks beneath the surface
Three charts we are watching
Cracks in the Great Wall
Time to talk about the NASDAQ long
Signs of exuberance: we had a few but....
TME Weekend: Lowest in 20 years
Narrow rally as liquidity peaks
Melt-up momentum
Tech titans skyrocket: dancing on the edge of overheating
Frustration mania as we climb the wall of worry
Finally some moves
Underdog rising: could small caps revive?
From tech highs to debt ceiling and tail risks
Gold breaks supports and CTAs need to sell size
Boredom and bears
Can we please move?
Flat & Flat
TME Sunday: Much ado about nothing
TME Sunday: Much ado about nothing
TME Saturday: Either or
Better than 1999
Liquidity, downside convexity and hot short volatility sellers
One stock: 3rd largest stock market in the world
The "what if" bull
Bullish charts, bearish crowd
Dollar - the comeback kid
Range-bound mania
Big Tech & MOVEs
Warnings signs, but what if...
How to play the "No good option"
The new panic: fear of calm markets
Still stuck in the mud
Size selling in time for the buyback bonanza
Here is why we are so flat
Sell low, buy high market is alive
Gold regains status as fear hedge, but...
Market faces systematic selling and renewed liquidity tightening
Oil rollercoaster: navigating volatility and range trading opportunities
Pow(OI)elld
KRE: The latest thoughts from the sell-side
MOVEs are back
Anatomy of a 1-day sell-off
Is NASDAQ immune?
Goldilocks market?
VIX seasonality: will debt limit impact volatility?
This new bull market has a name (and a mega-theme)
Can narrow market breadth sustain equities rally
April's fab five
Three charts we are watching
Welcome to (tech) upside panic
Unstoppable tech?
Puts comeback, mega-cap crowding concerns...but buybacks are kicking in soon
If it goes down a little it can go down a lot
Finally some moves
Big troubles in little China?
Taking a ride on the flat-line
Flat & Flat
The debt ceiling debacle: Could it derail the 2023 bull?
TME Weekend: Boring for longer
Boredom persists, but downside convexity is back
Post-expiry: going to move more freely
Three reasons for why there could be some further downside
Sell low, buy high crowd is long
Trapped - volatility, liquidity, and seasonality to shape the next move
Massively unchanged (again)
Debt ceiling jitters rattle markets and liquidity
Squeeze Pause - Back to "Flat & Fat"
Sell in May?
Slow-mo frustration
Say hello to inverse panic - VIX guy is back
Charts we are watching: the mighty euro
All quiet on the market (or squeeze) front
TME Weekend: Squeeze 5.0
Three "risky" charts to watch
The Bitcoin bid
Have no fear?
Potential squeeze 4.0: Extreme positioning in banks
"Too damn short". Squeeze 3.0
Inverse panic kicking in
Too damn short 2.0
Upside FOMO - next pain trade?
Use low volatility for directional trades
Waiting for the next direction
Reflections on Tech technicals
Still too many "damn shorts"?

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Melt-up ménage à trois

Violently fearless

It is beginning to look a lot like FOMO

Look up

Where are we in this bubble?

Fall without the fear

Last time this happened...

China's reopening from hell

Beyond parabolic: NYFANG mimics August 2020 tech fever

Mighty Tech: Overbought but can get more overbought

Stubborn Euro longs face a resilient dollar comeback

Beyond the deal

Tech on steroids: AI the savior, or?

A narrow tech decoupling

Some 00/01 reminiscence

All about NVDA...and some more

3 charts we are watching: Finally FOMO?

"Fat and flat" mania

Cracks beneath the surface

Three charts we are watching

Cracks in the Great Wall

Time to talk about the NASDAQ long

Signs of exuberance: we had a few but....

TME Weekend: Lowest in 20 years

Narrow rally as liquidity peaks

Melt-up momentum

Tech titans skyrocket: dancing on the edge of overheating

Frustration mania as we climb the wall of worry

Finally some moves

Underdog rising: could small caps revive?

From tech highs to debt ceiling and tail risks

Gold breaks supports and CTAs need to sell size

Boredom and bears

Can we please move?

Flat & Flat

TME Sunday: Much ado about nothing

TME Sunday: Much ado about nothing

TME Saturday: Either or

Better than 1999

Liquidity, downside convexity and hot short volatility sellers

One stock: 3rd largest stock market in the world

The "what if" bull

Bullish charts, bearish crowd

Dollar - the comeback kid

Range-bound mania

Big Tech & MOVEs

Warnings signs, but what if...

How to play the "No good option"

The new panic: fear of calm markets

Still stuck in the mud

Size selling in time for the buyback bonanza

Here is why we are so flat

Sell low, buy high market is alive

Gold regains status as fear hedge, but...

Market faces systematic selling and renewed liquidity tightening

Oil rollercoaster: navigating volatility and range trading opportunities

Pow(OI)elld

KRE: The latest thoughts from the sell-side

MOVEs are back

Anatomy of a 1-day sell-off

Is NASDAQ immune?

Goldilocks market?

VIX seasonality: will debt limit impact volatility?

This new bull market has a name (and a mega-theme)

Can narrow market breadth sustain equities rally

April's fab five

Three charts we are watching

Welcome to (tech) upside panic

Unstoppable tech?

Puts comeback, mega-cap crowding concerns...but buybacks are kicking in soon

If it goes down a little it can go down a lot

Finally some moves

Big troubles in little China?

Taking a ride on the flat-line

Flat & Flat

The debt ceiling debacle: Could it derail the 2023 bull?

TME Weekend: Boring for longer

Boredom persists, but downside convexity is back

Post-expiry: going to move more freely