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What to Watch in the Week Ahead

Managing Editor: Our colleague Jeff Brown accurately predicted the Covid crash in 2020. He protected his readers from some of the biggest crashes in the 2022 tech wreck. And late last year, he warned about a popular AI stock – right before it fell 34% in 3 months.

But now, he believes an upcoming Nvidia announcement could trigger a massive culling in the market…

Some tech stocks may soar to new heights, and others may sink to the bottom. So he wants to make sure you’ve got your portfolio prepared for these dramatic moves.

Jeff will share the details on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. ET. He’ll even name a bullish pick and a bearish pick to get you started.

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What to Watch in the Week Ahead

By Larry Benedict, editor, Trading With Larry Benedict

We’re almost a week into the Iran war. Markets continue to be dominated by the headlines.

The closing of the Strait of Hormuz, the sinking of an Iranian warship in international waters, the CIA arming a Kurdish force to invade Iran… Whether true or not, the headlines are hitting fast.

But trading off the headlines is fraught with danger. For a start, keeping up with each piece of news is an impossible task.

By the time retail traders can process the news and get into a trade, the moves have already happened. Or the trade gets filled at a lousy price.

And as we’ve already seen, markets often reactthe opposite of what you think might happen.

So today, let’s take a step back from all the noise and drill down into the coming week…

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Clear Signals

With the conflict in Iran, the overarching focus is on oil.

Supply shocks can cause massive disruption to the global economy. Plus, the spike in oil has major implications for inflation… and thus interest rates. That’s why folks have become so fixated on every move.

But trying to catch every micro-move is an impossible task. Trading solely on price in a fast-moving market offers no better odds than tossing a coin.

Instead, we have to focus on key levels.

As you can see in the chart below, Brent oil gapped higher and rallied strongly after news of the hostilities broke out…

Brent Crude Oil

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After initially piercing the $84 level, it failed to break back above that level in the following days.

Of course, there are no guarantees, but that’s the first clue that buying momentum may be starting to wane.

Backing that up, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) was recently forming an inverse “V” in overbought territory (orange circle), showing that it’s overstretched.

Those signals are warning that the move could be overdone for now and vulnerable to a pullback. Buying around these levels would be risky, no matter what the headlines say.

Note that the more a level is tested and held (in this case, resistance), the stronger that level becomes. The stock grows more likely to reverse, providing a potential setup for a trade.

Remember, you shouldn’t enter a short trade just because you think the stock is expensive. You need to have a clear technical reason to enter a trade.

So I’ll watch how the price action reacts around key levels before considering a trade. One thing is for sure: Any potential trade won’t be determined by a headline.

Beyond all that, there are a few things to keep an eye on…

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Simply visit us on YouTube at 8:30 a.m. ET, Monday through Thursday, to catch the latest.

Be Dispassionate

When conflict breaks out, the markets are initially consumed by noise. Things seem chaotic with so much information – and misinformation – flying about.

Yet markets soon start filtering out noise and focusing on what matters economically. That’s what ultimately determines stock valuations and performance over time.

Over the coming week, pay attention to the oil supply, especially if any is making its way through the Strait of Hormuz.

If that remains constrained, consider how that will flow into inflation. And keep your ear out for news of additional players coming into the war – something that could prolong the conflict or further impact supplies.

Also watch out for the intensity of Iran’s retaliatory action. A clear drop-off will hint that the regime is on the ropes and likely short on munitions – which may hasten a resolution to the conflict.

Overall, make sure you dispassionately look past the daily events and into the underlying structural factors of inflation, interest rates, and economic growth. Because they will ultimately determine the outcomes of this war… and your trades.

Regards,

Larry Benedict
Editor, Trading With Larry Benedict

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One by One, the ‘Generals’ Are Falling

Editor’s note: As regular readers know, big-name tech stocks have been under pressure recently…

These “leaders” have fueled the bull market’s run higher. And as technical trading expert Greg Diamond says, their recent struggle is a big warning sign…

Greg is an editor over at our corporate affiliate Stansberry Research. And he has more than 20 years of trading and portfolio management experience.

Greg has managed multimillion-dollar portfolios across different asset classes. He has spoken at various business schools on trading and technical analysis. And he’s a member of the Market Technicians Association – holding the prestigious Chartered Market Technician (“CMT”) designation.

Today, we’re sharing an adapted essay from Greg that most recently published in the March 4 edition of Stansberry’s free DailyWealth e-letter. And in it, he echoes a warning sign that regular Chaikin PowerFeed readers will be familiar with…

One by One, the ‘Generals’ Are Falling

By Greg Diamond, editor, Stansberry ResearchWhen the Zweig Forecast and Professional Tape Reader newsletters launched in the 1980s, subscribers couldn’t read them on a website.

They had to pick up the phone.

Financiers Martin Zweig and Stan Weinstein would record their latest market findings. And investors would call in on Friday afternoons to listen to the tapes.

