STOCK PICKS FOR THE WEEK!

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@WOLF_FinancialAug 5, 2025

The Spaces focused on stock market analysis, trading strategies, and stock picks for the week. Participants shared their perspectives on market sentiment, noting recent trends and fluctuations. The discussion included insights on major stocks, options trading, and market conditions influenced by recent earnings reports and economic data. The panelists presented their stock picks including AMD, BTBT, and leveraged stock plays, providing reasoning behind their choices. Overall, the sentiment varied from bullish to cautious, with a focus on the technical analysis of market trends.

Stock Picks and Market Sentiment Discussion

Introduction

This episode of Wolf Financial's Stock Picks features various traders and investors sharing their market sentiments and stock picks for the week. The event is structured around highlighting the most recent market outcomes and setting the stage for speculative trading.

Recent Market Performance

  • Host's Summary: The panel consistently beats the market with strategic picks. For the week, their collective investments outperformed significant market averages with returns of 2.45%, despite broader indexes like SPY and QQQ declining.
  • Podium Finishers: The top performers were Bennett Story with 7.81%, Sam with 7.5%, and Gav from Wolf Financial with 7.35%, showcasing successful trades such as Gav's profitable short on WIN.

Market Sentiment Analysis

Ben’s Insights

  • Market Dynamics: Ben shares a pattern of market behavior, noting a pullback and potential bearish trends due to candle formations and external political influences like tariff changes.
  • Strategy: While shorting indexes like IWM and QQQ during bearish trends, he took a long position on TLT due to expectations of lowering interest rates driven by bad job reports.
  • Outlook: Despite potential pullbacks, Ben remains bullish especially in sectors like AI, predicting generational buying opportunities.
  • Stock Picks: Ben focused on AMD as a stable earning bet, anticipating competition developments with Nvidia. Also highlighted BTBT for its diverse business expansion in AI and Ethereum.

Nick Trindle’s Perspective

  • Liquidity and Volatility: Recent earnings brought liquidity but resulted in sold-off gains in major companies like Microsoft and Meta.
  • Market Movements: Predicts choppy trading ahead without clear trends, emphasizing patience for quality opportunities as indices consolidate.
  • Sector Opportunities: Notes homebuilders and biotech showing resilience amid unstable job numbers.

Vegas’s Take

  • Bullish Stance: Vegas remains optimistic about the overall market, noting strong companies ahead in earnings and anticipating minor pullbacks as buying opportunities.
  • AI Focus: Insights into NVIDIA as a major AI influencer drive her confidence alongside other earnings winners like AMD.

Michael Nelles on Institutional Positioning

  • Commitment of Traders: Analyzes institutional shorts needing to cover positions as the market recovers, driving ongoing bullish opportunities.
  • Strategy: Emphasizes trading based on positioning data rather than sentiment or news.

Jordan's Technical View

  • Short-Term Bearishness: Jordan sees a potential for further corrections, anticipating index retests before significant upward moves.
  • Flexibility in Trading: Although he holds a bearish outlook, he remains agile, ready to capitalize on brief long opportunities as the market unfolds.

Stock Picks for the Week

  • Ben: Long on AMDL and BTBT, leveraging trends in tech and AI expansion.
  • Sam Solid: Long on UNHG (United Health) and SSK (Solana Trust), focusing on healthcare and cryptocurrency sectors.
  • Nick Trindle: Mixed positions, long on COUR (Corsair) due to post-earnings resilience, and short on NEGG, betting on speculative overextension.
  • Vegas: Long on MSFL (Microsoft ETF) and TSLL (Tesla ETF), relying on tech innovation and leadership dynamics.
  • Michael Nelles: Long on DAN (auto parts) and FDMT (molecular therapeutics), driven by statistical modeling in diverse industries.
  • Jordan: Short TQQQ (leveraged Nasdaq ETF) and long on SQQ (inverse leveraged Nasdaq ETF), seeking a correction phase.
  • Host: Long on TOST (Toast) and DKNG (Draft Kings), anticipating positive earnings impact.

Conclusion

Each trader brings a unique perspective, balancing statistical models, institutional positioning data, and broader macroeconomic insights to navigate market fluctuations. The episode highlighted the collaborative effort to analyze market conditions and identify strategic trading opportunities for both short-term and long-term gains.