Hi! I am an ex-prop shop equity trader.

This is a daily watchlist for trading: I might trade all/none of the stocks listed, and even stocks not listed! I only hold some/all MAG 7 stocks and market indices long-term. If you use Old Reddit, click “Show Images” at the top to expand the charts. Any positions stated aren’t recommendations, I’m following subreddit rules to disclose positions. I use IBKR TWS for my platform and charts.

I am targeting potentially good candidates to day trade; I have no opinion on them as investments. This means the potential of the stock moving today is what makes it interesting, not the business, long-term prospects, or the people involved.

PLEASE ask specific questions and PLEASE don’t ask about earnings because I typically don’t take positions before earnings announcements. Questions like “Thoughts on _____?” or “Why isn’t ___ on the watchlist?” or something answered already will be ignored unless you add detail and your opinion. If you post a question and delete it after I answer it, I will block you- doing that hurts discussion. I am not answering questions if I’m still long or short a stock beyond what I update.

News: China Bans Germanium Gallium Exports To Us In Tit For Tat Move

TSLA - Musk's pay package once again rejected by Delaware judge. Watching $350 level, biased short but no position.

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X - Pres #47 states that he is against the company being bought by Nippon Steel or any other foreign company.

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ZS - Beat on earnings, EPS of .77 vs .63 exp, and revenue of $628M VS $606M. Selloff attributed to in-line revenue guidance not being as robust as expected.

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MP - Moving off of China's ban of key minerals to the US.

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Earnings: CRM, OKTA, MRVL, BOX

Looking for a pull back before we continue higher 592-594 area

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1. PC Market increasing leader market share

• leader in global PC market share at 26.3%; this last quarter Dell and HP have experienced single digit decrease in sales, while Lenovo kept the growth positive. Increasing market share in a down-cycle of pc open the expectation to expect accellerated growth in the next replacement cycle (2025-2026)
• The end of support for Windows 10 in October 2025 is expected to accelerate enterprise PC upgrades. Organizations will prioritize new devices to ensure compatibility with enhanced AI features; Lenovo is going to present the new AI PC in early 2025.

2. AI-PC Opportunity

• PC sales cycle averages 3 years; the last major upgrade was in 2021-2022, signaling a new cycle in 2025;
• AI-PCs projected to dominate 80% of the industry by 2027. Lenovo is leading this trend with AI-dedicated systems tailored for consulting and tech enterprise demands, high volume and international footprint (expected increase in hires due to enterprise demand of implementing different shades of AI in their day to day).
• Distributed manufacturing across Asia, Europe, and North America reduces exposure to tariffs (Dell would suffer the most).

3. Explosive Growth in Infrastructure Solutions

• Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG): Growing at around 60% yoy, expected to keep high pace as it’s position best compared to the main competitor Dell as able to serve well also the asian market. Growing interest in building internal ai small local datacenter and processors in large institutions, will push demand up even more and the compatibility with the PC devices will easy the sales conversation with the CTOs

• ISG is driving diversification with strong demand for servers, storage, and cloud infrastructure > Next gold mine

I'm accumulating since last week as I expect a bull run until End-Jan. Please if you have interesting views or insights on the matter, please share. Welcome opposite views

I am about 90% up on my QQQ (about 10k) that I bought a few years ago. I'll be finishing grad school in a couple weeks and have a job lined up where I will be making significantly more money than this previous year. Based on my tuition being tax deductible, I will have tax credits that will largely outweigh the amount of taxes I paid this year. Does it make sense to sell all of my QQQ and just rebuy it knowing that I probably I won't have to pay tax on it this year? Or am I missing something and do not understand how capital gains tax works. Tell me if this is really smart or really dumb please.

