pulled the historical data. 84 SPX episodes since 1962 hit -5% from ATH.
30% bottomed at 5%
37% extended to 6-10%
15% extended to 10-15%
18% extended past 15%
$SPX Last Sunday at 7,600 we asked: who's the marginal buyer? Friday answered. Biggest one-day drop of the year. NFP 172K vs 80K est. Semis -9.5%. The 0.42 put/call we flagged needed 5 sessions to bite, not 10.
The Lie (our weekly -5 to +5 score for whether the index trend is confirmed underneath.. breadth, positioning, vol, rotation) was -2 at the highs. We published the kill condition in plain English: $AVGO miss Wednesday. It missed. The hedge bought at the year's cheapest vol went to near max value. The long never set up.. you don't buy a level getting run on a trend day.
No trade is a position.
The Lie now reads -4. Lower than it ever printed at the April bottom, and that's the design: the score is worst early in a break, BEFORE the washout. Real lows leave a signature. Check it yourself:
A/D momentum in the -60s? It's at -23. Total put/call above 1.0? It's 0.97. $VIX above 25? It's 21.5.
Zero of three. That's why the first bounce after a breakdown usually fails. Selling gets exhausted, not scared away.
Meanwhile: October hike odds went 31.5% to 66% in one week (Bloomberg). CPI Wednesday with the Fed in quiet period. 10Y auction same day. $ORCL same night. SpaceX lists Friday.. $75B of new paper into a deleveraging market.
Defense first. The reload comes when fear actually prints.
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$FROG held up well on Friday...
Down just 2.5% on the day is impressive considering the carnage.
Closed above rising 8-day EMA. Finished the week green.
Also, software should outperform in the event of further downside relative to semis/AI Capex. $IGV far less extended than $SMH