These were the early days of technical analysis. While technology has come a long way since then, some of Zweig and Weinstein’s insights live on…

The two men would often say, “Be nervous when the Generals are marching forward and the [rest of the] troops aren’t following.”

A slightly different situation has played out recently in technology and semiconductors… The “Generals” have been faltering, and the “troops” have been following them down.

A number of tech and semiconductor Generals – the mega-cap leaders in these sectors – have topped out in recent weeks.

That’s not the kind of leadership we want to see. But we can’t force the market to do what we want. We need to accept what it gives us.

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Tech and Chip Leaders Are Showing Cracks

Let’s start by looking “under the hood” and examining the tech Generals. We’ll begin with Apple (AAPL). Here’s how the stock looked on the chart going into this week…Apple peaked in December 2025. It then failed to make a new high by early February – an important time factor that indicated the stock likely already topped out.

We’ve seen similar price action recently… The stock bounced again, made an even lower high on February 25, and dropped again. This is another example of the topping-out process.

We’ve seen the same type of setup in Microsoft (MSFT)… Amazon (AMZN)… and Alphabet (GOOGL). These tech Generals didn’t peak at the same time. But they’re all going through the topping-out process.

The industrials sector has been one notable exception… The State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) has held up well compared with everything else we’re looking at.

But historically, when leadership cracks, strength elsewhere doesn’t last long. So, if tech continues lower, the question becomes: Do industrials roll over next? It’s possible.

Now, let’s shift gears to the semiconductor Generals…

We’ll start by examining the biggest chipmaker of them all, Nvidia (NVDA). Here’s how its stock chart looked coming into this week…Nvidia released earnings after the market close on February 25… And the stock dropped the next trading day.

For technical traders, the reasons for the move aren’t as important as the move itself.

As you can see, the stock has been dangerously close to breaking its “support” level (the solid red horizontal line on the chart). If that happens, Nvidia could drag down the broader chip space.

That includes the VanEck Semiconductor Fund (SMH)… and major holdings Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Both of these semiconductor Generals have trended lower.

Watching for the Market’s Next Move

The market’s leadership – technology and semiconductors – has recently shown signs of topping out.

But as traders, we can take advantage of the volatility. These chart setups can help us read what’s happening… and trade intelligently.

Both sectors could see a breakdown, a potential bounce, and then an even bigger breakdown…

Or this could be a short-term low where the market looks past any volatility. After that, we could see choppier price action.

The bottom line is, if key support levels start to break, that would likely confirm a top.

Until we see that, patience is key. Let the Generals tell us what happens next.

Good investing,

Greg Diamond, CMT

Editor’s note: Greg called the 2020 COVID-19 crash… the 2022 tech crash… and the 2023 bank crisis – all in advance.

And this coming Tuesday, March 10, he’s going public in a free briefing – with a brand-new warning about a wave of volatility that he sees coming straight toward U.S. stocks. During the briefing, he’ll also share the steps investors should take to prepare.

It’s worth paying attention to what Greg has to say – get more details and register to attend this free special event here.

Market View

Major Indexes and Notable Sectors # HLD: BULLISH NEUTRAL BEARISHDow 30

-1.62%718 5S&P 500

-0.56%107283 108Nasdaq

-0.3%2250 28Small Caps

-1.91%4781029 375Bonds

-0.4%

— According to the Chaikin Power Bar, Small Cap stocks have become somewhat more Bullish than Large Cap stocks. Major indexes are mixed.* * * *

Sector Tracker

Sector movement over the last 5 daysEnergy+2.6%Communication+1.47%Consumer Discretionary-0.43%Information Technology-0.59%Utilities-0.59%Real Estate-0.66%Health Care-2.23%Financial-2.42%Industrials-2.63%Consumer Staples-3.88%Materials-4.09%* * * *

Industry Focus

Telecom Services16193

Over the past 6 months, the Telecom subsector (XTL) has outperformed the S&P 500 by +33.90%. Its Power Bar ratio, which measures future potential, is Very Strong, with more Bullish than Bearish stocks. It is currently ranked #5 of 21subsectors and has moved down 1 slot over the past week.Top Stocks rating ADTNADTRAN Holdings, Inc rating BANDBandwidth Inc. rating FFIVF5, Inc.* * * *

Top Movers

Gainers rating TTD+18.36% rating EXPE+13.44% rating BKNG+8.46% rating LYB+6.4% rating INTU+6.05%Losers rating GLW-6.97% rating LUV-6.89% rating MRNA-6.87% rating UPS-5.82% rating FIX-5.74%* * * *

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Ciena Corporation Q0 $1.35 Beat by $0.18 rating COO
The Cooper Companies, Inc. Q1 $1.10 Beat by $0.07 rating KR
The Kroger Co. Q4 $1.28 Beat by $0.08 rating BURL
Burlington Stores, Inc. Q4 $4.89 Beat by $0.14 rating MRVL
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The VIX Is Hot. Here’s How To Trade the Cool-Down.

Write this number down: 22.11.

That’s where the VIX — the market’s “fear gauge” — opened on March 5, 2026.

