hocking news is coming from Wall Street today.
Iāve been trading for over 10 years.
Iāve seen crashes, crazy volatility, and short squeezes.
But Iāve never seen the CME raise margins on major commodities this aggressively.
This isnāt an isolated event - itās a strong warning.
When margin requirements rise suddenly, it means stress is already in the system.
Someoneās in big trouble.
Likely even several players.
And this isnāt just futures.
Look around:
Stocks are being propped up by a handful of names while the broader market quietly rolls over.
Liquidity is thinning.
Volatility spikes out of nowhere.
Thatās not confidence - thatās fragility.
Bonds are completely broken.
Yields move violently in both directions, auctions struggle, and āsafe assetsā no longer behave safely.
When the bond market sneezes, everything else catches pneumonia.
Crypto is swinging like a leveraged casino.
Liquidity disappears on red days, exchanges tighten rules, and forced liquidations cascade in minutes.
Same playbook, different asset.
Housing is freezing up.
Rates stay high, transactions dry up, prices get sticky on the way down, and commercial real estate is quietly imploding behind the scenes.
Refinancing risk is massive.
This is what happens when a system built on cheap money and leverage runs into reality.
When margins rise, rules change, and liquidity vanishes, itās not about āprotecting investors.ā
Itās about protecting the system.
They always wait until the damage is already done - then they pull the emergency levers.
Forced selling.
Manufactured volatility.
Rule changes mid-game.
If markets were healthy, they wouldnāt need this many interventions.
Paper assets only work when confidence exists.
Once that confidence cracks, everything reprices fast.
If youāre trading right now, understand this:
Youāre not just trading charts.
Youāre trading counterparty risk, leverage stress, and political decisions.
This is the phase where smart money reduces exposure and dumb money gets forced out.
Pay attention.
These moments donāt come often - but when they do, they change everything.
For what itās worth, Iāve been calling major tops and bottoms for over a decade.
When I make my next move, Iāll post it here.
If youāre not following yet, you probably should before itās too late.



