SA 15/07/2026

Overall market trend: Bullish phase – day 61

Yesterdays market: Money entering the market – normal buying pressure

TC2000 McClellan: 7

Stocks above 40PMA: 52%

VIX: 17

52 week highs (US common stocks): 199

Seasonality: July in a midterm year tends to be choppy-to-soft rather than the seasonally strong July you’d see in other cycle years — it’s typically still inside the corrective phase, with the actual bottom more often forming in the August–October window, just ahead of the midterm elections themselves.

Indices:

$SOXX Downtrend

$QQQ: No trend

$SPY: Uptrend

$DIA: No trend

$IWM: Downtrend

$BTC: Uptrend

$SQQQ: No trend

$UVIX: Downtrend

$TLT: Downtrend

$GLD: No trend

$SLV: No trend

$SLX: Downtrend

1%+ sectors yesterday:

  • $HACK +4.58%
  • $TAN +3.78%
  • $SMH +2.51%
  • $XLK +1.29%
  • $IGV +1.00%

1%- sectors yesterday:

  • $XLV -1.93%
  • $XLP -1.38%
  • $JETS -1.19%

Main sectors monthly trailing:

  • Leading – $IBB $XLF
  • Lagging – $XLE $XLP

Sub sectors monthly trailing:

  • Leading – $HACK $JETS
  • Lagging – $TAN $TLT

Bitcoin: Under the 200sma at 65k ish

Themes:

Semiconductors
Cybersecurity
Biotech
China Tech
Small caps
Cloud Computing
Emerging Markets
Software
Memory

Top 15 + 15 thematic stocks:

AI Infrastructure Supercycle — Chips, Memory & Power

TickerCompanySector/IndustryMkt CapYTD Ret.Key CatalystAnalyst View
NVDANVIDIA CorpSemiconductors — AI GPUs$3.4T+13%Blackwell ramp; $81.6B Q1 rev; Rubin platform late-2026Strong Buy | PT ~$255
AMDAdvanced Micro DevicesSemiconductors — AI GPUs$328B+130%MI400/450 ramp; $60B Meta MI400 deal; OpenAI 5-yr MI450 contractBuy | PT ~$250
AVGOBroadcom IncSemiconductors — Networking/ASICs$1.1T+8%Custom AI ASIC wins; AI revenue doubling; 10th Gen XPUCStrong Buy | PT ~$310
MUMicron TechnologyMemory — HBM/DRAM/NAND$1T++700% (12mo)Q4 FY26 guidance $50B (~20% beat); HBM3E market leader (ex-SKH)Buy | PT ~$1,400
SKHYVSK Hynix (ADR)Memory — HBM Leader$1.3TIPO 7/10Nasdaq debut; 56.4% HBM market share; Q1 rev +198% YoYStrong Buy | PT ~$180
SNDKSanDisk CorpMemory — NAND/SSDLarge+2,200% (since IPO)AI storage demand; WDC spinoff trades at <1× future EPS at IPOBuy consensus
ASMLASML HoldingSemicon Equipment — EUV Lithography~$375B+38% est.Q2 2026 earnings this week; EUV backlog capacity constrainedBuy | PT ~$1,100
AMATApplied MaterialsSemicon Equipment~$200B+25% est.Gate-all-around demand; HBM stack depositionBuy | PT ~$260
LRCXLam ResearchSemicon Equipment — Etch/Deposition~$130B+30% est.HBM layer etch intensity; NAND recovery cycleBuy | PT ~$1,150
MRVLMarvell TechnologyNetworking/Custom Silicon~$90B+40% est.AI interconnect; custom ASIC design wins at hyperscalersBuy | PT ~$105
GEVGE VernovaAI Power Infrastructure — Gas Turbines~$130B+60%+110 GW gas turbine backlog by YE26; raised ’26 revenue to $44.5-45.5BBuy | PT ~$1,212
VRTVertiv HoldingsData Center Power/Cooling~$45B+106%Q1 rev +30% YoY; data center cooling surge; 34%+ EPS growthMod. Buy | PT ~$326
CATCaterpillar IncIndustrials — Prime Power Gensets~$491B+81%Power Gen rev +41% YoY; $2.82B Q1; largest AI data center genset supplierBuy | PT ~$1,200
TSMTaiwan SemiconductorSemiconductors — Foundry~$1T+30% est.Q2 2026 earnings this week; N2 ramp; NVDA/AMD sole-source fabBuy | PT ~$250
CCJCameco CorpUranium Mining~$22B+13%Q1 EPS beat by 38%; 230M lbs LT contracts; 49% Westinghouse stakeBuy | PT ~$132
SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETFETF — Semiconductor basketETF+70%Broad chip exposure; 0.35% ER; top-10 includes AMD/AVGO/MU/TSM/NVDA
PSIInvesco Semiconductors ETFETF — Equal-weight semisETF+104%Momentum/quality factor tilt; overweight memory/equipment vs SMH
DRAMRoundhill Memory ETFETF — Memory-focusedETFHighSK Hynix, Micron, SanDisk concentrated play on HBM cycle

What type of market are we in: Choppy

Are breakouts working: No

Are breakouts likely to work for the next 3 – 5 days: No

Are breakdowns likely to work for the next 3 – 5 days: No

Should I be trading: EP9’s & Sugarbabys with catalysts, less is more in these conditions, earnings season is getting into full swing no so will offer some opportunities.

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