Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:30 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 17:50 FOCUS LIST: NVDA, META, NFLX, SPOT, PLTR, GEV, RKLB, UBER
4) 19:20 Stock Review – Aerospace/Defense: SHLD (ETF), XAR (ETF), KTOS, AVAV, GE, PL, KRMN, HWM, CW, FTAI, ATRO
5) 21:35 Stock Review – Software: IGV (ETF), MSFT, ORCL, NBIS, APP, SNOW, NET, U, DOCS, CRWV, FROG
6) 23:55 Stock Review – Semiconductors: SMH (ETF), TSM, AVGO, LRCX, KLAC, MU, STX, WDC, SNDK, NTAP, AEIS, SMTC, TSEM, CLS, SANM, FN, JBL, AMSC, TTMI, CRDO, ALAB, ANET, LASR, LITE
7) 28:40 Stock Review – Energy/Data Center related: VST, CEG, VRT, NRG, WWD, POWL, LEU, WLDN, BE, MOD, OKLO, SMR, NNE, LTBR
8) 31:25 Stock Review – Others/General Ideas/Commentary: Z, TSLA, GOOGL, HNGE, IONQ, RGTI, QBTS, QUBT, ARQQ, TEM, MRUS, MDGL, TARS, EYE, NKTR, ZBIO, CGON, FIVE, PONY, TKO, SHOP, DASH, RBLX, HOOD, SOFI, AXON, CAMT, MP, METC, AREC, REMX (ETF), SKYE, IBIT, ETHE
9) 40:00 Stocks Near Buyable Ranges: MSFT, PLTR, NVDA, AVGO, AMSC, RBLX, NRG, UBER, TARS
10) 44:05 Conclusion/Summary

Market Summary:
Coming into this past week, I mentioned that we could see a pullback/consolidation for the following reasons: 1) The Nasdaq Composite was extended 2) The week after OpEx tends to be weak 3) End of the quarter profit taking and adjustments 4) The seasonality around the Jewish holidays. We ended up seeing a normal pullback for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite down to their respective 21-day EMA, however, many growth stocks corrected significantly more than the general market. In this video, I discuss different strategies to possibly deal with this higher volatility if you got tossed around last week.

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. If you have any questions, you can ask them during the next LIVE webinar which will be this Monday, September 29th at 7PM EST. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Unusual Options Activity:
9/26/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyers of 5000 Feb $630 calls at $14.30, over $7.1M
9/26/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) 7500 Oct 3rd (W) $603/$588 bull risk reversals open for a credit
9/26/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) sweep buyers 12,000 Oct 10th (W) $667 calls up to $4
9/26/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) buyer of 1500 Dec 2027 $795 calls at $26.57 as the Dec 2026 $770 calls adjust
9/26/25 S&P Equal Weight ETF (RSP) stock replacement sold 2000 March $187 puts at $6.30
9/26/25 Silver ETF (SLV) 5000 Oct 8th $42 calls buying at $0.73 to $0.74
9/26/25 Silver ETF (SLV) block of 11,000 Nov $40 puts sell to open at $1.09 bids
9/26/25 Silver ETF (SLV) also 8000 Jan $41.50 calls buying $2.90 to $3.05 offers
9/26/25 Gold Miners ETF (GDX) 5000 Jan $78 calls buying $4.70 offers
9/26/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHA) 8500 Nov $35 calls buying $1.65 to $1.85
9/26/25 Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X ETF (DFEN) 1125 Oct $65 calls buying at $3.50 to $4
9/26/25 Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) opening sales of 2000 March $198 puts at $3.74 to $3.71
9/26/25 Financials ETF (XLF) opening sale of 8000 June $49 puts at $1.45
