Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:15 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 15:15 FOCUS LIST: NVDA, META, PLTR, GEV, RKLB, UBER, NBIS, KTOS, AVGO, TSM
4) 21:20 Stock Review – Aerospace/Defense: SHLD (ETF), XAR (ETF), AVAV, GE, PL, HWM, CW, FTAI, ASTS, BKSY
5) 24:00 Stock Review – Software: IGV (ETF), MSFT, ORCL, APP, SNOW, NET, CRWV
6) 25:50 Stock Review – Semiconductors: SMH (ETF), LRCX, KLAC, MU, STX, WDC, SNDK, PSTG, NTAP, AEIS, SMTC, TSEM, CLS, SANM, FN, JBL, AMSC, TTMI, CRDO, ALAB, ANET, LASR, LITE
7) 31:05 Stock Review – Energy/Data Center related: VST, CEG, VRT, NRG, WWD, POWL, LEU, BE, MOD
8) 34:35 Stock Review – Others/General Ideas/Commentary: NFLX, SPOT, Z, MRUS, MLTX, ZURA, AVTX, TSLA, GOOGL, IONQ, RGTI, QBTS, QUBT, ARQQ, TEM, TARS, NKTR, ZBIO, CGON, MDGL, MEDP, TKO, SHOP, DASH, CVNA, RBLX, HOOD, SOFI, CAMT, MP, USAR, METC, AREC, REMX (ETF), SKYE, IBIT, ETHE
9) 45:05 Stocks Near Buyable Ranges: MOD, MSFT, ANET, AMSC
10) 46:55 Conclusion/Summary
Market Summary:
In the first part of this video, I review some of my bigger picture macro themes. Overall, I’m doing my best to keep things simple and 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:
10/3/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) large buyer of 5250 Feb $665 calls at $8.78 as Jan $625 calls adjust
10/3/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) buyers of 4000 Dec 31st $265 calls at $3.97 to $4.20
10/3/25 Biotech ETF (IBB) buyer of 2000 Nov $160 calls at $1.40 offer
10/3/25 Regional Banks ETF (KRE) buyer of 7500 Nov $65 calls at $2.14 while also selling the Dec $60 puts for $1.77
10/3/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) 9500 Nov 7th $72 calls buying at $2.14 up to $2.27
10/3/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) also 2750 Oct 24th $71 calls bought $2.29 to $2.40
10/3/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHA) buyers of 1150 Oct 31st $34.50 calls $2.57, also 2000 of the $34 calls buy at $2.85
10/3/25 Gold Miners ETF (GDX) opening sale of 2000 Sept 2026 $70 puts at $6.30
10/3/25 Silver ETF (SLV) sees 9000 Dec 31st $44 calls bought at $2.15 to $2.24 offers
10/3/25 Silver ETF (SLV) also 5500 June $37 puts sell to open $1.28 bids
10/3/25 Steve Madden (SHOO) 2270 Nov $35 calls bought $2.56 as Oct adjust
10/3/25 Archer Daniels (ADM) buyers of 4450 Dec $65 calls
10/3/25 Shopify (SHOP) buyers of 900 April $200 calls up to $12.50
10/3/25 Wynn Resorts (WYNN) 675 Dec $145 ITM puts sold to open $23.60 to $20.50
10/3/25 Wynn Resorts (WYNN) also 300 March $120 puts selling to open $10.45 to $10.30
10/3/25 Bloom Energy (BE) 1000 Feb $120 calls buy $17.30 to $17.60
10/3/25 Bloom Energy (BE) also buyers in March $110 calls 2000X $22.20 to $23.50
10/3/25 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) opening sale 1000 Oct. 24th (W) $495 puts $4.45
10/3/25 SoFi (SOFI) buyers of 500 Dec 2027 $17 ITM calls at $13.10 to $13.45, over $7M
10/3/25 Robinhood (HOOD) opening seller of 1000 Jan 2028 $180 calls at $47.76
10/3/25 Insmed (INSM) 600 Nov $135 puts sell to open $3.00
