$NOW 20260710 97.0 PUT$ Very optimistic on the outlook of ServiceNow and selling puts on it to earn premiums. If assigned, happy to buy it Setting a goal for June 2026: to collect more than $1,000 in premium (including premiums paid to close the options). Collected to date: $1,632
$NVDA 20260701 202.5 CALL$ Covered call Setting a goal for June 2026: to collect more than $1,000 in premium (including premiums paid to close the options). Collected to date: $1,687
$NVDA CALENDAR 260821/260731 PUT 190.0/PUT 190.0$ Rolling for more premium while NVDA is still recovering (richer premium). With strong fundamentals, it's likely not going to close at $190 as it nears it's earning call.
$NKE 20260702 37.0 PUT$ Earnings play Setting a goal for June 2026: to collect more than $1,000 in premium (including premiums paid to close the options). Collected to date: $1,721
PCT: Should You Invest In AAPL? v2.0 : PCT = Pandas Coffee Talk. Investing in Apple (AAPL) is generally considered a strong buy for long-term investors seeking stability, massive share buybacks, and recurring revenue. However, because the stock often trades at a premium, it may not offer explosive short-term growth unless upcoming hardware releases (like a foldable iPhone) exceed expectations. Why You Should Consider Buying High-Margin Services: Apple boasts an incredibly loyal customer base and generates billions in recurring revenue through services like the App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud. Shareholder Returns: The company aggressively rewards investors, recently authorizing massive stock buyback programs (e.g., $110 billion) and dividends, which consistently drive shareholder value.
Why Apple May Be the Hidden Winner in the Chipflation Panic
The AI boom has created a strange market split. Memory-chip suppliers are enjoying one of the strongest pricing cycles in years. $Micron Technology(MU)$, SK Hynix, Samsung, $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ and $Western Digital(WDC)$ have all been pulled into the AI infrastructure story because AI data centers need huge amounts of DRAM, NAND, storage and high-bandwidth memory. But there is another side to the trade. Every chip supplier has a customer. And one of the biggest customers is $Apple(AAPL)$. That is why Apple may be the hidden stock to watch today. At first glance, Apple’s recent news sounds negative. The company raised price
Why Viridian’s FDA Approval Could Turn VRDN Into a Real Commercial Biotech
$Spdr S&P Biotech Etf(XBI)$ stocks usually live and die by catalysts. Clinical trial results. FDA decisions. Label updates. Drug launches. Commercial execution. For $Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.(VRDN)$, the latest catalyst is not just another trial update. It is a transformation moment. The U.S. FDA approved Lumvoa for thyroid eye disease, making it the second approved treatment in the market after Amgen’s Tepezza. More importantly, this approval gives Viridian its first commercial product. That changes the company’s identity. Before approval, Viridian was a clinical-stage biotech with potential. After approval, Viridian becomes a commercial-stage biotech with a real product to sell. That is why VRDN is
Is the AI trade finally exhausted? Look at Berkshire Hathaway hitting 52-week highs.
We’ve all seen the volatility hitting the big AI names lately. While tech leaders are fighting high valuations and questions about actual AI ROI, capital is quietly rotating into the ultimate defensive fortress: Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A / $BRK.B). Berkshire is pushing toward its 52-week high, and it’s a textbook example of a market sector rotation. Here is a quick breakdown of what’s happening and why it matters: The AI "Expectation" Problem: Peak AI hype required sustained perfection. Companies like Nvidia are printing money, but their valuations price in flawless future growth. Now that massive infrastructure Capex (capital expenditure) is facing a reality check on actual enterprise returns, investors are getting jittery about concentration risk. The Value Flight to Safety: Berkshire t
Why I Think Walmart’s Real Product Is the Customer Investors have become fascinated by Walmart’s advertising business. Every earnings season seems to produce another discussion about retail media, digital ads and whether Walmart Connect can become the next great profit engine. I think the market is staring at the wrong shelf. Advertising matters, but it is merely one expression of a much larger advantage. Walmart’s true asset is its ability to earn multiple streams of income from a single customer interaction. A family that enters a store to buy milk can also become a marketplace customer, a Walmart+ subscriber, a delivery user and an advertising target, all before the trolley reaches the car park. The shopping trolley is quietly becoming a multi-product platform. One trolley. Several busi
(Part 3 of 5) - Market Outlook of S&P500 (29Jun2026)
