Sitemap - 2026 - The Market Breakdown

The 82nd Airborne Was Ordered to the Middle East, Trump Said Iran Gave Him a "Very Big Present" but Won't Say What It Is, Iran Says No Talks Exist, and Software Stocks Got Crushed

Trump Posted That the U.S. and Iran Had "Very Good and Productive Conversations," Oil Crashed 15% in Minutes, Iran Denied Any Talks Existed, and the Market Rallied Anyway Because Hope Is a Drug

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 3/21/2026

Iraq Declared Force Majeure on All Foreign Oilfields, the IRGC Spokesman Said They're Still Building Missiles and Was Killed Minutes Later, Gold Had Its Worst Week Since 1983, and the S&P Hit 6,506

Brent Hit $119 at Dawn, Iran Bombed the World's Largest LNG Facility, Netanyahu Said Iran Can't Make Missiles Anymore, the S&P Fell Below Its 200-Day Moving Average, and This Is Issue #200

Powell Said Inflation Isn't Coming Down as Much as "Hoped," the Market Dropped 750 Points, February PPI Came in Scorching, and the Fed Chair Says He's Not Leaving Until the DOJ Investigation Is Over

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Israel Killed Iran's Top Security Official, Iran Struck a UAE Gas Field, Oil Went Back Above $100, the S&P Went Up Anyway, and Delta Raised Guidance Because Apparently People Are Panic-Booking Fligh

Tankers Got Through Hormuz, Oil Dropped From $100, the S&P Rallied 1%, and Nvidia Said It'll Make a Trillion Dollars From AI Chips by 2027 – Market Breakdown #196

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The S&P Opened Green, Closed at a New 2026 Low, Brent Recrossed $103, the Dollar Hit 100, and Trump Said He Has "Unlimited Ammunition and Plenty of Time" – Market Breakdown #196

Iran's New Supreme Leader Said the Strait Stays Closed, Brent Crossed $100, and the S&P Hit Its Lowest Level Since November – Market Breakdown #195

The IEA Released 400 Million Barrels, Iran Hit Three More Ships, Oil Went Up Anyway, and CPI Came In Tame but Nobody Cared Because It Was Taken Before the War Started – Market Breakdown #194

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The Energy Secretary Tweeted That a Tanker Got Through Hormuz, Deleted It Minutes Later, a Tanker Exploded Near Abu Dhabi, and Then CBS Reported Iran Is Deploying Mines – Market Breakdown #193

Oil Hit $119 at Dawn, the Dow Dropped 900 Points, Trump Said the War Is "Very Complete, Pretty Much," and the Market Rallied 400 Points on That Sentence – Market Breakdown #192

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 3/7/2026

The Economy Lost 92,000 Jobs, Oil Broke $90, Trump Demanded "Unconditional Surrender," and BlackRock Gated a $26 Billion Fund – Market Breakdown #191

Iran Hit a Tanker With a Missile, Oil Broke $81, the Dow Lost 785 Points, and Wednesday's Rally Lasted Exactly 14 Hours – Market Breakdown #190

The U.S. and Israel Killed Iran's Supreme Leader, the Strait of Hormuz Is Functionally Closed, and the Market Rallied – Market Breakdown #189

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WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 2/28/2026

Nvidia Beat by $2 Billion and Still Fell 10%, Block Fired Half Its Employees and Got a Standing Ovation, and OpenAI Raised $110 Billion – Market Breakdown #188

Nvidia Posts the Cleanest Beat in Semis History and Falls 5.5%, Michael Burry Calls It Cisco 2.0, Netflix Walks Away From Warner Bros., and Jensen Says the Market Got It Wrong – Market Breakdown #187

Nvidia Crushes Earnings and Guides to $78B, Salesforce Proves the SaaSpocalypse Isn't Over, Trump Delivers Record-Long SOTU, and Bitcoin Bounces Off the Ledge – Market Breakdown #186

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Turnaround Tuesday as Software Bounces, AMD Lands $100B Meta Deal, Bitcoin Bleeds Below $63K, Trump's 10% Tariffs Go Live, and Nvidia Earnings Loom Tomorrow – Market Breakdown #185

A Substack Post Moved More Money Than the Supreme Court, IBM Had Its Worst Day Since 2000, and Trump Maxed Out His Tariffs – Market Breakdown #184

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 2/21/2026

The Supreme Court Killed the Tariffs, Trump Replaced Them Two Hours Later, and GDP Missed by a Mile – Market Breakdown #183

Walmart Beat and Guided Down, Private Credit Cracked, and Trump Is Deciding Whether to Bomb Iran – Market Breakdown #182

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The S&P Rallied, the Fed Whispered "Hike," and Carvana Died After Hours – Market Breakdown #181

