$S&P 500(.SPX)$$Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$ $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ 29 Dec 2025 🇺🇸 | 30 Dec 2025 🇳🇿 Midday Check: I’m watching the Santa Claus rally clearly fade as the final week of 2025 opens with disciplined profit taking across the Street. $DJI and $IXIC are both down more than 150 points midday, $SPX is lower by roughly 0.44%, and volatility is finally repricing, with $VIX up nearly 7% and tracking its largest one-day pop since 08Dec. Market internals confirm the tone, NYSE and Nasdaq decliners are firmly in control, A D ratios sit near 0.52 and 0.42, and new lows are expanding faster tha
$Reddit(RDDT)$$Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ Needham reiterates a BUY on $RDDT with a $300 price target, pointing to ~33% upside from current levels. I’m focused on the AI search transition. As users move from link-based discovery to direct AI-generated answers, Reddit is evolving into core infrastructure rather than a traffic endpoint. Needham references multiple studies showing Reddit accounts for 20–40% of AI citations, even as traditional referral traffic declines. I don’t see that as a demand issue. I see a distribution shift. Value is migrating from clicks to citations,
$Noodles(NDLS)$$Yum(YUM)$ $XIAO NOODLES(02408)$ 🍝📉🍝 Al Dente No More: $NDLS Fails the Nasdaq Stress Test 🍝📉🍝 I’ve just watched Noodles & Company discover that comfort food offers very little comfort when compliance comes knocking. $NDLS has received a Nasdaq delisting notice, a reminder that exchanges care less about flavour profiles and far more about balance sheet resilience. Falling below minimum listing requirements is not a branding issue, it’s a capital markets problem, and the clock now matters more than the menu. From a structural standpoint, this has been slowly boiling over. Weak traffic trends, margi
Why Bull Put Spread For Amazon (AMZN). Expire: 09 Jan 26
We saw $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ getting a slight decline of 0.19% on Monday (29 Dec) after the Christmas holiday, and guess this show that Amazon fundamental is still strong enough to go through the volatility we are going to see coming from S&P 500 and NASDAQ dip. AMZN implied volatility (IV) is 24.3, which is in the 9% percentile rank. This means that 9% of the time the IV was lower in the last year than the current level. The current IV (24.3) is -10.1% below its 20 day moving average (27.1) indicating implied volatility is trending lower. In this article, I would like to share my plan for a Bull Put spread for Amazon. With Amazon expected move for 09 Jan at around $238 to $225, I have decided to do 230/225 bull put spread with expiration on 09 J
Bitcoin Next Move: Consolidation and Potential Breakout
Over the past week trading sessions, $CME Bitcoin - main 2601(BTCmain)$ Bitcoin has gained more than 2% to climb back above the $90,000 per BTC zone, a level not seen since we saw $84,000 around 22 Nov 2205, and Bitcoin have been trying to push for a renewed bullish momentum. It looks like the current sideways trading, primarily in the $85,000 to $95,000 range, is a natural period of market indecision where buying and selling pressures are temporarily balanced. Currently, Bitcoin continued to hover around $87,000, so is the current behavior gearing more towards a “Pump and Dump”, or we think that the current price behavior is far more consistent with a high-level consolidation following a prior impulse move than with a classic “pump and dump”
L🚨 New Year, New Rules: The "Easy Mode" Trade is Officially Dead The confetti has settled, and the charts are resetting. Are you ready for the 2026 reality check? If you made money in 2025 just by blindly buying the index, congratulations—but don’t expect that strategy to work in January. We are shifting from a market powered by liquidity promises to one that demands profit proof. While the street consensus is calling for a smooth ride to new highs, the internal plumbing of the market tells a different story. The "Fed Put" is in the rearview mirror; now it’s all about execution. Before you load up your portfolio for Q1, here is why the 2026 playbook is completely different. 1️⃣ The Bull Thesis: It’s Time to "Show Me the Money" 💵 The bulls aren't relying on hope anymore—they are betting on
My focus today will be on silver $FUT:Silver - main 2603(SImain)$ , especially after this sharp pullback. The recent move feels more like a liquidity-driven shakeout than a breakdown in fundamentals, but that doesn’t mean prices can’t stay volatile in the near term. After such a crowded trade unwinds, the market needs time to rebuild confidence & depth. At this stage, I’m firmly in the “steady first, act later” camp. The long-term logic for precious metals remains intact, yet short-term liquidity is clearly thin and sentiment fragile. I’d rather anchor my portfolio with gold ETFs as a core holding, while watching silver patiently for signs that
Iy really means nothing if the S&P fell on Monday. Days are irrelevant, so are weeks, even months. And let's face it, most are on holiday atm so everything that happens will be based on low volumes. So don't worry bout a thing. I invest in companies with a 1 to 3 year outlook Minimum. to make meaningful predictions beyond that timeframe is pure conjecture. Example, 10 years from now will $McDonald's(MCD)$ still be the world's biggest burger maker? Well actually McDonalds doesn't make burgers. It owns property and collects franchise fees from franchises that make burgers. So will they be doing that in ten years from now, or will they bulldoze all their restaurants and build high rise apartments and hotels. I know I'm being
Beyond the Hype: Why Robo.ai's Acquisition of Jidu Actually Reduces Risk
Foreword: Put Away the Champagne, Open ExcelWhile the market revels in the sensational headlines of Robo.ai $Robo.ai Inc(AIIO)$ acquiring Jidu (the Jiyue brand), as an analyst who trusts only data, I care little for grand narratives about "dreams." I care about only one thing: How does this transaction change the denominator in my DCF (Discounted Cash Flow) model—specifically, the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)?The conclusion is cold and counter-intuitive: This merger does not increase "Integration Risk" as retail investors fear; on the contrary, it is the single greatest "Risk Reducer" in Robo.ai's corporate lifecycle.Based on the latest asset injection information, I have lowered AIIO's Beta coefficient from a high-growth tech 2.5 to 1.
