Day 289: Rate Cuts + Trump 2.0 Day 295

🕐 Market Recap | Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025
Soft early CPI jitters? Tech tumbles, VIX jumps, NVDA & GOOGL under pressure.

🟥 Biggest Losers:
META $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ –2.53% – Meta sold off sharply post open, now trading near day lows with RSI nearing overbought exhaustion.
GOOGL $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ –2.40% – Alphabet plunged early as investors rotated out of AI names; RSI approaching oversold.
TSLA $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ –2.39% – Tesla down hard as bearish momentum accelerates, breaking support below $430.
AMZN $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ –1.74% – Amazon joined the tech pullback, dragging through $245.
MSFT $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ –1.69% – Microsoft unable to hold $500; midday recovery attempt faded.
NVDA $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ –0.61% – Nvidia dipped but holding better than peers, still under watch ahead of CPI reaction.

🟩 Notable Gainer:
VIX $CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$ +3.65% – Volatility index climbs near 18 as CPI tension builds and mega-cap tech sinks.

🟧 Mixed:
AAPL $Apple (AAPL.US)$ –0.39% – Apple attempting to bounce, but still red as bulls defend $274.
.SPX $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ –0.13% – Broader market dips but holding up better than tech-heavy peers.

📊 Macro Insight
Markets nervously await the CPI print (due Thursday 8:30am ET) amid hawkish Fed tones and rising oil prices. Traders appear to be trimming risk in high-beta tech ahead of the data. VIX up, signaling hedge positioning underway.

🧠 Takeaway:
Rotation out of tech is clear. Keep an eye on CPI reaction tomorrow—hot print could deepen the selloff, while a cooler number may provide a sharp relief rally. Stay hedged.