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$COIN 20271217 150.0 CALL$ Positioning myself for the squeeze. Not sure upwards or downwards. Let it be.
COIN CALL
08-18 22:04
US20271217 150.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
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| Buy Open | 52.90 4Lot(s) | -- Closed |
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$SpaceX(SPCX)$ Nice trade, still looking for good entry for a bigger purchase
TOPElvisMarner: 141 looked fine for a trim, but Starlink cash flow is still the bigger story. Any dip probably gets bought fast
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08-18
$Micron Technology(MU)$ half buy back from previous risk off. full risk off buy back if it falls further.
MU
08-18 22:32
USMicron Technology
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
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| Buy Open | 955.10 2 | -8.52% Holding |
TOP950ish makes sense for a half buyback. HBM ramp is moving faster than people think, so this cycle low probably sits higher
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$IREN CALENDAR 260918/261016 PUT 47.0/PUT 47.0$ Rolling to book profit, collect more premium and let time bring me money.
IREN Calendar
08-18 22:39
US47.0/47.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
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| Credit Close | -1.60 3 | -- Closed |
TOP-1.6 feels fair if IV is around 40%, the real edge is the extra theta. Curious how rich the back month vol was versus front
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08-18
$COIN CALENDAR 260918/260821 PUT 170.0/PUT 170.0$ Rolled expiring down and out for more premiums again. Price action is still limp for COIN, price is trading sideways and does the chart does look like a potential island reversal maybe forming should the chart pattern realises.
COIN Calendar
08-18 22:30
US170.0/170.0
| Side | Price | Filled | Realized P&L |
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| Credit Close | -4.00 1 | -- Closed |
TOPDaily RSI is still pretty neutral here. If that island reversal actually confirms, 180 looks like the first real resistance to me
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08-18
[Winning Trade] Micron Broke $1,000 — One Tiger Made $122K. Is It Too Late to Buy?
On August 17, Micron jumped 4.1% and closed back above $1,000 after several strong sessions. But the rally was quickly tested at Tuesday’s open, with shares falling more than 4% as chip stocks pulled back. Congrats to @wywy , who made $122,809 by holding Micron shares. Congrats to @Ping39 , who made $42,518 by trading Micron calls. SanDisk lit the match The latest rally started with SanDisk.At its August 13 Investor Day, SanDisk said it expects revenue to grow at a mid-to-high-teens CAGR from FY2028 through FY2030, while long-term gross margin could stay around 80%. The stock surged 13.7% that day, and Micron quickly followed, gaining 4.23% on August
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$Alphabet(GOOGL)$ not moving well lately
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8/17 Pre-Market Thoughts: Bond Market Flashes Red
One-sentence theme: Risk signals are piling up — semiconductor sell-off + bond yields at 18-year highs + large VIX/IGV block trades betting on a pullback — with much of the focus pointing toward Jackson Hole (8/27–29). I. Sentiment Focus: Bearish Signals Flashing Simultaneously Semiconductor pre-market sell-off: SOXX -3.8%, SMH -3.3% — the previously leading chip names are starting to retreat. 30-year Treasury yield at 5.3%, the highest since 2007 ⚠️ Surging long-end rates will raise corporate borrowing costs. Key insight: the yield spike is very likely driven by heavy debt issuance from the AI supply chain itself — AI debt issuance → pushes rates higher → rates feed back and hurt AI itself (more expensive financing, valuation pressure). This is a self-reinforcing risk loop, and a side eff
TOPCapex-heavy sectors always get squeezed when long rates rise, so I am not sure the AI debt loop is that unique. Isn't this just the usual rate-duration math hitting growth again?
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08-18
$XOM Is Closing In on $165 With Very Little Room Left 👀
$Exxon Mobil(XOM)$ $Exxon Mobil(XOM) +0.85% Momentum Building — $162.51 Breakout Puts $164.76 in Sight Latest Close: $161.46 (+0.85%) on Aug 18, 2026 — just 1.2% below resistance at $164.76, 8.5% below 52-week high of $176.41. Core Market Drivers: Energy complex firmed as White House extended Jones Act waivers to curb gasoline prices, supporting refining margins. Exxon's 2.53% dividend yield continues to anchor institutional demand, with BlackRock boosting its stake to 8.14%. Technical Analysis: Volume of 12.86M shares (ratio 0.95) with MACD histogram expanding to +0.489, confirming bullish momentum. RSI(6) at 71.9 — entering overbought but not extreme. KDJ J-value at 97.1 signals short-term overheating risk. Key Price Levels: Primary Support: $143
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08-18
$WDC +5.35% Gains Momentum as NAND and HDD Demand Accelerate
$Western Digital(WDC)$ $Western Digital (WDC) +5.35%: Storage Rally Regains Momentum, $590 Resistance in Sight Latest Close: $536.01 (+5.35%), high $548.60, low $519.07. Still 33% below 52-week high of $799.87, but building off $73.14 low. Market Drivers: AI infrastructure spending continues to fuel storage demand. WDC's Q4 earnings beat earlier this month underscored AI-driven NAND/HHD tailwinds. Memory sector sentiment rebounded as Micron showed relative strength, lifting peers. Technical Analysis: Volume surged to 9.31M shares (VR 1.23). MACD flipped bullish with DIF at -14.93 vs DEA -20.25, momentum accelerating. RSI(6) jumped to 68.9, exiting neutral zone; RSI(12) at 55.7 confirms strengthening trend. KDJ shows J-value spiking to 82, signaling
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🚀 2026 Q2 13F Holdings Deep Dive: Where Is Smart Money Betting?
