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Tiger First Stripes: Understanding the Tools and Terms Behind Your Trade
🍲 One Evening, Two Small Trades, A Few Hai Di Lao Meals – My Cash-Secured Put Journey There are many ways to measure progress in investing. Some people count portfolio value, while others focus on annual returns. I like to keep things simple. Sometimes, I measure my option premium by something I can enjoy with my family—a nice meal together. On this trading day, I completed two short-term cash-secured put trades on NVIDIA before opening another position. The realised profits were modest, but they reminded me that consistent, disciplined trading can gradually build wealth over time. 📈 Trade 1 – Locking in a Small Profit Earlier in the day, I sold one NVIDIA cash-secured put with: * Expiry: 28 August 2026 * Strike Price: US$195 * Sell Price: US$6.15 Later, I bought the same contract back at
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$Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ $Kratos Defense & Security Solutions(KTOS)$ $SpaceX(SPCX)$ 🚀 $RKLB Ready for Liftoff? Options May Be Pricing This One Wrong 📈🌕🚀 The options pit may be underestimating $RKLB. Rocket Lab is flashing one of its strongest historical setups: • SVI: 96% • SVS: 87/100 The stock is now testing its 200-day moving average following a sharp July pullback. History suggests this has been a high-probability opportunity. The last five times this signal appeared: ✅ Higher one month later 80% of the time 📈 Average 30-day gain: +37.1% What’s particularly interesting is that Rocket Lab has repeatedly exceeded options traders’ i
TOPDouglasMalan: 80% hit rate gets my attention. I bought the July pullback too — if 200DMA holds, ATH by 2026 feels very live. You think space systems becomes the bigger re-rate?
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$AST SpaceMobile, Inc.(ASTS)$ $ASTS: Building the Future of Direct-to-Cell Satellite Connectivity: • $ASTS secured an operational license for its New Zealand gateway, another major regulatory milestone that strengthens its global network expansion and supports the commercial rollout of its direct-to-device satellite service. • Despite losing BlueBird 7, the company successfully launched BlueBird 8, 9 and 10 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on June 17, 2026. The mission restored investor confidence and keeps AST SpaceMobile on track to deploy around 45 satellites by the end of 2026. • AST SpaceMobile also formed a nearly $1 billion joint venture with Rakuten in Japan, supported by up to $926 million in government subsidies. The partnership ease
TOPCarrier-first is why I’m still bullish. New Zealand license plus Rakuten JV makes the rollout feel way more real
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Navigating Hawkish Fed Shifts: Top Defensive Growth Assets for a Higher-For-Longer Regime
This dynamic highlights a classic market tug-of-war: improving backward-looking data vs. a forward-looking, hawkish central bank. With Fed Chair Kevin Warsh taking a firm stand at the July hearings—explicitly stating that the Fed has "no tolerance" for persistently elevated inflation and refusing to provide easy forward guidance—investors are forced to reset expectations. The market response will unfold across distinct horizons: Market Reaction: Immediate Shock vs. Gradual Re-Pricing The reaction will be a mix of both immediate volatility and a gradual structural adjustment. The Immediate Reaction (The Next 24–48 Hours): Algorithmic trading and short-term options markets adjust instantly. Because the market has been aggressively pricing in rate cuts, Warsh’s explicit pushback triggers an i
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Cooling Inflation and Strong Earnings Fuel Market Broadening Ahead of Friday Close
The interplay between the cooling inflation data (both CPI and PPI prints) and the corporate earnings season creates a dynamic environment for the markets as we head toward Friday's close on July 17, 2026. Here is a breakdown of how these macro and micro elements are shifting capital across sectors and setting the stage for the end of the week. 1. Does Cooling Inflation "Boost" the Earnings Season? Yes, but less through direct corporate bottom lines this exact quarter, and more through multiple expansion and forward guidance. The Valuation Lift: The biggest relief from the softer inflation numbers is the pressure it removes from the Federal Reserve. Lower inflation lowers bond yields (with the 2-year Treasury yields slipping down). When yields fall, equity valuations—especially for high-gr
