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The "Killer Bees" Are Swarming Again

Posted May 08, 2026

Greg Guenthner

By Greg Guenthner

The "Killer Bees" Are Swarming Again

The hottest trade on Wall Street may also be the most dangerous right now.

Over the last several weeks, we’ve watched semiconductor and memory stocks go absolutely parabolic. Micron, SanDisk, Seagate, Western Digital.

Day after day, the “killer bees” — momentum traders, fast money, speculators — have swarmed into the same stocks.

And when everyone piles into the same trade like this, things can unravel fast.

Earlier this year, silver went through the exact same type of frenzy. The move became so crowded, so one-sided, that it eventually ended with a brutal 31% collapse in a single day.

Nothing fundamentally changed about silver.

The problem was positioning.

That’s the danger with these momentum-driven trades. Once “hot money” piles in, stocks can become wildly disconnected from their normal trend levels.

Right now, some of these AI memory names are so extended that they could fall 30% to 40% and still technically remain in healthy long-term uptrends.

That’s why I think this is becoming a profit-taking opportunity — not a great place to chase.

And if this trade finally starts to crack, the real question becomes: where do all of these momentum traders swarm next?

My answer may surprise you.

In the video below, I give you a full breakdown of the setup, the charts, and the opportunities I’m watching next.

In the video, I’ll show you:

  • Why the current AI trade looks so similar to silver’s blowoff top
  • The warning signs I’m watching in Micron and other DRAM names
  • Why I’m avoiding aggressive downside bets for now
  • And where I think momentum traders could rotate next

If you’re involved in AI, semis, or tech right now, this is a setup you need to understand.

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