$Intel(INTC)$ If you ask me what the most worth-holding stock in October is, yesterday I wouldn't have had a definitive answer — but today I can confidently say it's Intel. On Monday, a large Sell Call block opened, selling the October 16-expiry 130 Call $INTC 20261016 130.0 CALL$ , opening 52,000 contracts. Someone also opened a 160 Sell Call and an October 9-expiry 130 Sell Call, but both were under 10,000 contracts. Ordinary Sell Call block trades get absorbed into the options wall, but a 50,000-contract Sell Call block carries reflexivity. The effect of these massive seller block trades plays out in two phases: In the first phase, the validity of the block trade is confirmed
9/29 Strategy Outlook: AI Trade Cools, Capital Begins to Diverge
① What's Happening Today AI compute trade is cooling. The semiconductor index fell 1.7%, down as much as 3.6% intraday. CPU-related names like AMD, Intel, and ARM weakened. The core reason: the market is revising down expectations for CPU compute demand driven by Meta's Muse — the "buy up all the world's CPUs" trade logic is cooling. Meta falls 5%, AI application expectations begin to reprice. The market is waiting for OpenAI's developer conference on one hand, while starting to question the actual pace at which AI Agents will change consumer and business models. Meta has already rallied significantly in the short term, and its valuation has entered a higher range. Optical communications pull back in sync. CRDO fell 8.7%, with COHR, ALAB, and CIEN weakening. The market is reassessing optic
🏆The Road to Million Dollars Milestone | Video Episode 1: Mr. Liew's Story
One $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ LEAP Call became the turning point in his journey to $1M. When markets turned bearish, options helped him capture the rebound with greater upside potential and more flexible risk control. Stay tuned for more Million-Dollar stories. 👉Read the full interview: https://ttm.financial/post/605508218355760 The opinions, ideas and strategies expressed by the speaker represent the views of the speaker and not of Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“Tiger Brokers”) and its affiliates. Neither Tiger Brokers nor its affiliates shall be liable for the content of information provided. Not financial advice. Investment involves risk. This adv
Big Options Bets: Nasdaq 30,900 Puts Build as Gold Bulls Defend $4,200—Which Side Are You On?📈📉
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points in September, lifting the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75%–4.00%. With inflation pressure prompting a shift in policy, rate expectations have again become a key driver of asset prices. Options positioning on September 25 showed a defensive tilt even as Nasdaq 100 futures rebounded: traders added near-the-money puts. Gold call positions expanded at higher strikes alongside downside protection, while new Bitcoin call positions appeared to reflect a short-term test of the upside. Against the backdrop of the rate hike, traders have not moved uniformly toward risk. The next question is whether prices can confirm the signals at key levels. The charts below show trading volume and open interest across major CME Group futures opti
[Winning Trade] One Tiger Made $42K on TQQQ — Now What?
The Nasdaq is back at record highs, AI stocks are leading again, and one Tiger investor is sitting on a US$42,309 gain in TQQQ. Congrats to the @mushrooz who is up US$42,309 on TQQQ. The latest Nasdaq rally has been driven by more than just another round of AI hype.Semiconductors, memory and mega-cap tech have all participated. AMD, Intel and Arm surged in the same session earlier this month, while names like Micron and SanDisk later joined the move. Investors are still betting that AI spending has further to run, and that more of that spending will eventually show up in revenue and earnings. That matters because the biggest concern around AI has never really been whether companies would spend. The concern was whether all that spending
🔴 Why Is the Market a Sea of Red? How 5% Treasury Yields Are Shaking Stocks
Open the market heat map and one thing immediately stands out: red is everywhere. Technology, semiconductors, financials and consumer stocks have all faced pressure, while even $Gold.com(GOLD)$ has fallen sharply. Behind much of this weakness is a powerful combination: oil above $100, persistent inflation concerns and soaring U.S. Treasury yields. On September 29, the 10-year Treasury yield approached 5.27%, its highest level in 19 years, while Brent crude traded around $106 a barrel. The question for investors is simple: Why does a 5% Treasury yield matter so much for stocks? 💥 What's Driving the Red Market? The current market pressure can be understood as a chain reaction: 🛢️ Oil ↑ → 🔥 Inflation ↑ → 🏦 Rate expectations ↑ → 📈 Trea
💰 AMD’s $8.2B World Labs Bet: Is the Next AI Battle Moving Beyond Chips?