As the curtains draw on a historic 2025, $MP Materials Corp.(MP)$ (in my humble opinion) stands as the centerpiece of a high-stakes geopolitical drama. After a year defined by a staggering +228.8% surge in share price, the company is not merely resting on its laurels. Instead, MP is preparing for a "Phase II" breakout in 2026, fueled by the commissioning of the West’s first heavy rare earth facility and a unique $1.1 billion government-backed pricing safety net. Before we look at MP materials in 2025 retrospectively, below are posts I have shared previously - Enjoy ! 14 Jul 2025 - AAPL pushed $MP to $62 Intraday. OMG! 11 Jul 2025 -
I see the recent pullback in the S&P 500 $S&P 500(.SPX)$ less as a reason to panic and more as a stress test for a very crowded bullish consensus. When every major strategist is on the same side of the boat, I become cautious—not because the trend is broken, but because expectations are already high. A market that has delivered three strong years in a row doesn't need bad news to correct; it only needs reality to come in slightly below perfection. That said, I don't view this pullback as an outright warning signal either. The macro backdrop going into 2026 still looks constructive: easing financial conditions, resilient corporate earnings, and productivity gains driven by AI investment. The fact t
Lost $93,000 on $JD.com(JD)$ this year following an A+ setup. ❌Monthly BX had just triggered a new bull cycle (55% win rate, 12–15 month rallies on average) and a whale bought 300k worth of Jan 2026 40C. I took the same calls, sized correctly… and they went basically to zero.If I had traded shares, I would’ve only lost ~15% when our exit criteria hit in December. The options amplified the loss, but here’s the key point:I lost $93K and I did not do anything wrong.-The setup met my rules.-Position sizing was correct.-I sold when the system said sell.-A+ setups fail. Whales are wrong. That’s part of trading any real system.-You’re only “wrong” when you:-Oversize-Ignore your exit criteria-Double down out of ego-Bag hold and pray-The moral:Losing money ≠
$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ Is Up 2300%… And That’s Exactly Why I’m Not Buying Here Everyone loves PLTRIt’s up over 2,300% since my Monthly BX system flipped it into a bull cycle back in February 2023.Every dip has felt like “the last chance.” Most people on the timeline want to buy more here.I don’t.Not because I hate PLTR. Not because I think the company is done.But because I care more about cycles and risk/reward than narratives.Let me walk you through how I’m thinking about it.1. PLTR’s Bull Cycle Is Old, Not NewIn my system, Monthly BX is the macro filter:Dark red → no interestIncreasing / green → macro bull cycle, allowed to be longPLTR triggered a bull cycle signal in Feb 2023. Since then it’s run over 2,300%.That matters.Across a w
🚨Precious metals plunge: How do you hedge against the risk?
