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4 Feb 2026

Nasdaq $QQQ survives the 100-day moving average test again

✅ Absolutely incredible Source: Barchart

4 Feb 2026

Can the 200 days moving average save BTC ???

Source: Trend Spider

4 Feb 2026

Amazing dichotomy between Tech hardware and software stocks over the last year.

Hardware and semis stocks are up the most of any group with average gains of 50%+. Software stocks are down the most of any group with an average decline of 20%+. Source: Bespoke

4 Feb 2026

The semiconductors relative to software performance is getting very very extreme...

Long / short positioning on this pair by hedge funds is also hitting extreme levels Source: RBC, Bloomberg

4 Feb 2026

Current gold bull market in historical perspective

Source: Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop Canaccord Genuity Bloomberg

3 Feb 2026

NVIDIA halts plan to invest $100 billion in OpenAI.

First Apple ditched now NVIDIA planning to pull back.. Source: Brainz - Systematic AI Execution Platform (SAIEP)

3 Feb 2026

Goldman notes that after a few quarters of uninspiring market that follows positive earnings release, beats are finally being rewarded.

Companies beating consensus EPS estimates have outperformed on the day after reporting by +207 bp on average, more than double the historical average of +98 bp.

3 Feb 2026

30-day realized vol in gold has climbed above 44%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

That surpasses the roughly 39% for Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency often dubbed “digital gold.” Since Bitcoin’s creation 17 years ago, gold has only been more volatile on two occasions, most recently last May during a flare-up in trade tensions sparked by President Trump's tariff threats. Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

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