10/3/25 Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) buyer of 1500 Oct $55 calls at $8.00 to $8.50
10/3/25 Red Cat Holdings (RCAT) buyer 550 March $16 calls $3.30 offer
10/3/25 GE Vernova (GEV) 1800 Nov $460 puts sell to open $5.20
10/3/25 Karman Holdings (KRMN) unusual buy 800 Dec $80 calls $6.80 to $7.10
10/3/25 Peabody Energy (BTU) 2250 Jan $37 calls bought $3.20 offers
10/3/25 USA Rare Earth (USAR) 1600 Nov $26 puts sell to open 5.15 to 5.10
10/3/25 Advanced Battery Tech (ABAT) unusual buyers for 8500 Nov $7 calls at $0.75 offers
10/3/25 D-wave Quantum (QBTS) buyers of 1500 Nov $31 calls at $5.60 in large lots
10/3/25 D-wave Quantum (QBTS) buyer of 1000 Nov $33 calls $5.60, also seeing 1550 of the $32 calls bought
10/3/25 Micron (MU) large block of 6500 October $195 calls buy at $5.34 as the $185 calls adjust
10/3/25 Micron (MU) massive opening sale of 5000 March $150 puts at $9.65
10/3/25 GDS Holdings ADR (GDS) 2000 November $42 calls bought at $4.40 to $4.60
10/3/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) 1000 Dec 2026 $420 calls bought $17.80
10/3/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) 2000 Dec $400 calls bought $1.80
10/3/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) buyer 1100 May $220 calls $8.70 offer
10/3/25 Alibaba (BABA) large put selling with 1000 each Dec $190 and $185 and 1500 of Nov $185 puts
10/3/25 IonQ (IONQ) 1000 Nov $90/$110 call spreads bought
10/3/25 Workday (WDAY) 2000 Nov $200 short puts open 1.95 to 1.90
10/3/25 Meta (META) 1350 Nov 7th (W) $615 short puts open 5.86
10/3/25 Palantir (PLTR) 1000 Dec $170 puts sold $15.11
10/3/25 Teradyne (TER) buyer 1000 Jan $160 calls for $10.80
10/3/25 SanDisk (SNDK) buyers of 700 Nov $140 calls at $18.20 offers
10/3/25 SanDisk (SNDK) also buyers of 800 Nov $150 calls at $15.30 offers
10/3/25 Unity Software U) 650 May $35 puts sold to open $5.99
10/3/25 Nebius Group (NBIS) buyers of 370 Sept 2026 $180 far OTM calls at $30.60 offers
10/3/25 Oracle (ORCL) buyer of 1500 Nov 7th $250 ITM calls at $44.80 to $45.15 as Nov $270 calls adjust
10/3/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) buyer of 500 June $95 calls at $13.90
10/3/25 Oklo (OKLO) buyer 1000 March $200 calls $16.90 offers
10/2/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) 1000 Nov 7th $669 calls buy at $12.65 to $12.80
10/2/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyers of 2500 Nov 7th $605 calls at $14.70 to $15
10/2/25 Semiconductors ETF (SMH) large buy of 7500 March $390 calls at $11.70
10/2/25 Semiconductors ETF (SMH) buyer 5000 March $370/$420 call spreads at $11.20
10/2/25 Energy ETF (XLE) size opening sale 2500 Dec 2026 $100 ITM puts for $14.70
10/2/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) buyers of 35,000 Oct 31st $72 calls at $1.40 up to $1.60
10/2/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHE) 2500 Nov $39 calls bought $2.93 to $2.95
10/2/25 Tesla (TSLA) 3550 Nov $450 puts selling to open down to $31.25
10/2/25 Celsius Holdings (CELH) 750 April $57.5 puts sell to open 8.56
10/2/25 Netflix (NFLX) buyer 150 March $1225 calls $82.90
