Michael Esther

    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·08:03

      $SPY to $900? These 8 AI Stocks Could 5X–10X

      6 months from now $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ will hit $800, $840 and even $900+ These 8 stocks will 5x-10x still: 1. $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ ~$1200 The "legit second source" to $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ . Agentic AI is CPU-heavy, and EPYC owns that lane every step up the AI stack adds general-compute demand. Catalysts stacked: Advancing AI 2026 (Jul 22–23), Zen 6 "Venice" on TSMC 2nm, Q2 earnings Aug 4. Consensus ~$800 | Street-high $900 (Cantor, UBS) 2. $NEBIUS(NBIS)$ ~$400 The neocloud with receipts: 684% Q1 revenue growth, a $46–50B contracted backlog, landmark Meta and Microsoft deals, and a $2B NVIDIA investment. Ra
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-16 06:59

      The Earnings Trap Every Options Trader Should Know

      Every new options trader loses money the exact same way on earnings. You call the direction right. The stock moves your way. You open the app and you're down 40%. Here's IV crush explained: Before earnings, uncertainty peaks. Market makers jack up option prices to match. The second the numbers hit, that uncertainty is gone. Implied volatility collapses 30-60% overnight. Beat, miss, doesn't matter. The crush happens every single time. The math that wrecks you: Option P&L = direction + volatility + time decay. Say your call has 0.30 vega and IV drops 15 points post-earnings. That's -$4.50 from the crush. Your correct directional call made you +$3.00. -1.5 total Right on the stock. Still lost money. How hard the crush hits, by sector: - Biotech: 40-70% (binary FDA outcomes) - High-beta te
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-16 06:53

      $AEHR Earnings Signal the Next Phase of the AI Infrastructure Boom

      One company you need to pay attention to is $Aehr Test(AEHR)$ Calls will open up 500% from $5 to $25 this morning. Here's why: $AEHR doesn't make AI chips. They make the machines that test AI chips before they leave the factory. Think of them as the final quality check. If a chip is defective, they find it before it ends up inside a billion-dollar AI data center. That might not sound exciting, but as AI chips become more expensive and powerful, testing every single one becomes incredibly important. What really caught my attention wasn't just their earnings. They reported record orders, a massive backlog of future business, a huge increase in cash, and guided for revenue to potentially nearly triple next year. To me, that's a strong signal that AI
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-15 11:43

      Why Smart Money Is Accumulating $SHAZ Despite the Selloff

      10 months ago, Leopold bought $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ at $140 it spiked 1700% Last month, he bought this stock and its already down 20% ⬇️ $SharonAI Holdings Inc.(SHAZ)$ — SharonAI His fund just pushed its stake to 19.9%. That's not a nibble. Why I think he's buying here: 🔹 It's a neocloud rents out GPU compute, the buildout's tollbooth 🔹 Deploying up to 40,000 NVIDIA GB300s (72MW AI factory) 🔹 Just closed a $1.6B private placement — oversubscribed 🔹 Down ~30% from June highs = same shovels, cheaper The tell: his book is short the chipmakers via billions in puts, but long the compute + power layer. He's not betting on AI hype he's betting on the bottleneck. My 1-yr target: $200 base / $300 if the GPU ramp l
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-15 11:38

      $IBM's Loss Could Be $MU's Biggest Win Yet

      $IBM(IBM)$ crashing 25% in 1 day is extremely bullish for $Micron Technology(MU)$ $Roundhill Memory ETF(DRAM)$ $SK hynix(SKHY)$ Here's why: Read the letter closely. In the final weeks of June, $IBM's own clients stopped buying $IBM and started hoarding servers, storage, and memory instead. Here are 4 reasons I think this letter matters a lot: 1. This came from the victim, not the salesman. $MU and $SKHY have been telling us for months that memory is tight. But of course they'd say that, it's their product. So I take it with a grain of salt. This is different. IBM just lost deals because their customers ditched them to go bu
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-15 11:35

