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Q&A Summary
Question | Answer |
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Good morning dear IBD family. | Morning! |
SNOW!!! Huge gap up | impressive, not a heavily shorted stock either. Only 4% of the float held short. |
SNOW up big pre market. A turn around stock ? Might open above 200 day | Maybe this is the start of a turnaround. I am not a buyer here, would wait for a base to form now that it's above the 200-day |
Good morning y'all | Morning! |
ESTC - any interest ? | Still looks challenged after that brutal gap down in late August. Lots of overhead supply to conquer |
MSTR LOAR on a tear also | MSTR defiinitey crazy climactic action. I'm in IBIT and that's high-octane enough for me! |
How about ALKT | I tend to avoid stocks that swing wildly like ALKT did on 10/31, 11/4 and 11/6. Too easy to get whipped around in a position. |
Please encourage panelists to silence Slack notifications throughout the broadcast? We can hear it and I end up going to my Slack to see if it was me or IBD. Thanks. | As soon as Ed is done sharing the music, the screen share of charts will not have audio |
ALAB looking strong - Add here ? | Seems like a reasonable to opportunity to force feed a winning position. |
Good morning… could you please discuss Microstrategy (MSTR) today? With a weekly gain already at 39% and premarket at +14% definitely seems like a parabolic behavior. | Yes, definitely feels climactic. Webby yesterday said to consider selling maybe 10-15% of shares to lock in gains. A downside reversal off highs, close below prior day's low, close below the 10-day and the 21-day can all be used as incremental levels to trim back when you see climactic action |
Looks like the unreasonable expectations for NVDA have turned to mist and is drifting away! | strong stock. The selling never seemed too intense in after hours. |
Look at NET on daily and weekly RS improving up/dow - earnings line strong - Projections good | It could work here but it's a little too messy for me and not a clear leader |
Alright alright alright! Who's got the NVDA pre-market gitty factor!? :-) | Hahhahahhaha |
"...where we help you make more money in the market..." Actually, that is true. And it's not so much when you talk about individual stocks. For me, it's when you keep my feet on the ground. Good morning, Thursday team! | Nice comment. Thanks Brian. |
GM all! Thoughts on ZETA since it has now moved over the 200 days MV? | Crazy damaged. When you get terrible down days like this one has had, the odds are it needs a ton of time for repair work. It's a pass for me |
GM from Cape Cod, up early at 4 pm and the NASDAQ was down .95% and improved since then. NVDA was down 3% and then turned positive. All my stocks are gapping up except PLTR | Santa Claus rally in full effect. |
FTNT lookinmg good | Holding up well despite lots of downside volume lately. We typically don't like to see higher volume declines followed up by lower volume gains. Could be in the early stages of forming a new base. |
Good morning team - I'm in south Costa Rica but can't miss IBD Live! | Very nice. Enjoy David. |
SNOW watching for an EP | We'll see if it can form a base now that it's above the 200-day |
ALAB! | Above the century mark, let's see if it holds |
Good morning! Go NVDA!!!! | Bears trying to push it down, but still above the 21-day for now. |
Really interesting to see how high RS stocks do best. See MRVL's move this morning vs other semi's. | We love focusing on stocks that are already leading, because they likely will continue to lead as long as they hold above their rising MAs |
Good Morning, in yesterdays show Webby gave an avoid to MMYT? i was surprised by that? hopefully he is behind the scenes today, if not no worries. thank you | He doesn't like the wild spreads of the bars |
GM to all, LMND... LMND.... LMND please | Way way way too extended to buy. Congrats to those who own it. Some might consider locking in some profits here |
MSTR...INSANE! | Yes |
Do most investors remove a hedge position on the open in such a strong market, or is waiting 15-30 minutes a better strategy? | I typically like to wait for at least the first hour. Sometimes, it may be 15-30 mins if it's pretty clear the stock is holding gains |
BTC is around $97295 now | We'll see what happens if it can crack $100K… |
Can you please comment on META. Thank you | Team reviewed a bit ago — hitting some resistance at the 50-day. I would wait for it to get above that level before buying. Other stocks are stronger so I'm not in this one |