$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ just made an $8.2 billion bet that the next stage of AI will go far beyond chatbots — and potentially beyond GPUs themselves. On September 28, $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ agreed to acquire World Labs, the spatial-intelligence startup co-founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock transaction. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory approval. Fei-Fei Li is also expected to join AMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist, reporting directly to CEO Lisa Su. So why is a chip company spending $8.2 billion on AI that builds virtual worlds? 🌎 From Chatbots to 3D Worlds Most generative AI today creates tex
BitMine Nears 5% of All Ethereum: Inside the $16B Corporate ETH Bet
$BITMINE IMMERSION TECNOLOGIES INC(BMNR)$ has crossed a major milestone in its Ethereum treasury strategy, accumulating more than 6 million ETH and moving within striking distance of its goal to control 5% of Ethereum's total supply. As of September 27, BitMine held 6,001,302 ETH, worth approximately $16.2 billion at the company's reference price of $2,698 per ETH. That represents roughly 4.9% of Ethereum's 122.1 million ETH supply, putting BitMine at about 98% of the way toward its stated "Alchemy of 5%" target. But BitMine's strategy goes beyond simply accumulating ETH. More than 5 million of its tokens are already staked, turning a massive crypto treasury into a potential source of recurring staking income. 🐋 6 Million ETH — and
Nvidia’s $150B Buyback: A New Signal on AI Cash Flows
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ just made its biggest capital-allocation statement yet. On Sept. 28, the company’s board authorized an additional $150 billion for share repurchases, bringing its remaining buyback authorization to $235 billion. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ says it expects to execute the remaining program through fiscal 2028. The new authorization is the largest increase to a share-repurchase program in history. For investors, the bigger story may not be the buyback itself. It is the amount of cash Nvidia believes it can generate while still funding the next phase of the AI infrastructure buildout. 💰 $235 Billion: Nvidia’s Cash Generation Has Changed The scale of the authorization is strik
$Microsoft(MSFT)$ Microsoft just reminded the market why Azure still matters. Microsoft jumped 3.66% on Friday after reports of a sweeping data center expansion plan. The numbers being floated are large — plans that could more than triple capacity over the coming years to meet AI and cloud demand. This is not a surprise to anyone who has followed the company. Azure has been capacity-constrained for some time. Customers have been turned away or delayed. When a platform with Microsoft’s enterprise relationships and software ecosystem cannot deliver enough compute, the logical response is to build more. That is exactly what they are doing. The other side of the story is the growing skepticism around AI infrastructure spending. Michael Bu
I am cautiously bullish on $Micron Technology(MU)$ going into earnings. Memory pricing and strong AI-driven HBM demand remain key positives, although expectations are already high. I will be watching HBM pricing, customer agreements and next-quarter guidance closely. Strong guidance could support the view that this memory upcycle still has room to run. I also want to see whether demand remains strong enough to support pricing power. I hold MU and remain bullish long term, but I prefer adding gradually on pullbacks rather than chasing after earnings. The memory cycle can turn quickly, so I am staying disciplined. For me, the long-term AI memory story remains intact. So I go for Flat! Maybe slightly green.
