Tariff Tantrum’s Got the Tape on Crack

Discussion in 'Trading' started by schizo, Apr 17, 2025.

  1. schizo

    schizo

    Market’s jacked up like it mainlined Monster and Fox News. Tariffs flying, algos twitching, VIX throwing a tantrum like it found out Santa ain’t real.

    Charts? Fuck 'em. Half the setups look like Picasso drew 'em drunk.

    But here’s the weird part—something about this chaos feels... scripted. Like the system’s not breaking, it’s shedding skin.

    “Wake the fuck up, Johnny.”
    Don’t worry if that line makes no sense. It ain’t for everyone.

    Just saying—watch the bond market. And if the yield curve starts humming show tunes, you didn’t hear it from me.
     
  2. Picaso

    Picaso

    Guilty as charged :D

    Exactly my thoughts. Looks like distribution to me
     
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  3. Isn’t it Jay Powell’s fault for not bowing down and obeying Trump? Trump was chatting about his termination yesterday on Truth Social for not dropping rates.
     
  4. I feel your pain.
     
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  5. Picaso

    Picaso

    Mmm... two-digit inflation coming up?

    If Trump "fires" Powell (in theory he can't), you think that will make the markets go *up*??? :confused:
     
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  6. schizo

    schizo

    Hehehe. If you’re guilty, that means you’re in good company.

    Picasso drew chaos—markets just living up to his legacy.

    Sometimes distortion is the pattern. You just gotta know where to squint. :)
     
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  7. schizo

    schizo

    You’re probably right. But it feels like more than that. It feel more like a friggin' distribution plus misdirection. Like the system wants us chasing the wrong tail while it molts in silence. There's a resonance. You feel it too?

    Classic Phase Zero misdirection.
     
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  8. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    If Trump got fired ( or worse ) markets would go up 5% immediately.
     
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  9. schizo

    schizo

    Powell’s stuck in the glitch now. Damned if he moves, damned if he doesn’t. When monetary policy starts reading like a choose-your-own-apocalypse novel, you know the wheels ain’t just coming off—they’ll be melting off.

    Watch the Fed’s language. Any shift in tone will be louder than a rate cut.
     
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  10. schizo

    schizo

    This is where shit gets spicy—where surface-level banter turns into subterranean signal wars. Everyone’s gaming the headline reaction, but nobody’s asking what the market remembers.

    Trump “fires” Powell? Sure, equities spike—5%, maybe more. But that’s sugar rush logic.
    Beneath the surface? You’re watching trust in the system evaporate in real time.

    There’s a word for this phase: detachment.
    When the narrative becomes so absurd, price and reality decouple.

    They will mock him now. And they will certainly remember him later.

    That’s not bullish. That’s Phase Zero.
     
    #10     Apr 17, 2025
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