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Surprise, surprise; gold crashed 16%. Silver plunged 34%. Bitcoin dropped to 1 year lows.
All supposedly "uncorrelated" assets moving in lockstep largely because of overleveraged margin.
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Introduction
There’s an old saying: you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
Over the past several weeks, we laid out a clear, counter-consensus roadmap across multiple instruments and sectors. The setups were there, the catalysts were identified, and the trades were outlined. The question is simple: Did You Drink?
We’re referring to several high-conviction calls made over the last three weeks.
1) Semis to Software Rotation
In our February 16th report, we laid out the framework for a potential rotation out of semiconductors and into software. At the time, the consensus narrative was extreme—software was being priced for Armageddon while capital continued to crowd into semis.
We took the opposite side.
Our view was that NVDA’s earnings report could serve as the catalyst that finally triggered the rotation.
That thesis has now played out, producing more than 1,200 basis points of outperformance in just one week.

2) Rotation Into Lagging Sectors
In our February 25th report, we also outlined the potential for rotation away from cyclical leaders and into lagging sectors — setting the stage for mean reversion.
We wrote:
“We think it’s entirely possible that a well-received NVDA report could spark broader market rotation — not just into lagging software, but into other underperforming areas like financials, consumer stocks, and even the Mag 7 — while capital rotates out of crowded cyclical exposures.”
While NVDA’s report ultimately disappointed investors, the rotation has materialized anyway.
Several of 2026’s leadership groups — including Materials and Consumer Staples — have slid toward the bottom of the sector leaderboard since the NVDA report. Energy, of course, remains the notable exception, still being buoyed by the escalation in Iran.

3) Potential Top in Energy
In our March 1st report, we also highlighted the possibility that energy could be nearing a near-term peak as geopolitical fears surrounding Iran intensified.
We wrote:
“Energy, in particular, has trounced broader market returns and will likely see another boost when markets reopen following the weekend’s escalation fears surrounding Iran. The obvious question now: is this the ultimate top for energy? Time will tell, but the setup is increasingly there… We would be sellers into strength.”
That’s precisely what unfolded.
Energy initially rallied on the Iran headlines, but the move has since stalled as the market begins to digest the news. If history is any guide, geopolitical spikes in oil often prove to be classic “sell-the-news” events.

4) Bitcoin Tradeable Bottom
We also identified a tradeable bottom in Bitcoin.
In our February 22nd report, we wrote:
“Bitcoin remains stuck in a bearish consolidation with little evidence of an imminent resolution. That said, MACD is beginning to inflect higher, supporting our expectation for an eventual upside resolution.”
Then, just days later in our February 25th report, we noted:
“Bitcoin rallying roughly 8% as we write this report — coming just one day after a DeMark Sequential 13 buy printed at the lows.”
Since that DeMark Sequential 13 buy printed on February 24th, Bitcoin is now up roughly 18%, validating the signal and reinforcing the idea that a tradeable low was cemented.

So we’ll ask again: Did You Drink?

Now let’s turn to the charts.
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