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Option Movers｜Rigetti's $50 Put Soars 181%; Micron's Volume Surges 285%; Kenvue Shows Bearish Sentiment
Wall Street closed lower on Thursday(Oct 16), with signs of weakness in regional banks spooking investors already on edge over U.S.-China trade tensions.Regarding the options market, a total volume of 74,216,275 contracts was traded on Thursday.Top 10 Option VolumesSource: Tiger Trade App$Rigetti Computing(RGTI)$ fell 15% on Thursday as traders reassessed the quantum computing company's surging valuation following a sharp year-long rally.A total number of 565.44K options related to $Rigetti Computing(RGTI)$ were traded on Thursday, up 32% from the previous trading day, of which put options accounted for 69%. Particularly high volume was seen for the $50 strike put option expiring Oct. 17, with 3
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2025-10-17
Extreme Fear Strikes! Will "Bank Run" Repeats?
$Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$ surged to 25 yesterday, marking the market’s return to extreme fear after months of calm — and the culprits were two regional banks that just blew up. $Zions(ZION)$ plunged 13.14% after revealing a $50 million charge-off tied to a revolving credit facility underwritten by its subsidiary in San Diego. $Western Alliance(WAL)$ also tumbled 10.83%, admitting it had lent to the same group of borrowers.The panic quickly spread across the entire regional banking sector: $Columbia Banking(COLB)$ dropped 7.92%, $Bank of Southern California NA(BCAL)$ fell 7.8%,
TOPShyon: The VIX jumping back to 25 says it all — fear has returned. What’s worrying is that this time, it’s not just a few banks but a broader sign of credit stress across the regional banking sector. The Zions & Western Alliance news feels like déjà vu from the 2023 SVB crisis. Jamie Dimon’s “cockroach” comment fits perfectly — when one weak spot appears, more often follow. Still, the system today is stronger, with higher capital ratios and better liquidity buffers. But cracks in private credit and auto-related loans can’t be ignored. The exposure of Jefferies, JPMorgan, and Fifth Third shows how traditional finance & alternative credit are now deeply linked. I’m watching for overreactions, some solid regional banks could turn undervalued if panic persists. Meanwhile, defensive sectors like utilities, healthcare, or even gold miners may regain favor as investors seek safety. Staying cautious but alert — fear often breeds the best setups for the next rotation. @TigerStars @Tiger_comments
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2025-10-17
Regional Banks ZION & WAL: Credit Shock – One-Off or Systemic?
( On16 Oct 2025) the U.S. bank patch stole the spotlight. Two “bad-loan bombs” detonated at once, sending the regional-bank index $KBW Regional Banking Index(KRX)$ down 6.2% – its biggest one-day drop since May. The Philadelphia Bank Index lost 3.6%, wiping out > USD 100 bn in market value and dragging the whole financial sector lower. Traders asked if this was systemic; Wall Street’s consensus is still “isolated risk”.Below is a post-mortem and investor risk checklist.I. Core event: two dodgy credits spark loan-panic$Zions(ZION)$ – subsidiary California Bank & Trust booked a USD 50 m fraudulent commercial-loan default, took a full charge-off and filed civil suit. Shares plunged 13.14%, the largest
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$Oracle(ORCL)$ ’s trend remains steadily upward, with its cloud business driving a solid rebound in the stock price — a nice, steady gain this round! As AI applications roll out faster and enterprise demand keeps growing, revenue momentum is strengthening, and the outlook stays promising.
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2025-10-17
$Canaan Inc.(CAN)$ is more than just bitcoin mining! Its strategic push into AIoT and AI chips, coupled with solid supply chain control, is a game-changer. This fundamental transformation is unlocking real value—one to watch closely.
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2025-10-17
Big-Tech Weekly | Why Is MSFT Greenlighting The Billions ORCL-OpenAI Deal?
Big-Tech’s PerformanceMacro Headlines This Week:Regional banks lighting up the risk fuse again? Earnings from mid-tier players like $Zions(ZION)$ showed credit quality tanking, with bad debt rates spiking over 3%, sparking fresh panic about the whole regional banking sector. It's got echoes of the 2023 SVB meltdown, but this time the spotlight's on private credit woes—corporate defaults are climbing to 5% in this high-rate world, putting serious pressure on smaller banks' balance sheets. Add in the ISM manufacturing index unexpectedly dipping to 47.2 (way below forecasts), signaling economic slowdown vibes. Markets freaked: $Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$ surged, gold
TOPThe economic slowdown vibes are concerning, but Big Tech's resilience is impressive.
