Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:15 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 8:25 FOCUS LIST: NVDA, META, NFLX, PLTR, GEV, RKLB, UBER
4) 11:15 Stock Review – Aerospace/Defense: SHLD (ETF), XAR (ETF), HWM, KTOS, GE, AVAV, CW, ASTS, JOBY, BKSY, PL, ATRO, RDW
5) 14:35 Stock Review – Software: IGV (ETF), MSFT, ORCL, NBIS, RBRK, CRWD, VEEV, DOMO, APP, NET, U
6) 17:10 Stock Review – Semiconductors: SMH (ETF), TSM, AVGO, KLAC, LRCX, AMAT, TTMI, CLS, JBL, FN, SANM, AMSC, CRDO, COHR, ALAB, LASR
7) 20:40 Stock Review – Energy/Data Center related: VST, CEG, VRT, MOD, NRG, WWD, BE, OKLO, SMR, NNE
8) 22:10 Stock Review – Others/General Ideas/Commentary: SPOT, EQT, BROS, HNGE, IONQ, ARQQ, Z, SHOP, DASH, AXON, HOOD, RBLX, RDDT, MP, METC, AREC, REMX (ETF), IBIT
9) 27:30 Conclusion/Summary

Market Summary:
Shorter-term, keep your expectations realistic. As I’ve discussed in recent videos, I’m expecting a normal pullback/consolidation over the next two months. Longer-term, we’re still in a bull market powered by AI. The main thing I continue to stress is to know your time frame. Actively managing a portfolio of stocks is not easy. It involves putting in the work, patience, discipline, and mental toughness. It’s not for everyone. If you are going to do it, please accept that you will never get the highs or the lows. Learn to make decisions and be ok with them. In this video, I remind members to stay mentally tough and to NOT get frustrated. I also discuss ways to minimize frustration such as using lighter positions, expanding your time frame, and utilizing index/sector ETFs.

From here, I’m going to keep my positions light and wait patiently for better entry points. Another thing I would like to stress is please don’t get too bearish. I’m not expecting a major decline from here, especially because we just had a 20% decline earlier this year. I’m simply going to pay attention to relative strength and update you in these videos when anything important shows up. Thank you and good luck for the remainder of the week.

Unusual Options Activity:
8/13/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 2000 June 30th $228 calls bought at $20.70, over $4M
8/13/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) buyers of 3300 Sept 26th $235 calls at $4.20 offers
8/13/25 China ETF (ASHR) buyer of 27,000 Dec $33 calls at $0.53 to $0.54
8/13/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) with 2300 Feb $100 calls buying at $2.52 to $2.66
8/13/25 Silver ETF (SLV) 5000 Nov $33 short puts open $0.82
8/13/25 Gold ETF (GLD) large buyer of 3500 Dec $318/$327 call spreads for $2.94
8/13/25 Walmart (WMT) 6130 Sept 5th (W) $94 short puts open 0.51
8/13/25 Pepsi (PEP) seeing 10,000 Nov $160 calls sell to open $2.29 to $2.22
8/13/25 Roblox (RBLX) 2250 Oct $115 short puts opening $5.30
8/13/25 Shopify (SHOP) buyers of 2750 Sept 5th $157.50 calls at $3.35 to $3.55
8/13/25 Cava Group (CAVA) 10,500 Oct $55 puts sell to open $0.91
8/13/25 Cava Group (CAVA) also 4000 Sept $70 puts sell to open $4.25 to $4.10
8/13/25 Citigroup (C) size buy 5000 Oct $97.50 calls $4 to $4.05
8/13/25 Zillow (Z) buyer 1000 Jan $100 calls 2.97
