My research featured on Mad Money on 6/24/25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfR3nbnIV98
Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Statistics: https://x.com/RyanDetrick/status/1969442860341571939
Some September Post Options Expiration Statistics: https://x.com/WayneWhaley1136/status/1969531802655011041
Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:15 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 15:00 FOCUS LIST: NVDA, META, NFLX, SPOT, PLTR, GEV, RKLB, UBER, Z
4) 17:35 Stock Review – Aerospace/Defense: SHLD (ETF), XAR (ETF), KTOS, GE, PL, KRMN, HWM, CW, FTAI, ATRO
5) 20:10 Stock Review – Software: IGV (ETF), MSFT, ORCL, NBIS, APP, SNOW, NET, U, DOCS, CRWV, FROG
6) 22:50 Stock Review – Semiconductors: SMH (ETF), TSM, AVGO, LRCX, KLAC, MU, AEIS, SMTC, CLS, SANM, FN, JBL, AMSC, TTMI, CRDO, ALAB, ANET, LASR, LITE
7) 26:40 Stock Review – Energy/Data Center related: VST, CEG, VRT, NRG, WWD, POWL, LEU, WLDN, BE, MOD, WDC, SNDK, NTAP, OKLO, SMR, NNE, LTBR
8) 29:50 Stock Review – Others/General Ideas/Commentary: TSLA, GOOGL, HNGE, IONQ, RGTI, QBTS, QUBT, ARQQ, TEM, MRUS, MDGL, TARS, EYE, TKO, SHOP, DASH, RBLX, HOOD, SOFI, RDDT, CVNA, AXON, VSAT, MP, METC, AREC, REMX (ETF), SKYE, IBIT, ETHE
9) 37:30 Stocks Near Buyable Ranges: NVDA, GEV, VST, CEG, NRG, JBL
10) 39:45 Conclusion/Summary
Market Summary:
Over the past 6-8 weeks (from approximately mid-July to early September), growth stocks corrected and consolidated while the overall market held up very well due to sector rotation. On Monday and Tuesday (9/8 and 9/9), there was very strong price action in growth stocks and that led me to increase my investment levels for the reasons I explained in the Market Note to Members dated 9/9/25.
From here, I’m going to stick to my main guidelines during power trends: 1) Use the 21-day as your guide. In other words, if we are extended from this level, don’t be surprised to see minor pullbacks through price and/or through time. 2) Expose yourself to strong stocks and ETFs. Between the Focus List and the other stocks, there are plenty of ideas in these videos. 3) Get strong entry points near the 21-day and 50-day moving averages. 4) Manage your trades as best as possible based on your timeframe, risk tolerance, and overall investment plan. I can give guidelines, but ultimately, you need to decide what position sizes to use, the number of positions to own, when to take profits, and where to set your stop losses. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Unusual Options Activity:
9/19/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 1500 Feb $245 puts sell to open at $12.44
9/19/25 Silver ETF (SLV) over 22,000 March $37 ITM calls buying at $3.60 to $4 offers
9/19/25 Silver ETF (SLV) large buyer of 13,000 Dec $40.50/$44.50 call spreads at $0.86
9/19/25 Tesla (TSLA) 5000 Jan $560 calls buy at $22.28, adjusting the $540 calls higher
9/19/25 Tesla (TSLA) buyer of 500 April $700 calls at $21.70 to $22.15
9/19/25 QuantumScape (QS) more bull flow with 2100 Feb $16 calls buying at $2.20 up to $2.67
9/19/25 Peloton (PTON) buyers of 2250 Jan 2028 $7 calls at $3.98 as the Sept $6 calls adjust
9/19/25 Live Nation (LYV) buyers of 1500 Dec $170 calls for $7.10 to $7.20
9/19/25 First Solar (FSLR) seller to open of 1700 Jan 2028 $170 puts at $28.47 as the Jan 2027 $190 short puts adjust
9/19/25 Chevron (CVX) block of 1000 Sept 2026 $155 calls bought at $14.30
9/19/25 Rocket Cos. (RKT) 5100 Dec $23 calls buy at $2.22 offer as the Oct $20 calls adjust
9/19/25 Robinhood (HOOD) large buyers of 12,000 Nov $140/$160 call spreads at $3.65
9/19/25 State Street (STT) buyer of 2000 Jan $125 calls at $2.70 offer
9/19/25 SoFi (SOFI) 1200 April $26 ITM calls buy at $7.42
9/19/25 SoFi (SOFI) 3000 Jan 2028 $40 max strike and timeframe calls being bought at $8 to $8.25
