ZeroHedge68%
Fastest and Deepest Tech MoMo Sell-Off in History 90%
By The Market Ear82%
7/18/2026, 12:15:57 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Recency Bias as the most egregious example at 36.3% saturation with 49 hits. Analysis detected 340 faulty-reasoning hits from 135 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 83.5% and a BS Rank of 90% (1,915 of 17,596 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 89.10% of the article peer group.
Momentum has become the dominant factor behind AI-era leadership.
When that factor unwinds, it affects everything from semiconductors and hedge funds to index volatility and market liquidity.
These seven charts show the fastest tech momentum unwind on record, record gaps between single-stock and index volatility, and positioning that suggests the story may not be over.
No predictions—just the chart evidence.
We “are now 17 business days into the selloff, with MoMo -28% peak-to-trough.
The move is already both faster and deeper than the median historical Momentum drawdown, which has been -22% over 33 business days since 1999.
This is the worst Momentum drawdown since the Dec 2022 to Feb 2023 episode, which reached -29%."
Source: Bloomberg
Source: MS QDS
Source: GS Prime
Source: GIR
Source: JPM PI
Confirmation Bias
27.4%Confirmation Bias
OverallThis article
27.4%AuthorThe Market Ear
10.3%PublicationZeroHedge
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Anchoring Bias
9.6%Anchoring Bias
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9.6%AuthorThe Market Ear
6.6%PublicationZeroHedge
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Availability Heuristic
33.3%Availability Heuristic
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33.3%AuthorThe Market Ear
5.7%PublicationZeroHedge
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Representativeness Heuristic
17.8%Representativeness Heuristic
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17.8%AuthorThe Market Ear
2.4%PublicationZeroHedge
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
3.5%PublicationZeroHedge
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Framing Effect
3.7%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
3.7%AuthorThe Market Ear
13%PublicationZeroHedge
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Loss Aversion
9.6%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
9.6%AuthorThe Market Ear
1.3%PublicationZeroHedge
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.4%PublicationZeroHedge
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Pessimism Bias
20.7%Pessimism Bias
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20.7%AuthorThe Market Ear
10.6%PublicationZeroHedge
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Negativity Bias
18.5%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
18.5%AuthorThe Market Ear
11.1%PublicationZeroHedge
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Fundamental Attribution Error
6.7%Fundamental Attribution Error
OverallThis article
6.7%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.9%PublicationZeroHedge
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Recency Bias
36.3%Recency Bias
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36.3%AuthorThe Market Ear
17.8%PublicationZeroHedge
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Appeal to Authority
9.6%Appeal to Authority
OverallThis article
9.6%AuthorThe Market Ear
4.9%PublicationZeroHedge
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
17.7%PublicationZeroHedge
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.8%PublicationZeroHedge
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.6%PublicationZeroHedge
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.9%PublicationZeroHedge
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
13.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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13.3%AuthorThe Market Ear
4.3%PublicationZeroHedge
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Burden of Proof
3.7%Burden of Proof
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3.7%AuthorThe Market Ear
0.5%PublicationZeroHedge
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
1.8%PublicationZeroHedge
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
0%PublicationZeroHedge
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
8.2%PublicationZeroHedge
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Unattributed Quote
22.2%Unattributed Quote
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22.2%AuthorThe Market Ear
6.9%PublicationZeroHedge
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Quote-first Misdirection
9.6%Quote-first Misdirection
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9.6%AuthorThe Market Ear
2.6%PublicationZeroHedge
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Biased Writer Voice
9.6%Biased Writer Voice
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9.6%AuthorThe Market Ear
7.5%PublicationZeroHedge
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorThe Market Ear
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135 words analyzed.
Analysis
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