ZeroHedge72%

Something "Unprecedented" Is Taking Place Below The Market's Calm Surface 98%

By Tyler Durden63%

6/29/2026, 5:24:04 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Anchoring Bias, and Recency Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 484 faulty-reasoning hits from 72 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 96.5% and a BS Rank of 98% (574 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 97.40% of the article peer group.

Two weeks ago, we were among the first to point out something remarkable: at a time when retail leverage (upon even more leverage, thanks to options) was already at nosebleed levels, as demonstrated by the following chart of levered/inverse ETF AUM hovering at around $200 billion, and representing roughly $400 billion in net exposure (the product of ETF AUM and leverage ratio)... 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 7.7%ZeroHedge: 7.8%Confirmation Bias86.1%This article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 1.6%ZeroHedge: 1.6%Anchoring Bias86.1%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 4.6%ZeroHedge: 4.6%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.1%ZeroHedge: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.4%ZeroHedge: 1.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 2.8%ZeroHedge: 2.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 13.9%Tyler Durden: 10.8%ZeroHedge: 10.8%Framing Effect13.9%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.4%ZeroHedge: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.5%ZeroHedge: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 13.9%Tyler Durden: 2.0%ZeroHedge: 2.1%Optimism Bias13.9%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 3.7%ZeroHedge: 3.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 13.9%Tyler Durden: 11.1%ZeroHedge: 11.1%Negativity Bias13.9%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.4%ZeroHedge: 1.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.1%ZeroHedge: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.2%ZeroHedge: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.3%ZeroHedge: 1.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.0%ZeroHedge: 1.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.8%ZeroHedge: 0.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.0%ZeroHedge: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 3.2%ZeroHedge: 3.3%Recency Bias86.1%This article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 0.4%ZeroHedge: 0.4%Primacy Effect86.1%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.0%ZeroHedge: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.4%ZeroHedge: 1.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.6%ZeroHedge: 0.6%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 6.2%ZeroHedge: 6.2%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 2.2%ZeroHedge: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 2.4%ZeroHedge: 2.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.3%ZeroHedge: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 6.7%ZeroHedge: 6.7%Hasty Generalization86.1%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.4%ZeroHedge: 0.4%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.8%ZeroHedge: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 5.1%ZeroHedge: 5.1%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 86.1%Tyler Durden: 1.5%ZeroHedge: 1.5%Begging the Question86.1%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 5.4%ZeroHedge: 5.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.4%ZeroHedge: 0.4%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.7%ZeroHedge: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.4%ZeroHedge: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 2.2%ZeroHedge: 2.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 13.9%Tyler Durden: 2.7%ZeroHedge: 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)13.9%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.0%ZeroHedge: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.1%ZeroHedge: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.2%ZeroHedge: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 4.1%ZeroHedge: 4.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.9%ZeroHedge: 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 100.0%Tyler Durden: 11.2%ZeroHedge: 11.2%Biased Writer Voice100.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 1.5%ZeroHedge: 1.5%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.5%ZeroHedge: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 2.8%ZeroHedge: 2.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tyler Durden: 0.9%ZeroHedge: 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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