Ken, on Leaderboard NVDA put order for leaderboard shares to sell do you have to exercise it or is it once it hits your strike price of $145 it gets executed? If the later did the leaderboard shares sell? TIA | It expires Friday so we'll likely be exiting with a small loss by selling the contracts. We paid a premium of $6.80, it's now trading around $1.30. |
In PANW actionable? | Wild day so far just like for NVDA |
Also, just returned from a 10 day trip to Buenoa Aires, Argentina and noticed that Milei (president) continued to have popular support and country risk in a strong downtrend dropping to 720 today do you think that Argentine stocks are still worth looking at given that price has already risen significantly? |
We've looked at Argentine stocks in recent weeks and months — just like anything else, our preference is to go with proper buy spots vs. chasing extended moves. The exception is some of the highflying AI leaders, some of us are using aggressive entry points for those but managing risk with every trade as always |
PDD big David Tepper holding | RS of 18. It's a pass for me |
leaderboard said buy puts on nvda. would selling calls be better | Selling calls would also serve the purpose, but we like to target put options with a delta around 50, which basically means it has a 50-50 chance of finishing in the money. |
good morning. Could you look at TRAK? | Very thin. Average volume is 65k shares, and share price is $23.50. I'm looking for liquid leaders with strong earnings |
what is pushing APP up this week ?? thx | Continuing to see momentum after earnings |
Can we look at AMZN pls and thx? | Let's see if it can hold 200 and the 21-day |
Morning Rachel... what do you guys think about UNFI and GRAB? | UNFI relative strength is interesting as it eyes a breakout this week. GRAB is very extended, and it's a pass for me for now since it's a low-priced stock. |
massive massive short covering in SNOW - was the quarter that impressive? - who in god's name would be short that chart given its behavior the last few months? | Only 4% of the float is short. |
Snowing in Wisconsin | Cool! |
APP | Very extended. In my view, as someone in the stock, it's a hold for those who own it. Too extended to buy at these levels |
What should we do with Leaderboard's hedge for Nvidia? | We're going to let things settle down. Start thinking about a decision after the first hour of trading, if not sooner. |
NVDA - you know you're in a bull market when a stock with everyone on one side of the boat disappoints badly with just a 1% revenue growth guide and it still goes higher. | We'll have to see where it closes for the day |
GM IBD Live. Looking at the monthy chart for $XLE and seeing a base from 2008. $XLE made new 6 month highs yesterday. Do you think this is the start of a new secular uptrend for O&G stocks? Interesting how the strength in energy stocks is happening despite the massive underperformance from Crude Oil futures. |
Definitely seeing money flowing to the energy sector in recent weeks. |
What is your thinking re: CAVA - still on Swing Trader | I own it. DIsappointing reversal on earnings but I think it's a hold as long as it respects the 10-week line — even if it goes below that level a little to form a new base, I likely will hold due to my profit cushion |
Speaking of the weather, it snowed in Michigan overnight. Happy Birthday to me!!! Brrr… | Happy Birthday! |
MDB set to gap up big and get above the 200D. Usually moves with TWLO. Must be news. | MDB is very beaten down. RS of 18. Would focus on software stocks with RS of 80 or higher |
ALAB NH | Team discussed earlier, let's see where it closes today... |
DFS | In process of forming new base, maybe a potential downtrend entry also brewing. It's a pass for me but has been strong recently |
DDOG leapfrogged over BZ-sympathy with SNOW | Good to see it breaking out of this long base. I don't like the deceleration in earnings, but sales have remained pretty strong. |
VST | Extended but looks great for those who own it |
WFRD | Laggard with RS of 14. Would focus on the ones in uptrends or already turning and above 200-day w/ bases forming |
when/ where could JEf be actionable | If this was a top AI stock, I would be inclined to say it's presenting a VERY aggressive buy spot here. But since it's a financial name, I'm not inclined to use those sorts of entries but maybe I'm missing out! Very risky here since it's so extended so I'm not doing anything with it. |
Thoughts on IBIT and ETHA? | I own IBIT. It's very extended but I'm holding. Not in ETHA |