Just released on the Department of Defense contracts website:

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,307,562,308 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee modification (P00062) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0011). This modification exercises an option to provide recurring depot level maintenance and repair, sustainment support,  program management, financial and administrative activities, propulsion integration, replenishment spare part buys, engineering support, material management, configuration management, product management support, software sustainment, security management, joint technical data updates, and support equipment management for all fielded F135 propulsion systems at the F-35 production sites and operational locations, to include training in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (40%); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (21%); Indianapolis, Indiana (12%); West Palm Beach, Florida (6%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (6%); Brekstad, Norway (4%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3%); Iwakuni, Japan (3%); Williamtown, Australia (2%); Cameri, Italy (1%); Marham, United Kingdom (1%); and Fort Worth, Texas (1%), and is expected to be completed in November 2025. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $120,832,842; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $96,937,132; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $27,202,749; FMS funds in the amount of $33,789,077; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $68,454,797 will be obligated at time of award, $244,972,723 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract being modified was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

source;

https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3982244/

Hi all,
I recently reviewed my investment account and noticed it’s been outperforming the market with impressive returns. 🎉 (Not complaining!)

But now I’m wondering—should I leave it alone and ride the wave, or is it time to re-evaluate and diversify?

Some questions I’m considering:

• How do you decide when to take profits versus letting winners run?
• Are there specific signs or market conditions you watch for before rebalancing?

I’d love to hear how others manage a situation like this. Stick with what’s working, or play it safe and re-diversify?

Thanks in advance for your insights—I’m excited to learn from your experience!

Is this just a correction or is it gonna crash?

The 15 shares of Apple stock I bought over 10 years ago while working part time at Apple Store finally hit $100,000.

I paid a total of $2400 over time through employee purchase plan (15% discount) split 7 to 1, then 4 to 1, to turn into 420 shares.

I’ve been an investor in NU for a while now. I firmly believe the market is panic selling because Warren Buffet sold 19% of his stake in the company.

Today the company is down again because Citi bank downgraded its rating on NU to a sell.

Why do people care that Citi bank downgraded to a sell? It’s literally a bank that could potentially have to rival NU soon if they break into USA markets. Citi bank is just worried about a rapidly growing, amazing company.

If anything, the downgrade should be seen as a good sign. It shows that american banks like Citi are starting to feel a bit of pressure from how fast NU has been able to expand its user base.

I know Brazil has made changes to its financial regulations. However, NU is rapidly expanding its user base to other countries. Plus, Brazils projected annual GDP growth per year is very good.

Do you guys agree?

Hi! I am an ex-prop shop equity trader.

This is a daily watchlist for trading: I might trade all/none of the stocks listed, and even stocks not listed! I only hold some/all MAG 7 stocks and market indices long-term. If you use Old Reddit, click “Show Images” at the top to expand the charts. Any positions stated aren’t recommendations, I’m following subreddit rules to disclose positions. I use IBKR TWS for my platform and charts.

I am targeting potentially good candidates to day trade; I have no opinion on them as investments. This means the potential of the stock moving today is what makes it interesting, not the business, long-term prospects, or the people involved.

PLEASE ask specific questions and PLEASE don’t ask about earnings because I typically don’t take positions before earnings announcements. Questions like “Thoughts on _____?” or “Why isn’t ___ on the watchlist?” or something answered already will be ignored unless you add detail and your opinion. If you post a question and delete it after I answer it, I will block you- doing that hurts discussion. I am not answering questions if I’m still long or short a stock beyond what I update.

Interestingly enough, a lot of executive replacements today.

News: US Tightens Curbs On China's Access To AI Memory And Chips Tools

SMCI - CFO is being replaced.

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NVCR - Jumps due to trial results of therapy for pancreatic cancer, Phase 3. Demonstrated statistically significant improvement. Watching $30 level.

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INTC - CEO Gelsinger leaves company, stock up around 3%. CFO/Product CEO will serve as interim leaders.

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STLA - Stellantis CEO has resigned, effective immediately due to problems in the US, falling sales.

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TSLA - JPM is dropping lawsuit against TSLA over their stock warrants

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Earnings: ZS

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Hoping I can get some insight from some of you in here. New to the stock market!

I just moved a large sum of money into trading accounts but feel nervous to pull the trigger. It seems like everything is at an all time high, and yes I know if you look at the chart the market continues to go up over time with a few hiccups along the way.

My question is, should I wait for a little bit of a pull back before entering? Also for somebody new to this, what would you put money into? SP500? Nasdaq? individual stocks?