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2025-10-17
[Events] Do You Think Losing Money Teaches You More Than Making It?
Let’s be honest—no one wins all the time in the market. Some people say the real value of investing isn’t in the money you make, but in the lessons you learn when you lose.Maybe getting stuck in a bad trade taught you to manage risk.Maybe buying the top and panic selling taught you how emotional the market can be.Maybe missing a big opportunity showed you the value of patience.Do you think your losses made you a better investor? Or do you believe that winning builds real confidence? 💬 How to ParticipateDrop a comment below:Do you agree that losing money teaches you more than making it? Why or why not?Share a personal story or lesson you’ve learned along the way.🎁 RewardsEveryone who leaves a valid comment gets 5 Tiger CoinsWe’ll pick 1–3 great comments to win a $5 stock voucher📅 Event Dura
TOP🌟🌟🌟Losing money forces me to reflect, be humble and to learn. I remember the pain of losing 90% from Top Glove. It makes the lesson stick. However surviving a loss and coming back stronger is a rite of passage. It is how conviction is forged. Losses push me to ask Why do I invest? What matters more - steady returns or high risk high rewards bets? Making money feels good but it can be deceptive. It can inflate the ego as success without understanding breeds over confidence. Nonetheless making money do validate conviction like my investment in Nvidia. It affirms my process and builds trust in my decision. Losses teach me how to survive. Gains teach me why I stay in the game. The real wisdom comes from integrating both. So Yes - losing money teaches me to be humble but making money teaches me what matters. When I blend both I become a better investor and a wiser one too. @TigerEvents @Tiger_comments @TigerStars @TigerClub @CaptainTiger
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2025-10-17
AI Revolution: Game-Changer or Dot-Com 2.0? That Nvidia-OpenAI-AMD Loop
With the market cap of these AI plays hitting absurd levels (NVDA alone flirting with $4T), I've been grinding through the noise on whether this AI "revolution" is the real McCoy or just a frothy bubble waiting to pop. And that Nvidia dumping up to $100B into OpenAI while OpenAI grabs a fat 10% stake in AMD? Bro, it screams circular economy – like a house of cards built on IOUs between the big boys. Let's break it down, no BS, and I'll throw in some charts if anyone's got the stomach. First off, the deals are wild and fresh – announced just last month. Nvidia's dropping a progressive $100B investment into OpenAI to juice up 10GW of data centers, all powered by their own Blackwell chips. OpenAI's basically pre-committing to buy billions in NVDA silicon, which smells like vendor financing on
TOPIf NVDA holds above $179–180 for the next two sessions, odds favor a trap and short-cover bounce. But if it closes two consecutive days below $178, the trend breaks, and we’d likely test $172–175 next.
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This earnings season, I’ll focus on how AI capital spending converts into real returns. With mega-caps set to pour over $1 trillion into AI by 2029, investors want proof of monetization, not just infrastructure expansion. I’ll be watching which companies can turn AI investments into measurable productivity gains or new revenue streams. My pick is $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ — both at the core of the AI ecosystem with clearer profit paths. In contrast, firms where AI remains a cost center could face margin pressure if ROI lags. I’ll also keep an eye on guidance revisions, as they’ll reveal whether optimism around AI spending is starting to cool. With the VIX
TOP👍 Nice Sharing 👏 @JC888 @Barcode @Shernice軒嬣 2000 @Aqa @DiAngel @koolgal
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2025-10-17
🚀🤖💰 Salesforce’s AI Ignition: Why I’m Doubling Down on $60B Revenue by 2030 as the Catalyst for a Multi-Year Rebound 💰🤖🚀
$Salesforce.com(CRM)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ I’ve been knee-deep in Salesforce’s charts and filings for years, and right now, I’m more convinced than ever that $CRM sits at the epicentre of the AI revolution in enterprise software. As a trader who’s weathered the 2022–2023 tech rout and capitalised on the selective rebound in 2024–2025, I see $CRM’s latest guidance not as hype, but as a fundamental pivot point. They’re forecasting over $60 billion in annual revenue by fiscal 2030, with organic growth accelerating above 10% annually from FY26 onward, excluding the pending $8 billion Informatica acquisition. That’s ahead of the Street’s $58.4 billion whis
TOPI like how you tied the peer analysis to the long-term growth story. That 10%+ CAGR target through FY30 combined with CRM’s lower debt profile makes the discount to NOW look increasingly unjustified.