Good Morning Ed and team: I know IBDL getting more and more into hedging discussions and options. Great education of course, but I am sure some of audience not option trading qualified or trading in accts where option trading not available. So I recall hearing in old webinars that Bill did not ever hedge with options, he just "hedged" by selling "some" heading into EPS if he decided he needed to. I think maybe that is a good educational tidbit to share and discuss with your audience. I have shared it with my IBD meetup group on various occassions. Bottom line, there is an option for hedging without using options so to speak. lol. And we can always buy it back if we sell some and eps reaction is good. Greg Morton |
Team regularly discusses trimming back positions before earnings, using inverse ETFs, etc. Thanks, Greg! |
HEI? | Was featured as a stock of the day last week before it broke out. Still in a buy zone |
Rachel is on this energy move. Kudos. | indeed. |
RDDT gap up to NHs | Wow, it looks great. congrats to those who own it |
any thoughts on googl crashing- News? | live answered |
Calling it nuhvidia is killing me! 😂😂😂 | LOL me too actually… |
GOOGL getting hit pretty good this morning. | Sure is… |
Give it a few minutes, it will go back up | Nothing in the market is ever certain! |
ALAB, moving higher. Now over 100.00 what say you? | live answered |
what is the scott theory on getting out of NVDA - he always says he gets out too early - what about the rest of you - when / how would you get out of this stock or would you just hold with your cushions? | I am focused on the weekly chart and will be looking for support at the 10-week line and potentially holding through a base depending on how it acts — if it has a violent selloff, then that would likely spook me out. But it looks fine right now in my view. |
NVDA What about buying for thoses that don't own it? | I own it full disclosure. I would wait. Perhaps if it gets back above 150 that could be a level to nibble… |
wonder why googl is selling | Antitrust ruling |
Can we look at GEV today? | Reversal off 21-day maybe was a good aggressive entry in hindsight. Feels so extended here but it is no doubt one of the major leaders right now |
When do you sell the hedge? Market open after the event? Later in the day? | It depends on how the stock acts. I'm not sure what leaderboard is doing with NVDA |
SNOW is not pulling back this morning so far. | It hasn't been a leader so I am passing. I would like to see a base form now that it's above the 200-day |
ALAB is having a positive reaction because NVDA says it sees nothing but demand demand demand - kind of like location in real estate - NVDA may be constrained to produce but not ALAB with their switches. | live answered |
I think ALAB has a corner on the cables connecting the Blackwell chips | live answered |
I understand your focus on NVDA but give us the next big winner - need some forward thinking not just looking at NVDA"s chart. Check fundamentals and projections of other stocks. How do you miss ALAB etc | We have looked at ALAB a TON over the last few weeks/months |
SMCI | Damaged goods. Major avoid for me |
AXON on the move | On SwingTrader |
AXON broke new high | Glad LB increased it recently. We trimmed AXON ahead of earnings. |
DELL has some nice tight action on daily chart and todays action as well. Looks like a good place to get it with 21ema not far below, just about 3.5% | Looks pretty good. Earnings next week. |
SNOW had an RS of 15 Is that correct? | Yes, but that before today's big gain. It will be updated after the close and will likely be much higher. |
Hi Ken and IBD Team, how about ZETA | Still looks like damaged goods, Carlos, even after four-session rally. Fundamentals seem compelling, but the chart is messy. Lord Abbett does own shares, which is a good sign, but that was one heckuva distribution week last week. |
what do you think about EAT at this point? | Impressive run but need to wait for new entry. Almost 100% above its 200-day line. |
Ken SNOW - WOW - I didn't check but just assumed - that makes this move even more meaningful. | I agree. |
Looks like I got out of CLS too soon | you and me both Mark. Took a gain of around 20% too soon |
GM Ed, you made it through the bulk of earnings and did a good job as always. Can we look at CFLT? What do you think? Thank you, Darrell | I want to get to this soon! |
SHOP, I had to step away from my pc, has anyone mentioned shop, up off the 9ema | Justin talked about it. And added it to SwingTrader. |
OWL - Ed the base is <15% no? | You're right! |
CAVA holding up nicely | Test of the 50-day is working so far. |
In the "you snooze you lose" group ALAB. Why didn't I pull the trigger two days ago? | Because Nvidia was coming! |
