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Michael Burry just bet $1.1 billion against AI giants. Tech stocks tanked. The real contagion risk isn’t AI valuations—it’s that when the Magnificent Seven sneeze, the entire market catches pneumonia. Here’s what we discovered trading through the chaos.

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FINRA finally decided that requiring $25,000 to day trade was about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
Replaced with intraday margin based on real-time position risk.
Awaiting SEC approval – earliest rollout early 2026.
Brokers can still set higher limits, so it’s not a total free-for-all.
Translation: Retail traders finally get through the velvet rope, but the market DJ still plays risk management on repeat.

TLDR – Volume Analysis Integration
The Premium Popper already wins 86.6% of trades. Adding opening-volume filters looked promising but failed in practice. After three development cycles and rigorous statistical tracking, the supposed edge proved to be statistical noise (+1.5% at best).

Key lessons:
– Not every research insight translates into profitable execution.
– Feature creep adds complexity without guaranteed returns.
– Sometimes subtraction beats addition – a leaner, proven system is more powerful.

Verdict: Volume analysis removed. v1.5.7 stays the production standard.