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2025-10-17
QT May Come To A Pause? Turbulence For Liquidity-Sensitive Assets? Which Suffers More?
With Fed chair signalling QT may come to an end to avoid excessive liquidity tightening harming economic growth, are we seeing the bull run coming to a stop for highly liquidity-sensitive assets? We might say that it is quite possible that we’re entering a more choppy / less linear bull-run phase for equities, and that the crypto sector — which is very sensitive to liquidity — could see sharper swings. But the dynamics are nuanced. Here is a breakdown: What Powell / Fed Signalling Means for Equities QT nearing its end is a dovish pivot Fed Chair Powell recently said that the balance-sheet drawdown (QT) “may be approaching” its end in coming months. If the Fed stops shrinking its balance sheet, that effectively halts further liquidity withdrawal from markets, which could ease pressure on ra
TOPZION’s $50M fraud hit is isolated—KRE’s 15% YTD drop overreacts!
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2025-10-17
Tim Cook Meets Labubu: Morgan Stanley Lifts Pop Mart Target to HK$320 — Is a Surge to HK$300 Next?
$Pop Mart International Group Limited(POPMF)$ When Apple CEO Tim Cook visits a toy exhibition before a product launch, markets take notice. During his trip to Shanghai, Cook made an unexpected yet symbolic appearance at THE MONSTERS 10th Anniversary Exhibition, celebrating Pop Mart’s flagship character, LABUBU. There, he was greeted by Pop Mart founder Wang Ning and LABUBU creator Kasing Lung, who presented him with a custom Labubu figurine — one clutching an iPhone. The meeting wasn’t merely ceremonial; it was a cultural signal that Pop Mart’s global influence in art toys has transcended collector circles and entered mainstream consumer consciousness. As if on cue, Morgan Stanley upgraded Pop Mart’s price target to HK$320, sparking renewed optim
TOPCook’s visit + MS upgrade? POPMF’s HK$300 run feels inevitable now!
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2025-10-17
Sea Dives Again: Growth Waves Return Just as Investors Jump Ship
$Sea Ltd(SE)$ Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) shares sank nearly 10% in a single session, extending a volatile pattern that has defined the Southeast Asian tech giant’s trading history. The drop wiped out weeks of gains, coming amid a broader tech selloff and renewed investor anxiety about global risk assets. Yet, for long-term investors, the sharp decline has reopened an old question — is Sea’s valuation still too high, or could this be a buying opportunity ahead of its next earnings report? Performance Overview: A Sharp Reversal After Weeks of Optimism Sea’s decline came abruptly, breaking a short-lived rally that began after signs of stabilization in its e-commerce and fintech businesses. The company’s stock had been trending upward since mid-September as
TOPHow does this drop $10 from opening . Was there some news ? Nice run early
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2025-10-17
“Singapore Banks Slide: Rate Cuts Ahead, but Dividends Still Reign Supreme
$DBS(D05.SI)$ $UOB(U11.SI)$ $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ Singapore’s three banking giants — DBS Group Holdings (SGX: D05), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC, SGX: O39), and United Overseas Bank (UOB, SGX: U11) — have all slipped in recent sessions, marking a cautious turn for the sector as investors brace for a potential Federal Reserve rate cut cycle. The sector’s stellar run through 2023 and early 2024, fueled by elevated net interest margins (NIMs) and record earnings, now faces a period of recalibration. As global monetary policy shifts from tightening to easing, investors are reassessing their strategies: Are Singapore’s banks still worth holding in the
TOPIt's reassuring to see the focus on dividends. Patience may just reward us in the long run
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2025-10-17
No Buddle Just Déjà Vu in the Vault: Another Mini ‘Bank Collapse’ Sends Markets Spinning
$Zions(ZION)$ The specter of a banking scare returned to Wall Street this week, as two U.S. regional banks — Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL) — disclosed unexpected loan losses tied to fraud allegations involving a group of borrowers in Southern California. The revelations triggered a broad market selloff on renewed concerns over credit quality deterioration and the lingering fragility of the regional banking system. Zions’ stock plunged 13.14%, marking its steepest single-day drop in over a year, while Western Alliance fell 10.83%, both dragging down the entire regional banking index. The news rattled investor confidence, reigniting memories of the March 2023 banking crisis, when Silicon Valley B
TOPbought for div years back, EPS 5$, pays 3.5% div current and has 8 PE. what's not to like. small bump and shorts talk like it's the end of the world. all banks have some loan losses.
