Stocks in Play - January 27th 2025

TLDR Stocks in Play: ETFs or Sit on Hands

Welcome to today's Stocks in Play report. Below are the key stocks to watch, along with brief x-ray and analysis.

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1) Leveraged ETFS

When the VIX is up 50% Pre Market you want to look at Leveraged ETFs. Everything is going to trade in correlation. The QQQ at -5% is rare. This is going to be the biggest coverage all day. Nobody is going to care about some nice nuanced SIP that works on a normal day. FNGU, TQQQ, SPXL, SOXL etc. Big name individual stocks can work too but the ETFs are easier when everything is correlated. If the VIX makes new highs I would Sit on Hands.

Market Awareness

Massive move this morning. At one point the Market (NQ) was down 5%. This is rare. VIX Popped almost 50%. Apparently this is due to the Deep Seek news which seemed to explode into the narrative at the weekend despite this news being available for weeks with several threads and reports on it. I also think the Tariff threats are a big Narrative that people need to be aware of going forward.

Regardless, everything will trade in Correlation today. Do not over complicate it. Either sit it out or else Trade big names that are massively oversold all of a sudden or even better trade Leveraged ETFs like TQQQ, FNGU etc.

Beware the VIX. We want to see that collapse from here. If it makes new highs today (Above $22.50) I would expect the market to make a new low. We have big levels around $20,700 if we flush again in market hours. Caution and no revenge trading if taking losses.

After Hours I’m Watching: NUE (Earnings)

Tomorrow Morning I’m Watching: BA, JBLU, RCL, LMT, RTX (Earnings)

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

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.}