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Citadel Steals Distressed AI Assets: How Options Traders Can Capitalize on QQQ
Citadel stepped in to buy heavily discounted tech assets from Situational Awareness after high leverage triggered severe margin calls, halting a forced liquidation cascade and lifting the market overhang. Market Impact: Net positive for short-term relief, but neutral for medium-term fundamentals. Liquidation Relief: Absorbing the distressed book at a 10% discount ended forced market dumping and stabilized prices across AI benchmarks like $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ . Institutional Floor: Smart money stepping in establishes a psychological floor, signaling that institutional investors view risk-adjusted valuations as attractive near key support levels. IF YOU ALREADY OWN THE SHARES Action: Consider selling a covered call (selling the right for someone else t
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DBS 2Q26 – solid non-interest income and asset quality
📢This morning, $DBS(D05.SI)$ announced their much-anticipated second quarter earnings which came in higher than analysts’ expectations ☀Powered by a surge in wealth-led fee income, DBS CEO Tan Su Shan expects total income this year to exceed 2025 levels and has lifted the outlook from her earlier projection of a match The stock which pulled back 1.3% yesterday to close at $73.55, has erased all losses to trade 1.8% higher this morning (as of 920AM) to $74.86 – within whiskers of its all-time high of $75.00 ✳✴Trending DBS call warrant $DBS MB eCW270226(IJMW.SI)$ is trading six times higher i.e +11.4% to $0.147 while trending put warrant $DBS MB ePW270226(V1RW.
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Why Thomson Reuters’ AI Growth Could Not Prevent a 10% Valuation Reset
$Thomson Reuters(TRI)$ is trying to turn a possible threat into an advantage. Generative AI can make legal and tax research faster, but it can also weaken the value of traditional information subscriptions. The second-quarter report showed that the company’s authoritative content and professional workflows are still producing strong growth, even as the stock’s sharp decline revealed continuing doubt about how durable that advantage will be. Thomson Reuters reported on August 5 for the quarter ended June 30. Revenue increased 9% to $1.95 billion, while adjusted earnings reached $0.99 per share, above the roughly $0.96 expected. The company raised its full-year organic-revenue forecast to approximately 8%. Legal Professionals revenue grew 10%, Tax &a
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08-06
DLC Weekly Recap | Top Gainers & Losers
For period 29 July to 5 August: This week was a strong one for US stocks, with 4 out of 5 of the DLC top gainers represented by US stocks or indices. The outperformer among US DLCs was $Palantir 3xLongSG280913(W1AW.SI)$ , as $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ rose close to 30% after reporting stellar earnings. The broader rally among tech stocks lifted $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$ and $S&P 500(.SPX)$ leading to a 65% and 41% weekly gain for their 7x Long DLCs, the Nasdaq 7x Long (MFVW) and S&P 7x Long (SWTW) respectively. Topping the table, however, was Xiaomi 5x Short DLC (YW5W) which surged 84% as
TOPzinglee: 84% looks juicy, but they really bury the DLC risk here lol. Xiaomi miss did the heavy lifting
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08-06
Why Circle’s USDC Growth Is Not Yet Enough to Escape Falling Reserve Yields
$Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$’s second-quarter results illustrated both the power and vulnerability of its stablecoin model. USDC circulation and on-chain usage expanded rapidly, but most revenue still depends on interest earned from the assets backing USDC. That makes falling short-term yields a direct pressure on economics even when adoption improves. Circle reported on August 5 for the quarter ended June 30. USDC in circulation reached $73.3 billion, up 19% year over year, while quarterly on-chain transaction volume increased 151% to $14.8 trillion. Total revenue and reserve income grew 7% to $701 million, adjusted EBITDA rose 8% to $143 million and net income from continuing operations reached $48 million. Circle’s official second-quarter rele
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08-06
Why MercadoLibre’s Record Revenue Is Producing Less Profit
$MercadoLibre(MELI)$’s second quarter demonstrated the trade-off at the centre of its strategy: spending heavily on free shipping, logistics and credit can deepen its competitive advantage across Latin America, but those investments are reducing current profit even while revenue reaches records. MercadoLibre reported after the August 5 market close for the quarter ended June 30. Revenue increased 50% year over year to approximately $10.2 billion, above the roughly $9.7 billion expected. Net income nevertheless declined 11% to $466 million, its third consecutive quarterly decrease. Operating income fell 17% to $683 million, and the operating margin narrowed to 6.7% from 12.2%. MercadoLibre’s official second-quarter release provides the results and
