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Don here...
Jeff showed a picture today that explains this entire market better than any chart or indicator I've seen.
A funicular railway.
It's a cable car system on a steep slope. Two cars permanently attached to opposite ends of a cable. As one goes up, the other comes down. Equal speed. No exceptions.
That's this market right now.
The algorithmic funicular is walking up the hill. Slow. Steady. Relentless. Every single dip gets bought. Every gap down gets filled. The machines don't care about valuations or warnings or fundamentals.
They just keep buying.
Here's what Jeff said that stopped me cold. When this thing finally turns around and starts heading down the hill, you're never getting out. The ride up is very slow. The ride down is really fast.
In today's free session replay, you'll discover:
- Why Applied Materials' warning should terrify everyone. The largest semiconductor equipment maker in the world just announced a $500 million revenue shortfall. Export restrictions are halting production. This is the company that makes the machines that make the chips. If they're warning, the entire AI infrastructure boom is under threat. The stock should be down 50 points. It's up 5. Nobody's listening anymore because they're too busy sipping margaritas and driving Ferraris down the highway.
- The private equity exodus that signals bubble peak. Private equity firms are exiting AI deals at the highest rate in history. When the smart money that funded these companies early is cashing out, that's your signal. Jeff explains why private equity exits mark market tops more reliably than any technical indicator. They don't get out at the bottom. They get out at the top.
- Why hiring plans just hit a 16-year low. Companies aren't just not hiring. They don't even have plans to hire. The economy's overheated. AI has replaced workers. Jeff breaks down what this means for the broader economy and why it's another warning sign the market's ignoring. On the way up, nobody cares about bad news. They only care on the way down.
- The three psychological traps destroying accounts right now. Herd mentality makes traders follow the crowd until the cliff appears. Availability bias forces decisions based on what happened in the last 24 hours instead of actual probabilities. Endowment bias convinces traders that what they own is worth more than what the market's actually pricing it at. Jeff walks through each one with real trading examples of how they wreck portfolios.
- Why a stock got downgraded and rallied anyway. Southern Company received a downgrade at 52-week highs. The stock opened lower. Then call buyers rushed in and pushed it higher. Jeff explains why this type of price action proves the market's completely broken. When downgrades at all-time highs become buying opportunities, you're watching pure algo momentum with zero human judgment.
The correlation data Jeff referenced is striking.
Data Trek shows excessive confidence in the market right now. Every single time their model has flashed this signal since 2023, the S&P has declined by a minimum of 5% in the following weeks.
Could be 5%. Could be 18%. But it always happens.
The problem is timing.
Jeff's not trying to predict the exact day or hour this turns. His technical indicators aren't showing a sell signal yet.
But when it comes, it's going to be ugly.
The standard deviation channels show about 250 points of upside potential from here. The downside? About 1,200 points. That's the risk-reward you're facing if you buy at these levels.
Jeff's been warning about this for months. Not because he's bearish. Because he understands how algorithmic markets work. They slowly walk up the hill. They thrust downward when something breaks.
Nobody knows when. But understanding the structure tells you what's coming.
The behavioral bias section is eye-opening. You'll see exactly how your brain is programmed to make the wrong decision at the worst possible time.
And why recognizing those patterns might be the only thing that saves you when the funicular finally reverses direction.
→ Watch Jeff's complete session to understand the funicular framework and what happens when it finally turns around
To your success,
Don Kaufman
Chief Market Strategist, TheoTRADE
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