9/26/25 Costco (COST) buyer 400 Oct $930/$965 call spreads
9/26/25 Tesla (TSLA) 5000 next week 442.5/470 call spreads buy and 5000 of the $437.5/$462.5 call spreads also bought
9/26/25 Macy’s (M) large block of 10,000 Jan $20 calls bought at $0.90
9/26/25 Shopify (SHOP) 500 Dec 2026 $145 short puts open $30.10 and 600 of the $140 short puts open $26.85
9/26/25 Walmart (WMT) large opening seller of 2000 May $105 ITM puts at $8.06
9/26/25 Lyft (LYFT) opening sales of 1700 Nov $22 puts for $2.41 to $2.36
9/26/25 Starbucks (SBUX) opening seller of 550 May $70 puts at $3.43
9/26/25 IREN (IREN) sees 1100 June $70 calls buying $10 to $11
9/26/25 Robinhood (HOOD) 7000 next week $126/$110 bull risk reversals trade
9/26/25 Robinhood (HOOD) 471 Jan 2028 $75 puts sell to open $14.30
9/26/25 Rocket Cos. (RKT) 20,000 Nov $21 calls buying 1.48 to 1.55
9/26/25 Rocket Cos. (RKT) 4000 Nov $20/$25 call spreads bought at $1.15
9/26/25 BitMine (BMNR) buyer of 1200 Jan $49 calls at $13.79
9/26/25 Goldman Sachs (GS) 250 Dec $760 puts sell to open $27
9/26/25 MasterCard (MA) 250 Dec 2026 $540 puts sell to open $38.75
9/26/25 Wells Fargo (WFC) with 3800 March $72.50 puts sold to open $2.03
9/26/25 UniQure (QURE) massive buyer for 1500 January $31 deep ITM calls at $25.90, nearly $4M
9/26/25 Aquestive Therapeutics (AQST) small Biotech with unusual 1000 May $5 calls bought ITM $2.40
9/26/25 Union Pacific (UNP) 1375 October $230 calls bought with the $225 strike adjusting
9/26/25 MP Materials (MP) 1500 May $60 puts sold to open 9.91
9/26/25 D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) buyers of 6600 Nov $29 calls at $4.50 to $4.77 in large lots for over $3M
9/26/25 Apple (AAPL) 2000 Dec $250 puts sold $9.16
9/26/25 Amazon (AMZN) buyer 1200 Sept 2026 $215 calls $34.50 to $35.50
9/26/25 Amazon (AMZN) over 3400 Feb $185 puts selling to open at $5.115 to $5.10
9/26/25 Micron (MU) size block 5000 June $155 puts sold to open 22.10
9/26/25 Intel (INTC) 750 Sept $35 puts sold to open $6.83
9/26/25 Intel (INTC) buyer 10,000 Oct $39 calls
9/26/25 Advanced Micro (AMD) March $165 and $170 calls with over $9M call premium trading net today
9/26/25 MongoDB (MDB) 1000 Nov $280 short puts opening 6.60 bids
9/26/25 JFrog (FROG) unusual buy 1500 Jan $60 calls for $1.75
9/26/25 Palantir (PLTR) opening put sales with 250 Sept 2026 $180 and 300 April $175
9/26/25 Oracle (ORCL) 400 Dec 2027 $180 short puts open $20.20
9/26/25 Lam Research (LRCX) buyer 750 Dec 2026 $115 calls $31.20 adjusts June 110 calls
9/26/25 Meta (META) 1500 Nov $790 calls being bought at $25.60 to $25.80
9/25/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) buyers of 7500 Oct 10th $670 calls at $1.89 to $2.07
9/25/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyers of 1100 Nov $596 calls at $16.50 to $17
9/25/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) 5000 Oct 7th (W) $589 puts sold to open 5.16
9/25/25 UltraPro Nasdaq 100 ETF (TQQQ) buyers of 2300 March $110 calls at $10.70 to $11
9/25/25 Silver ETF (SLV) opening sellers of 1250 Sept 2026 $40.50 puts at $4.15 bids
9/25/25 Silver ETF (SLV) also seeing 20,000 Oct $40.50 calls buying $1.11 to $1.45
9/25/25 Gold ETF (GLD) 1750 Nov 7th $344 calls buy at $8.85 to $9
