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VRA Letter: Big Week Ahead. Flash Crash & Gangster-Heist in Cryptos. Note to the Crash Callers. There’s No Stopping Gold, Silver & Miners. NAIL.

Good Monday morning. Yes, it’s (once again) Columbus Day in America, as common sense continues to return to our great country. Banks are closed, as is the bond market, but the market we care most about is open. It’s a big wee ...

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Good Monday morning. Yes, it’s (once again) Columbus Day in America, as common sense continues to return to our great country. Banks are closed, as is the bond market, but the market we care most about is open. It’s a big week as well, with Q3 earnings kicking off tomorrow from (gold/silver manipulating) JP Morgan and Citi, with BoFA (and more) reporting on Wednesday. 

Following the flash crash into the close on Friday...with an outright heist taking place in bitcoin and cryptos, as 1.8 million traders were ripped out of their positions entirely (following Trumps 100% tariff announcement against China)…we received the following email from long time VRA Member Steve in Oregon:

“Kip, how did you guys know that the markets were about to take a big spill? Seriously, whats the one thing that gave it away for you?"

 This is what Steve is referring to (from Thursdays Letter): 

"But yes, even during dotcom we had overbought pauses and corrections, featuring 5 drawdowns of 10-20%, a...

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