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Fading the bullish quant call — the DAX is actually leading European losses as energy-sensitive industrials, banks and autos take the brunt of oil-driven inflation fears and climbing German bond yields. The range position looks constructive on paper, but the real-time tape says Germany's export-heavy index is the region's weak link right now.

The DAX closed out August as Europe's strongest major index, extending a run that's put it near 26,300, and with the range position skewed firmly toward the top of its 60-day band we're comfortable staying bullish here rather than fading the strength.

Bullish, and this is one call I'm not fading. The DAX pushed up to a fresh high near 26,570 on the very day Wall Street was busy giving back its Nvidia pop — that divergence matters, and it fits a rotation out of the crowded US AI trade into European large-caps. Sitting at the 97th percentile of its blended range it is undeniably stretched, so an air pocket wouldn't shock me, but strength this persistent usually earns the benefit of the doubt.

DAX is up over 12% year-to-date and sitting near the top of its range, riding the same tech-led rally that's lifted the whole STOXX 600 to record territory. We're staying bullish, though a run this strong and this crowded raises the odds of a sharper pullback if the earnings tailwind fades.

DAX is running hot at record highs alongside the broader STOXX 600 breakout, and momentum still says bullish — but records-on-records is exactly the kind of tape where profit-taking can show up fast, so keep expectations for smooth follow-through in check.

Bullish. The DAX broke above 26,100 for the first time and is now sitting near 26,266, part of a broad European record-high sweep led by AI-infrastructure names -- chip-wafer makers, testing-equipment suppliers, industrial tech. The rally looks broad rather than one-stock driven, which is constructive, but record highs into a seasonally soft month leave little room for disappointment.