$Apple(AAPL)$ During a packed U.S. earnings week, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ delivered results that came in broadly above expectations and issued a more constructive outlook, sending the stock up nearly 6% intraday. With earnings uncertainty now behind it, the options market has quickly defined a new pricing range. The conclusion is clear: institutions are decisively bullish on Apple, building a downside floor by selling puts while using calls to participate in the upside. From the options flow, a notable trade involved about 2,090 contracts of the December 2026 $295 call (295C), representing roughly $4.4 million in premium. The trades were executed on the ask and volume exceeded open interest, indicating aggressive n
This was the most important earnings week for the AI trade since Nvidia's blowout in 2023, and the market's reaction has been more instructive than the numbers themselves. **The headline results:** - $GOOGL: Revenue $109.9B (+22% YoY), beat. Google Cloud $20.03B, +63% YoY — blew past the $18.05B estimate. Net income up 81% to $62.6B. EPS $5.11 vs $2.62 expected. Sundar Pichai confirmed enterprise AI solutions are now the primary cloud growth driver for the first time. - $AMZN: Net sales $181.5B (+17% YoY), beat. AWS reaccelerated to +28% — its fastest growth in 15 quarters. EPS $2.78 vs $1.64 expected. $44.2B in capex. - $MSFT: Beat on revenue, but flagged $190B capex and high memory costs. Stock sold off ~4%. - $META: Beat on revenue, raised capex to $135B for the year. Shares fell 8.6% o
On October 6th, a "transformative" partnership between OpenAI and $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ drove the latter's share price to surge sharply in a single day, with an intraday peak increase of 36% and settling around 23% at close. After a brief consolidation, AMD's stock price surged again by 11% intraday on October 8th, breaking through $235 to reach a new all-time high. The rapid price spike of AMD has drawn the attention of options investors. Notably, AMD's Implied Volatility (IV) is now at the 98th percentile of its historical range, suggesting a potential decline in IV in the future. This presents a major opportunity for short-side option traders. ⚙️ The "Epic" Collaboration with OpenAI AMD and OpenAI signed a four-year GPU supply agreement for a computational capacity of 6 giga
Q1 Earnings — What Story Are They Selling? 🚗🔋🤖 This quarter isn’t just about numbers — it’s about narrative. Here’s what to watch: 🚗 Cars (Weak Spot) Margins are under pressure from price cuts and competition. Expect this to be downplayed as “short-term strategy”. 🔋 Energy (New Star) High growth, high margin. Tesla will push this hard as the next profit engine. 🤖 AI / Robotaxi (Future Bet) This is the real hype driver. Even average earnings can be offset by strong future promises here. 💬 Overall Narrative “Short-term pain from EVs, but long-term upside from energy + AI.” ⚠️ Reality Check Energy growth is real But still not big enough (yet) to fully replace car profits AI / robotaxi = high potential, but still uncertain 📊 What this means: This is a story vs reality moment Stock reaction wil
$Apple(AAPL)$ On April 20, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ An official major personnel change was announced – Tim Cook will step down as CEO on September 1, 2026, and transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board. His legendary 15-year tenure leading Apple is coming to an end. At the same time, John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering with 25 years at Apple, will assume the role of CEO and join the board on the same day. This news quickly drew market attention, with Apple's after-hours stock price falling by about 0.6%, as the company's market cap had just surpassed the $4 trillion mark at the time of the announcement. Under Tim Cook’s 15-year leadership (2011-2026), Apple’s market cap soared
I am never optimistic about Tesla beating expectations. I think it remains to be seen if the ‘chip strategy’ pivot will really pay off. Where the cars are concerned, competition is too stiff. The rest are making better, cheaper cars with longer lasting batteries. Among the magnificent seven, I remain the most bullish on Apple. The iPhones remain popular and demand remains hot in its biggest market ie the Chinese market. The Chinese consumers are willing to pay for the phone. Also, I expect it’s venture into better wearables to pay off. I think a 19% EPS growth for the S&P might be a little hard to pull off. This is insanely bullish. This quarter is affected by the war, concerns of inflation as well as a consequently hawkish Fed which has not promised a rate cut. I expect consumers
D) None I am never optimistic about Tesla beating expectations. I think it remains to be seen if the ‘chip strategy’ pivot will really pay off. Where the cars are concerned, competition is too stiff. The rest are making better, cheaper cars with longer lasting batteries. Among the magnificent seven, I remain the most bullish on Apple. The iPhones remain popular and demand remains hot in its biggest market ie the Chinese market. The Chinese consumers are willing to pay for the phone. Also, I expect it’s venture into better wearables to pay off. I think a 19% EPS growth for the S&P might be a little hard to pull off. This is insanely bullish. This quarter is affected by the war, concerns of inflation as well as a consequently hawkish Fed which has not promised a rate cut. I expect
I am never optimistic about Tesla beating expectations. I think it remains to be seen if the ‘chip strategy’ pivot will really pay off. Where the cars are concerned, competition is too stiff. The rest are making better, cheaper cars with longer lasting batteries. Among the magnificent seven, I remain the most bullish on Apple. The iPhones remain popular and demand remains hot in its biggest market ie the Chinese market. The Chinese consumers are willing to pay for the phone. Also, I expect it’s venture into better wearables to pay off. I think a 19% EPS growth for the S&P might be a little hard to pull off. This is insanely bullish. This quarter is affected by the war, concerns of inflation as well as a consequently hawkish Fed which has not promised a rate cut. I expect consumers