October Surge: BTC's Seasonal Highs and Post-Election Thrills Await
We are in $BTC dominance?!The $Bitcoin(BTC.USD.CC)$ is ahead of the $.SPX(.SPX)$ and the $Gold - main 2412(GCmain)$ in October as signs mount that the regulatory outlook for the cryptocurrency sector in the US will improve after the upcoming presidential election.October appears to be a seasonally strong month for BTC and post-election performances is also expected.Data compiled by Bloomberg shows that October was a relatively good month for $Bitcoin(BTC.USD.CC)$ . At the same time, there is a data comparison shows that Bitcoin's post-election performance is also rising sharply, which is to be expected.
$SIA(C6L.SI)$ Group PLF in Sep at 86.1%. with SIA and Scoot posting monthly load factors of 85.7% and 87.3 %. SIA and Scoot carried 3.1 million passengers in Sep😭 . That's was the main reason SIA flying round and round 638-652.. . 3.1m is not a nice number for SIA.. The number didn't meet my expectation but with the help from its cargo LF, the 1H results will be around the last FY 2H. Expecting SIA to announce 0.1-0.15 dividend Suprise dividends: 0.12-0.18(0.2)
$NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ Last week my option call was exercised at a strike price of $132 against an average cost of $120+. That's about 10% profit margin realized. Not bad at all. This Monday it continued to run up beyond $135 😅! Anyway I sold an option put of $125 strike price with an expiration date of Oct 25. 2 possibilities: the put option either expires without the stock price pulling back to the $125 mark. It then means I get to keep the premium or it gets exercised when it falls below $125 on Oct W25. For the latter scenario, it means I have to pick up the shares @ $125. Either way works for me 🤗!
$AAPL 20241018 232.5 CALL$ All within 10mins. still Not confident to enter too many contract, but happy enough to earn some pocket money within 10mins. [Miser]
$ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ 💧💧💧📉 I was down to a runner in ASML so this position looks bad but I'm not concerned. Someone on the $ASML investor relations team is going to get a very stern email today. 😅 🚨 ASML leaked its own earnings by accident today 👀 ASML HOLDING NV - DUE TO TECHNICAL ERROR, INFORMATION ON Q3 RESULTS WAS ERRONEOUSLY PUBLISHED EARLIER TODAY ON PART OF OUR WEBSITE Getting absolutely crushed! Now down -16.47% 📉📉📉🔻🔻🔻 Craters -15% after the semiconductor lithography provider sees bookings drop by 50% 3Q bookings EU 2.63B, est. EU 5.39B $ASML Q3'24 Earnings Highlights: 🔹 Net Income: €2.08B (Est. €1.89B) 🟢 🔹 Net Sales: €7.47B (Est. €7.12B) 🟢; UP +20% QoQ 🔹 Net Bookings: €2.63B (Est. €5.39B) 🔴; DOWN -53% QoQ 🔹 Gross Margin: 50.8% LOW
15 Oct Market Suffer Intensified Selling Impacting Indices
The weakness in semiconductor related stocks brought impact to the decline in index levels. We saw initial drop in the semiconductor sector followed a Bloomberg report indicating that the Biden administration is considering restricting sales of advanced AI chips to certain countries, particularly in the Persian Gulf. S&P 500 was down -0.76%, NASDAQ and DJIA also closed with significant losses with -1.01% and -0.75% respectively, while Russell 2000 managed a slight gain of 0.1%. Investors also reacted to earnings reports from major companies. UnitedHealth (UNH), the largest component in the price-weighted DJIA, negatively impacted other health care stocks, with the S&P 500 health care sector declining by 1.2%. Earnings reports from financial sector companies like Goldman Sachs (GS),
$Phunware, Inc.(PHUN)$ Ride it up - go for it - safe bet as Trump for POTUS; Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in the latest national NBC News poll, with Trump bolstered by Republicans coming back home to support him after last month’s rough debate and a subsequent polling deficit, as well as by a favorable voter assessment of Trump’s term as president. These are among the findings of a new survey released three weeks before Election Day, which also shows Harris’ popularity declining compared to a month ago, after she got a big summertime boost; a massive gender gap between support for Harris and Trump; and voters viewing abortion as a top motivating issue heading in
🌟🌟🌟Tesla $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ much anticipated "We Robot" event has come and gone. However it is deserving of the dazzling future in Autonomous Technology that it presents. Elon Musk certainly knows how to present with lots of showmanship pizzazz, robots and sleek vehicles. Tesla introduced the Cybercab, a futuristic 2 seater autonomous vehicle designed to offer convenient eco friendly personal transport. Costing less than USD 30,000, this electric vehicle aims to make self driving cars more accessible to the every day consumer. With a minimalist design and Tesla's state of the art technology, the Cybercab is set to reshape the concept of personal urban transport. Tesla also
Morgan Stanley (MS) Fees Earned Should Help The Revenue Gain
$Morgan Stanley(MS)$ is expected to report its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday (16 Oct) before the market open. Market is expecting the bank to report higher profit from a year ago as they are building the strong investment-banking results from competitors. Investors will watch to see whether Morgan Stanley will report similarly robust earnings from that business and its wealth management unit, which manages some $5.7 trillion of client assets. Morgan Stanley has in recent years diversified the way it makes money, away from what can be feast-or-famine periods for investment bankers and toward the often steady, sticky industry of managing money for wealthy people. The wealth business was Morgan Stanley's largest revenue driver in 2023. Goldman Sa
The Whale Rolls and Buys 160,000 $125 Nvidia Calls
$Nvidia (NVDA)$ASML pre-announced disappointing Q3 results, with orders down 50%, sending semiconductor stocks tumbling. However, ASML's CEO noted: "Other end markets will take longer to recover, while AI continues to show strong development and upside potential."Nvidia dropped 5%, which is fairly contained considering the recent run-up. The key upcoming catalyst is Taiwan Semi's earnings guidance on the 17th.In a surprise move ahead of earnings, the "Million Dollar Man" decided to roll his position higher, keeping the same December expiry but rolling the $110 calls ($NVDA 20241220 110.0 CALL$ ) up to the $125 strikes (
I opened $BABA 20241115 95.0 PUT$ ,BABA: collect 1.55% from cash secured put with strike at $95 which is about 8% lower from current rate. Options expires in 31 days on 15th Nov. BABA come off its high of $117 just less than 2 weeks ago. Trying to renter at $95 to replace those shares I have sold in the past few weeks due to covered calls being exercised.