Stocks in Play - April 25th 2025

TLDR Stocks in Play: GOOG, PONY, CEP, SPHR

Welcome to today's Stocks in Play report. Below are the key stocks to watch, along with brief x-ray and analysis. Apologies for there being no Newsletter the past two days I’ve been away from the markets. Looks like I missed out too!

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1) Alphabet Inc (GOOG) (Rating: B+, Multi-Day)

Industry Group: Technology Services, Market Cap: $921b, Float: 5.2b, Short Interest: 0.75%, Days to Cover: 1.7, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Huge Beat on EPS ($2.81 vs est. $2.01), Solid Beat on Revs, Strong Operating Margins Beat. Despite the narrative Search was strong and Services/Subscriptions outperformed. CAPEX was as expected and a $70b buyback was put in place. On top of this there was commentary about their massive lead in Autonomous Taxis Waymo. The stock itself is just coming off a weekly double bottom and a daily Inverted Head & Shoulders. This is a Top Pick for me here especially for a delayed reaction.

Honorable Mention to: CEP - This is more of a future note than trade today. This is a Bitcoin SPAC backed by Cantor Fitzgerald (Lutnick), Tether & SoftBank . Worth keeping it in your trading list. It seems to have no function as a company only to accumulate Bitcoin. The ticker will change to XXI. PONY - Day 3 of a move but still had strong news today with more partnerships, this time with Tencent. This was an IPO I was watching a few months ago. It’s in the right space of AI/AV to be a good trading stock. SPHR - I can’t find news for this and seems to be low volume but up Pre Market and has very Low float (26m) with 30% Short Interest and 9 Days to Cover).

Market Awareness

We’ve had a beautiful couple of days in the market. Nice Higher low and now back to the previous lower high. $5500 will likely offer resistance on the SPX but overall I’m bullish right now. The market seems confident that it has control of Trump for now and we’re rallying off that. We’re not going to go up in a straight line but the VIX is dropping nicely and it’s time to just trade the individual names. Massive week next week for earnings and macro so that will certainly create volatility.

No need to give back gains today, looking for solid trades, nothing massive. Conservative in taking trades and prepared for some fading and profit taking early on in the day in particular. Have a great weekend everyone!

Top Pick Watchlists:

• Top Picks - November 2024

  • LONG: ALAB, HNST, SNOW, ESTC, RKLB, SMTC, URBN, PLTR, GAP, TSLA, SE, RDDT

• Top Picks - December 2024 

  • LONG: CRDO, MRVL, OKTA, FIVE, RBRK, AVGO

• Top Picks - January 2025 

  • LONG: CEG, FUBO, BLK, GE

• Top Picks - February 2025 

  • LONG: MAT, PINS, AXON

• Top Picks - April 2025

  • LONG: SDGR, NFLX, GOOG

Sources & Services I Use in my Trading:

• Finviz - Short Interest, Float, Articles, Fundamentals (Free)

• Benzinga Pro - News Source + News Squawk + Earnings Data (Paid)

• Tradingview - Charting & Scanning (Paid)

• Koyfin - Fundamental Data (Paid)

• EarningsWhispers - Earnings Calendar (Free)

• Tradersync - Trade Journal (Paid)

_{PS: There are many ways to trade stocks in play. It does not have to be the one that keeps going straight up and sometimes it doesn’t even have to be day one of the catalyst. Everyone must find a setup, timeframe and method that works for them. This list is supposed to educate on the criteria I use and the methods in which I find Stocks in Play. Yours may differ and that is completely okay.}