Market Outlook of S&P500 (29Jun2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator for the S&P 500 is on a downtrend. Chaikin Money Flow The Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) stands at -0.13, indicating the market has more selling momentum than buying. Moving Averages Examining the moving averages, the most recent price action shows the last candlestick has been above the 50-day moving average (MA50) and the 200-day moving average (MA200). This pattern indicates a bullish shift in both the short and long term. Notably, both the MA50 and MA200 lines have begun to trend upwards, which indicates a bullish outlook in both the short and long term. Exponential Moving Averages The exponential moving average (EMA) lines are showing a bearish o
H1 2026 rewarded investors who stayed with the AI infrastructure trend, but only if they could tolerate sharp drawdowns. Memory, networking and compute leaders outperformed, while crowded positions often experienced steep corrections before recovering. Timing mattered far less than disciplined risk management. For H2, I would not abandon AI hardware, but I would be more selective. As valuations become richer, I would favour companies with durable earnings growth, strong cash flow and pricing power over purely momentum-driven names. A balanced approach that keeps core AI exposure while gradually adding quality value sectors can help reduce portfolio volatility if market leadership broadens. The key question is no longer whether AI spending continues, but which companies can convert that spe
Memory Stocks Sold Off Today. But Did the AI Thesis Actually Change?
Today's selloff across the memory sector wasn't driven by weakening AI demand. $闪迪(SNDK)$$美光科技(MU)$ It was triggered by a newly filed U.S. class-action lawsuit against Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron, alleging that the three companies coordinated DRAM production cuts, shifted capacity toward higher-margin HBM, and artificially tightened DRAM supply, resulting in a sharp increase in memory prices. The lawsuit certainly introduces potential legal and regulatory risks. But it doesn't change the industry's supply-demand fundamentals. As of today: HBM demand remains supply-constrained. NVIDIA's Blackwell and next-generation Rubin roadmap remains intact. Hyperscaler AI capex has not been revised lower. Memory vend
My word for the first half of 2026 is PATIENCE. The market was full of volatility, with AI stocks swinging sharply and many investors getting shaken out. Instead of chasing every rally, I stayed focused on my long-term strategy and reminded myself that great investments often take time to play out. I continued to dollar-cost average into high-conviction names like $ServiceNow(NOW)$ and $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ during their pullbacks because I believed the corrections were overdone. While not every trade worked immediately, staying disciplined helped me avoid emotional decisions driven by fear or FOMO. The bigges
$S&P 500(.SPX)$$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ $iShares Russell 2000 ETF(IWM)$ 📈 $SPX Gamma Map: The Battle Between $7,450 And $7,300 Begins I’m watching the options market closely as the S&P 500 approaches a critical positioning zone, with $SPX now only 14 points away from the $7,450 strike. The $7,450 strike represents the current Maximum Volatility Control (MVC) level, holding significant positive Gamma and Delta Exposure. This concentration of dealer positioning can act as a stabilising force, potentially absorbing volatility as market makers adjust their hedges around this level. I’m also monitoring the $7,300 strike, where neg
🌟RESILIENCE is one word I would use to describe my 1H26 - the kind that is fortified by conviction & sometimes tested by the markets to see if I would flinch. This was the half year where $Alphabet(GOOG)$ reminded me that tech isn't just about hype. It is about foundations. Quiet strength, steady innovation & the kind of long game discipline that makes me stay invested. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ reminds me why I invest in the company as it continues its global domination in AI chips. While the AI giants dance, Singapore's Big 3 banks - $DBS(D05.SI)$
Software Stocks Surge as AI Narrative Shifts to Agents and Enterprise Workflows
The sudden sharp reversal in the software space — headlined by $ServiceNow(NOW)$ ServiceNow's 10% surge and $Microsoft(MSFT)$ Microsoft's 6% jump—is one of the most revealing market moves of the year. It highlights a massive tug-of-war between the physical "hardware/chip layers" and the "application layers" of the AI thesis. The short answer is: The OpenAI threat isn't dead, but the narrative has shifted. The extreme "SaaS is dead" fear is fracturing, a technical rotation away from chipmakers is playing out, and the AI software sector is likely transitioning into a phase of fluttering, execution-driven volatility. Is the OpenAI Threat Fading? For the first half of 2026, legacy Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)