Does Marketsurge have a dedicated sector to digital currency or bitcoin related business. Seems to be an area to focus on with the new administration's focus on creating a digital stable coin | We will in the future. We're reorganizing industry groups, butthat's a lengthy process. |
Ed - why do you use 50% as a buy on a stock rising out of a pullback? thx! | We want the midpoint of the handle to be above the midpoint of the base. So I was doing rough and ready math to make sure that was the case. If the handle is above the midpoint of the base, there's less overhead resistance. |
Sorry, it's my fault NVDA is down. I sold my hedge prematurely. | I did the same thing on CAVA. |
AXON and NET holding up relatively well. | Both look great, especially as the market pulls back. |
What moving averages do you guys use for the RS line? | Daily - 21 and 50, Weekly - 8 and 21, Monthly - 10 and 24 |
On The TSLA chart what do es the flag with a percentage in it mean? What are we suppossed to do? | The flag is the power from pivot flag. It tells you how much a stock ran up from a breakout if it runs up 20% or more in 2-3 weeks or less. Some may use this as a trigger for the 8-week hold rule, meaning if a stock has an explosive breakout, hold it for at least 8 weeks and give it room to work. But there are other rules that can trump the 8-week hold rule — like if you have a double-digit gain that gets erased. We don't like double-digit gains to turn into a loss. Disclosure I own TSLA |
just checking if you discussed DDOG and I missed it | Discussing now! |
TW going the wrong way, sorry if you already talked about it. | Mentioned it a few minutes ago. |
is there no concern for the insane intraday moves over the past two days? IWM and QQQ have moved at least 0.8% up and down at least 8 times over the last couple of days | Lots of volatility. Upside reversals are good, but a downside reversal not so good. We'll have to see where we close… |
MSTR - what a shock | Yes, we were saying yesterday to trim. Another sell signal is a downside reversal off highs which it is definitely on pace to do today. |
Ali - Agree on GEV, ANET also looks very strong today! | Good to see it getting back above the 50-day |
DUOL Extend but a chart that should be printed off . . . +9.11% for the week. | Super strong no doubt |
Mdb gaping up to 200 | Has an RS of 18. Focus on those with RS above 80, those will be the leaders |
APP ANY IDEA WHY THAT IS FALLING 5%? | It has gone up a ton lately, still above its 10-day MA. let's see if it holds 300. Disclosure I own it. |
NNE Gone "radioactive' this morning +23.59% | It's a wild one. 13% ATR |
Ali - Not sure if you buy many ETF's but Tom Lee has a new ETF (GRNY) that is very interesting, it almost looks like Leaderboard. | Looking at the holdings, has a lot of familiar tickers. It's not for me as of now but I can definitely see the appeal! |
xle outperforming sector at its high of day | Gaining some really nice momentum no doubt |
thoughts on LOVE? | Turning around which is great but I'm not a fan of the fundamentals |
FOUR, has that been covered? in turbulence zone… | It sure is. Not sure if we covered today but let's see if a base can form around this century mark |
ALAB (ED Evercore ISI raised its price target from $80 to $110). | Thanks! |
ET has been discovered this week. | Looks like it is phoning home with that rapid ascent |
Do you have to be in some sort of "gang" to get any kinda response from you guys? | Not at all! We have over 240 unanswered questions. I'm not even able to read all of them in a 90 minute timeframe. What's your question? |
NNE has a 10% ATR no sweat | HAHAHAH |
They sell micro and nano nuclear reactors. Reminds me of Tony Stark's Arc Reactors. | That's right !!! TY for that |
Love to see Ali replying answers actively today.Love to see her as a panaliest and take her thought sometime as well :-) | :) |
Thoughts on VRT | Very extended but looks great as a hold for those who own it |
Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on GOLD? | I think GLD looks more interesting here retaking the 50-day |
FLUT - add-on? | Perhaps! I could see someone doing that. |
SOFI | Very extended but a hold for those who own it in my view |
AVUV looking good in small caps | Yes looks great today. Small caps so volatile so a pass for me |
ALI -- How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? | I have barely started! Hopefully some good Black Friday deals online! |
good morning, thoughts on UEC? | Arnie covered CCJ. So yes uranium worth a watch |
Any thoughtds on PLTR, was a big mover | Disclosure I own it. Very extended here. Maybe it can tighten up and let 21-day catch up |
