10am update – starting positive

US equities open on a positive note, but its arguably just a bounce, as weekly momentum is increasingly negative. VIX is cooling back, prone to the 16/15s. WTIC $81s. Gold printed $2344… if bouncing. Silver $27.16… if also bouncing.

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VIX’60min

Summary

S/t momentum in the process of turning positive, which should prop the market up into the mid afternoon, if not early Tuesday.

*Last week’s OPEX settlement was especially weak, as the bigger charts offer 4700… if not until mid May.


notable stock: TSLA

Last week… the firings… this week… the price cuts.

notable semicon: SMCI

Last Friday saw an outright vicious drop, as the AI hysteria bubble is decisively broken.

notable miner: GOLD

Lower with gold.

notable miner: AG

Lower with silver.