The S&P Erased a 1% Drop, Software Kept Dying, and Palo Alto Just Torched the After-Hours – Market Breakdown #180

Markets Closed, Nothing Solved, and the Nasdaq Just Posted Its Worst Streak Since 2022 – Market Breakdown #179

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 2/14/2026

CPI Came in Cool, the Market Shrugged, and the Week Still Lost 1.5% – Market Breakdown #178

AI Came for the Truckers, Cisco Lost 12%, Apple Can't Ship Siri, and the Dow Dropped 669 – Market Breakdown #177

130K Jobs, 898K Revisions, and the Software Sector Just Lost Another Trillion – Market Breakdown #176

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Alphabet Bets It'll Exist in 2126, Retail Sales Forgot to Show Up, and Spotify Is Worth More Than Music – Market Breakdown #175

Novo Sues Hims, China Dumps Treasuries, and Gold Hits $5,000 Again – Market Breakdown #174

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 2/7/2026

Corrected issue – Market Breakdown #173

Dow 50K, Amazon Down 6%, and the DOJ Is Coming for Your Ozempic – Market Breakdown #173

$500 Billion in AI Capex, 108K Layoffs, and Bitcoin's Worst Day Since FTX – Market Breakdown #172

AMD Loses 17% Despite Beating Earnings, Chips Crater, Jobs Come in at Half Expectations, Eli Lilly Crushes It, and Retail Buys the PayPal Dip – Market Breakdown #171

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AI Eats Software Alive, PayPal Loses 20% and Its CEO, Bitcoin Erases the Trump Rally, Navy Shoots Down Iranian Drone, Gold Bounces 6%, and Congress Schedules the Next Shutdown – Market Breakdown #170

S&P Flirts With All-Time Highs While Bitcoin Crashes Below $80K, Oil Plunges 5% on Iran Talks, Nvidia's $100B OpenAI Deal Falls Apart, Manufacturing Expands – Market Breakdown #169

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Silver Crashes 30% in Worst Day Since 1980, Gold Loses $700 in Hours, Microsoft Vaporizes $357 Billion, Trump Names Warsh to Fed, Government Shuts Down at Midnight, and More! – Market Breakdown #168

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S&P 500 Hits Record High as UnitedHealth Loses $70 Billion in Market Cap, Gold Screams Past $5,200, and Nobody Seems to Notice We're Three Days From a Shutdown – Market Breakdown #167

Gold Shatters $5,000 as the World Burns, Healthcare Insurers Crater After Hours, and the Government Might Shut Down Because Federal Agents Keep Killing People – Market Breakdown #166

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 1/24/2026

Silver Breaks $100 for the First Time in History, Intel Crashes 17%, and the "Great Rotation" Lasted Exactly 15 Days – Market Breakdown #165

Gold Hits $4,900, Intel Gets Crushed Despite Beating, and the Market Just Keeps Buying the "Concept of a Framework" – Market Breakdown #164

Trump Promises Not to Invade Greenland, Markets Celebrate, Russell 2000 Hits All-Time High on 13th Straight Day of Beating S&P – Market Breakdown #163

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Trump Links Greenland Obsession to Nobel Snub, Gold Hits Record, Europe Burns While America Sleeps – Market Breakdown #162

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 1/17/2026

Trump Can't Decide on Fed Chair, Russell 2000 Sets Historic Streak, Taiwan Writes $500B Check – Market Breakdown #161

TSMC Prints Money, Wall Street Banks Hit Records, Russell 2000 Extends Historic Streak – Market Breakdown #160

Silver Screams to Record Highs, Banks Beat and Drop, Bill Pulte Threatens His Own Family's Industry – Market Breakdown #159

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CPI Cools, JPMorgan Beats But Tanks, and Gold Eyes $5,000 – Market Breakdown #158

DOJ Subpoenas the Fed, Trump Caps Credit Cards, and Alphabet Hits $4 Trillion – Market Breakdown #157

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 1/10/2026

Jobs Miss, SCOTUS Ghosting, and $200 Billion of Copium – Market Breakdown #156

Defense Gets the Carrot After the Stick, Small Caps Hit Records, Big Tech Bleeds – Market Breakdown #155

Trump Signed Two Executive Orders, Tanked Defense Stocks and Homebuilders, and Turned the S&P's Record Into a Red Close – Market Breakdown #154

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The S&P Hit a Record, Silver Closed Above $80 for the First Time Ever, and Jensen Huang Made Memory Stocks Go Vertical – Market Breakdown #153

The US Invaded Venezuela, Markets Shrugged, and the Dow Hit an All-Time High – Market Breakdown #152

WEEKEND TRADE SHEET for 1/3/2026

BYD Dethroned Tesla, Semiconductors Partied Like It's 2023, and 2026 Already Looks a Lot Like 2025 – Market Breakdown #151