9/25/25 Gold ETF (GLD) also 1000 Nov 21st $344 calls bought at $9.75 to $10 offers
9/25/25 Rare Earth Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) buyers of 1000 Oct $66 calls at $2.70 to $2.90
9/25/25 Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) buyers 6400 Jan 2028 $50 ITM calls at $26.40 to $26.95 offers, over $17M
9/25/25 Ethereum ETF (ETHA) buyers 2000 Nov $26 ITM calls at $5.67 to $6 as some $30/$38 call spreads adjust
9/25/25 Healthcare ETF (XLV) 5000 Dec $129 short puts open 1.82
9/25/25 S&P Equal Weight ETF (RSP) seller 1300 Jan 2027 $185 puts for $11 and 1000 March $187 short puts opening $6.70
9/25/25 Semiconductors ETF (SMH) 650 Sept 2026 $280 puts sell to open at $18.60
9/25/25 Industrials ETF (XLI) large opening seller of 3000 March $155 ITM puts at $7.75 bids
9/25/25 Tesla (TSLA) stock replacement buys 700 August 2026 $440 calls at $94.75 to $95.30
9/25/25 Phillip Morris (PM) size opening seller 800 June $170 puts $18.20
9/25/25 General Mills (GIS) 1000 March $45 short puts open 1.85
9/25/25 Bloom Energy (BE) large block of 10,000 Nov $30 puts sell to open at $0.50
9/25/25 Valero (VLO) 800 Jan $155 short puts open $4.50
9/25/25 Chevron (CVX) stock replacement bought 700 Sep. 2026 $160 calls for $14.38
9/25/25 SoFi (SOFI) 1400 May $24 short puts open $3.25
9/25/25 IREN (IREN) buyers of 550 Sept 2026 $70 calls at $13 to $14
9/25/25 IREN (IREN) 3000 Jan 2027 $40 puts sold to open $15
9/25/25 IREN (IREN) 1000 Jan $35 puts sell to open $5.10 bids
9/25/25 Robinhood (HOOD) 10,000 Jan 2027 $180 calls open as Jan $115 adjust
9/25/25 Shift4 Payments (FOUR) buyer of 1000 April $100 calls where 1500 bought the last few days
9/25/25 Insmed (INSM) large buys of 3500 Oct $135 puts at $4.10 to $6 offers
9/25/25 Insmed (INSM) also the $140 puts bought 1700x
9/25/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) 930 Oct 31st $640 puts sell to open $5.50
9/25/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) 1000 Jan 2027 $40 puts sell to open $11.10
9/25/25 Archer Aviation (ACHR) large buyer of 10,000 Oct $8 ITM calls for $1.40
9/25/25 Microsoft (MSFT) 10,000 Oct 31st (W) $510 short puts opening $16.10
9/25/25 D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) buyers 9500 Nov $29 calls $4.50 to $4.70
9/25/25 D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) 1000 Jan $25 puts sell to open $5.60 bids
9/25/25 Amazon (AMZN) 1000 August 2026 $180 short puts open $9
9/25/25 Google (GOOGL) buyers of 10K Nov $250 calls at $11 to $11.75
9/25/25 Google (GOOGL) opening sale of 1300 May $195 puts at $6.50 bids
9/25/25 Micron (MU) 300 April $145 puts sold to open $15
9/25/25 Dell (DELL) opening sale of 1000 Dec $110 puts at $3.33
9/25/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) 700 Jan 2027 $300 ITM puts sold to open $55.95
9/25/25 Arm Holdings ADR (ARM) 950 ITM August 2026 $140 puts selling to open for $2.25M premium
9/25/25 Arm Holdings ADR (ARM) 500 April $130 puts sell to open $14.10
9/25/25 Reddit (RDDT) 400 Feb $175 puts sell to open $16.75
9/25/25 Palantir (PLTR) 8000 Nov $190 calls buyers for $11M premium
9/25/25 Vistra (VST) large buys of 2000 Dec $200 calls at $22.35 as the $220 calls adjust
9/25/25 Oklo (OKLO) 5000 Nov $80 puts sold to open 3.75