[Miser][Smile]Fellow Tigers, Q2 13F filings are fully disclosed, and this quarter is packed with signals—Buffett's third massive $Alphabet(GOOG)$ purchase, Tepper loading up on Magnificent 7 while dumping memory stocks, and $SpaceX(SPCX)$ getting swarmed by hedge funds post-IPO. 📌 One-Sentence Summary in Adavance Q2 smart-money rebalancing theme: loading AI giants (especially Alphabet), embracing the SpaceX space narrative, taking profits in memory/semis, concentrating China ADRs into AI-core names, and quant giants vs. discretionary managers taking opposite macro views. Buffett's third Google purchase, Tepper dumping memory while buying Magnificent 7, hedge funds swarming SpaceX, Renaissance buying Meta
TOPThe Q2 13F season reveals a clear message: institutional money is not abandoning AI — it is becoming more selective. Berkshire's 83% increase in Alphabet, taking the position to roughly $38 billion, is perhaps the strongest vote of confidence in Google's AI ecosystem. Meanwhile, Tepper is rotating away from memory names such as Micron while adding Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and TSMC, suggesting investors may be taking profits after the semiconductor rally. The SpaceX story is equally important. Its IPO has brought massive institutional exposure into the public market, although some reported "new" positions are simply legacy private holdings becoming reportable. My takeaway: the next phase of the AI trade may shift from chips to platforms, infrastructure, power and space. But 13Fs are snapshots, not real-time signals — investors should follow the thesis, not blindly copy the trades. @AI_FocusedTrader [你懂的]
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08-18
$SNOW Is Testing $334 After a Healthy Momentum Reset
$Snowflake(SNOW)$ $Snowflake (SNOW) +0.36% Momentum Builds Near $330, $334 Resistance in Focus 🚀 Latest Close: $330.11 (+0.36%) — just 3.5% below 52-week high of $341.95. Volume came in light at 3.10M shares (0.85). Core Drivers: AI data-platform sentiment remains firm after BTIG lifted its target to $340 and Oppenheimer to $400. However, insider selling by director Michael Speiser and executive Benoit Dageville is capping upside. Sector-wide AI software strength (Twilio, Cloudflare) is providing tailwind. Technical Analysis: MACD histogram is fading (7.67→1.69), showing momentum cooling while still positive. RSI(6) at 65.8 and RSI(12) at 72.0 indicate the stock has exited overbought territory — a healthy reset. KDJ shows K=77.1, D=83.1, J=65.2, h
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$ROKU Is at the Highs With $175 Still on the Table
$Roku Inc(ROKU)$ $Roku Inc.(ROKU) +0.40% Hits 52-Week High at $158.51: Streaming Giant Flirts with Breakout, $175 Target in Sight 📈 Latest Close Data: ROKU closed at $158.31 (+0.40%) on 2026-08-18, tapping a fresh 52-week high of $158.51 intraday. Price sits just 0.13% below that ceiling, with the 52-week low at $78.53 — a +101.6% run. Core Market Drivers: Fox's $22B acquisition is in countdown, with ROKU shareholders set to hold ~27% of the merged entity. Q2 net profit surged over 15x YoY, marking five consecutive profitable quarters. Platform revenue grew 25% to $1.22B with 53% gross margin. Technical Analysis: Volume of 274.5万 shares shows 1.33x average turnover — accumulation into highs. MACD remains bullish (DIF 4.30 > DEA 3.55), but histo
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08-18
$GILD Is Closing In on $145 as the Rally Gets Hotter
$Gilead Sciences(GILD)$ $Gilead Sciences (GILD) Closed +0.40% at $138.92 — Momentum Building Toward $145.33 Resistance, Breakout Watch Active Latest Close Data: GILD settled at $138.92 (+0.40%) on Aug 18, trading within a tight range of $136.63–$139.49. The stock remains 11.7% below its 52-week high of $157.29, but is now only 4.4% away from the immediate resistance at $145.33. Core Market Drivers: Biotech sentiment firmed as investors rotated into defensive healthcare names. GILD's Trodelvy pipeline optimism and dividend yield of 2.32% continue to attract income-focused capital. Recent Barclays PT cut to $145 was absorbed without major damage, suggesting accumulation near support. Technical Analysis: Volume was moderate at 3.94M shares (VR 0.75)
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$RACE Is Testing $420 With $435 Suddenly in Reach
$Ferrari NV(RACE)$ $Ferrari NV (RACE) +0.54% Holds $417: Luxury Margin Shield Keeps Bulls in Control, $420 Breakout Eyed Latest Close: $417.10 (+0.54%) on Aug 18, 2026. Range $416.21–$420.36. Still ~17% below 52-week high of $504.49, but well above 52-week low of $312.51. Core Market Drivers: Goldman Sachs lifted Ferrari's target to €407, while Alpha Value raised its target to €422 — renewed institutional conviction in pricing power and luxury demand resilience. A quiet macro tape allowed the stock to grind higher on light volume. Technical Analysis: Volume came in at just 475.4K shares (Volume Ratio 1.42), indicating accumulation rather than distribution. MACD remains bullish: DIF 11.45 > DEA 10.43, with positive histogram 2.03, though momentu