8/13/25 Merus (MRUS) 1500 Dec $50 short puts open and buy the $65/$85 call spreads
8/13/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) buyer of 1000 Feb $720/$820 call spreads at $24.80
8/13/25 Bloom Energy (BE) seeing June $55 calls bought 500X up to $9.60
8/13/25 Bloom Energy (BE) buyers of March $55 calls 500X
8/13/25 Bloom Energy (BE) sellers in Jan $45 puts
8/13/25 Bloom Energy (BE) buyers of 1000 Sept $47 calls at $4.30 sweeps
8/13/25 Bloom Energy (BE) also 500 March $55 calls bought $7.50 offer
8/13/25 Vertiv (VRT) 4100 Sept 26th (W) $115 short puts open 1.15
8/13/25 GE Aerospace (GE) buyer 1000 Oct $300 OTM calls for $3.85
8/13/25 GE Aerospace (GE) buyer 350 March $310 calls $11.95
8/13/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) 1000 June $145 puts sell to open $10.70
8/13/25 Astera Labs (ALAB) large buys of 900 May $160 ITM calls at $70.60 to $71.10
8/13/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) 300 Nov $250 puts sell to open $18.10
8/13/25 Reddit (RDDT) 5000 Nov $180 puts sold to open $11.25
8/13/25 Marvell Tech (MRVL) 15,000 Sept $92.5 calls buying 2.23 to 2.29
8/13/25 Palantir (PLTR) size opening sale 1350 May $180 puts $30.38
8/13/25 Constellation Energy (CEG) opening sales of 590 Nov $280 puts at $11 to $10.90
8/13/25 Oklo (OKLO) 350 March $70 short puts open 15.60
8/12/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) 6000 Oct $680 calls bought at $1.77
8/12/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyer of 5000 Dec $605 calls $13.31 to open
8/12/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) 5500 Sept 5th (W) $584 calls bought $6.53
8/12/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) buyer of 400 Dec 2027 $52 ITM calls at $29.85, over $1M
8/12/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) massive buying of nearly 7500 Jan 2027 $68 calls for $12.5M
8/12/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHA) 1250 Jan $33 puts sell to open at $5.95 to $5.90
8/12/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHA) buyers of 1150 Jan $45 calls at $3.60
8/12/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 5000 Sept $222 puts sell to open $4.90
8/12/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)buyers of 2500 Sept $227 calls at $5.12
8/12/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) buyers of 3900 Sept $242 far OTM calls at $0.93 to $1.00
8/12/25 Silver ETF (SLV) 6000 Oct $33.50 puts sell to open $0.95 bids
8/12/25 On Holding (ONON) 8000 Oct $42.50 short puts open $0.56
8/12/25 On Holding (ONON) 1300 June $50 puts sell to open $7.00
8/12/25 Walmart (WMT) 2000 March $90 short puts open $2.35
8/12/25 Tesla (TSLA) Oct spreads selling $280 puts to buy $360/$420 call spreads 1300X
8/12/25 Tesla (TSLA) 2300 Dec 2026 $850 calls bought at $19.35, adjusting June $450 calls
8/12/25 Home Depot (HD) 1350 Sept $360 puts selling $2.45 and buys the Aug 22nd $400 calls at $6.45 to $7
8/12/25 Bloom Energy (BE) 15,000 Sept $50 calls bought $1.35 with the $40 calls adjusting
8/12/25 Goldman Sachs (GS) buyers of 500 Oct $760 calls at $22.60 to $27.50
8/12/25 Coinbase (COIN) buyers 2000 Sept 12th $400 calls at $3.80 to $4 offers
8/12/25 Coinbase 2x Bull ETF (CONL) buyers of 1500 Sept $45 calls at $2.60 offers
