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Next Day Prep #312: Calm Index, Cracking Breadth: The Warsh Shock – Friday 8/28/2026

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Episode summary

The S&P barely moved, but 20-day market breadth collapsed from 46% to 10% in a single session after Kevin Warsh’s hawkish remarks sent yields to 2026 highs. The hosts break down which scans caught the rotation into rate-insulated mega-caps and defensives, dissect surprising earnings reactions in Marvell, NVDA, PayPal, and Workday, and lay out a cautious-with-a-bearish-tilt game plan with key levels on AMZN and GOOGL.

Chapter by chapter

Breadth Collapse Behind a Calm Tape

20-day breadth craters from 46% to 10% in one session even as the S&P closes nearly flat, exposing a risk-hiding rotation beneath a calm surface.

Scans Catch the Flight to Safety

2LYNCH, D9M, and reversal signals show capital consolidating into defensives, financials, and mega-caps as rate-insulated safe harbors.

Earnings Winners, Losers, and Surprises

Marvell and PayPal sell off despite strong results while Workday rallies on earnings quality, and NVDA falls as a pure rate-sensitivity casualty.

Levels, Bull/Bear Cases, and Action Codes

Key supply and demand levels on AMZN, GOOGL, and DPZ frame a Cautious Bearish forecast with CRT and T3A action codes for tomorrow.

Key points

  • 20-day market breadth collapsed from 46% to 10% in a single session — a far more urgent signal than the calm index-level move.
  • Kevin Warsh's hawkish comments spiked yields to 2026 highs, driving capital into rate-insulated mega-caps and defensives rather than out of the market entirely.
  • Strong earnings didn't guarantee gains: Marvell (-10.28%) and PayPal (-12.71%) fell despite good results, while Workday (+5.76%) rallied on earnings quality.
  • Nasdaq breadth (1,512 advancers vs. 3,399 decliners) shows classic distribution — mega-caps propping up the index while most stocks decline underneath.
  • Tomorrow's stance is Cautious with a bearish tilt: size down (CRT), stay in rate-insulated leaders, and don't chase moves ahead of September FOMC repricing (T3A).

Ticker charts

AMZN

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open AMZN in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

GOOGL

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open GOOGL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

MRK

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open MRK in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

DPZ

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open DPZ in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

MRVL

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open MRVL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

NVDA

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open NVDA in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

PYPL

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open PYPL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

WDAY

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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open WDAY in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

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