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Option Movers | SpaceX Plunges 13% as Options Signal Strong Bearish Sentiment; Micron Bulls Target $1,080
Market Overview On August 5, The U.S. major indexes closed as follows: Dow Jones up 0.49% at 54,349.12; S&P 500 declined 0.17% at 7,723.55; NASDAQ fell 0.83% at 26,363.44. Trade remained choppy as investors digested a fresh batch of technology earnings alongside mixed economic data, leaving the Dow the only benchmark in positive territory for the session. According to MarketChameleon, the total trading volume of U.S. stock options on that day was 65,368,578, while the average daily option volume was 63,785,558. Puts accounted for 42% of the volume and calls for 58%. Additionally, 1,240 stocks had option volume that exceeded their 30-day moving average volume. Top 10 Option Volumes Top 10: $NVIDIA(NVDA)$、$
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Why Insulet’s 20% Collapse Shows That Growth Expectations Had Become Too High
$Insulet(PODD)$ reported strong second-quarter revenue and earnings, yet its shares suffered their largest one-day decline in roughly 17 years. The disconnect shows that investors were focused less on the completed quarter than on signs that US growth for the Omnipod insulin-delivery system is moderating. Insulet reported on August 5 for the quarter ended June 30. Revenue increased 23.5% to $801.7 million, while adjusted earnings rose 41.5% to $1.66 per share. Total Omnipod revenue increased 24.6% to $795.9 million. US Omnipod revenue grew 20.1% to $544.1 million, while international revenue rose 35.5% to $251.8 million. Insulet’s official second-quarter release provides the results and geographic breakdown. The bullish thesis rests on recurring c
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Why Albemarle’s Lithium Recovery Still Depends on Supply Discipline
$Albemarle(ALB)$’s second-quarter profit surged as lithium prices recovered, showing how much earnings leverage the world’s largest lithium producer has when market conditions improve. The same sensitivity works in reverse, however, and recent price volatility means the recovery cannot yet be treated as a stable new baseline. Albemarle reported after the August 5 market close for the quarter ended June 30. Net sales increased 31% to $1.7 billion, adjusted EBITDA rose to $858 million from $336 million and net income attributable to Albemarle reached $480 million, up from $23 million. Albemarle’s official second-quarter release provides the figures and market-price scenarios. Energy Storage produced most of the improvement. Segment sales increased 78
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Optical Stocks Surge on China Ban Report: Can Policy Turn Into Real Orders?
🎁 Read, comment and earn Tiger Coins! Optical networking stocks surged after reports emerged that the Trump administration is drafting restrictions on imports of new Chinese optical transceiver models. Following the report, $Applied Optoelectronics Inc.(AAOI)$ jumped around 20%, $Coherent(COHR)$ gained 18% and $Lumentum Holdings Inc.(LITE)$. The rally reflects more than renewed optimism about AI infrastructure: investors are now pricing in a possible redistribution of future U.S. optical orders. AI demand creates the opportunity. Policy may influence who receives the orders. 🔥 1. The Policy Could Reshape Future Supp
TOPI pick C: Orders move gradually, but capacity constraints will prevent revenue from exploding immediately. Even if the restrictive measures finally land, ultra-large-scale customers need to re-certify suppliers, and the expansion of 800G and 1.6T capacity also requires equipment, yield and time. Therefore, American optical communication manufacturers may get the order expectation first, and their revenue and cash flow will lag behind. My strategy is not to follow the sharp surge brought by policy news, focusing on observing customer certification, order backlog, gross profit margin and actual shipments of AAOI, LITE and COHR, and then intervening in batches after the fundamentals are confirmed. @TBlive
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🎁What the Tigers Say | AI Ambition Comes at a Cost
Hi Tigers 🐯, Welcome to "What the Tigers say." 👋 This week's earnings season put the AI spending question front and center, with $SpaceX(SPCX)$'s first-ever quarterly print and $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$'s Q2 results both beating on growth while capex and margins raised eyebrows. The community dug straight into whether that spending spree can actually justify today's valuations. Before today's session played out, the community was already doing the heavy lifting. Let's rewind to the three sharpest takes from @JC888, @Maverick AI, and
TOPHi @WallStreet_Tiger thank you for selecting my post to feature. It will be an interesting Thursday to find out if early investors and employees will bail on SPCX. If they do, it implies alot about sentiments towards SPCX, no?
