Recorded from the NYSE floor, Marc Lo Presti of Market Rebellion explains that the recent resurgence in volatility reflects not fear of the future but discomfort with today’s elevated valuations. Market Rebellion tracks unusual options activity using its Heatseeker system and new AI tools, giving insight into the intentions of hedge funds and institutions through strike, expiration, size, and urgency.
While rate cuts and a pause in QT should be bullish, tech multiples are stretched, so even small negative signals trigger fast selloffs.
Lo Presti argues the market still underestimates AI’s true energy demand: U.S. data centers alone will require each year the energy consumption of an entire country like Japan, making the real opportunity the AI supply chain — semis, cooling, power management, and nuclear.
Seasonal tailwinds into year-end, plus window dressing and low holiday volume, favor leaders on pullbacks.
For crypto, he sees Bitcoin bottoming near 100K and potentially finishing at 135K–140K, with Ethereum at 4,500–5,000, driven by institutional participation and pending U.S. legislation.
Market Rebellion plans to expand Spanish-language education to help retail investors use the same probabilistic tools as institutions.