8/12/25 Shift4 Payments (FOUR) buyer 1500 Sept $92.50 calls $1.90 after large insider buy
8/12/25 SoFi (SOFI) large buyer of 5100 Sept 2026 $30 calls at $3.65
8/12/25 SoFi (SOFI) opening sales of 2100 Dec 2027 $22 puts at $5.95 bids
8/12/25 SoFi (SOFI) also 6000 Jan $40 max strike calls bought $0.46 to $0.51
8/12/25 Robinhood (HOOD) 1000 Sept 5th (W) $110 short puts opening $4.75
8/12/25 J&J (JNJ) opening sales 1700 Sept 26th $170 calls at $5.90 to $5.50
8/12/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) opening seller 150 Feb $580 puts at $34.75
8/12/25 Recursion Pharma (RXRX) buyers of 1400 March $8 calls at $0.95 offers
8/12/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) buyer of 1400 Dec 2026 $80 calls at $8.75
8/12/25 AerCap Holdings (AER) 1150 Oct $115 calls buy at $3.30 as the August $110 calls adjust
8/12/25 Archer Aviation (ACHR) large opening sales of 22,000 Sept $9 puts at $0.51 to $0.45
8/12/25 Bloom Energy (BE) buyer of 1500 Jan 2027 $55 calls at $9.75 as $42 calls adjust
8/12/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyer of 15K Sept 5th $190/$1995 call spreads at $1.60
8/12/25 Alibaba (BABA) large buy of 2900 Dec $110 ITM calls at $16.40
8/12/25 Meta (META) sees 1700 Sept $785 calls bought at $30.30 to $30.65
8/12/25 Meta (META) buyer of 1000 Sept 26th $800 calls $25.55
8/12/25 Meta (META) 1600 Dec $870 calls buying $30.64 and spread vs $1100 calls at $2.84
8/12/25 Meta (META) size buy 1000 Sept $805 calls 23.75
8/12/25 Nebius Group (NBIS) 600 Jan 2027 $85 calls buy $21.50 to $21.55
8/12/25 Astera Labs (ALAB) buyers of 350 May $160 ITM calls at $60.50
8/12/25 Astera Labs (ALAB) also 1000 Feb $150 ITM calls bought at $65.40 to $66.10
8/12/25 CrowdStrike (CRWD) 300 March $420 calls bought for $2.1M
8/12/25 Reddit (RDDT) 500 Nov $165 puts sell to open $7.30
8/12/25 Unity Software (U) buyers of 4800 Sept $37 calls at $2.09 to $2.44 offers
8/12/25 Broadcom (AVGO) opening sale 450 May $270 puts for $24.40
8/12/25 Broadcom (AVGO) size buys March $330 calls with volume over 2000X
8/12/25 Marvell Tech (MRVL) size put sale with 500 Dec 2027 $70 puts selling $15.95 to open
8/12/25 CoreWeave (CRWV) sweep buyers in Jan $150 calls 22.15 offers 1000X
8/12/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyers in Dec 2027 $210 calls 10,000X, over $40M
8/12/25 Google (GOOGL) 1000 Sept 12th $205 calls bought at $5.97 as $200 calls adjust
8/12/25 Google (GOOGL) 2000 Nov $215 calls buying $9.08 as the $205 calls adjust
8/12/25 Google (GOOGL) 1000 Feb $225/$245 call spreads bought at $5.09
8/12/25 Google (GOOGL) buyer of 1000 Feb $210 calls at $16.80 offers
8/12/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) buyer of 500 Dec 2027 $35 ITM calls for $30
8/12/25 Oklo (OKLO) buyers of 700 Oct $75 calls at $10.85 to $12.25
8/12/25 Oklo (OKLO) 1450 March $65 puts selling to open 13.55 to 13.50
8/11/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) buyers of 1000 Nov28th $76 calls at $4.10 offers
8/11/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) large buyer of 1250 Dec 2027 $68 calls at $22.70
8/11/25 Software ETF (IGV) buyers of 2600 Aug 29th $110 puts at $1.85 to $1.95
