Okay, so we have the money management community, climbing back from the depths, holding a bucket of yummy gains, seeking alpha, looking to keep balance and come out Q2 a winner...
Then, suddenly, a stumble ... and the risk is of becoming so much shark bait.
Might today have sounded a lemming red alert? With only six days remaining until end-of-quarter, there's cause for concern...
This appears a train wreck waiting to happen. Indeed, with the July front month beginning with approximately 40% more CBOE Equity Options Call contracts than Put contracts open, we see how prospects for a charge into the abyss finds wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction.
And any "pause that refreshes" might amount to little more than a flailing push around the shark pool...
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