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October 10, 2025

What I Knew 24 Hours Before the Crash
By Brandon Chapman

Yesterday, I warned traders about underground volatility building in the market.

Today, the S&P 500 plunged over 1.5% after President Trump threatened a "massive increase" of tariffs on Chinese goods. 

Nearly 400 stocks in the index dropped as investors rushed to the safety of bonds and gold. 

The Nasdaq fell over 2%, leading the selloff.

Most traders never saw it coming. 

They watched the market sit near all-time highs. 

They saw the VIX hovering near multi-month lows. Every surface indicator screamed calm waters ahead.

But during yesterday's session in the TheoTrade main chat room, I broke down the volatility rip currents building just beneath the surface. 

The warning signs were impossible to miss if you knew where to look. 

Dispersion was spiking to extremes…

Component volatility was climbing while index volatility stayed artificially subdued…

Large institutional players were quietly positioning massive hedges for significant downside risk.

The difference between getting caught in today's selloff and positioning ahead of it came down to one thing. 

Watching what smart money does instead of what the headlines say. 

I'll show you how to read the same institutional signals that warned of today's move, so you can position ahead of the next one instead of reacting after it happens. 

Now, two specific signals predicted this plunge:

  1. The dispersion index showed structural instability building beneath calm market conditions.

  2. Then the Ghost Prints Console captured a massive SPY hedge just 24 hours before the selloff. 

Both signals pointed to the same conclusion. Professional money was preparing for violence while retail watched CNBC celebrate new highs.