And yes, the VIX is basically the market’s smoke alarm. It’s not measuring “how bad things are.” It’s measuring how much near‑term volatility traders are pricing into S&P 500 options.

When it jumps, it usually means one thing:

People are paying up for protection.

And when people overpay for protection… opportunity shows up.

Why the fear gauge is overheating

Markets can digest bad news.

What they can’t digest is open-endednews.

That’s what you have right now.

The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran has turned into the kind of rolling uncertainty that keeps traders glued to headlines.

Look at the chain reaction:

Hezbollah acknowledged launching missiles and drones toward Israel, and air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv as projectiles streaked across the sky.
President Trump signaled the campaign could continue for at least four weeks, which is a fancy way of saying: “nobody knows the end date.”
The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones, with a limited fire and material damage, and the embassy issued a “shelter in place” notice.
The State Department ordered the departure of non‑emergency personnel and family members from Bahrain, Iraq, and Jordan.

That’s not “background noise.”

That’s the kind of situation where money managers can’t model next week, let alone next quarter.

And when managers can’t model outcomes, they don’t make heroic bets.

They buy insurance.

They raise cash.

They de-risk.

That’s how you get a VIX in the 20s.

One more thing: this kind of conflict doesn’t just hit stocks. It hits oil, shipping, airlines, the whole “real economy” layer.

Reuters noted oil prices were soaring and shipping disruptions were building as the conflict widened.

If you’ve got a 401(k), you feel that in two places:

Your account balance.

And your gas bill.

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How We know fear is peaking (not just rising)

Here’s the part most people get wrong.

They see the VIX spike and they think: “That means the world is ending.”

Sometimes it is.

Most of the time it’s not.

Most of the time it’s fear getting overpriced.

And the VIX doesn’t live up here.

It visits.

The last time we were in this general neighborhood, the VIX printed 25.31 on October 16, 2025 and 26.42 on November 20, 2025.

And if you want to see what “real panic” looks like, look back to early April 2025:

The VIX hit 52.33 on April 8, 2025.

By mid-August 2025, it was back down around 14.49.

That’s the pattern.

Fear spikes.

People pay any price for protection.

Then the air clears, and the same protection they were desperate to buy becomes the thing they can’t wait to sell.

That’s the moment you should be looking for.

Not when fear is rising fast.

When fear stops accelerating.

That was the signal.

So what should you watch in real time?

Keep it simple:

A stretched VIX level (like we’ve got now — 21.60 as of March 5).
Momentum indicators that tell me the move is exhausted (RSI, MACD, Williams %R — you’re basically asking: is the sprint turning into a stumble?).
Price action that confirms it (a reversal day, a lower close after a spike, or a failure to make new highs even as headlines get worse).

Here’s the key: don’t try to catch the top tick in fear.

Try to catch the turn.

Because the turn is where the easy money is.

And when it comes, it usually comes fast.

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The trade — short volatility (carefully) when the smoke starts to thin

When the VIX is overheated, there are two broad ways people try to monetize it:

A) Buy equities into the panic
Sometimes that’s as simple as buying calls on broad indexes when fear peaks.

It’s not glamorous.

It’s just taking the other side of forced hedging.

B) Short volatility directly (the “toolbox” trade)
This is where inverse VIX products come in.

But you need to respect what they are.

They’re not magic.

They’re power tools.

The cleanest examples:

SVXY (ProShares Short VIX Short‑Term Futures ETF)

SVXY seeks daily results that correspond to one‑half the inverse (-0.5x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short‑Term Futures Index.

Expense ratio: 0.95%.

It’s designed to profit from decreased volatility, as measured by VIX futuresprices.

SVIX (VolatilityShares -1x Short VIX Futures ETF)

SVIX seeks to provide daily inverse results corresponding generally to the Short VIX Futures Index (SHORTVOL), which is built on a rolling position in first and second month VIX futures.

Now let me be brutally honest about the part that hurts people:

These are daily products.

If you hold them longer than a day, your results can drift — sometimes a lot — from what you “think” you’re buying.

And yes, it can get ugly fast.

ProShares explicitly warns that VIX-futures-linked ETFs can be highly volatile, and investors could potentially lose the full value of their investment over periods as short as one day.

VolatilityShares says the same thing in plain language: these funds are intended for short-term purposes, can be highly volatile, and you could lose full principal value within a single day.

Not a toy.

So how do you make this into a real plan?

You should do three things:

First, treat this like a trade, not a “position.” Days to weeks. Not months.

Second, size it like it can go against you hard — because it can.

Third, define what would make you change your mind:

If the conflict escalates and volatility starts making new highs again, don’t argue with it. Step aside.

Because the whole edge here is simple:

Fear gets overpriced.

Then it cools.

And when it cools, the payoff can be quick.

You can’t profit from a market panic if you’re panicking too.

What you can do right now: set an alert on the VIX level, and decide in advance what “fear peaking” looks like for you — so you’re not improvising with your money on the line.

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