10/2/25 Netflix (NFLX) 750 Nov 7th (W) $980 puts sell to open 9.05
10/2/25 Uber (UBER) 5500 Nov 77.50 puts sold to open 0.72
10/2/25 Shopify (SHOP) buyer 1500 May $210 calls in stock replacement at $8.95
10/2/25 Walmart (WMT) opening sellers of 2000 Dec $110 ITM puts at $9.75 to $9.50
10/2/25 Bloom Energy (BE) 390 Jan $105 calls bought 16.50 offer
10/2/25 Schlumberger (SLB) 1250 Jan 2028 $35 puts sell to open $6.35
10/2/25 SoFi (SOFI) 1300 April $20 puts sell to open $2.03
10/2/25 Citigroup (C) 1000 May $100 short puts opening down to $9.95
10/2/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) 335 Feb $960 calls bought up to $34.75
10/2/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) buyer of 400 March $890 calls at $53.80 in a stock replacement for $2M
10/2/25 Natera (NTRA) 500 Dec $150 puts sold to open $9.50
10/2/25 United Health (UNH) 1000 Feb $300 short puts opening near $13
10/2/25 United Therapeutics (UTHR) buyer 3050 Nov $450/$490 call spreads seeing the $410 puts sold as well
10/2/25 Tempus AI (TEM) buyer 1000 Dec $110 calls $6.30 to $6.40
10/2/25 GE Aerospace (GE) 250 May $300 ITM puts sell to open $27.84 as the March $250 short puts adjust
10/2/25 Joby Aviation (JOBY) buyers in Nov $18 calls 3000X
10/2/25 GE Vernova (GEV) opening sale 340 Nov $570 puts at $29.71
10/2/25 Micron (MU) buyer 300 Jan 2028 $330 far OTM calls at $25.50
10/2/25 Micron (MU) 800 max strike Jan 2027 $330 calls bought for $1M
10/2/25 SanDisk (SNDK) 1200 Oct $135 calls buy at $7.40 as $125 calls adjust
10/2/25 CrowdStrike (CRWD) large buyers of 470 June $600 calls at $40.20 offers
10/2/25 CrowdStrike (CRWD) also 200 Feb $510 calls bought near $48
10/2/25 Alibaba (BABA) opening seller of 380 Jan 2028 $190 puts at $39
10/2/25 Alibaba (BABA) 1000 June $200 short puts open $31.35
10/2/25 Alibaba (BABA) also seeing 6400 Dec $175 calls bought in adjustments from November
10/2/25 Nebius Group (NBIS) buyers in Jan $135 and March $125 calls for $2M premium there
10/2/25 Apple (AAPL) 3200 March $320 calls bought 2.09
10/2/25 Arista Networks (ANET) 4000 Nov $105 short puts opening 1.15
10/2/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) buyers of 1000 Dec 2026 $300 calls at $48.05 to $48.60
10/2/25 Seagate (STX) buyer 1000 Nov $160 calls for $20
10/2/25 Google (GOOGL) 1000 August $260 calls bought $27.88 to $28.05
10/2/25 Google (GOOG) buyer of 1350 June 2027 $245 calls at $48 to $48.60
10/2/25 CoreWeave (CRWV) 800 Feb $100 puts sell to open $9.96
10/2/25 Coherent (COHR) buyers 2000 Nov $120/$135 call spreads
10/2/25 Palantir (PLTR) large seller 700 August $150 puts to open $19.70
10/2/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) 2500 Nov $60 puts sell to open $8.10 to $7.90 bids
10/2/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) 1000 Oct $65 puts sell to open $5.10 to $4.95
10/2/25 GDS Holdings ADR (GDS) 1000 Jan 2028 $40 short puts open $14.25
10/2/25 NuScale Power (SMR) 1000 June $30 puts sold to open for $6.10
10/2/25 Microsoft (MSFT) spread selling 11,000 Dec 2026 $475 puts while buying 11,500 Dec 2026 570/675 call spreads