Recent Yahoo Finance article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-historic-precedents-show-tech-stocks-will-go-higher-133034044.html
Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:20 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 8:05 Stock Review – Medical Products: SWAV, NVCR, STAA, ALGN, INMD, VCEL, CUTR, NTLA
4) 14:25 Stock Review – Semiconductors: SMH (ETF), NVDA, CAMT, UCTT, AMAT, LRCX, ASML
5) 16:00 Stock Review – Energy: XLE (ETF), XOP (ETF), OIH (ETF), FANG, SM, BCEI
6) 17:00 Stock Review – Software: IGV (ETF), CRWD, ZS, OKTA, NET, TEAM
7) 18:45 Stock Review – Mega Caps: SHOP, MSFT, AMZN, AAPL
8) 20:10 Stock Review – Watch List/General Ideas/Commentary: RBLX, XPO, ALB, CDMO, ASO, VOR
9) 22:25 Conclusion/Summary
Market Summary:
As I’ve mentioned several times, the end of June tends to be a seasonally weak time of the year. The market still needs to digest today’s Fed decision and get through the end of the quarter portfolio rebalancing. Although I am expecting some volatility over the next two weeks, I am not expecting any sustained downside. Overall, the major indexes are holding their key moving averages and many stocks continue to act well. Eventually, I feel the Nasdaq Composite will break out of its range to new highs. In this video, I discuss that it first might need to build a handle to its overall base and visit its 21-day before a possible run into next quarter’s earnings season.
As always, I encourage members to know their timeframe and make decisions based on their own investment objectives. I don’t have any setups in tonight’s video, but there’s a great list of stocks to enter if they pull back to their 21-day ema over the next two weeks. Again, stay focused on the strongest stocks, try to get strong entry points, and manage risk around those positions. It is nice to see some Mega Cap stocks and Software names building the right side of their new bases. Most are a little too extended to enter here, but if they build handles over the next 1-3 weeks, they could provide strong entry points. Also, if they do set up, it could be added fuel to launch the Nasdaq into new highs. Good luck for the remainder of the week.
Unusual Option Activity
6/16/21 Salesforce (CRM) buyer 1400 September $260/$300 call spreads
6/16/21 DocuSign (DOCU) buyer 275 December $270 calls $23.10 offer
6/16/21 Diamondback Energy (FANG) with 1000 July $100 calls bought $2.10 offer
6/16/21 Snowflake (SNOW) June IV rising up here, 3K June $240 calls active
6/16/21 Micron (MU) buyer of 1,000 June 2022 $120 OTM calls for $2.90
6/16/21 Z-Scaler (ZS) with August $190 puts sold to buy the $220/$250 call spreads 1750X
6/16/21 MasterCard (MA) buyers for 1550 July $370 calls $6.55 to $7.15 into day lows
6/16/21 Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) with over 800 August $55 calls bought today from $2.75 to $3
6/16/21 US Steel (X) buyer of 1000 July 2nd (W) $23.50 calls for $2.90 into weakness, popular expiration for call buying lately.
6/16/21 US Steel (X) also with buyers of 2500 Oct $40 calls
6/15/21 Semiconductor ETF (SMH) wit 10,000 July $260 calls opening as June $255 adjust
6/15/21 Micron (MU) large buy of 5775 January $85 calls $8.70 as 4,150 June $75 adjust
6/15/21 Shopify (SHOP) with 200 January 2023 $2000 calls bought to open today $107 to $110
6/15/21 RadWare (RDWR) shares pop with 1800 July $33 ITM puts sold to open for $2.30, popular strategy in the name
6/15/21 Roblox (RBLX) with 1,000 January 2023 $80 puts sold to open for $22.25
6/15/21 Cleveland Cliffs (CLF) afternoon buyers in size 2500 July 9th (W) $20 ITM calls $3.25 to $3.75
6/15/21 PayPal (PYPL) large opening buys 1280 June 2022 $290 calls $28.70 to $29.40
6/15/21 Square (SQ) size buys 1450 July 30th (W) $225 calls $16.50 to $17
6/15/21 Netflix (NFLX) with 500 August $475 puts sold to open today $16.50 to $16.45
6/15/21 Salesforce (CRM) 3500 June 2022 $270 calls bought for $19.90 to $20.55
6/14/21 XPO Logistics (XPO) buyer of 400 November $165 calls and 425 January 2023 $200 calls
6/14/21 ACM Research (ACMR) with 2500 July $120 calls bought $2.10 as the $100 calls adjust
6/14/21 Goldman Sachs (GS) late day buyer 350 June 2022 $410 calls for $24
6/14/21 Facebook (FB) buyer 1250 September $345 calls to open $15.75 late day
6/14/21 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyer 2000 July 2nd (W) $340 calls $5.97 to $6.10
6/14/21 Academy Sports (ASO) buyer 550 October $50 calls $3.35, adjusts July $40
6/14/21 Himax Technologies (HIMX) with 6000 September $12/$16 call spreads opening today
6/14/21 Nvidia (NVDA) with 1500 July $790 OTM calls active $6.90/$7
6/14/21 Tesla (TSLA) June 2023 $1000 long-dated calls with 3000X bought today $111 to $112, spot where 4000 bought on 5/14