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SpaceX Post-IPO: One Month In and Already Following the Classic Script
SpaceX went public on June 12 at $135. The stock didn’t waste time it ripped higher and hit $225 within weeks. Classic IPO pop. Retail piled in, hype went into overdrive, and for a brief moment it felt like the rocket company could do no wrong. One month later, reality is biting. The stock is trading right around $136 basically back at the IPO price. That’s a 40% drawdown from the peak in just weeks. If the well-worn post-IPO pattern holds, the next stop is uglier. A full 50% haircut from the IPO price would take it down to the $70 zone. That level sits below the entry for almost everyone who bought at or after the listing. That’s usually where the real pain hits, retail capitulation kicks in, and the long “dead money” phase begins sometimes lasting years before any susta
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📉📈 BSBS Futures Study Case #1 – FTSE China A50 Index Futures (CN2609): free lucky draw
🚀 Trading With the Trend, Then Trading the Rebound Every trading day tells a different story. Some days the market trends strongly in one direction, while other days it swings back and forth. The key lesson I continue to learn is that I don’t need to predict every move. Instead, I want to react to what the market is showing me. Today, I traded the FTSE China A50 Index Futures September 2026 contract (CN2609) listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). My approach was simple. I first followed the bearish momentum by taking a short position. After locking in that profit, I observed signs that the selling pressure was easing and switched to a long position to capture a small rebound. This article explains my trade, the contract specifications, and several futures trading concepts for educational
TOPI'm holding off on all my purchases for now. July and August are usually the weakest months of the year
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It's out. It's happening! No wonder $echo price action showed some strength $20 Billion + incoming to a $28 Billion Mcap company 🤩 🔸 It lets EchoStar move forward with the AT&T wholesale/hybrid model and the SpaceX spectrum deal without violating the old merger decree. 🔸It still gives EchoStar valuable assets (prepaid business, cell site access, spectrum option) while reducing the capital burden. This is the legal green light for EchoStar’s $echo new strategy: sell most spectrum to AT&T and SpaceX, become a hybrid MVNO + satellite player, use the cash to pay down debt, and avoid the massive cost of building its own full network. Interesting fact: Founder / CEO owns ~50%+ of the company and ~90% voting power. Skin in the game.
TOPYeah this is bigger than an asset sale. I’m bullish on EchoStar here — debt relief plus founder control finally gives the satellite + MVNO pivot a real shot 🤩
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AI Trading Ideas: PYPL, NVDA, ASTS, EOSE& ASML
Hello everyone! Today i want to share some trading ideas with you! 1 $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ makes the machines that every advanced AI chip depends on and just raised its 2026 outlook for the second time this year. When $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ $Intel(INTC)$ $SK hynix(SKHY)$ and $Micron Technology(MU)$ place orders with ASML they're effectively voting on the amount of advanced chip capacity they expect to need several years from now. With logic and memory now growing together, ASML is b
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Option Strategies: AEHR, TSM, UNH& NBIS
Hello everyone! Today i want to share some trading strategies with you! 1 Got the 150P expiring this week. Will continue to write puts on $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ … and will probs copy this trade. Sold a few puts on $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ this morning before the meetings started. Will add to position and write a few more this Friday for July 24 and July 31 expiration, targeting that 150 strike (or lower). 2 We got earnings before the opening bell tomorrow on $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ and $UnitedHealth(UNH)$ . How's our fellow #Optionselling traders playing this?
