The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued its first G4 severe geomagnetic storm watch in 2 decades for Fri night.

The last G4 storm in 2005 notably caused power outages in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa.

Update $VLD

It's ironic the same people who expect a soft landing are also expecting rate cuts.

There's no catalyst for the yield curve to drop if the economy is fine. If anything, it would send rates higher.

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NOAA just updated its aurora forecast to a G4 tomorrow night.

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Is Velo3D ( $VLD) about to have another breakout next week?

Volatility products are behaving strangely.

VVIX/VIX has stopped on the trendline and is now travelling down it

Markets up, VIX up 🤨

Jim Cramer says the sell-off may be over.

CNBC

Market futures are losing momentum

Is AI about to cause a deflationary crisis similar to the forgotten 18 month depression of July 1920?

youtube.com/watch?v=Se91Pn…

The only reason they're giving us free access to basic AI is to get us comfortable with the idea that everyone's job is about to be replaced.

May OpEx is expected to be the largest on record for S&P 500-linked derivatives, with around $5 trillion in US stock options set to expire.

Apparently it's expected to dwarf the normal monthly expiration events 😶