Ultima Markets Daily Market Insights – February 24, 2026

Last time we saw a capital flow reversal this sharp was back in Q4 2022, just before the market bottomed. This morning, my pre-market scan lit up with a Bloomberg report: global funds have resumed buying Indian stocks. After a net outflow of $3.3 billion in January, they poured $1.7 billion back in this month. This isn't just noise; it's a signal. ...

The top ten stocks in the NASDAQ 100 now make up over 55% of the index's entire market cap. Let that sink in. For years, the strategy has been simple: buy the QQQ and watch it run. But I'm seeing a fundamental fracture beneath the surface that this passive approach is completely ignoring. While the market is chasing the same handful of names, it's ...

Last time we saw a divergence this wide among market leaders was heading into the choppy markets of 2018. The generals weren't marching together, and it led to a nasty drawdown. Now, Barclays data shows the positive correlation between US Big Tech stocks has cratered to its lowest level in a decade. The whole 'Magnificent 7' trade is fracturing. So...

I got my head handed to me on Tuesday. Took a long on some no-name biotech that gapped up on news. Textbook flag on the 5-minute chart, volume coming in... looked like a layup. I went in with my standard size. An hour later, my stop got nuked on a nasty wick that erased the entire day's move. Wiped out my gains from Monday. My trading journal for t...

I got a text this week from a friend who’s new to trading. It was a screenshot of his account, down 90%. The culprit? He bought a bunch of weekly, way out-of-the-money calls on a tech stock right before earnings. A pure lottery ticket. He was hoping for a 10-bagger and instead got a zero. It’s a story I’ve seen a thousand times. It reminds me why m...

By Institutional Flow & Macro Strategy Desk | Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Every morning, I scan the options flow and see the same story. A flood of retail money pouring into zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) and weekly options on the SPY and TSLA. It’s a casino. They're buying lottery tickets, hoping for a 10-bagger, and getting crushed by theta decay 99% of the time. I made a living on the other side of those trades at a pr...

Billionaire Peter Thiel has reportedly sold his entire 7.5% stake in ETHZilla, a company known for consistently accumulating Ethereum (ETH) on its balance sheet.

Shares of Gemini dropped 10% after the company issued a weak revenue outlook and announced major executive changes.