Y'know...to help combat the issue of people's questions not being responded to, there COULD be a way to use AI to help analyze unanswered questions in the Q/A window. For example, to set it up to look for commonalities. For example, if you have >10 unanswered questions with the same ticker symbol. Or maybe if you have a certain number of unanswered questions that contain similar keywords, such as ATR, or "hedge". No, this wouldn't help you directly answer more questions, but between the hosts and the dark ops team, maybe once every 15-30 minutes, somebody could dump the QA comments into an AI engine and have it do a quick analysis and look for commonalities. It's just an idea. I know you all have your hands full with hundreds (or maybe thousands?) of comments and questions every day, so I TOTALLY get your predicament. |
As of now Zoom doesn't have a way for us to export the queries until after the show is over. So it's a limitation with Zoom. But thank you for the suggestion! Maybe one day. |
Does IBD remove ststements from Q&A that you don't like? | We try to answer as many questions as we can! We have over 260 unanswered submissions and don't even have time to read all of them. We have thousands of participants and only a very small handful of us answering questions each day |
No problem, I know you're busy Ali. Thanks for your reply and enjoy the rest of your day! Take it easy ;-) | You too! Thanks for your patience. I know several folks on the team are active on X if you ever want to reach out to a team member that way. |
Ali, Great, thank you, BTW I was interetd in your cpommentyou made regharding how you move from the daily chart to the weekly as your position matures, did I get that right? If correct, at some point explain that approach with more detail. Thnaks so much. |
Yes, you did hear correctly! I'll have to talk about it. But I love the perspective that a weekly chart gives me, especially on a down day. If my stock is still holding the 10-week, then I don't need to worry about a down day. Using the 10-week line to keep me in trades and also now with larger cushions even experimenting with seeing what that second week looks like after a close below the 10-week to see if it can recover (this is something that Kathy Donnelly has talked about). |
Is the "IBD Watch List" (per Justin) the same as the IBD 50 ? | It's different! IBD 50 is a computer-generated list. The IBD Live watch list is curated by Webby |
Thanks to all of you for doing your best to answer our questions and thanks for having a great market educational show! appreciate all you guys do! | Doing our best! Thanks Kevin! |
Ready List
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AA |
ALL |
AMP |
BRKB |
BURL |
CASY |
CLX |
CMI |
CRH |
DECK |
DKNG |
FLS |
FLUT |
FRPT |
FTI |
GMED |
GS |
JPM |
MASI |
MS |
MUSA |
NVT |
PGR |
PH |
PHIN |
PIPR |
PLNT |
RBA |
REG |
RJF |
RYAN |
SHOP |
SYF |
TEAM |
V |
XPO |
Watch List
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AAOI |
ACVA |
AFRM |
AGX |
AGYS |
AHR |
AI |
ALAB |
ALK |
ALL |
AME |
AMP |
AMSC |
ANET |
APH |
APP |
AR |
AS |
ATGE |
AX |
AXON |
AZEK |
BAC |
BE |
BILL |
BJ |
BKNG |
BKR |
BL |
BLK |
BNS |
BRBR |
BRKB |
BRO |
BROS |
BSX |
BTSG |
BTU |
BURL |
BX |
C |
CAH |
CALM |
CASY |
CAVA |
CBRE |
CCJ |
CCL |
CEIX |
CF |
CFLT |
CHWY |
CLS |
CLX |
CMI |
CNK |
COF |
COHR |
COIN |
CORZ |
COST |
CPAY |
CRDO |
CRGY |
CRH |
CRK |
CRM |
CRS |
CUK |
CVCO |
CVNA |
CYBR |
DAL |
DASH |
DAVE |
DAY |
DDOG |
DE |
DECK |
DIS |
DKNG |
DOCU |
DTM |
DUOL |
EA |
EAT |
EME |
EMR |
EQT |
ERJ |
ET |
ETN |
ETR |
EVRG |
FAST |
FFIV |
FI |
FICO |
FIX |
FLEX |
FLS |
FLUT |
FOUR |
FRPT |
FTAI |
FTI |
FTNT |
GDDY |
GEO |
GEV |
GFF |
GFL |
GGAL |
GH |
GKOS |
GLBE |
GMED |
GNRC |
GPOR |
GS |
GTLB |
GVA |
GWW |
HEI |
HLNE |
HLT |
HOOD |
HQY |
HUBS |
HWM |
IBKR |
IDCC |
INOD |
INTA |
IOT |
IP |
ISRG |
JCI |
JEF |
JPM |
KD |
KKR |
KMI |
LB |
LII |
LITE |
LMND |
LNG |
LOAR |
LPLA |
LYV |
MA |
MAR |
MASI |
MDU |
MIR |
MLI |
MO |
MOD |
MRVL |
MS |
MSI |
MSTR |
MTZ |
MUSA |
NCLH |
NCNO |
NDAQ |
NET |
NFLX |
NI |
NNE |
NOW |
NRG |
NTAP |
NTRA |
NTRS |
NVDA |
NVT |
OKE |
OKLO |
ONON |
ORCL |
OWL |
PANW |
PAR |
PGR |
PH |
PHIN |
PIPR |
PLNT |
PLTR |
PODD |
POWL |
PPL |
PRIM |
PRMB |
PWR |
PYPL |
QFIN |
QTWO |
RBA |
RBRK |
RCL |
RDDT |
REG |
RELY |
RJF |
RKLB |
ROAD |
RRC |
RSI |
RVMD |
RYAN |
SAIA |
SCHW |
SE |
SEZL |
SFM |
SHOP |
SKY |
SLM |
SMR |
SNOW |
SOFI |
SPOT |
SPXC |
SQ |
STRL |
SYF |
SYK |
T |
TEAM |
TFC |
TGTX |
TLN |
TMUS |
TOL |
TOST |
TPL |
TRGP |
TRMB |
TSLA |
TT |
TTWO |
TW |
TWLO |
UAL |
UNM |
UPST |
UPWK |
V |
VERX |
VIK |
VIRT |
VRT |
VST |
WAY |
WFC |
WIX |
WMB |
WMT |
WRBY |
WSM |
WWW |
XPO |
YPF |
Z |
ZS |
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