Daily Brief — 5 June 2026

What happened

The worst day since October 2025. The Nasdaq-100 fell 4.8% — 1,450 points — and the VIX exploded 40% to 21.5, clearing its 200-day average. Tech participation crashed from 60% to 47%, a formal regime break, and the monthly momentum gauge was rejected hard from the 77.88 threshold, collapsing to 70.8.

The catalyst stack: Broadcom's AI-chip outlook missed, Meta announced a large share sale, and a hot jobs report sent rate-hike odds to 70% by December — yields spiked across the curve, with 20- and 30-year rates above 5%. Chips fell 10–15%. The one calm voice: credit markets barely moved, marking this as an orderly repricing rather than a panic.

The dashboard

Tech participation (BPNDX) · regime line 60%

47%

Below the 60% line — the index is being carried by a minority of its stocks.

Monthly momentum (NDX M-RSI) · threshold 77.88

70.84

7.04 points below the 77.88 threshold — the three-peak caution pattern remains in force.

Daily momentum (NDX RSI)

48.2

Mid-range — momentum neither stretched nor washed out.

Breadth oscillator (NYMO)

-23.2

Negative — decliners outweigh advancers beneath the surface.

The trend at a glance

Nasdaq-100 — trailing 15 sessions to this close

Reference levels on this date

Reference	Level	Plain meaning
NDX · 200-day average	25,552	The long-term trend line.
NDX · deep-value band (QEMA5)	25,123	The quarterly EMA-5 — the zone that has caught nearly every major dip this cycle.
SPX · 200-day average	6,858	The long-term trend line.
SPX · deep-value band (QEMA5)	6,719	The equivalent deep-support reference for the broad index.

Framework read

The one-liner

Both of the framework's rollover triggers fired the same day — price and volatility. Calm credit kept it classified as 'orderly Path C', not shock.

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