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08-18
Why L3Harris’s CEO Removal Tests Whether Its Strategy Is Bigger Than One Executive
$L3Harris Technologies, Inc.(LHX)$ removed Chairman and Chief Executive Christopher Kubasik immediately following a board investigation, creating a governance shock at a defence contractor whose order book and government relationships otherwise remain intact. Chris Kubasik, CEO of L3Harris The event occurred on August 17, although the separation agreement was dated August 16. L3Harris said independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, determined that Kubasik engaged in conduct inconsistent with the company’s code. The company explicitly stated that the matter did not affect financial reporting, internal controls, customers or operational performance. Kubasik receives no severance or accelerated vesting, although he retains certain vested opti
TOPStrategy probably survives this. Orders and customer ties staying intact matters more than one executive, but next guidance under Mehta is the real proof
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One Request Lifted the Whole Memory Chain. Apple Pays for It
Hello. The first thing to move this week was not a set of results. It was policy. The US government spoke up and asked Apple to steer clear of Chinese memory chips. That one request lifted the entire memory chain on Monday. $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ closed up 8.88 per cent at US$1,786.85, and $Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF(SNXX)$ rose 17.73 per cent in a day. $Micron Technology(MU)$ closed up 4.13 per cent at US$1,011.75, back above US$1,000. $Western Digital(WDC)$ rose 5.35 per cent, $SK hynix(SKHY)$ 3.04 p
TOPChina has actually generated considerable conflicts with the United States over chip production capacity, and this trade war has had a significant impact on the costs of traditional internet giants.
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Why Nvidia’s $105 Billion Guarantee Makes AI Demand Look Less Independent
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$’s agreement to support a vast OpenAI data-centre project demonstrates the extraordinary scale of AI infrastructure demand. It also deepens a question investors can no longer ignore: how much future demand is being enabled financially by the company that ultimately expects to sell the chips? Nvidia announced on August 17 that it would invest $1.5 billion in SoftBank-backed SB Energy and provide up to $105 billion of financial guarantees connected with an Ohio data-centre campus leased by OpenAI. The site is intended to reach as much as eight gigawatts, with an initial 800 megawatts expected in 2028. OpenAI’s lease runs for 20 years, and Nvidia will supply the project’s accelerators. Reuters’ August 17 report describes the financing s
TOPThe guarantee structure does make demand look less independent, but it also looks like Nvidia locking in a key customer before power and capital bottlenecks worsen. Cash collection is still what matters most
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Why Alibaba Is Selling Gaming to Fund a More Focused AI Strategy
$Alibaba(BABA)$’s agreement to sell Lingxi Games reflects a broader portfolio reset. Management is converting non-core assets into financial capacity for cloud computing and artificial intelligence, but divestment alone does not prove that the retained businesses will earn adequate returns on their rising investment. Trustar Capital confirmed on August 17 that it had agreed to acquire $BABA-W(09988)$’s entire Lingxi stake. A person familiar with the transaction told Reuters that proceeds should exceed $2 billion, although the companies did not disclose final terms or a closing timetable. Lingxi’s management is expected to remain. Reuters’ August 17 transaction report provides the available details. The s
TOPCloud focus makes sense, but next quarter capex guidance and cloud growth need to show it fast
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Why Diana Shipping’s Failed Genco Bid May Be Better for Both Stocks
$Diana Shipping(DSX)$’s withdrawal of its proposed $Genco Shipping & Trading(GNK)$ acquisition ended a nine-month dispute over price and control. Investors rewarded Diana because abandoning an expensive transaction protects its balance sheet, while Genco remains free to pursue its own fleet and capital-return strategy without accepting consideration it considered inadequate. Diana announced after the August 14 close that it had withdrawn an offer comprising $24.80 in cash—adjusted for Genco’s recently declared $0.80 dividend—plus one Diana share valued at $2.54. Diana said Genco’s board demanded consideration worth approximately $36.91 per share, including net-asset value in cash, future dividends and a
TOP36.91 for GNK is a stretch when the upside leans on future dividends. If management wants that premium, cash flow has to do the talking fast