Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:45 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000
3) 6:40 FOCUS LIST: NVDA, TSM, PLTR, TSLA, LLY, RKLB, ASTS, NTRA, XBI (ETF)
4) 11:15 Stock Review – Aerospace/Defense: PL, ATRO, WWD, HXL, GE, HWM, RTX, SATS, RDW, LUNR, BKSY, FLY
5) 14:30 Stock Review – Semiconductors and Data Storage: SMH (ETF), AVGO, TSEM, LRCX, KLAC, MU, AEIS, MTSI, TER, STX, WDC, SNDK
6) 17:05 Stock Review – Electronic Related: CLS, COHR, LITE, TTMI, SANM, FN, JBL, VICR
7) 19:15 Stock Review – Energy/Data Center related: VRT, GEV, ORA, ROK, ATI, WLDN, AAOI, CIEN, DY
8) 22:00 Stock Review – Biotech/Medical: XBI (ETF), IBB (ETF), AZN, RYTM, AVTX, NAMS, IMVT, CSTL, INBX, MDGL, UTHR, AXGN, GRAL, GH, WGS
9) 24:30 Stock Review – Others/General Ideas/Commentary: TWLO, APP, NEM, HOOD, SOFI, GOOGL, SPHR, REMX (ETF)
10) 26:35 Stocks Near Buyable Ranges: NTRA, GH, TER
11) 29:25 Conclusion/Summary
Market Summary:
It’s looking like last week was another shakeout, and now the Nasdaq Composite is forming a cup and handle pattern. I outline it in this video. Overall, the major indexes are in strong trends and are above their key moving averages, the price action in stocks continues to improve (I highlight many names in this video), and the upcoming seasonality is favorable. That doesn’t mean that we will go straight up and to throw all risk out the window. Please stay disciplined, remain patient, and focus on some of the best ideas out there.
I’m going to continue to shut out the noise, 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. If you have any questions, you can ask them during the next LIVE webinar, which will be this Monday, December 29th at 7PM EST. Merry Christmas everyone! I’m grateful for all the members and I hope you have a wonderful holiday week with your friends and family.
Unusual Options Activity:
12/23/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) large opening sales 1650 June 30th (Q) $680 puts for $3.8M
12/23/25 Dow Jones ETF (DIA) 1500 Jan 2028 $480 short puts open $33
12/23/25 Energy ETF (XLE) 10,000 Sep $45.50 puts sold to open $3.60
12/23/25 Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) buyer of 3000 Dec 2026 127.50 calls $9.50, AMZN and TSLA top components
12/23/25 Gold ETF (GLD) buyer of 1310 March $408 ITM calls for $19.75
12/23/25 Gold ETF (GLD) large opening sale 3000 March $395 puts for 9.20
12/23/25 Silver ETF (SLV) 10,000 Jan 5th (W) $60 short puts open 0.95
12/23/25 Silver Miners ETF (SIL) buyers of 1400 July $70 ITM calls at $23.50
12/23/25 Semiconductors ETF (SOXX) opening sale of 1500 Jan 2027 $290 calls at $55.50
12/23/25 Costco (COST) buyer 250 April $890 calls $27.75
12/23/25 Dollar Tree (DLTR) buyer 1200 June $125 calls $11.50 in a stock replacement
12/23/25 Five Below (FIVE) buyer 1500 Feb $190 calls $10.40
12/23/25 Rivian (RIVN) 5000 each of March and June $24 calls buy to open
12/23/25 Netflix (NFLX) 1800 Sept $85 puts sell to open $6.90
12/23/25 Shopify (SHOP) 200 June $170 short puts open $23.35
12/23/25 First Solar (FSLR) 1100 Feb $270 calls buy $19.55 to $19.65
12/23/25 Citigroup (C) 500 May $120 short puts open $8.20
12/23/25 Carlyle Group (CG) opening sellers of 4000 Jan 2027 $62.50 calls at $9.40 to $9.10
12/23/25 United Health (UNH) another 1200 May $300 ITM calls with buyers, $5M
12/23/25 Novo Nordisk (NVO) buyer 2000 Jan $52 calls 2.38 to 2.50
12/23/25 Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 1000 March $500 short puts opening as $480 strike adjust
12/23/25 Insmed (INSM) 2000 Jan $175 puts sell to open $9.00
12/23/25 J&J (JNJ) opening sales of 1000 April $190 puts at $3.40
12/23/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) opening sales of 1100 April $110/$65 strangles at $15
12/23/25 Newmont (NEM) buyer 4150 June $110 calls $10.60
12/23/25 Micron (MU) opening sale of 2000 June $370 calls at $21.70 to $21.45