Hey Tigers! 🐅Spark the next wave of ideas. 💥Share your unique perspective and inspire a chain reaction of brilliance.Let’s break it down. These stories drove the markets.More NewsTiger Community TOP10 Tickers🎯 S&P500 Most Active Today 👉@TigerObserverWeekly Five Key Areas: Earnings, Macro, Singapore Stocks, Options, Futures✨Tuesday — Singapore StocksSingapore stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index rising 0.4%. Nio surged 3%, ST Engineering gained 1%, while ThaiBev fell 1%. In corporate news, Keppel's real estate subsidiary terminated an US$800 million multicurrency term note programme established in 2002. An indirect subsidiary of Manulife US Re
$Eightco Holdings Inc.(ORBS)$$Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ 🔥🧠💥 Eightco $ORBS: When Capital Returns Collide With a Vanishing Float 💥🧠🔥 🧠 This buyback is not symbolic, it is strategic firepower I’m focused on the $125M share buyback authorised by the board on 28Dec25 and disclosed 29Dec25 because, relative to Eightco’s current market size, this is a material deployment of capital. Management is explicitly signalling valuation dislocation. Dan Ives calling the stock “increasingly attractive” based on valuation and partnership pipeline matters, because he rarely highlights buybacks unless he sees asymmetry forming. This is
🌍🛢️ Crude firms on geopolitics. Volatility diverges in $DVN and $APA 📊⚖️
$Devon(DVN)$ $Exxon Mobil(XOM)$ $apache(APA)$ Crude is firming, flows are stabilising, and energy equities are starting to diverge in ways that usually matter. Two stocks I’m watching today 30Dec25 🇺🇸 | 31Dec25 🇳🇿 Energy is rotating back into focus quietly. Not on breakout euphoria, but on the clear deceleration of downside pressure. After months of oversupply-driven weakness, crude is stabilising into a geopolitically fragile backdrop, and volatility across energy equities is no longer being priced consistently. When price respects structure while volatility di
📉💰 Why I Sold an NVDA 192.5 Put: Getting Paid to Buy NVIDIA Cheaper l: Turning Volatility Into Opportunity 🚀
NVIDIA (NVDA) is one of the most talked-about stocks in the market. Some people chase it higher. Some are afraid to touch it because it looks “expensive.” I take a different approach. I let the market pay me while I wait. Instead of buying NVDA outright at market price, I sold a cash-secured put at the 192.5 strike and collected $8.09 in premium. This strategy allows me to either: 1. Keep the premium if NVDA stays above the strike, or 2. Buy 100 shares of NVDA at an effective price of about $184, which I consider a very attractive retracement level. This article explains why I did this trade, how the math works, why 192.5 is a good level, and 10 strong reasons why NVIDIA is a great long-term stock 📊✨. ⸻ What Trade Did I Do? 🧾 I sold: • NVDA Put • Strike price: 192.5 • Premium received: $8.
Great Stocks, Late Entries: Risk/Reward Check on $PLTR, $MU, $SOFI
1. $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ PLTR is up 2300% since Monthly BX signaled a bull rally in Feb 2023.The average bull cycle lasts 12–24 months. PLTR is in the late stages now.Every dip so far has been great to buy, but I would not start a new position here. R/R isn’t ideal this late. I’d rather be patient and stalk fresher cycles. 2. $Micron Technology(MU)$ MU is up 200%+ in 7 months, almost 2x what my model expected.I still think we see $400+ in Q3 2027, but short term this is clearly overpriced.Monthly BX is still strong, but if I were still in, I’d be trimming into Q1 and hoping for a reload sub‑200 rather than chasing here.Congrats if you followed our call out in June 🤝 3.
Hold, Base, Breakout: Reading $AAPL, $SBUX, $OKE Into 2026
1. $Apple(AAPL)$ AAPL is up 20%+ since Monthly BX triggered a new bull cycle in September. Our model targeted 270 by Jan 2026 and we’re right on track, still pricing in a move toward 325 by July 2026. If I were in, I’d hold. But this is not where I’d start a new position. Short term it’s a bit overpriced. 2. $Starbucks(SBUX)$ SBUX has been compressing for almost 5 years and finally looks ready to release.My model is pricing in roughly a 15% move by June 2026 and about +40% by the end of 2026 if this breakout holds.Long, boring bases often turn into the best trends. 3. $ONEOK Inc(OKE)$ Big year setting up for $OKE in 2026 🚨Monthly BX just confirmed a new bull cycle
Badger Meter - A lesson in how to understand a compounding machine
$Badger Meter(BMI)$ is a company that I've been aware of for a while, but prior to writing this report, it was also a business that I knew very little about. I first became aware of BMI as part of my linearity analysis of the S&P 600, which is the US small cap index. Since their IPO in 1985, their share price has grown more than 25,000%, often with low volatility.Presented here is a breakdown of how I would analyse a company for the first time. Let's assume that we've never heard of this company, which for many, may have been the case. Here's a step-by-step process we could take in understanding the business further. The steps are categorised in to determining whether a company has predictable growth, pricing power and capital efficiency. At th