Market Panic Warning: Trader Reveals 3 Signals To Watch | Kevin Steuer
Summary
- Market volatility is rising, with the VIX and MOVE indices flashing warning signs due to Middle East geopolitical tensions and psychological resistance to $100 oil.
- The speaker is currently 41% in cash, favoring tight stop-losses and waiting for clear technical setups rather than forcing trades in a choppy, headline-driven market.
- AI and Gold are viewed as complementary investments: AI drives rapid deflationary disruption, while Gold hedges against society's and government's inability to adapt to this pace of change.
- Bitcoin faces new structural risks from institutional leverage; a spike in broad market volatility could trigger margin calls and forced selling in crypto assets.
- The physical buildout of AI (infrastructure, power grids, critical minerals) offers a secular growth opportunity that bypasses the risk of picking individual software winners.
Trade Ideas
I've had VRT, which is Verative Holdings as my number one holding for a while. That was up, uh I think like 9.3% today. The stock is exhibiting strong upward momentum and maintaining its technical trend score, making it a reliable vehicle to ride the AI infrastructure wave. Long VRT as a momentum trend-following play. A broader market sell-off or geopolitical shock could break the current technical trend.
COPX, this is from Friday's close, had heavy resistance at 87.08, has lost its trend score. So, I got out of COPEX. When an asset loses its trend score and faces heavy overhead resistance, the risk-to-reward ratio skews negative, making it dead money or a downside risk. Avoid copper miners until a new technical uptrend is established. A sudden resolution to global conflicts or unexpected economic stimulus could cause a rapid short-covering rally in copper.
This is gaining signal strength. It has heavy support underneath it and not much for overhead resistance. A setup with heavy underlying support and clear skies above offers asymmetric upside risk, making it a prime candidate for a long entry if broader market conditions stabilize. Watch XLC for a potential long entry once geopolitical noise subsides. Escalation in the Middle East could drag the entire market down, breaking the technical support levels.
This started to break back out after the news... there's not much for overhead resistance so now your risk reward setup you're back to a neutral trend score it's been increasing. The stock has absorbed news-related volatility, built a medium support level, and has a clear path upward, making it an attractive swing trade with defined risk. Long NFLX to capture the breakout momentum toward higher price targets. General market weakness could trigger stop-losses before the stock reaches its upside targets.
If I was going to trade oil, um, I'd be looking at stuff that doesn't have a lot of exposure overseas. So like OXY... VNOM is another one. Global oil volatility is extremely high due to Middle East conflicts. Domestic US energy producers offer exposure to elevated oil prices without the direct geopolitical operational risks of overseas assets. Watch domestic energy producers as a safer alternative to direct crude oil trades. A sudden peace deal in the Middle East could cause a rapid collapse in global oil prices, dragging domestic producers down with it.
GD MN is my favorite way to play gold. Um, it gives you exposure to the producers, the royalty, and spot gold. Gold acts as a fundamental hedge against the rapid, deflationary disruption of AI and the inability of governments and legal systems to adapt quickly enough to these societal changes. Long gold and gold equities as a core portfolio holding to balance tech and AI exposure. A sustained period of high real interest rates and a strong US dollar could suppress gold prices.
The last time it was kind of in that uptrend, the institutions weren't involved in it... now those institutions all play with leverage. Because institutions use leverage, Bitcoin is now highly susceptible to broad market liquidity shocks. If the VIX spikes, institutions will face margin calls and be forced to liquidate highly liquid assets like Bitcoin. Watch Bitcoin cautiously; wait for geopolitical tensions to resolve before assuming a definitive bottom is in. Missing a sudden upside move if institutional flows accelerate without a volatility shock.
I'm long a lot of critical minerals, REMX... I'm long AIPO, which is the AI infrastructure play. I'm long grid... I'm long pave. The AI revolution requires massive physical infrastructure, from power grids to critical minerals. Investing in the picks and shovels of AI provides a secular growth tailwind regardless of which software companies win. Long infrastructure and critical mineral ETFs to capitalize on the physical buildout of AI. Delays in government infrastructure spending or supply chain bottlenecks could slow down the growth of these sectors.
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This The David Lin Report video, published March 10, 2026, features Kevin Steuer discussing VRT, COPX, XLC, NFLX, OXY, VNOM, GDMN, BTC, REMX, AIPO, GRID, PAVE. 8 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers: Kevin Steuer · Tickers: VRT, COPX, XLC, NFLX, OXY, VNOM, GDMN, BTC, REMX, AIPO, GRID, PAVE