In this short clip from Live Trading Room (Feb 18, 2026), Samantha LaDuc breaks down how market structure, negative gamma, and systematic selling pressure are creating a fragile environment for stocks.
She explains that extreme growth-to-value dispersion and hedge fund factor rotation have pushed the market into a statistical outlier, increasing the risk of volatility—especially with geopolitical tensions around Iran, upcoming Nvidia earnings, and key economic data on deck.
Samantha emphasizes risk management, sector rotation, and understanding options-driven flows as essential tools for navigating today’s unstable stock market backdrop.
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