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🚨 AI Memory Stocks Hit by Valuation Reset! 💾📉
The AI memory sector is seeing a sharp selloff after $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ and $Western Digital(WDC)$ delivered guidance that failed to meet sky-high investor expectations. The selling spread across global markets, with SK Hynix plunging more than 9% in Korea, dragging down the KOSPI, while U.S. after-hours and 24-hour trading also saw broad declines across the memory sector. 📉 24-hour trading performance: • Western Digital ($WDC): -11.15% • SanDisk ($SNDK): -7.82% • SK Hynix ADR ($SKHY): -4.66% • Roundhill Memory ETF ($DRAM): -4.82% • Micron ($MU): -2.15% • Seagate ($STX): -1.92% • CXMT: -4.09% What happened? The AI memory sector had rallied aggressively on booming demand for
TOP-11% on WDC was brutal, but this looks more like de-rating than demand cracking. Are people pricing HBM too perfectly here?
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🐯🪙 93% Growth and a 62% Margin: Palantir Just Made the Valuation Debate Harder
🎁Tag your friends, read the analysis and share your view for a chance to earn Tiger Coins! $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$’s second-quarter results were difficult to dismiss as ordinary AI hype. The company delivered: Revenue: $1.935 billion, up 93% year over year Adjusted operating margin: 62% GAAP operating margin: 47% Adjusted free cash flow: $1.220 billion Rule of 40 score: 155 Most software companies must choose between rapid growth and high profitability. $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ is currently delivering both. The results do not prove that the stock is cheap. They do show that the underlying business is stronger than many investors expected. 🚀 1. Commerci
TOPC. The business is outstanding, but the stock needs a better entry point. Palantir's Q2 proved this is no longer just a government contractor — it is becoming one of the strongest enterprise AI platforms. U.S. commercial revenue surged 149% YoY, margins remained exceptional, and free cash flow exceeded $1.2B, showing that growth and profitability can coexist. The raised 2026 guidance also suggests demand remains very strong. That said, a valuation of roughly 47x forward revenue leaves little room for execution mistakes. Any slowdown in commercial AI adoption, contract conversion, or international expansion could compress the multiple even if the business continues to perform well. For long-term investors, I remain bullish on Palantir's competitive moat and AI leadership. But after such an incredible run, I'd rather wait for a more attractive entry than chase the momentum. @AI_FocusedTrader [胜利]
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🪙Tiger Coins | Friday’s Jobs Report Could Reprice the Entire Market
Friday’s Jobs Report Is Not “The Weaker, the Better”: Can the AI Hardware Rebound Continue? The U.S. will release its July jobs report at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday. The market currently expects nonfarm payrolls to rise by about 100,000–120,000, up from 57,000 in June. A weak $Automatic Data Processing Inc(ADP)$ private payrolls print this week (+44,000, well below forecast) adds some downside risk to that number. What matters is not just the number of jobs added. The report could move Treasury yields and reset valuations across the technology sector. Mag 7, optical networking and memory stocks have all been recovering from July’s selloff, but that rebound depends on one key condition: interest rates cannot start climbing again.🐯🪙 Read
TOPI would prefer A, but not if the weaker employment is the better, but if the data can prove that the US economy is "cooling down" rather than "stalling". The market has taught everyone a lesson in the past few months. What investors are really afraid of is not the delay in interest rate cuts, but rather the economy suddenly hitting the brakes and corporate earnings starting to be revised downward. Once the employment data is weak enough to trigger recession expectations, no matter how low interest rates are, it is difficult to support the AI sector to continue to rise.