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A trade that stood out to me in October 2025 as particularly interesting. One that caught attention was an SPX options trade: • unusually heavy buying: 650 contracts traded by 10:03 AM, with 92.3% of the flow being buyer‑initiated. That’s a high buy ratio in a relatively large volume. • What makes it more intriguing is that the trade came even as implied volatility was dropping (~6.5%), suggesting the buyers were not just chasing volatility but intentionally loading optionality. From an equity perspective, another trade that’s been making waves is in rare-earth/mining stocks like MP Materials and USA Rare Earth. When China announced further export controls on rare-earth elements, those names spiked sharply—investors saw this as a direct geopolitical/strategic move playing into supply cons
TOPAm selling all my GLD and SLV this a.m. and using it to load upon MP. Live dangerously
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$ComfortDelGro(C52.SI)$ ComfortDelGro - With Bus and Mrt fare increasing about 5 to 10 cents per trip from 27 Dec 2025, this counter likely see a lifting in their total revenue! Both SBS Transit and ComfortDelGro may likely help to increase their revenue and helps to lower their ops costs! At 1.47, yield is quite gd at 5.7% . Estimating Final dividend of 4.5 cents + interim dividend of 3.91, a total of 8.41 cents. Superb! I think current price present a good yield level to slowly accumulate for me! Pls dyodd. Not a call to buy or sell! 10 October 2025: ComfortDelGro - Waiting for her to conquer 1.51 level with ease and fly to 1.60. Beyond 1.60, she will be testing 1.64! A nice breakout smoothly plus good volume we may see her rising
TOP5.7% yield at $1.47 beats CPF OA—solid dividend play now!
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Singapore Daily Market Update (17 Oct 2025) | 🦖 #TheInvestingIguana EP1205
🟩 📈 Ready to unlock the *7 key SGX moves every investor must know today*? This video is packed with insights and actionable strategies to help you navigate the Singapore stock market like a pro! Whether you're curious about property cooling measures, Keppel's big Vietnam comeback, or Capitoland's bold European moves, join Iggy as we dive into the latest financial analysis and economic strategies reshaping investment decisions in Singapore. ✨ Highlights include: - Shedding light on Singapore's property market shifts and what they mean for your portfolio. - The smart moves by Keppel and Capitoland to expand regionally and globally. - Why REITs might be your next best bet for steady returns amid cautious STI performance. - A deep dive into government policies that are quietly reshaping invest
TOPLove the insights! Can't wait to dive in! [Heart]
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This week, my main focus was on gold, and it didn’t disappoint. 🌟 The metal hit new highs and stayed bullish as investors turned to safe-haven assets amid global uncertainty. I built a position early in the week, expecting upside momentum from geopolitical tensions and potential rate cuts — and gold’s steady climb proved that conviction right. What impressed me most was how gold held firm even when the U.S. dollar tried to rebound. That strength signaled strong institutional buying, with ETF inflows confirming both retail and institutional confidence — a rare and powerful combination. My biggest takeaway this week: patience pays. I resisted taking early profits, letting the trend play out, and it rewarded me with solid gains. The gold trade was definitely my highlight — steady, resilient,
TOPGold keeps doing well. $85 on the horizon is optimistic but realistic at this point. God willing 🙏
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2025-10-17
💰3 Scientists Win Nobel for Unveiling the “Immune Brake”: XBI & IBB Sparks
Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for uncovering how the immune system polices itself. A discovery that rewrote immunology textbooks has instantly swung market attention to the biotech sector. $iShares Biotechnology ETF(IBB)$ and $Spdr S&P Biotech Etf(XBI)$ are riding the wave.Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced yesterday that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for three decades of step-by-step work that first revealed how “peripheral immune tolerance” is steered by regulatory T cells (Tregs), preventing the immune system from turning on the body.Image credit: The Washington PostMoments after the news, IBB and X