Ahoy there, Trader! ⚓️
It’s Phil…
If you looked away this week, you missed a financial trainwreck.
Stocks didn’t just slide – they went full kamikaze.
Oil? Torched.
Copper? Imploded.
Gold? Cracked.
Credit? Crushed.
Even the mighty Magnificent 7 tech stocks lost $1.4 trillion in market cap – and that’s not a typo.
The dominoes fell hard. And fast.
And if you didn’t have a plan, the week wasn’t just painful… it was obliterating.
But let’s zoom in – not just on what happened – but how it all connected. Because this wasn’t random.
This was a Chain Reaction Selloff – and if you learn to spot the sequence, you’ll start spotting the setups too.
Market Summary
A Tidal Wave of Selling
The Week Everything Crashed
It started like any normal trading week. But by Friday, global equities had recorded their worst losses since the March 2020 COVID crash. The Dow collapsed over 2,200 points in a single session, while the Nasdaq officially joined the Russell 2000 in bear market territory, each down more than 20% from their highs. If you’re looking for a silver lining, it’s buried under the highest volume day in US stock market history. That’s not bullish – that’s panic.
The chain reaction spread fast. As mega-cap tech stocks – the Magnificent 7 – crumbled, they shed a record-shattering $1.4 trillion in market cap. That’s the biggest weekly loss on record for the group. The VIX exploded higher, logging its biggest weekly spike since February 2020. And the bloodbath wasn’t just in equities – US credit markets had their worst week since the lockdown era, worse even than the SVB banking crisis.
Commodities got torched. Oil prices plunged 11%, the worst week since March 2023. Copper collapsed on Friday alone by the most since Lehman’s 2008 implosion. Even gold, the safe haven, cracked – recording its worst day since November 2024. In FX, the dollar saw a solid rebound, but the Aussie dollar nosedived the most since 2008. This wasn’t isolated panic – it was an everything selloff.
And in the background? Whispered fears of stagflation. With central banks trapped between inflation and recession, the markets may be starting to price in something darker. This wasn’t just a selloff – it was a sea change.
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Crypto: Down, But Not Dead
While equities lit themselves on fire, Bitcoin stayed green.
It didn’t moon. It didn’t melt.
It just… held.
In a week where everything from tech to treasuries collapsed, BTC’s quiet strength speaks volumes.
Ethereum? Weak chop around $2K – but stable.
Not exciting. But not bleeding either.
Meanwhile:
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Another $22M DeFi hack
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SEC in-fighting over stablecoin regulation
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Still… the crypto market didn’t panic
And that says something.
Crypto didn’t lead this selloff.
It survived it.
Expert Insights – How to Trade Chain Reactions
In a multi-asset crash, correlation goes to 1.
That means everything moves together – and fast.
Here’s how to survive it:
✅ Trade the market’s structure, not your bias
✅ Watch for the first domino (mega caps, credit, volatility)
✅ Use options income swings to frame trades with time edge
✅ Focus on pullbacks, pulses, and 10-min Tag ‘n Turn setups
When the market moves fast, it rewards those who were already positioned, not those who chase.
Fun Fact
28 March 2025 – the highest-volume day in US stock market history.
Not because of a rally.
Not because of a Fed pivot.
But because everyone hit the exit at once.
Traders called it “Black Friday 2.0” on forums – but with less shopping and more sobbing.
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Happy trading,
Phil
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