Memory Prices Up 500% — Bull Signal or Cost Warning? “Memory prices are up more than 500%.” That was enough to send memory stocks higher Thursday. $Micron Technology(MU)$ Micron gained 5.50%, SanDisk 6.21% and SK hynix 4.64%, while Intel jumped 7.67%. But there is an important detail investors shouldn’t overlook: The 500% figure describes what a buyer is paying — not necessarily what memory manufacturers are earning. $Intel(INTC)$ Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan was describing the severity of the memory-cost increase from a buyer’s perspective. Other industry pricing data show much more gradual quarter-to-quarter increases in server and mobile DRAM, so the exact product, starting point and time
$Cipher Mining Inc.(CIFR)$ Why I Pick Cipher Digital (CIFR) Over the Competition 1️⃣ When looking across the public digital infrastructure landscape—from pure-play Bitcoin miners to legacy hosting facilities—Cipher Digital (CIFR) stands out because of its fundamental, structural moat. While many competitors rushed to buy un-interconnected land or exposed themselves to spot power volatility, CIFR secured long-term, fixed-rate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) early on . Operating with power costs anchored around 2.7–3.0¢/kWh gives them a durable baseline that preserves operating cash flow even during crypto bear cycles. Equally important is their power-first land control in ERCOT. Grid access is the
$InnoTek(M14.SI)$ She is back to 46.5 cents, looks rather interesting! Likely to rise up to test 50 cents. EBITDA for the period under review increased 9.0% from S$6.9 million in 1H’25, underscoring the Group’s strengthening business operations. Profit before tax stood at S$0.7 million in 1H’26, compared to S$0.8 million in 1H’25, mainly due to a foreign exchange (“forex”) loss of S$1.6 million in 1H’26 from a forex gain of S$0.3 million a year ago. Net profit attributable to owners of the Company was S$0.1 million, compared to S$0.4 million a year ago. Net cash flows from operating activities rose to S$9.7 million in 1H’26 from S$3.6 million in 1H’25. The Group’s balance sheet remained healthy, with a net cash position of S$66.8 million as at
[你懂的] $Arteris (AIP): The Company Building the “Highways” Inside AI Chips Let’s start with the simplest explanation: Arteris doesn’t manufacture chips. It provides the IP that helps different parts of a chip communicate with each other. Modern AI chips can contain CPUs, GPUs/NPUs, memory controllers, caches, accelerators, security blocks, and I/O interfaces — all of which need to move massive amounts of data. As chips become more complex, especially with the rise of Chiplets and multi-die architectures, moving data efficiently inside the chip becomes a major engineering challenge. That is where Arteris comes in. Its Network-on-Chip (NoC) technology can essentially be viewed as the highway system inside a chip, helping different IP blocks communicate efficiently while balan
Axcelis Technologies is an awkward stock to analyse — which is precisely why I find it interesting. The easy story says Axcelis is a semiconductor-equipment company whose silicon-carbide boom collided with slowing electric-vehicle investment and Chinese overcapacity. Revenue peaked at $1.13 billion in 2023, slipped to $1.02 billion in 2024 and fell again to $839 million in 2025. Trailing twelve-month revenue has recovered slightly to $866 million, but earnings have continued south. That looks suspiciously like a cyclical peak. Yet underneath it, the business mix is changing. Memory is returning, AI infrastructure is creating demand for decidedly unglamorous power-management chips, aftermarket revenue is expanding, and $Axcelis(ACLS)$ is attempting
[思考] Higher for Longer doesn’t scare me. It changes what I’m willing to pay for. If I had $10,000 to invest today and believed interest rates would remain elevated for longer, I wouldn’t simply move everything into cash—or try to perfectly time the next Fed move. My first question would be: What can still compound earnings and cash flow when the cost of money stays high? That distinction matters. When risk-free yields are attractive, investors no longer have to pay any price for growth. Higher rates can pressure long-duration assets, highly leveraged companies and businesses whose valuations depend heavily on profits far into the future. But that doesn’t mean every growth company becomes unattractive. It means quality, cash flow and pricing power become more valuable. 💰 How woul
It All Comes Down to Rates: Are Hawkish Expectations Overpriced and Treasury Yields Near a Peak?
English version: If there is only one number worth watching closely in today's market, it is probably the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield. It is no longer just a KPI for bond traders; it has become a common pricing anchor for U.S. equities, gold, crude oil and even Bitcoin. With that anchor pushed to a historic high of 5.2%, and the market having priced in both of the remaining rate hikes this year, a more important question arises: How much higher can it go? $美国2年期国债收益率(US2Y.BOND)$$美国10年期国债收益率(US10Y.BOND)$$美元ETF-PowerShares DB(UUP)$ I. One Master Switch Holds the Reins of Every Asset Let me start with the c
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$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 1️⃣ Why am I making this trade now? Semi conductor will be demanding as AI need more advanced chips to power 2️⃣ What’s my plan from here? We will continue to follow the trend and ride the bull market