Weapons of Mass Destruction

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"Derivatives are weapons of mass destruction"
- Warren Buffett

This chart calculates the gaps we have left behind. All because of massive interday futures trading.

A while ago, we didn't have that many derivatives. Interday trading had very little effect.
In an overleveraged economy, just how much of current prices are based on actual growth?
Indices are hitting new highs, getting inflated from more and more derivative trading and leverage.

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Just how much of what we see is a bubble?
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Judging by this chart, we should go back to pre-2015 levels...

Trade lightly, for this is hallowed ground.
- Wall Street Grigori
Note
The violation of this trend marks the end of QE. This shows the true effect. I hope you all understand it.
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With Green and Red arrows, I have marked the points I used to draw the rays.

These long-term rays, prove as significant resistance.
Hitting one of them, was a fundamental reason the Black Monday was so severe.
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