I watched Palantir's Q3 print light up my screen—$1.18 billion in revenue, 63% growth, 21 straight beats—and still felt the same knot in my stomach. The numbers are undeniable, yet the stock's refusal to cool off even after a 15% post-earnings dip tells me the crowd is still drunk on momentum. I'm not here to fight the tape, but I'm also not here to chase it blind.
My position is already overweight from the $20s, so I spent the night trimming just enough to sleep. I moved my hard stop to $180 and set a trailing stop on half the shares. If the market wants to run it to $250 on AI euphoria, I'll ride along; if it cracks $200 on the first whiff of macro trouble, I'm out with a smile and a seven-figure gain locked. Discipline over greed.
Valuation? Of course it keeps me up. At 32× forward sales, Palantir is priced like it will colonize Mars, not just sell software to the Pentagon and Fortune 500. One hiccup in federal budgets or a single quarter of decelerating commercial growth and the multiple compresses faster than a Tesla on Ludicrous mode. I love the product; I just refuse to love the price.
So I'm holding the core, adding zero, and watching three things: (1) the slope of U.S. commercial deal ARR, (2) any hint of budget sequestration in D.C., and (3) the put/call skew on weekly options—retail euphoria shows up there first. If all three stay green, I let the winners run; the moment one flashes yellow, I hit the button again.
Bottom line: I'm grateful for the ride, cautious on the altitude, and ruthless about protecting what the market has already given me. $200 is not a buy zone for me—it's a profit-taking zone. I'll keep dancing close to the exit, ready to lock the gains and wait for the next clear entry.
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