Methodology: each issue's direction is a live signal — long/short opens or holds a position, neutral means flat, and every direction change opens, flips, or closes it. Returns are direction-aware (a short gains when the price falls) and compound across positions from first observation to the latest issue. "Price move" is the stock's own raw change, shown separately. Neither represents actual portfolio performance.
Position History0/2 closed trades won · profitable since 2026-07-10
- 2026-07-07Long$984.75 → closed $853.22026-07-17-13.36%
- 2026-07-22Long$970.82 → closed $820.532026-07-29-15.48%
Brief History (14 issues)
RSI at 40.3 is not oversold and the month-to-date loss is only 28% (versus SanDisk's 49.5%), implying profit-taking has further to run atop a +178% YTD gain. ATR at 10% of spot forces uncomfortably wide stops. The prior long signal moves to neutral (flat): the HBM moat is a genuine long-term advantage, but the market is currently selling the sector indiscriminately, so single-stock fundamentals are not being priced — and the CXMT supply shock will take several quarters to confirm or refute. This is profit-taking, not a stop-out: bank a position up 178% YTD and wait for sector sentiment and the $800 level to give a structural signal before re-engaging.
A +14.2% week reclaiming the 50-day with RSI only at 52 — the move is driven by pricing and target hikes, not pure sentiment. The $880 stop gives a full ATR of cushion; losing it would mean the pricing narrative itself is breaking
Reclaiming the 50-day plus Morgan Stanley's pricing call restarts the trend; add on a held retest of $944 (SMA50), stop at $880 (~0.75 ATR below the 50-day), targeting the gap between the 20-day and prior highs
Chips that were up 243% YTD at the peak (now +188%) need a full ownership rotation, and this week's persistent drift says it isn't done. Rumor-grade HBM controls are a second leg down if real, a relief rally if not — no bets while the odds are unreadable
This long settles around -8% to -9% since the 7/2 baseline; the stop's value showed itself today — without $880 the conversation would be about -17%. Until CXMT lists and the HBM-export rumor resolves, memory is priced by sentiment, not earnings.
Losing the 50-day on volume is the trend's first crack, but fundamentals (sold out, prices rising) offer no reversal evidence — so the verdict stays delegated to $880, the line written when the position opened. Mid-trade is no time to change your answer.
Shrinking volume, 50-day support and zero fundamental change — all three marks of a pullback rather than a reversal. A break of $880 (half an ATR under the 50-day) would mean the market has started pricing a cycle top; execute the stop unconditionally there.
Holding: SKHY's smooth landing removed the week's biggest unknown, and the low-volume coil is a bullish shape. The $880 hard stop stands a fourth day; no adds before a $1,000 break.
Holding: the oversubscribed SKHY validates sector flows, and the relative-value math skews toward upward convergence. The $880 (50-day) hard stop stands a third day — debut-week volatility rewards discipline over prediction.
Holding: the shortage script is unchanged and the Anthropic deal adds certainty. The $880 (50-day) hard stop stands; if SK Hynix's debut week rattles memory names, respond with stop discipline rather than prediction.
Keep the long: the dip came from stretched expectations, not weakening fundamentals, and the upgrade thesis stands. $880 (a buffer above the 50-day) is the iron stop; the Hynix-listing rotation on 7/10 is a known variable, not a new risk.
Bank upgrades plus a repaired supply-demand story shift this from sidelines to lean bullish. Reclaiming $1,000 opens the bounce toward the $1,150 gap above the 20-day. A break of the 50-day ($862) falsifies it — exit. SK Hynix's listing may add near-term chop.
Momentum is broken and the 20-day caps at $1,043. Wait for volume dry-up plus a reclaim of the 5-day before entering; a straight slide toward the 50-day ($852) means systematic exit from the memory trade — don't catch that knife.
Momentum just broke — catching the knife is risky. Wait for $1,000 to hold (volume dry-up + reclaim the 5-day). A straight break of $900 means systematic exit from the memory trade; don't bottom-fish.