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TRADE PLAN for Thursday 📈
$S&P 500(.SPX)$ is still trading in a range from 7500 to 7600 the past 4 trading days. Watch to see if SPX can breakout above 7600 in the next 2 days. SPX July 17 7620C is best near 7600 $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ +20 on the day today. META to 700 inbound if it holds above 675 over the next 2 days META July 17 690C is best above 680 $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ dropped to 710 and closed at 717, if QQQ can get back to 722 we'll see a move to 726,731 again. As long as QQQ can hold 712 it still looks bullish this week. Chip stocks and Memory stocks had a weaker day today. We saw a bit of rotation into the Mag 7. Let's see i
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GOLD Has Shown an Overall Weak Trend
1 Gold (XAU/USD) has shown an overall weak trend today, maintaining a pattern of weak consolidation and selling on rallies. Pressured by recent oil price rebounds that have sparked inflation concerns (reigniting expectations of high interest rates), the gold price is currently in a wide-range downward channel. $Gold - main 2608(GCmain)$ The intraday low has been updated to 4024. Although prices have rebounded slightly, they remain under pressure at the absolute bottom of the downtrend channel. Step-like downward consolidation: After encountering resistance in the 4060 area, gold prices formed a very standard “decline–sideways consolidation–further decline” step-like bearish pattern, with the lower boundary of each consolidation
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SGX Daily Top Movers (16-7-2026): D05, O39, U11, Z74, S68, C38U, A17U, C6L, BS6, & 558 lead
1.Top 10 Traded Stocks/ETF/SDR by Value $DBS(D05.SI)$ $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ $UOB(U11.SI)$ $Singtel(Z74.SI)$ $SGX(S68.SI)$ $CapLand IntCom T(C38U.SI)$ $CapLand Ascendas REIT(A17U.SI)$ $SIA(C6L.SI)$ $YZJ Shipbldg SGD(BS6.SI)$ $UMS(558.SI)$ 2.Stocks/ETF/SDR Hit 52-week High $DBS(D05.SI)$
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NFLX, chance to Rise with Q2 Earnings ?
It’s Coming. In the season of quarterly earnings report, TV darling $Netflix(NFLX)$ is due to report its own on Thu, 16 Jul 2026 after market has closed. Before that happens, let’s recap what have been happening to NFLX since walking away from the $Warner Bros. Discovery(WBD)$ bidding war; that incidentally is still facing a lot of oppositions on its merger with $Paramount Skydance Corp(PSKY)$. $Bank of America(BAC)$ is still bullish about NFLX with a 'Buy' rating and a price target $125 per share, despite a -19.19% decline in its shares YTD. (see below) As of 14 Jul 2026 According to BAC, NFLX’s YTD decline reflects: Inve
TOPNice Sharing 😁 @Barcode @Shyon @koolgal @Aqa @DiAngel @SherniceXuan 2000
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Two Must-Watch Strategies Now: the Enticing oil Crack Spread and Stock-Index Options Straddle
Every week, Owen talks through some of the trading opportunities and strategies in the current market that are worth watching. This time we won't dwell on preliminaries and will get straight to the point. I believe there are two main opportunities to focus on this time: First, the crude oil crack spread has now surged to a historic extreme. How to find the right timing to short the spread is a highly noteworthy profit opportunity. Second, U.S. equities are currently stuck in a high-level, range-bound pattern. With tonight's upcoming CPI data as a catalyst, how should we use an options straddle strategy to bet on a return of volatility? This is likewise an opportunity worth exploring. Let's look at them one by one. $标普500(.SPX)$
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P&L (15 July 2026) The brutal sell-off in the Chips and Storage sector is showing no mercy, making my internship project a nice, albeit busy, distraction from staring at a bleeding screen. Heavy hitters like $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ and $Broadcom(AVGO)$ are continuing to feel the squeeze, while $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ hasn't escaped the pain either, dragging down the rest of the semi-portfolio. Even outside of pure silicon plays, speculative tech holdings like $Ondas Holdings Inc.(ONDS)$ and $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ are catching some of the risk-o
TOPI added TSM this morning too. Q2 should be strong — supply chain moat is still untouchable
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$DBS(D05.SI)$
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$Alphabet(GOOGL)$