In this special pre-market editorial, we’re joined by Rick Bensignor, President of Bensignor Investment Strategies and publisher of the Supposedly Irrelevant Factors institutional newsletter. Rick also runs the In The Know Trader platform, offering the Tactical Trader Report and Daily Tip Sheet for active investors.

Rick breaks down how his models identified the recent market top, why sentiment feels far more bearish than positioning suggests, and the price levels he’s watching to determine whether this pullback deepens or stabilizes. He also shares his outlook on AI names, Bitcoin’s sharp correction, precious metals resilience, and where miners, energy, and natural gas fit into the broader risk picture.

Key Discussion Points

• Recent market top & downside targets – How Rick used DIA and SPX levels to call for a 5–8% pullback.
  
  
• Sentiment vs. data – Why headlines sound bleak, yet investor polls remain closer to neutral.
  
  
• AI shakeout before another major rally – What a true “washout” would look like and why Rick expects another powerful upside leg.
  
  
• Bitcoin, gold & miners – BTC as a risk gauge, gold as the steadier hedge, and why GDX may still see volatility.
  
  
• Energy & natural gas – Oil’s long downtrend and how Rick is trading nat gas after buying near the lows.
  
  

Stocks/ETFs Mentioned: DIA, SPY, QQQ, IWM, SLV, GDX, XLY, XLC, XLK, XLE, Bitcoin, gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas.

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