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Lotus Technology (NASDAQ: LOT) Shows Encouraging Signs of a Technical Rebound
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ: LOT) is beginning to display increasingly constructive technical signals as the stock stabilises around the US$0.83 support zone. After successfully defending this key level, buying momentum has started to emerge, suggesting that confidence is gradually returning and a stronger recovery could be developing. One of the most encouraging aspects of the chart is the relationship between price action and trading volume. The circled areas clearly show a recurring pattern where the stock advances on stronger trading volume while pullbacks occur on noticeably lighter volume. This is generally considered a healthy technical characteristic because it indicates that buying interest is more aggressive than selling activity. Instead of heavy distribution du
TOPThe volume pattern is the key takeaway for me. Stronger buying on rallies and lighter selling on pullbacks usually signals accumulation. Watching $1.03 closely.
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🔥 AMD Beats Expectations — So Why Did It Drop ~9% After Hours? AMD’s Q2 results were objectively strong. Revenue came in at $11.54B, up ~50% YoY, while Data Center revenue surged 107% to $6.7B. Q3 guidance of roughly $13B also came in above the Street’s ~$12.5B expectation. On paper, this looks like a clear beat. (StockStory) So why did the stock sell off? Because AMD wasn’t trading on “good results” anymore — it was trading on the expectation of extraordinary results. 📌 1. The bar had become extremely high AMD had already rallied aggressively into earnings, closing around $519 after gaining ~7% during Tuesday’s session. At that valuation, investors weren’t simply asking: “Did AMD beat?” They were asking: “Did AMD beat enough to justify the AI expectations already priced in?” And the answe
TOP13B vs 12.5B says it all, they wanted a blowout not a beat. Reset makes sense lol
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PORTFOLIO UPDATE At 18 and turning 19 in two months time, it’s been an absolutely crazy two months in the market for me, especially with the drastic resets and massive volatility we've seen across the chips and semiconductor sector. When I took a step back to look at my portfolio, I realized I simply had too much money tied up in that one space. While I am definitely still backing my core semiconductor and tech holdings—maintaining heavy positions in $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ , $Marvell Technology(MRVL)$ , and TSMC, alongside my aerospace and network tech plays with $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ and $Ondas Holdings
TOPI rotated out of semi ETFs into IonQ too. Quantum feels way less crowded than chips right now. You worried about near term valuation swings at all?
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$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Made this trade using CBA (Cash Boost Account) @Tiger_CashBoostAccount @CashBoost @TigerStars @Tiger_Contra Support / Resistance 📈📉: Support: $318, $311, $290-300 Resistance: $328-330, $337, $348-$351 Outlook 📝: TSLA opened above $318 today. Would love to see it retest $318 before rebounding back to $325-$328. If TSLA is also able to reclaim and hold above $325-$328,
TOP325-328 keeps getting treated like a victory lap lol. I’m still leaning bearish here — do you really trust that upside with valuation this stretched?
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$PGY 20260821 16.0 PUT$ excellent set of quarterly earnings!
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$S RISK_REVERSAL 280121 PUT 17.0/CALL 22.0$ SentinelOne is in a financial transition — it has crossed the threshold to non-GAAP profitability for the first time, but the market is pricing in a cautious view due to slower revenue growth, a gross margin dip, and a restructuring (8% workforce reduction). The fundamental picture is a high-growth cybersecurity platform with improving unit economics, still loss-making on a GAAP basis, but on a clear path toward sustained profitability . The forward valuation (PS ~6x, forward PE ~60x) reflects a moderate premium for a company in the AI-security sweet spot, though execution risk remains elevated relative to larger peers.
TOPI’m in for the GAAP loss narrowing too, but that gross margin dip with layoffs still feels messy. Do you think non-GAAP profitability sticks next few quarters?