$Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares(SOXS)$ It feels like this should be roaring, but it's not. I'm not seeing the wild swings that market makers priced in, so there's a lot of money to be made by selling options since they are priced much higher than they should be.
$Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI)$ More and more articles are pointing to optical interconnect as the next major bottleneck in AI. The chatter has been building since the Marvell CEO's keynote a few weeks ago. Every optical company is scrambling to expand capacity as fast as possible to keep up with demand. The next couple of years could be very interesting, and rewarding, for those who spot this early. We saw what happened with GPU, CPU, and ASIC names as NVDA, AVGO, and AMD stock soared. Then memory followed with names like Hynix and SNDK. Interconnect looks like the next wave. AAOI, COHR, LITE, CRDO, and the suppliers feeding them. It still feels like the early stages of this shift.
$SpaceX(SPCX)$ So let me get this straight. They unlocked everyone's ability to exit the company for a profit, and basically no one did. And people are bearish?
HBM demand is exploding. Total HBM demand is projected to reach roughly 48,618 million Gb by 2027, driven almost entirely by AI GPUs and custom ASICs. Key buyers: $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ — ~36% of 2027 demand Rubin R200 alone could require 1.7M+ kGB of HBM4 12-high stacks. $Alphabet(GOOG)$ — ~35% Massive TPU deployments driving demand. $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ — ~16% MI350 and MI455 accelerators using HBM3e/HBM4. Other demand comes from AWS, Microsoft, Meta, and more. Supply will likely remain tight for years. The biggest beneficiaries are $Micron Technology(MU)$ , $
SK Hynix and Samsung are trading around roughly 3x forward earnings, while $Micron Technology(MU)$ carries a much richer multiple. Through $iShares MSCI South Korea ETF(EWY)$ , investors can get exposure to both Korean memory leaders without taking concentrated single-stock risk or paying a premium for a US-listed wrapper. The recent washout cleared leverage, reset sentiment, and created the conditions for a powerful new bull run. Strong earnings growth, AI memory leadership, deep underlying value, high liquidity, diversified exposure, and a major technical reversal opportunity all line up here. Outstanding valuation, improving technicals, and upcoming new major capital rotating into one of the mo
$SpaceX(SPCX)$ People calling these unlocked shares a threat seem to miss the point — these holders are insiders with real inside information. If they genuinely believed the company was heading for massive success, maybe the biggest in history, why would they rush to sell everything? Sure, some might trim a small portion, but the idea that insiders would dump all 900 million shares just doesn't hold up. If I knew the details of why a company was going to be worth more than earth, I'd be holding tight and probably buying more, not heading for the exit.
$SK hynix(SKHY)$ I'm thinking there could be some pain overnight or tomorrow as a reaction to US markets, but it might rally 150+ on earnings. They sell more HBM than anyone, which is the highest-margin memory, and SK has sold off significantly more than MU.