We're 4% off all-time highs and people are panicking

People are freaking out.

The S&P is down 4% from all-time highs and everyone's acting like the sky is falling.

Let me put that in perspective: a normal market correction is 10%. We're not even halfway there.

But here's the problem.

VIX closed Friday at 28. That's up 17% on the day. And anything north of 28 historically doesn't pull back — it goes parabolic into the 35-40 range.

We're sitting right on that threshold.

Oil's through $90. Volatility futures are in backwardation — which means the market is pricing extreme near-term risk. The expected move jumped 60% in two days.

And now Trump's threatening to escalate with Iran. Tehran's under bombardment. Israeli commandos raided Lebanon overnight. Six US troops killed in the conflict are being brought home today.

This is not calming down.

Here's what I said Friday: you haven't seen selling yet.

We're 4% off the highs. VIX is already in Never Neverland. If that gap closes — if we actually get the selloff the vol market is pricing in — small accounts are going to get obliterated.

Not because they can't handle a 10% correction.

Because they'll panic. They'll overtrade. They'll revenge trade their losses. They'll hold positions they shouldn't. And they'll blow up.

I've seen it a thousand times.

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To your success,

Don Kaufman