      IBM Sparks AI Memory Trade as Micron Eyes $2,000

      According to $IBM(IBM)$ , $Micron Technology(MU)$ should spike to $2000+ These are $IBM CEO exact words: "In the last few weeks of June, we saw clients shift their quarterly capex spend toward servers, storage, and memory purchases to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of expected price increases." Companies that'll benefit extremely: Memory — the core of the trade $Micron Technology(MU)$ — Micron (DRAM + NAND) $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ — Sandisk (NAND) $SK hynix(SKHY)$ — DRAM/HBM leader) Storage — HDD, SSD & systems $Seagate Technolo
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-14

      $SNDK Delivered 6,000%. Is $SYM the Next Opportunity?

      $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ made everyone holding 4000%-6000% This stock is your 2nd chance if you missed SNDK: Firstly, robotics is the next big theme and you'd be super early getting into it right now. $Symbotic Inc.(SYM)$ summary: - Builds AI-powered robots that run entire automated warehouses. - Robots store, retrieve, sort, and stack products at scale. - Handles pallets, cases, AND individual items rivals can't. - Real revenue robotics: $2.5B sales, 70+ systems, $22B backlog. - Proof that "physical AI" is a business, not hype. - $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ is the anchor customer AND second-largest shareholder. - SoftBank JV "GreenBox" committed $7.5B over six years. - Other cli
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-14

      $SPY Faces Its Biggest Test of 2026: CPI Tomorrow

      The most dangerous CPI of 2026 drops tomorrow 8:30am. And the risk is pointing in only one direction: Inflation went 2.4% in Feb to 4.2% in May. That's not cooling that's the fastest reacceleration in years. Tomorrow tells us if the top is in, or if this is just getting started. Here's what makes it print low: energy. The Iran/Hormuz oil spike that drove 60%+ of last month's jump is fading, and gas has rolled over. That alone drags headline from 4.2% down to around 3.8%. On the surface it looks like relief. But here's what makes it print high everything that doesn't fade. Shelter is still sticky. Tariffs are bleeding into core goods. Services never cooled. Energy leaves, but these stay. That's the trap sitting under the "cooling" headline. So ignore the headline number. Watch core CPI inst
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-14

      24 AI Stocks Ranked by Distance From Their Highs

      The AI trade has cooled—but many of the sector's biggest winners are still well below their highs. Here's an updated cheat sheet showing how far 24 leading AI stocks remain off their peaks. Save it for your watchlist. 👇 The entire AI trade is ON SALE. 24 stocks, avg –33% off their highs: 🔴 $Oracle(ORCL)$ –59.3% 🔴 $IONQ Inc.(IONQ)$ –49.4% 🔴 $ServiceNow(NOW)$ –49.2% 🔴 $Applied Optoelectronics(AAOI)$ –48.6% 🔴 $IREN Ltd(IREN)$ –46.5% 🔴 $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ –46.3% 🔴 $AST SpaceMobile, Inc.(ASTS)$<
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    • Michael EstherMichael Esther
      ·07-13

      Missed $SNDK? The Next 4 Stocks With Explosive 10x Potential

      1 year ago, $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ ran from $40 to $2400 for 6000% Then it crashed back to $1500 before spiking again. Here's 4 set-ups exact 1000% potential: 1. $Bloom Energy Corp(BE)$ Buy zone: $220–230 = prior base / breakout retest • AI data centers need power NOW → fuel cells = fastest time-to-power • Brookfield just scaled their AI-infra partnership to $25B (5x expansion) • Q2 earnings Jul 28 first real profitability inflection 2. $AST SpaceMobile, Inc.(ASTS)$ Buy zone: $64–72 = double-bottom reload • Only space-based cellular broadband hitting phones direct (not hype anymore) • AT&T + Vodafone = distribution already solved • BlueBird 11/12/13 launch from
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