David Ryan Buy & Sell Rules
1. Buy stocks making new highs
2. Avoid stocks priced under $10
3. Select stocks with prior strong price moves (e.g., doubled or tripled)
4. Prioritize stocks with strong fundamentals and technicals
5. Buy breakouts confirmed by high volume
6. Cut losses at 7% or less
7. Reduce position by 50% if a stock reenters its base after a breakout
8. Hold top-performing stocks for 6โ12 months
9. Hold average-performing stocks for around three months
10.Sell losing stocks within two weeks
11. Keep a traderโs journal to analyze mistakes
Most investors are always chasing the last wave.
The AI infrastructure cycle is playing out in layers โ and each one is bigger than the last.
Hereโs the full roadmap:
Wave 1: Semiconductors โ (Priced In)
$NVDA. $AMD. $AVGO.
The GPU arms race. Everyone knows this trade.
Raw compute was the foundation.
Most of the upside? Already captured.
Wave 2: Memory & Storage โ (Confirming)
More data. More inference. More throughput.
Flash, DRAM, HBM all followed.
$SNDK โs recent move is the latest confirmation.
The storage bottleneck is real โ and the market is finally catching up.
Wave 3: Photonics & Optical Networking ๐ (In Motion NOW)
This is what most retail investors are still sleeping on. You cannot move AI workloads at scale with copper wire.
Data centers need ultra-fast, low-latency interconnects โ and photonics is the only answer.
Silicon photonics is actively replacing copper-based communication inside and between hyperscaler campuses.
The plays institutions are quietly accumulating:
$AAOI โ pure-play optical components, deep data center exposure
$COHR โ vertically integrated photonics at scale
$LITE โ transceivers powering the hyperscaler build-out
$POET โ integrated optical engines, early-stage, asymmetric upside
$CIEN โ backbone optical networking infrastructure
$FN โ precision optical manufacturing, best-in-class margins
This wave is not coming. It is here.
Wave 4: Power & Energy Infrastructure (Early Stage)
AI doesnโt run on ambition. It runs on electricity. Data centers are projected to consume 8โ10% of U.S. power by 2030. That is not a tailwind.
That is a structural demand shock the grid is not prepared for.
Nuclear is the only baseload solution that can sit next to a hyperscaler campus and deliver consistent, carbon-light power at scale.
The plays:
$CEG & $VST โ utilities with nuclear-powered AI offtake contracts
$CCJ โ uranium supply, the fuel behind the revival
$OKLO & $SMR โ next-gen small modular reactors
$VRT โ liquid cooling and power management inside data centers
The capex commitments from $MSFT, $AMZN , and $GOOG are already locked in. The power infrastructure just needs to catch up. This wave is early. That is the opportunity.
Wave 5: Robotics ๐ค (Loadingโฆ)
Once AI is trained, powered, and connected โ it needs a body.
Physical deployment into warehouses, factories, logistics, and healthcare.
This is the final and potentially the largest layer of the entire cycle.
Hardware-software integration is still 12โ24 months from full ignition.
But the smart money is already laying the groundwork quietly.
The pattern is simple:
Each layer enables the one after it.
โ Semis built the brain
โ Memory gave it recall
โ Photonics gave it nerves
โ Power gives it fuel
โ Robotics gives it hands
The investors winning this decade are not chasing yesterdayโs leader.
They are identifying tomorrowโs bottleneck โ and positioning before the crowd arrives.
The question is not which wave already ran.
The question is: which wave are YOU in front of?
$AAOI $COHR $LITE $POET $CIEN $FN $CEG $VST $OKLO $SMR $CCJ $VRT
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The Photonics Ecosystem: Explained
Every segment, group, and notable stock within below. you'll want to bookmark this...
UPSTREAM
- Materials: $GLW $AXTI $ALMU $LWLG
- Wafer: $TSM $GFS $TSEM $SKWT
MIDSTREAM
- Optical Components: $HIMX $LPTH $OPTX $MTSI
- Lasers & Light: $LITE $IPGP $COHR $LASR
- Transceivers: $AAOI (+ others)
- Packaging: $FN $AMKR $POET
DOWNSTREAM
- Switch & Interconnect: $AVGO $MRVL $CRDO $NVDA
- Networking: $JNPR $CIEN $CSCO $ANET
- Testing: $AEHR $ONTO $VIAV $FORM
I made this tool to help me understand the segmentation of the photonics world. I am not a photonics expert. If I missed anything, or need to move something around, let me know!
$GRAB - "Uber" from South East Asia
Broke downtrend channel! Ideally further price increase tomorrow with increasing volume.
Forward P/E: 23.26
PEG: 0.42
Short float: 9.5%
Trading IPOs can make you a lot of money if you trade the right setup ๐
I trade IPO bases very selectively and trade only a handful of patterns.
Hereโs how I approach them ๐
1) IPOs are exit vehicles โ never forget this. IPOs exist so private equity, VC funds, and early insiders can finally sell. There is supply waiting above. If you ignore that, youโll become liquidity.
2) Avoid the most hyped IPOs: If everyone is excited, the trade is usually already crowded. Too many people are waiting to sell strength. I want interest, not mania.
3) Start with quality โ or skip it. I only care about high-potential IPOs:
- Strong sales (40% of higher YoY) or EPS growth (ideally 50-100% YoY)
- Or a real, believable story with future demand (AI, data centers, drones โฆ)
- No fundamentals, no story, no trade.
4) Wait for a clean IPO base: I never buy the open. I wait for structure:
- Tight consolidations (days or weeks)
- IPO short-term bases
- IPO long-term bases
- IPO U-patterns
- Direct Movers
- Price must calm down before it can trend.
5) Trade IPOs like any other strong stock. Same rules. No exceptions.
- Buy clear and clean patters, not hope
- Manage with EMA8 / EMA21 as selling guide
- Sell into strength if price goes vertical
6) Respect supply at all times
Early investors will sell. Thatโs normal. Your job isnโt to predict it โ itโs to manage risk and react to price.
IPOs can be powerful.
But only if you treat them professionally.
These patterns repeat.
Iโve taught this process to thousands of traders.
I think everybody can learn these patterns.
When should you buy?
1. Buy during an oversold bearish selling climax.
2. Buy at previous support on the test of a recent low.
3. Buy on a momentum pattern breakout, with volume.
4. Buy on a pullback to an ascending key moving average support.
Don't Buy:
1. Late in a rally when a chart is overbought.
2. Stage 4 breakdowns
3. Trying to pick a bottom before any bounce occurs,