9/19/25 Shift4 Payments (FOUR) buyer of 1000 Jan 2028 $110 calls at $17.90 offer
9/19/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) buyer of 650 June $900 calls at $41.40
9/19/25 Kratos Defense (KTOS) 1130 Nov $100 calls buy at $4 as the $65 calls adjust
9/19/25 Vertiv (VRT) opening sales of 9500 Oct $115 puts at $0.79
9/19/25 Serve Robotics (SERV) over 7500 Jan $20 calls bought at $1.85 up to $2.00 offers in large lots
9/19/25 Uranium Energy (UEC) buyers early of 4100 Dec $13 calls at $1.60 offers
9/19/25 Peabody Energy (BTU) buyers of 8300 Nov $25 calls at $1.07 offers
9/19/25 Cameco (CCJ) 4600 Nov $100 calls bought $2.60 to $2.85
9/19/25 Intuit (INTU) large bull opens 1100 Nov $700/$630 bull risk reversals at $20.25 debit
9/19/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) 1000 June 2027 $130 puts sell to open $18.35 as Jan 2027 $140 puts adjust
9/19/25 Nvidia (NVDA) opening sellers of 2500 Dec $164 puts at $7.35 bids
9/19/25 Ambarella (AMBA) buyers of 1900 Jan $92.50/$120 call spreads at $4.97
9/19/25 Ambarella (AMBA) also 1700 Feb $90 calls bought midday at $8.40 to $9.80
9/19/25 Microsoft (MSFT) 2100 Jan $515 bought at $29 to $29.85
9/19/25 D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) over 1400 Jan $28 calls bought at $4.75 offers
9/19/25 Applied Digital (APLD) opening sale of 1550 Jan 2027 $22 puts at $8.80
9/19/25 Applied Digital (APLD) buyers of 2000 Nov $24 calls at $2.34 and 3k of the $26 calls buying
9/19/25 Palantir (PLTR) 700 Sept 2026 $230 calls bought at $26.80 to $27.20, $2M total
9/19/25 Palantir (PLTR) also 1250 March $170 puts sold to open for $21.40 bids
9/19/25 Western Digital (WDC) buyer of 615 June $95 calls at $23.80 as the $90 calls adjust
9/19/25 Coherent (COHR) stock replacement sells 500 June $95 puts at $12.10
9/19/25 JFrog (FROG) buyers of 2000 Oct $50 calls at $2 to $2.10 as Sept calls adjust
9/19/25 Pony AI ADR (PONY) over 3600 Oct $20 calls bought up to $2.40
9/19/25 Pony AI ADR (PONY) 1600 Dec $25 calls bought $1.78 offers and 3500 Nov $40 calls bought at $0.38
9/19/25 Oklo (OKLO) over 800 Nov $165 far OTM calls bought at $8.50 offers
9/19/25 Oklo (OKLO) opening sales of 625 Oct 31st $93 puts at $6
9/19/25 Oklo (OKLO) Jan 2028 $65 deep ITM calls bought at $77 to $79, as the Jan 2026 $25 calls adjust
9/19/25 Nano Nuclear (NNE) 2300 Oct $42 ITM calls bought at $4 offer
9/19/25 AT&T (T) opening sales of 525 Sept 2026 $32 ITM puts at $4.30 bids
9/19/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) buyer of 1100 June $90 calls at $4.30
9/18/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyers of 2500 Sept 2026 $620 calls at $47.17
9/18/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) with 6000 March $720 calls bought at $7.80 as the $710 calls adjust
9/18/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) 40,000 Oct 3rd (W) $670 calls bought $3.18 cashing out 15K Sept $650 calls
9/18/25 Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL) large lots buying 12,000 Feb $45 calls at $3.20 offers
9/18/25 Gold ETF (GLD) opening seller of 2000 Oct $331 puts at $3.50 bids
9/18/25 Gold ETF (GLD) size buy 10,000 Nov $350 calls for 4.14
9/18/25 Energy ETF (XLE) buyer 2500 March $94 calls $3.42
9/18/25 Tesla (TSLA) massive adjustment seeing the 35 Nov $355 calls adjust to buy 50,000 Nov $455 calls at $32.25
9/18/25 QuantumScape (QS) Oct $11 calls hot with buyers 11,000X this morning
9/18/25 QuantumScape (QS) buyers of 1100 May $12 calls at $3.05 offer sweeps
9/18/25 QuantumScape (QS) buyer of 3000 Jan 2028 $10 calls at $6.45
9/18/25 Shopify (SHOP) buyer 500 way OTM April $200 calls $7.90 offer
9/18/25 Shopify (SHOP) late day buyer of 5000 Dec $200 far OTM calls at $3.24
9/18/25 Bloom Energy (BE) buyer of 2500 Nov $85 calls at $13.10 in large lots for over $3M
