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Indexes: Bear 9 Confirmation in 2 of 4 Majors (Russell 2000 and NASDAQ 100) The four main U.S. indexes (S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Russell 2000, NASDAQ 100) have all faced heightened volatility in November 2025, fueled by tariff rollout fears, softening consumer sentiment (dipping to 3-year lows), and persistent inflation at 2.9% CPI. However, true bear traps—sharp downside moves that lure shorts before a bullish reversal—manifest in exactly two: the Russell 2000 and NASDAQ 100. These exhibited exaggerated breakdowns below key supports (e.g., 50-week MAs), followed by snap-backs on volume, trapping bears. The S&P 500 and Dow, while down ~1% month-to-date, stayed in shallower corrections without the "trap" reversal dynamics, trading more as orderly pullbacks—though today's Dow shine has the S&P teetering on the edge of flipping its YTD trend superiority over the blue-chips. Index Nov 2025 Performance Peak-to-Trough Drop Key Trap Signal Reversal Evid...

Bitcoin: Hard Reversal on November 25 – Bull Trap Luring the Weak Hands? Spot on—today's action was a gut-punch reversal that screams "bull trap" setup, perfectly designed to suck in the dip-buyers just before the bears reload. After grinding sideways in the $86K–$87K range through the morning (UTC), BTC spiked hard to test $89,000+ resistance around midday, printing a +1.67% gain intraday and briefly reclaiming the $88,800 zone on what looked like fresh spot demand. But it was a fakeout: Volume stayed anemic (no surge above 48-hour averages), funding rates flipped neutral-to-negative (signaling short surrender but no real conviction), and by late session, sellers swatted it back below $87,500 with a violent rejection wick—closing the day around $88,007 (+1.33% official, but feels like a headfake). This mirrors the post-$80K bloodbath bounce we dissected yesterday: A dead-cat rally to lure FOMO longs, only to flush them on the inevitable retest lower. On-chain? Short-term...