12/23/25 Google (GOOGL) sees 3000 Sept $360 calls sell to open $23.35 to $23.10
12/23/25 Google (GOOG) massive opening sale 10,000 Jan 30th (W) $320 ITM puts $12.45 to $12.20
12/23/25 Amazon (AMZN) buyers in April $260 calls 1400X and May $270 calls 1300X
12/23/25 Amazon (AMZN) 750 August $205 puts sold 12.30 bid
12/23/25 Intel (INTC) buyers 4000 Jan 2028 $65 max strike and timeframe calls for $5.30
12/23/25 Cisco (CSCO) 1100 Dec 2026 $75 puts sell to open $6.42
12/23/25 Cisco (CSCO) 12,500 Feb 67.5 short puts open 0.54 as Jan adjust
12/23/25 Nvidia (NVDA) sellers of 9000 March $190 puts at $16.10 to $16 bids
12/23/25 Marvell Tech (MRVL) 1100 Jan $92 calls buying at $2.54 to $2.65
12/23/25 Nebius Group (NBIS) 3000 Jan 2027 $85 puts sold to open for 26.60
12/23/25 IREN (IREN) large opening sales of 3200 Sept $55 puts at $21.23 as June short puts adjust
12/23/25 Palantir (PLTR) 4000 June 2027 $210 short calls opening near $53
12/23/25 Ormat Tech (ORA) 700 June $100 puts sell to open at $4.25 to buy the $120/$145 call spreads at $5.96
12/23/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) 200 Aug 100 calls bought at $26
12/22/25 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) massive buyer of 10,000 June $630 calls at $33.85 as the March calls adjust
12/22/25 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) buyer of 1379 March 2027 $885 calls at $2.43 as some Jan 2027 $865 calls adjust
12/22/25 Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) opening seller of 1200 April $250 puts at $8.41
12/22/25 Semiconductors ETF (SMH) 4300 March $430 calls bought at $3.50 to $3.55
12/22/25 Biotech ETF (XBI) opening sale 1000 March $125 puts for 6.25
12/22/25 Silver ETF (SLV) 6000 April $68/$78 call spreads bought as the March $47/57 spreads adjust
12/22/25 Rivian (RIVN) buyer 1000 max strike Sept $40 calls 2.05
12/22/25 Tesla (TSLA) buyers of 1750 April $630/$750 call spreads
12/22/25 Starbucks (SBUX) 1700 Dec 2026 $75 short puts open $5.30
12/22/25 Chevron (CVX) buyer 793 Sept $140 calls at $16.86 as the $160 calls adjust
12/22/25 Visa (V) opening sale of 400 Sept $355 puts for $24.10
12/22/25 Carlyle Group (CG) 725 June $65 calls buying $5
12/22/25 Lemonade (LMND) buyer of 1000 Feb $100 calls for $4.85
12/22/25 Abivax ADR (ABVX) 900 Jan $150 calls buy $13.50 to $13.70, some spread vs sales of the $175 calls at $6.50
12/22/25 Eli Lilly (LLY) opening sale of 640 Feb $900 puts at $10.35
12/22/25 Novo Nordisk (NVO) buyers of 1000 Dec 2026 $70 calls at $12.70
12/22/25 Day One Biopharma (DAWN) buyer 1500 Jan $11 calls $1.60 to $1.65
12/22/25 Terns Pharma (TERN) 633 Jan 2027 $40 puts sell to open at $12.10
12/22/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) buyers of 1600 Dec 2026 $100 calls at $19.50 to $20.25
12/22/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) 2500 Jan 23rd (W) $80 calls bought 7.40 to 7.60
12/22/25 Rocket Lab (RKLB) 4000 Feb $50 puts sell for $1.30
12/22/25 Nvidia (NVDA) buyer of 50,000 March $160 ITM calls $30.30 as the Feb $170 calls adjust
12/22/25 Celestica (CLS) buyer of 770 March $360/$410 call spreads
12/22/25 Cisco (CSCO) buyer of 860 Jan 2028 $80 calls at $12.50
12/22/25 Micron (MU) buyer 3000 Jan $285 calls $11.60 adjusts $270 strike
12/22/25 Micron (MU) 4000 Jan $270 puts selling to open $14.25 bids to $13.85
12/22/25 Micron (MU) buyers of 425 June 2027 $400 calls at $50
12/22/25 Snowflake (SNOW) 1900 Feb $190 short puts open 2.26
12/22/25 IREN (IREN) 1475 March $43 calls bought for $1.3M
12/22/25 Google (GOOG) buyer 2450 Feb $345 calls for 5.50
12/22/25 Taiwan Semi (TSM) 2000 January 2028 $440 far OTM calls buy for over $7M
12/22/25 Lam Research (LRCX) buyer 300 Jan 2027 $180 calls for 35.85
12/22/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) buyer of 800 Jan 2028 $70 ITM calls for $45.90, over $3.5M
12/22/25 AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) also buyers of 3400 Jan $125 calls at $2.20