@Ashton_1nvests Agree with $UBER
The market still tends to value it like just a ride-sharing company, when it's increasingly becoming a transportation and logistics platform with multiple growth engines expanding
$MCD is starting to look interesting
Price closed right above the trend line, after breaking out a day before; a critical area to find support
Bullish signs are beginning to stack up:
• MACD has crossed and momentum is building
• Higher lows are forming as sellers lose control
Options positioning is leaning bullish for this week
$SPY & $QQQ remain in positive gamma, meaning dealer hedging should continue to suppress volatility.
As long as we're above the gamma flip, dips are more likely to be bought than chased lower.
Currently favoring a grind higher with muted volatility, unless a catalyst is strong enough to break the pin
Another big earnings week ahead
$ASTS $HIMS $RKLB $CRWV $SMCI $NBIS $AMAT $ONDS
Index backdrop: options price a ±1.2% $SPY move for the week.
Biggest priced move: $NBIS at ±15.9%. It heads into the report -1.3% over the past week.
How are you playing these?
Options flow this week (Aug 3–Aug 7) — where premium ran hottest vs each name's own 20-day baseline.
SPY +3.5% over the stretch; index puts took 0.5x the premium calls did.
Calls ran hot: $ABNB $ZETA $PLTR $DASH $SNAP
Puts ran hot: $APP $GME $XLI $NVO $CEG
$NOW closed above its 200-day average ($124.88 vs the $123.35 line) for the first time since Oct 27, 2025, which was the only other time it ever crossed.
ATH incoming?
$SOFI
Triple bottom with all 3 bottoms well defined bouncing off the lows at $14.90
Price sitting at the volume shelf with MACD crossed above signal
This looks ready to revisit $20's very soon
$MSTR is setting up in a classic Bollinger Band squeeze.
Volatility has been compressed for weeks while price continues to coil.
While..
📈 MACD remains in a bullish crossover
📈 Williams %R is turning higher
📈 Price is holding above key support. right above the volume shelf
This weeks is loaded with earnings reports on names that could move entire sectors
$PLTR on AI software demand
$AMD on AI chip momentum
$SPCX on growth expectations
$SHOP on consumer and e-commerce trends
$CAT as a read on industrial demand
Biggest priced move: $SPCX at ±16.8%. It heads into the report -5.8% over the past week.
Index backdrop: options price a ±1.3% $SPY move for the week.
$HD
An inverse head & shoulders has been forming, and price is now pushing into the neckline after reclaiming the Feb high anchored VWAP as support.
• Higher lows continue to build
• MACD has turned back up with bullish momentum
Buyers are defending pullbacks above support while price is sitting in a low volume pocket
$ZETA closed 43.0% above its 200-day average — most extended above since Jan 12, 2026 (+44.1%) — the 5th close this far above it since 2021.
After the prior 4, next month (20 sessions):
- Apr 2022 (+58.4%): -35.1%
- Mar 2023 (+46.6%): -1.7%
- Oct 2024 (+100.9%): -3.8%
- Jan 2026 (+45.2%): -30.5%
$BULL 4h
Buyers need to step in here for this channel to hold. If we get a bounce, there's thin volume above and we can move quickly through the channel.
Acting as support for now