The Trading Day · Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Seoul extends the reversal into a shut Tokyo — and the bond coil breaks its line on CPI eve

Monday was a rotation day at full width: software and cloud squeezed higher while every semi ETF funded it, and the 10-year proxy quietly closed below a line we have been watching for weeks.

The Morning 10

Seoul extends the reversal into a shut Tokyo — and the bond coil breaks its line on CPI eve

  1. 1 Sector rotation: Health Care & Energy lead
  2. 2 Semis vs Software: the key split
  3. 3 AI Generation Phase layers — weekly
  4. 4 Closelook indices: HALO positive, Rubin lagging
  5. 5 Gold (GLD) strength vs long bonds (TLT) weakness
  6. 6 Dollar (UUP) and Real Estate / Utilities lagging
  7. 7 VIX complex and Money Temperature
  8. 8 Scanner hits: 6856, 005930 (Samsung), ASX
  9. 9 Calendar: CPI Wednesday is the referee — tonight a double print
  10. 10 Outside view: Dan Ives · Wedbush

The Midday 10

Flat tape, crushed vol — the market has pre-decided CPI while the morning's printers get sorted

  • 1 Sea Limited
  • 2 Aehr Test Systems
  • 3 Vol complex: VIX 15, VVIX 92 into CPI

Print-record cards of the day

  • NBIS — Nebius: EPS beats 5/8 · revenue 3/8 · reactions 3 up / 1 flat / 4 down · next print 2026-11-10

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