This is money I will leave for my lifetime and never withdraw until I am forced to. They are in retirement savings accounts.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and potentially responding to it.

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I had traded for down side but it show a strong uptrend What is the reason Help

I’m not super knowledgeable about trading however back in August my brother (who trades much more) convinced me to put a call on RKLB. So I did a 6.5$ call, 1 contract. It was 90$, I was under the assumption that once the contract expired if I didn’t sell the call my 90$ would be returned to me. Is this not the case? Explain it to me like I’m 5 please.

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I know nothing about stocks but my brother sent this to me. What does it mean

This doesn't have to be your biggest gainer or loser, although it's understandable if that ends up being your choice. What's you're overall gain on the stock? What about your choice are you most proud or most ashamed of? Would you advise investing in it today?

My most proud stock is $SQ, since it's my third highest gainer right now, and it was the first stock where I decided I should sell something I own to buy it. I sold my Disney stock to hold $SQ instead. I believe in cash app, and despite their recent move away from BTC investing, their part in the BTC business, as a place to safely purchase and move BTC to your own wallet reliably, or hold sats if you feel unsure of your own ability to secure your BTC, is highly profitable, moreso with every surge in price. I also thing their small business applications will improve over time, as any tech does. And being a big name early in the game will help in the long run. I also like Jack Dorsey because of his personal commitment to BTC and how he ran Twitter before Elon.

My most ashamed stock is realty income, $O, which despite all the rate cuts has gained less than 3% since I got it xP although has paid some dividends which I didn't reinvest because I didn't know how to yet. The big purchase it made relatively recently did not move the needle for me or apparently any of its other investors. Still hoping they diversify into more cash generating businesses outside of leasing property, as we've seen many retail businesses struggle in the modern age

I come from a long line of poor financial planners. I'm 42 now and have always saved, but until a couple of years ago, it was just in a savings account. I dabbled with a Roth, saw that was doing well, opened a brokerage account and now have pretty much everything spread between Roth and regular investments.

I have a buffer in checking I don't go below and a couple thousand in savings in case I need it, which I haven't. Investing is going great, and I'm only kicking myself for not doing it sooner. However, are there any downsides to having most of my money in the market that I'm not considering? It's all safe investments, ETFs, Google, Amazon, etc. My gambles were ASTS and RKLB and thank you to both of them! But my initial investment in those is low even if their value is now a significant chunk of my portfolio.

Edit: I really appreciate the responses and will read through all! Just may not be able to reply because work.

Almost 6 months ago, I mutually agreed to part ways with my company. I was President of a Construction Company that was private equity backed and based in Milwaukee. A fun opportunity, and different environment compared to being a serial entrepreneur. Had the opportunity to service hundreds of customers, and build a brand at the expense of someone else! Definitely a cool chapter of my life. Unfortunately, my old man was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer on January 1, 2024 (Happy new year, I guess right?). He currently lives in India, and I split time between Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Without getting into the weeds, I resigned and relocated to India and travel back and forth every 3 months for a couple of weeks.

I decided over the summer, that I would begin full time trading. I have been passively investing in the market for the past 10 years, more active since the beginning of the pandemic. I have taught friends, made and then lost and then recovered and made again, I've been in and out of the market, but I decided to apply my approach at scale.

As an investor, I'm a believer in fundamentals, but also a big value investor. Being a serial entrepreneur and having scaled a variety of businesses in global markets, I have found that I have a deep understanding of valuation and value-prospects, I believe I have a similar approach and understanding to various MMs, and have used that approach intertwined with technical to read the market. My goal was to first generate enough monthly income to cover all liabilities I have on the books, approx. 7-8k per month in fixed expenses. I have multiple accounts where I trade options exclusively, but I decided I would set up a new account purely for trading of equities only.

