BREAKING: US stations are running out of diesel. Stations in North Texas are now posting "OUT" on their diesel signs, and an Orlando, Florida station has blanked its diesel price to 0.00 with the pump dry today.
California stations already began posting "out of diesel" signs on Sunday, with the national average at a record $6.31 a gallon.
September 16th is about to be a wild day.
We now have President Trump threatening to "stop trading" with all countries that the US has a trade deficit with if the Fed does not CUT rates.
This would effectively cut off trade with ~50% of all US trading partners, including Mexico, China, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and India.
Trump says the Supreme Court has ruled that he has an "absolute right" to do so.
Meanwhile, the market now thinks Fed Chair Warsh, who was just appointed by President Trump, will HIKE rates in his first rate move.
Just months ago, President Trump said it was a precondition that his Fed Chair appointee is willing to cut rates.
September 16th marks the next Fed decision.
If the Fed doesn't cut rates on September 16th, a potential of $300+ billion in monthly US trade volume could apparently come to a halt.
We will be breaking it all down in real-time.
🚨 THE NEXT MONETARY WAR BETWEEN U.S. and CHINA HAS ALREADY STARTED
The U.S. is betting on Digital Dollars (Stablecoins) while China is betting on physical gold.
Trump and the Treasury just admitted the quiet part out loud.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: We will keep the dollar as the world’s reserve currency and will use stablecoins to do it.
Trump’s January 2025 order made dollar-backed coins official policy. The GENIUS Act locked the mechanism in: every compliant stablecoin must sit 1-for-1 on cash, T-bills, and Treasury repos.
That’s the escape hatch. America can’t print gold. It can print demand for its own debt.
How it works:
Billions of people who will never open a U.S. bank account can hold a dollar token. Every new token forces the issuer to buy short-term Treasuries.
Dollar demand gets exported on crypto rails.
The reserve currency survives even if SWIFT loses corridors because the world is still holding a claim on U.S. paper.
It’s not a gold standard. It’s a digital T-bill standard wearing a crypto costume.
Meanwhile China is doing the opposite:
The PBOC just posted its 21st straight month of gold buying. Official holdings: ~2,366 tonnes. They’re stacking metal like the clock is running out.
Hong Kong already opened the first offshore Shanghai Gold Exchange vault. The city wants 2,000+ tonnes of storage. More vaults are being scoped for Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh, Moscow. The pitch is simple: hold yuan, convert it to gold you can actually take delivery of.
That’s the old-school play. Physical collateral. Offshore vaults. Yuan contracts settled in metal, not promises.
Two strategies. Same problem.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) Treasury Chief Just Quit London For The Crypto Firm “Ripple” For Tokenized Commodities on XRP Ledger As China Builds a Yuan-Gold Vault Settlement System.
That product is already live. Assetiko gold XAUa and silver XAGa on the XRP Ledger. Swap metal to native XRP on @Trensik_com without leaving the book.
The U.S. is trying to keep the dollar’s privilege by turning private coins into a global bid for Treasuries.
China is trying to leave the privilege by stacking gold and building a vault-and-settlement network that doesn’t need Washington’s permission.
One side is digitizing the debt. The other is hoarding the metal.
Watch which one the rest of the world actually trusts when the next shock hits.
BREAKING: Trump is now privately considering to formally declare the Iran war over, with Trump saying he strongly favors the idea, per WSJ.
Meanwhile, Iran launched a surprise attack on US assets in Kuwait tonight, with no US first strike. The US also has not responded to last night’s Iranian attacks on US bases. A US official said the White House is concerned about surging oil prices and "close to zero" interceptor stockpiles.
Last night's attacks hit 7 different US bases in 5 different countries.
📉 Sold a Short Call Spread in /ES Futures.
The setup was based on resistance levels, elevated volatility, and a risk-defined approach to premium selling.
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DALIO: DUMP BONDS, BUY GOLD AS DEBT CRISIS LOOMS
Ray Dalio warns a U.S. debt crisis could hit within three years, as deficits and interest costs surge.
He recommends underweighting bonds and allocating 10%–15% to gold, plus a small Bitcoin position.
Dalio argues rising debt could force higher rates or money printing, weakening currencies and fueling inflation.
He expects gold and Bitcoin to outperform as investors seek alternatives to government-backed assets.
Donald Trump: “You better go out and buy stocks now.
Let me tell you, this country will be like a rocket ship that goes straight up.
This is going to be numbers that nobody has ever seen before.”
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BREAKING: A total of 911,500,000 shares of SpaceX, $SPCX, held by employees and early investors, become eligible to trade tomorrow.
That's ~43% more than the 638,900,000 shares issued at IPO.
SpaceX's free float is set to increase from 4.9% to 11.8% of outstanding shares.
BREAKING: Michael Burry says he disclosed major portfolio changes:
• Exited Microsoft, $MSFT, longs and calls
• Closed Oracle, $ORCL, shorts and puts
• Closed January 2026 Palantir, $PLTR, puts, but remains short the stock
• Rolled Nvidia, $NVDA, puts into June 2027, with strikes in the low $100
• Rolled Invesco QQQ, $QQQ, short position into February 2027
Burry continues to hold his remaining short positions.