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Hi Tigers,

🔥 Super Earnings Week delivered big numbers but bigger volatility!

While Microsoft & Meta are pouring billions into AI (scaring some, delighting others), the "Safe Haven" trade collapsed as liquidity dried up—sending Silver ($SLV) down nearly 19%! 😱

Tiger Community buzz: Investors are debating:

🤖 AI ROI: Is the massive CapEx spending sustainable?

📉 Valuation Reset: Is PLTR finally a buy after the 27% drop?

🏥 Falling Knives: UNH margins got crushed—time to catch or run?

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📈 This Week's Top 10 US Picks from @Tiger_Contra's column 👇 Breaking down the fundamentals, earnings shocks, and technical levels you need to know.

So Tigers 🐯,

Weekly: Metals Dip, Crude Surges, January Holds Gains, Tech-Healthcare Super Week in Focus

👉 Do you rebalance toward AI leaders despite valuation resets, add gold after the pullback, or rotate into defensives with cleaner margins? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments🎁

Next, we’ll break it all down in detail.

💻$Microsoft(MSFT)$ | The "Big Spender" of AI

• 🧩 Fundamental: Cloud demand is robust, but Wall Street is nervous about the massive +65% jump in AI capital expenditure diluting short-term margins.

• 💰 Financial: Q2 Revenue hit $81.3B (+17% YoY) with Azure growing 39%, though it missed the highest "whisper" expectations.

• 📈 Technical: The stock is deeply oversold (RSI ~23) and is currently testing critical support at the $423 level.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Bull Put Spread — Sell puts near $415 to capitalize on the likely technical bounce from oversold levels.

🚀$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ | The "Unstoppable Engine"

• 🧩 Fundamental: AI demand remains the primary market engine as data center growth continues to significantly outpace broad tech spending.

• 💰 Financial: Delivered record revenue of $57.0B, with Data Center sales soaring 66% YoY, maintaining strong profitability.

• 📈 Technical: Upward momentum is cooling slightly, with price action likely consolidating between $181 and $188 before the next move.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Iron Condor — Profit from the range-bound consolidation between $180 and $195 while volatility contracts.

📱$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ | The "Efficiency Beast"

• 🧩 Fundamental: The core advertising business recovery is strong enough to effectively fund their aggressive AI infrastructure build-out without hurting sentiment.

• 💰 Financial: Q4 Revenue jumped 24% to $59.9B, beating estimates with a healthy 41% operating margin.

• 📈 Technical: A strong uptrend remains intact with healthy momentum (RSI 64); bulls are eyeing a breakout above $750.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Bull Call Spread — Target the $750 upside breakout with defined risk exposure.

🤖$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ | The "Sentiment Victim"

• 🧩 Fundamental: Government contract demand remains huge, but the stock suffered a sharp valuation reset from its stretched 105x P/E ratio.

• 💰 Financial: Revenue grew 70% YoY to $1.41B, yet the high valuation multiple triggered a "sell the news" reaction.

• 📈 Technical: Extremely oversold conditions (RSI 15.8) suggest the 13% weekly drop is overextended and due for a bounce near $146.5.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Cash Secured Put — Sell puts at $140 to collect premium or prepare to buy the dip at a deep discount.

🍎$Apple(AAPL)$ | The "Steady Ship"

• 🧩 Fundamental: The sticky ecosystem and a massive +38% sales rebound in China successfully offset softer hardware numbers elsewhere.

• 💰 Financial: Revenue reached $143.8B (+16% YoY), driven by strong services growth and the iPhone 17 cycle.

• 📈 Technical: A bullish breakout is confirmed with strong momentum, though an RSI of 80 suggests it's getting slightly overheated.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Bull Call Spread — Leverage the breakout momentum targeting $288 while capping capital cost.

⚡$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ | The "Profit Squeeze"

• 🧩 Fundamental: Structural headwinds persist as aggressive price cuts to fight competition are severely eroding profit margins.

• 💰 Financial: Net income plummeted 61% YoY despite a revenue beat, with gross margins compressed to just 20.1%.

• 📈 Technical: Momentum is weak with negative MACD; failure to hold the $419 support risks a further drop to $414.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Bear Call Spread — Position for continued resistance near $435 by selling calls.

📈$Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO)$ | The "Tech-Led" Market Proxy

• 🧩 Fundamental: With a ~35% weighting in technology, the index remains highly sensitive to the momentum of mega-cap leaders like Nvidia and Microsoft.

• 💰 Financial: Strong volume of 9.49M shares confirms institutional conviction behind the recent push near all-time highs.

• 📈 Technical: Bullish MACD expansion remains intact; a breakout above $641 targets new highs at $650.

• 🛡️ Strategy: Buy the Dip — A pullback to $625 would likely be viewed as a strong buying opportunity.

🪙 $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ | The "Fragile Hedge"

• 🧩 Fundamental: Despite its safe-haven role, Gold faced a sharp sell-off as a volatility spike forced funds to sell assets to raise liquidity.

• 💰 Market Action: Dropped 2.85% for the week as profit-taking accelerated across the precious metals complex.

• 📈 Technical: MACD has turned bearish; holding the $423 support level is critical to preventing a deeper slide to $415.

• 🛡️ Strategy: Wait & See — Await a recovery above $435 to confirm the correction has stabilized.

📉 $iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$ | The "High Beta" Victim

• 🧩 Fundamental: Silver's dual role (industrial + investment) makes it act like a risky asset during volatility shocks, amplifying downside moves.

• 💰 Market Action: Crashed 18.8% in a single week, erasing weeks of gains due to aggressive positioning unwinds.

• 📈 Technical: Technical damage is severe after the deep pullback; the chart highlights extreme vulnerability to risk sentiment.

• 🛡️ Strategy: Avoid / Sideline — High volatility makes this a "falling knife" until panic selling subsides.

$UnitedHealth(UNH)$ | The "Cost Casualty"

• 🧩 Fundamental: Elevated medical utilization rates are squeezing insurance margins harder than the market anticipated.

• 💰 Financial: Revenue rose 12% to $447.6B, but the Medical Care Ratio (MCR) spiked to 88.9%, crushing profitability.

• 📈 Technical: The stock is in freefall (RSI 24.2) and needs to reclaim $295 just to stabilize the chart.

• 🛡️ Options Play: Bear Put Spread — Bet on continued weakness or range-bound action below overhead resistance.

🎁 Join the Discussion!

1️⃣ Are you buying the dip on PLTR, or is it still too expensive?

2️⃣ Did you get caught in the Silver crash? 📉

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