I told my Old Man there were 251 trading days in a typical year, if I could average 1% per day, I would be able to generate 251% return. LOL... ambitious I know. I did a little math, looked at my trading history, and formulated a pricing strategy for entry and exit in various ticker symbols where I have done a lot of due diligence. It's funny...I found there are some names that I can never win on, and there are some names, that I can just continue to win with (all mental I know...) but I know the price levels realy well. Not every trade is a win, and you'll see that - but I use my losses as ticket symbols to attack on swing trades and recover my losses over the course of the upcoming year.

I created an account in Robinhood with $36,000 opening balance on September 3rd, 2024. I average about $13,000 in margin. I transfer any profits when I close a position and the equity balance is greater than $36,000.

Here are my results!

I completed the first 3 months, as of today, with a 92.26% return (Robinhood's percentages are all messed up because it's counts the withdrawals as capital reduction versus capital gains). I hope I can keep this up going forward! Wish me luck, regards.

Update: Added images! Don't know why they didn't post the first time.

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I've been reading and listening to a lot of comments from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami about their plans to slash government spending, as well as RFK's plans to overhaul the pharma and food industries. Since many of the agencies they're looking at report directly to the Executive branch, it seems likely that they and Trump will be able to realign or even abolish those agencies without too much trouble. Assuming they are able to push through massive cuts to the federal government, including possibly hundreds of thousands of layoffs among federal employees and contractors, how will the markets react? Up because of the lowered deficits, or down due to all the uncertainty?

I bought some calls but once I purchased I instantly got -80%. lol why? I tried few option before, it happened the same if I purchased I instantly lose money. Please anyone can explain to me?

Does anyone have any thoughts on buying BRB.K this month as a one off instead of the usual DCA into S&P 500?

I usually allocate the same amount of money to S&P 500 every month and have done this for years. However given much the stock market is up (27% YTD), especially including the recent trump mania, I think we are due a pull back.

And the way Buffet has been selling stocks recently, so does he. However would spending the same amount this month on Berkshire Hathaway stock instead of S&P, as a one off, hedge against this risk.

WB has the highest stock pile he’s ever had, whilst still in the market albeit much smaller. I was just thinking it as a way of further diversification - I’ll obviously keep all of my investments in the S&P but as a one off for this month was thinking it could be wise to load up on BH stock, so can receive the benefits of the business of interest from their cash holdings as well as their equity holdings.

Do you guys think this is a reasonable thought process or just stick to the plan and keep DCAing into the S&P this month?

Thanks.

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* What is your risk tolerance? (Do you mind risking it at blackjack or do you need to know its 100% safe?)

* What are you current holdings? (Do you already have exposure to specific funds and sectors? Any other assets?)

* Any big debts (include interest rate) or expenses?

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I’m trying to evaluate a solar/wind company, and I’m finding it much more complicated than analyzing a “normal” tech or consumer company.

There are so many KPIs that I’m struggling to wrap my head around. For example, I’ve come across terms like Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and MWh produced, but it doesn’t stop there. Other metrics I’ve seen include: • Capacity Factor: How efficiently the company uses its installed capacity. • Installed Capacity (MW): The total capacity of their assets. • Project Pipeline: Upcoming projects in development and their stages. • PPA Contracts: Details of Power Purchase Agreements, like duration and pricing. • O&M Costs: Operations and Maintenance expenses per MWh.

It feels overwhelming compared to the more familiar revenue growth, margins, and user metrics in tech or consumer companies.

How do you prioritize which KPIs to focus on when evaluating companies in this sector? Are there specific ones that are more critical depending on whether they’re utility-scale, distributed energy, or equipment manufacturers?

I’m interested in investing in the data centers, servers, and related opportunities driven by AI. What do you think? Individual AI software winners may be hard to pick, but surely the server farms are needed anyway. Is there an opportunity, and how are you exploiting it? With long experience in the software business I am aware that the AI world is maturing, but has a long way to go. I am sure we will see stories of AI-driven project failures. Equally, I’m sure we’ll see stories about great successes. But whichever way it goes there will be vast investment. So are you focusing your investments on AI platforms (if so, which), or hardware (Nvidia and others) or Data Center REITs (American Tower, Equinix) or things like the Global X ETFs (which seem underperforming to me). I think there’s a big opportunity, but I can’t see how to nail it down.