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Bears hammer legacy tech while critical metals and martech catch a bid

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The Minor Leaguers.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it back in 2020 and...

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Isn't that what Warren Buffett basically just said?And assuming he's right, who benefits from this? Well, I have to assume Interactive Brokers is a beneficiary, no?

The stock is on the doorstep of another breakout with a Hundred-dolla-roll...

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When you go back and study every bull market over the past century, one thing shows up again and again — Technology tends to be one of the most consistent leadership groups.

And that pattern is starting to show up again.

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SanDisk keeps ripping as AI storage demand explodes, while Stryker breaks down after its worst earnings reaction in more than a decade.

Friday kicked off the new month with another gap to fresh all-time highs for the S&P 500, and earnings season kept feeding the tape with new information. 

We got fresh reactions from 29 components of the index, and the split was almost...

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Every weekend I dig through the names that experienced the most interesting unusual options activity. 

We’re looking for trades that stood out, whether it was large in size or a very aggressive strike selection.

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The earnings spotlight is on the market's most explosive growth stories.

Editor's note: This week, the earnings spotlight is on the market's most explosive growth stories.

Many of these names have made huge moves over the past week and are trading at new highs.

Do you think the market has...

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This quantum stock is poised for another surge

Welcome back for another Top Down Trade of the Week.

This is a classic leadership scan.

We start with the best sectors, then drill into the subgroups. We pick one, and then take a look at...

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Nokia rings twice, jets catch a bid, and the miners stay lit

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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The big theme was a powerful comeback in tech — led by mega-cap names. Semiconductors continued to act as leadership, while software found support and bounced right on cue.

At the same time, the Q1 leaders quietly stepped...

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Grains are breaking out, livestock are hitting all-time highs, and the bull market is reaching America’s farm country.

There’s a certain kind of bull market you can see on a screen, and then there’s the kind you can hear in an auction barn.

This week, we’re talking about the second kind.

For the past several months, we’ve been pounding the table on the...

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Canadian Banks have been good to us over the past year or so. And looking at my portfolio, I'm noticing I have zero banking exposure.

Well, today, we correct that with a fresh breakout in motion.

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From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our Hall of Famers list is composed of the 150 largest US-based stocks.

These stocks range from the mega-cap growth behemoths like Apple and Microsoft – with...

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Alphabet is getting rewarded for AI execution, while Meta is getting punished for AI spending.

Thursday was arguably the biggest day of earnings season so far, and the market treated it like one.

We got fresh reactions from 68 S&P 500 components, the index closed at another record high, and the month finished as one of the strongest...

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