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Stop guessing and stop trading the news.

If you want an edge in this market, you have to track where institutions are quietly moving their capital. Here is a full breakdown of how I use @prospero_ai Net Options Sentiment (NOS) to follow the money. 👇

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Well the point of the post wasn't returns. It was that now AMD will become the face of AI and that is just not true. The reason NVDA is what it is is because they chose to focus on GPU well before it was ever of much use realizing the future. Of course at some point anything is possible, but not soon.

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@theFrenzied @LeifInvests I don't care either way, but that is because the demand is so great and NVDA is constantly out of supply. Look at what the best models run and what the best companies want.

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@someone2264 @LeifInvests How much is AMD market cap compared to NVDA? Not even close. (Well, closer now I guess, but not catching them soon)

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@Ezraiu0f @LeifInvests Didn't know AMD had fanboys. You love SoFI also? Or is it NBIS probably?

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@1of1738963 @LeifInvests He said the face of AI. Not about valuation. You're making a totally different argument. Sure, in the near term AMD probably outperforms obviously.

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@pequityresearch @HiCagr Apple is doing just fine without Steve Jobs

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@LeifInvests How? Is their product better? That's all anyone really cares about when it comes to making decisions on that level. A short term boost in share price doesn't make them a magically better company anytime soon.

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Everyone's Writing NVDA's Obituary. Remember Apple? 🍎

The Jensen headlines are ugly. FBI probe, board review, shareholder lawsuit, and $NVDA is about 26% off its record high.

Now think back to 2011. Apple lost Steve Jobs, arguably more important to Apple than any one CEO is to Nvidia today. Everyone said the magic was gone.

Today $AAPL is the most valuable company in the world at about $5.1T.

Companies that build what the world runs on don't fold because of one person. Nvidia's chips are the backbone of AI. Every hyperscaler, every AI lab, every data center buildout runs on them, and that demand doesn't care about a scandal.

The headlines are short-term noise. Over the long run, NVDA will be just fine. Next real test: earnings on 11/17.

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Market/Macro Update
Following a sharp pullback across growth sectors, technology and broad equity benchmarks are catching a solid bid today. The rally is primarily underpinned by strong forward demand and robust earnings results from AI infrastructure providers, which helped ease recent jitters over tech capital expenditure timelines and valuation pressure.

Key Drivers Driving Today’s Session

AI Infrastructure & Semi Resurgence: Renewed buying in cloud, semiconductor, and data center supply-chain hardware is lifting major growth funds. The rebound signals that enterprise appetite for artificial intelligence infrastructure remains a primary engine driving upside action.

Relief Across Capitalization: While mega-cap tech is providing the main horsepower, small- and mid-cap growth sleeves are joining the party, reflecting a broader appetite for beta across the board.

Macro Breather: With no immediate policy shocks on the docket today, easing volatility allows risk assets room to bounce back from oversold conditions.

The Tactical Outlook

Today’s price action shows clear structural resilience in high-beta growth themes. However, until broad market breadth stabilizes and confirming signals build across sector participation, maintaining disciplined positioning and respecting key support levels remains top priority.

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@101sfinance Lots of ifs for a big bet like that to have any confidence. Smci was less important and didn't even take that kind of hit with the C suite involved in the smuggling.

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Well what his point is is exactly why that matters. Of course you could have made a ton of money, but he's saying be careful and this is a ticker that could take a while to come back and gave some previous evidence as to what happened last time. That's all. You're right about the other stocks also, that doesn't change anything for $sive.

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@Million_Sancet It's not non sense. Did you buy at the bottom? How many people did? Guaranteed more people are under water than not.

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@worstgeneD Then there is your answer, if the interest isn't a lot then no reason to rush to pay.

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Hot CPI. NVDA Drama. Big Money Still Hedged.

October CPI came in hot:
• Headline +0.4% (0.3% expected)
• Core +0.3% (0.2% expected)
• Markets now price ~99% odds of a December rate hike

$NVDA is down 6% today after a 4% drop Monday, as the fallout from the alleged spy affair keeps building with an FBI probe, a board review, and a shareholder lawsuit. Money isn't leaving chips, though: $AMD and $AVGO are both up about 4%.

Our net options sentiment hasn't bought the recent upswing at all:
• $SPY: 1
• $QQQ: 7

Under 30 is bearish on our model. Institutions stayed hedged through the bounce, and today shows why.

Thesis: Until NOS confirms, rallies are for selling, not chasing. NVDA earnings on 11/17 are the next big test.

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@worstgeneD We were due for a relief bounce, but I don't think we're back into an uptrend yet and most data and technical experts seem to agree. Best to play it cautious still.

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Market/Macro Update
Coming off Wall Street’s sharpest weekly pullback in 19 months, today’s broad-market bounce is primarily anchored by a sudden sharp relief in crude oil prices. Crude dropped over 4% today—settling around $87–$88 WTI—following weekend comments signaling no immediate escalation in Middle East geopolitical tensions.

The plunge in energy costs immediately cooled headline inflation anxieties heading into tomorrow’s October CPI print. Lower energy prices, paired with easing Treasury yields, provided much-needed oxygen for rate-sensitive assets, enabling a strong 1-Day relief rally across broad indexes (S&P 500 up ~2.3% and Russell 2000 jumping near +3.1%).

Can the Bullish Momentum Continue?

While today’s price action is a welcome breath of fresh air, the structural tape tells a more nuanced, cautious story:

Short Squeeze vs. Institutional Accumulation: Today’s rally is largely a classic oversold bounce after last Thursday’s severe hedge fund liquidation. Retail traders remain unusually sidelined rather than aggressively buying the dip, indicating institutional capital hasn’t fully green-lit a sustained V-shaped recovery yet.

Options Sentiment Divergence: As highlighted in our Net Options Sentiment breakdown, tech sector underlying data remains noticeably cold (SMH at 6, XLK at 16) despite today’s sharp percentage gains in growth funds (VBK +4.08%, VOT +4.26%). Until option positioning confirms real institutional buying rather than just short covering, tech remains prone to sudden volatility spikes.

Idiosyncratic Drag: Micro-headline noise (such as internal governance inquiries weighing on NVDA today) underscores how concentrated market breath can be when mega-caps diverge from the rest of the tape.

The Tactical Verdict:

Expect short-term choppy momentum rather than an immediate straight-line run to new highs. We need to see continuation in Net Options Sentiment—specifically QQQ/XLK moving out of single/low-double digits—alongside a benign CPI reading tomorrow to confirm that volatility is truly contracting and this bull momentum is here to stay.

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@TaraBull Typical 49ers game for years now. Especially against the Raiders.