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SOXL closed around $173 yesterday, up ~11.6% on the day, and is up roughly 864% over the past year. The 52-week range has been $15.10–$191.29 , so you’re sitting near the upper end of that range.

Bullish case from here:

Both short and long term moving averages are giving buy signals, with the short-term MA above the long term MA a positive setup. Support levels sit around $169 and $118.

The semiconductor macro tailwind is strong global chip sales could approach $1 trillion in 2026, driven by generative AI chips nearing $500B in revenue and massive data center buildouts.

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BTC Partial SOXL 9/18 $100 Put

Today SOXL surged 12% — closing the profitable portion of the SOXL $100 sell put leg.
This corresponds to closing the $120 put leg that was part of the original short put butterfly:
BTO SOXL 9/18 $120/100/85 Put Butterfly

Today my core holding AMD surged over 7%.
Evercore ISI raised its price target on AMD to $579 from $358.
Reason: reportedly a massive surge in CPU demand. Another CPU stock, INTC, also jumped 6% today.
Reportedly Intel used a new memory design for its GPU to work around the HBM shortage:
Leaked Intel Crescent Island PCB with Xe3P GPU, 160GB LPDDR5X and 16-pin power

At market open, there was a very aggressive large options order on Intel:
BUY CALL INTC $195C 07/17/26 — $2.2M @ $2.31 (+68.4% OTM) 05/20 09:50 ET

I have a position in Intel but it’s not large.

After hours tonight, Nvidia reports earnings — a major catalyst that will significantly influence the broader market direction.

Perhaps a prelude of the earnings to come.

There was a really Good Gaia Fanfiction made in 2022 I think in response to Probably no new Gaia show. It’s really good but it’s in Chinese like 945 chapters. It’s a girl who died in Ace show gets Gaia power. I read most of the chapters it can pass as new gen Gaia.

These two sites have all the chapters

You can just install the app and translate it with AI I guess.

https://m.qidian.com/book/1034122454/?source=pc_jump

https://m.iweb.qq.com/detail/1044122454

Title
盖亚之光从艾斯开始。
Light of Gaia starting from Ace

It cover entire era from Ace to 80 with a slight detour where she travels to Nexsus and then she Ends the story In the original Gaia world

Looks like this website doesn’t require any app installation but only has 600 chapters https://m.wfxs.tw/xiaoshuo/1066476/

This fan fiction probably has the most broken version of Gaia to date capable of rivaling Noah and King.
The reason being she is not the gaia of one earth she is the gaia of every earth in the ultraman multiverse connected as one.
But it takes a while to get there. It’s clearly referencing Gaia as mother Earth theme.

Overall a very enjoyable read.

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The 30‑year Treasury yield just spiked to 5.19%.
That’s the highest level since before 2008.

Semiconductors are basically the poster child for “long‑duration assets.”
Their valuations depend on earnings far into the future.

When the 30‑year spikes:
Future earnings get discounted harder
AI‑capex becomes more expensive
Risk appetite shrinks
Half of the S&P 500’s gains this year came from four stocks.

Higher yields draw capital away from equities into bonds, and analysts warn this reprices growth stocks. The long-duration asset / valuation compression argument is sound.

BMO’s head of U.S. rates said if 30-year yields push through 5.25%, there will be a “more durable pullback” in equity valuations

Markets are now pricing a 55% probability of a Fed rate hike by year-end.
• Speculators have built their largest net short position in Nasdaq 100 futures since 2023.
• S&P 500 gamma exposure is at extreme levels, risking a massive unwind if support breaks.

Is this a sign of a comeback?
Or tomorrow’s earnings Influencing things?

What techniques does everyone use

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Found this analysis from a trader I follow and thought it was worth sharing with this community. Translating and paraphrasing his commentary:

SOXL continued selling off today, dropping more than 10%. He took partial profits on his bearish position but did not try to bottom-fish.
His macro framework right now is what he calls the “Three Highs”:

1. High Interest Rates — The 30-year Treasury yield is at 5.1%, close to a 20-year high.
2. High Inflation (PPI) — Running around 6%, and he doesn’t think this story is over.
3. High Oil Prices — Crude above $100/barrel.
   He also flagged that last Friday the MOVE Index (the bond market’s VIX) jumped 14%, which triggered a risk alert in the quantitative system he runs.
   His current stance: Still holding a high cash allocation. He’s treating this as a choppy, range-bound market rather than a clean trend. He noted that some institutional players he tracks have not exited yet, which is keeping him cautious about chasing the move in either direction.
   He’s willing to take assignment on SOXL at lower levels if it gets there, but he’s not aggressively adding to positions.

My guess is our new bottom resistance must be around 140x

What the lowest you all think it could go this month?

110?

Or perhaps it could reclaim its glory and go higher?

Is it better to sell at a loss or wait for possible rebound and then sell?

Do we have a bottom or resistance threshold at 140?

Fusions, Legendary ultra like Noah and King are not allowed.

This is personal peference for you favorites bias allowed.

My top 3 Shining Tiga, EOS Leo, Zett, Cosmos

Is he Sevens Brother? Is he stronger?

Also who is Ultra seven 21?

I struggle so much finishing SOL.
But now in UL and I just beat the third awakened fenir. I feel like I’m blazing through everything.
Is it the increase level cap to 40 and 50?

Is it all the advent cats I have now?

Which campaign will allow me to recruit the most NPC. And then let them all die through out the war until only Byleth is left?

SOXL dipped today but my put is still way out of the money and expires in July. I’m debating whether to roll it to a later expiration with a lower strike (since those are cheaper) or just hold and accept the risk.

A friend and I both thought SOXL was overextended earlier this year, bought puts, and got caught in the rally. Now we’re both down.

For people who’ve traded leveraged ETFs longer than I have:
Is rolling to September generally a reasonable move in this situation, or is it usually better to avoid adding more premium to a losing trade?

I’d prefer not to share my exact strike — is that normal on this sub?

I just Got mushroom cats egg. But the stages from all three locations are getting so hard now that I’m wondering if I should change strategies. Do I have to farm the latest newest nodes to progress or can I go back and do easier ones and still unlock more eggs.

Should I progress in UL first and beat Doug?

Since they are mostly surge immune.
Wild doge, the gorillas, and other behemoth are nightmarish to deal with.