9/18/25 Bloom Energy (BE) 1000 Jan $55 puts sold to open at $5
9/18/25 Robinhood (HOOD) sees 1500 Oct 24th $120 puts sell to open $7.40 bids in large lots
9/18/25 Robinhood (HOOD) large adjustment buys 1000 Feb $110 ITM calls at $26.70 as the Nov $90 calls roll up
9/18/25 BitMine (BMNR) large buyer of 1100 Nov $42 ITM calls at $22.50 as the Sept $38 calls adjust
9/18/25 BitMine (BMNR) 1300 Oct 31st $70 calls buy at $9.35 to $10
9/18/25 Citigroup (C) 1000 Jan 2028 $90 calls bought for $2.6M
9/18/25 Coinbase (COIN) Nov $450/$510 call spreads trading 1500X
9/18/25 Blackstone (BX) buyer 1500 Dec $210 calls $4.10 offer
9/18/25 GDS Holdings ADER (GDS) buyer 3300 Dec $42 calls at $5.35 as $34 calls adjust
9/18/25 Hinge Health (HNGE) 1800 Nov $65/$40 bull risk reversals opening
9/18/25 Avidity Bio (RNA) spread sold 2000 Jan $50 calls and bought 2000 Sept 2026 $50 calls for $6.70 debit
9/18/25 Insmed (INSM) buyer of 1000 Jan $160/$195 call spreads for $7.20 as the Oct $145 calls adjust
9/18/25 GE Aerospace (GE) buyer of 370 Jan 2028 $230/$360 ITM call spreads for $61.68
9/18/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) large opening seller of 2850 Dec $60 ITM puts at $15.76, collects $4.5M
9/18/25 Newmont (NEM) buyer 1000 Nov $77.50 calls for $5
9/18/25 MP Materials (MP) stock replacement buys 1725 Jan $100 calls for $4
9/18/25 Micron (MU) large buys of 2000 Dec $185 calls at $12.35 to $12.70 offers
9/18/25 Corning (GLW) 600 Dec $85 calls bought offer
9/18/25 Corning (GLW) 2000 March $95 calls open $3.39 as the Jan $80 calls adjust
9/18/25 Google (GOOGL) buyers 3000 Oct 3rd (W) $260 calls $3.40 offers
9/18/25 Google (GOOG) buyer 2000 Jan $290 calls $7.24
9/18/25 Oracle (ORCL) 3690 Oct 31st (W) $230 short puts open 1.87
9/18/25 Rubrik (RBRK) buyers 3000 Oct $85 calls $1.95 to $2
9/18/25 SanDisk (SNDK) buyer of 6000 Oct $115 calls at $3.91 as the $95 calls adjust higher
9/18/25 Baidu (BIDU) 3800 Oct 3rd $140 calls bought at $4.40 to $4.75
9/18/25 Baidu (BIDU) buyer of 500 June $180 calls at $10.50
9/18/25 Baidu (BIDU) 350 March $125 short puts open 11.20
9/18/25 Alibaba (BABA) 2250 Jan $150 puts sell to open $9.26
9/18/25 Unity Software (U) 1000 Feb $50 calls buy at $6.65 as the $45 calls adjust
9/18/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) 1400 August 2026 $155 short puts opening near 24.45
9/18/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) 1500 Jan 2028 $130 puts sell to open $21.75 as the Jan 2027 $145 short puts adjust
9/18/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyers of 8500 Dec $185 calls at $6.10 offers
9/18/25 Nvidia (NVDA) 7500 Oct 31st (W) 185/195 call spreads bought
9/18/25 Jabil (JBL) opening sale of 1000 Jan 2028 $230 ITM puts at $46.35, reports next week 9/25
9/18/25 Jabil (JBL) opening sale of 1000 Jan 2028 $140 puts at $11.75
9/18/25 Qualcomm (QCOM) buyer 1000 Feb $195 calls $5.95
9/18/25 Rigetti Computing (RGTI) 4000 Oct $23 short puts opening 2.12 to 2.07
9/18/25 Seagate (STX) large buys of 1300 June $270 calls at $17.70 to $18
9/18/25 Dell (DELL) large buy of 3000 March $165/$190 call spreads at $3.25
9/18/25 MKS (MKSI) buyer 500 Dec $155 calls $4.85
9/18/25 CoreWeave (CRWV) 1000 Jan 2028 $75 ITM calls bought $72.50 to $75.30
9/18/25 Vistra (VST) large buy 1200 Nov $220 calls $17.70 to $18.30
9/18/25 Palantir (PLTR) opening seller 1575 Oct 10th (W) $185 ITM puts $14.50
9/18/25 Palantir (PLTR) 1500 Nov $195 deep ITM puts sold to open 28.85
9/18/25 Palantir (PLTR) opening sales of 400 March $170 puts at $39 to $38.65
9/18/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) buyer 1400 Jan $290 calls at $11.20 offer
9/18/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) massive whale adjusting the 50K Nov $220 calls up to buy 60K Nov $240 calls at $33.30, after more than doubled since 8/29 prior roll, a new $200M position