8/11/25 Oil & Gas ETF (XOP) trade opens 1000 Oct 125/120 bull risk reversals for small credit
8/11/25 Tesla (TSLA) buyers of 2400 Aug 29th $380 calls at $3.95 to $4.10
8/11/25 Tesla (TSLA) 3500 Dec 2026 $600 calls being sold to open
8/11/25 Roblox (RBLX) sees a buy 400 Jan 2027 $220 way OTM calls for $13.95
8/11/25 Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) sees Sept $400 short puts open 1075X
8/11/25 Dutch Brothers (BROS) sees 1500 Jan $70 calls sell to open $8.31
8/11/25 Wynn Resorts (WYNN) buyer 47,000 Dec $95 calls $18.50 with 36K Sept 80 adjusting
8/11/25 Airbnb (ABNB) buyer 1250 Sept $120 calls for 4.19
8/11/25 Disney (DIS) buyer 600 Nov $80 deep ITM calls at $34.30 as August adjust
8/11/25 Philips 66 (PSX) with 2000 Nov $105 puts sold to open $2.80
8/11/25 Exxon (XOM) 600 Dec 2026 $105 calls bought $11.30
8/11/25 EQT (EQT) 2500 Dec $45 short puts opening 1.51
8/11/25 EQT (EQT) also buyer 1500 Dec $55 calls at $3.20 offer
8/11/25 Robinhood (HOOD) buyer 200 May $115 calls $27.80
8/11/25 SoFi (SOFI) buyers of 7500 Nov $30 calls at $0.91 to $0.94 offers
8/11/25 Block (XYZ) buyer of 1200 May $90 calls at $6.10
8/11/25 Galaxy Digital (GLXY) with 2000 Oct $32.5/$42.5 call spreads bought
8/11/25 Natera (NTRA) large buyer of 2000 Nov $160 calls at $14.02 as Sept $145 calls adjust
8/11/25 Danaher (DHR) opening sales of 960 Oct $180 puts at $2.85 to $2.80
8/11/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) 1350 Sept $43 calls bought $4.22 to $4.50
8/11/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) buyers of 1250 Sept $48 calls at $2.45 to $2.70 as some Aug $51 calls adjust
8/11/25 GE Vernova (GEV) 200 max strike June $1000 calls bought $27.90 to $28.20
8/11/25 MP Materials (MP) buyers of 2300 Aug 22nd $90 calls at $1.90 to $2
8/11/25 MP Materials (MP opening sale of 150 Dec 2027 $110 ITM puts at $48.30
8/11/25 MP Materials (MP opening sales of 1500 Aug 29th $80 ITM puts for $7.80 bids
8/11/25 Micron (MU) opening sale of 6250 Oct $95 puts for $1.38
8/11/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyers of 2000 Sept 12th $175 ITM calls for $13 to $14.15
8/11/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyer of 2000 Dec 2027 $185 calls at $49.90 as June 2027 $175 calls adjust
8/11/25 Nvidia (NVDA) also buyers of 2750 March $230 calls at $9.00 offers
8/11/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) large buyers of 18,000 Aug 29th $200 calls at $1.15 to $1.40 offers
8/11/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) also seeing 1800 Sept 12th $170 ITM calls buy $12.15 to $14
8/11/25 Reddit (RDDT) opening sales of 600 Sept 26th $215 puts at $16.70
8/11/25 Palantir (PLTR) 1000 Feb $250 calls bought $13.50 offers to open
8/11/25 Palantir (PLTR) 775 March $190 calls buying $23.40+
8/11/25 Palantir (PLTR) buyers of 1200 Sept 12th $185 calls at $10.55 to $11.90
8/11/25 CoreWeave (CRWV) sweep buyers in Sept $145 calls 3500X for $4.8M
8/11/25 Arista Networks (ANET) 350 Dec $165 calls buy $6.40 offer
8/11/25 Astera Labs (ALAB) buyers of 400 Feb $150 ITM calls at $57.80
8/11/25 Marvell Tech (MRVL) buyers of 3500 Aug 29th $80 calls at $5.20
8/11/25 Oklo (OKLO) sees 450 Jan 2027 $55 puts sell to open $16.25