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July 2026 · 2 mentions
Jul 7
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 7, 2026
$SOXX -4.9%. Ten sessions. $TAN -4.7%. $MTUM -3.1%. Growth crushed. $USO +2.5% leads. Oil back above $70. $XBI +2.1%. $USMV only green factor. The…↗
Jul 6
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | July 6, 2026
$SOXX +4.18%. All four thematics green. $ARKK +3.34%. $TAN +3.46%. Staples -1.87%. Healthcare -1.35%. Utilities -1.28%. Defensives sold. The rotati…↗
June 2026 · 6 mentions
Jun 19
Serenity — I think something to highlight also is not all my ideas are green, especially on short term timeframes!
My core three themes are Neoclouds (Energy), Memory, and Photonics.
And I…↗
Jun 17
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 17, 2026
$XBI +4.6%. Biotech leads on FOMC day. The rate-sensitive trade. $SOXX +3.5%. $IGV flat. Software waits for Warsh.
Leader: $XBI (Biotech) +4.6%
L…↗
Jun 17
Serenity — It's really important to add the context I added later if you're reposting this multiple times, but thanks for highlighting older ideas.
With $XLU, in hindsight, was an extremel…↗
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | May 28, 2026
$ARKK leads +3.0%. $IGV +2.5%. All factors green. Innovation back. The risk trade is on.
Leader: $ARKK (ARK Innovation) +3.0%
Laggard: $XLU (Utili…↗
May 22
Serenity — @plaza404_ I made an update awhile back that Iran War caused a major issue with $XLU in terms increasing odds of no rate cuts.
Large part of the utilities tailwind was multiple ra…↗
May 3
InvestmentGuru — These are 10 of the strongest and most liquid sector ETFs in market right now—good for long-term exposure and sector rotation:
1. Technology
$XLK – Technology Select Sector SPDR
B…↗
Serenity — Just putting out there...
Would have been +15.02% in 2W equal-weighted return.
On 30 different stocks... mostly medium-large cap.
1. $INTC +29.62%
2. $MRVL +40.95%
3. $TSM +4.7…↗
Apr 14
Mo — Weekly RRG rotation snapshot - structure > noise. ✅
🔵 CYCLICALS - early leadership, now cooling
🔥 $XLE (Energy) → still leading but momentum rolling over
✅ $XLB (Materials) → f…↗
Apr 9
Serenity — Here's a bunch of random 30 US-available random stocks I like today and why:
1. $INTC - America's hope for foundry, national security
2. $MRVL - scales rev from future maia asic…↗
Serenity — @alejandrobatiz It’s currency devaluation after crude/energy spikes messing up the trade.
The War in Iran also messed up my $XLU long since there’s no rate cuts being priced in an…↗
Mar 22
Serenity — @ofek1m War in Iran threw a knife into the original $XLU thesis since a large part of it hinged on rate cuts (which were widely expected to be ~3 for 2026).
Alongside blowing up p…↗
Mar 22
Serenity — JPM is projecting 0 rate cuts in 2026 (Mar 19th).
Derivatives show~37% 0 rate cuts.
Here's the traditional winners and losers:
1. Banks / Stablecoins: $CRCL, $JPM, $BAC, $WFC…↗
Serenity — @pepemoonboy You cooked on $AAOI, $GLD, and $XLU↗
Feb 28
Alphatica — Two strikes on Iran. Two completely different institutional playbooks.
We ran our flow scanner on every SPDR sector ETF for the 30 days before the June 2025 strikes — then compare…↗
Feb 27
Alphatica — We scanned 43,000+ institutional trades across all 11 SPDR sector ETFs over the last 30 days.
$110 billion in dark pool notional. Here's where institutions are positioning:
ACCUM…↗
Feb 27
Serenity — @annapych1 Yeah some $XLU strikes are up 80-150% in a week since I called it out.
Extremely rare to have a 3.3% movement in a week https://t.co/wmGI7Sysv1
Alphatica — ROTATION SCANNER | June 8, 2026
$SOXX +7.1%. The largest semiconductor move in this series history. Friday: -6.5%. A 13.6% swing.
Leader: $SOXX (Semiconductors) +7.1%
Laggard: $X…↗
Jun 8
Serenity — @soulbiri1 I think only $IBIT / $XLU / $META / $CRCL are red since that mention.
Maybe like 1-2 flat like $HOOD
But 25 for 30 like $NBIS green, and many by triple digits is prett…↗
— @aleabitoreddit Now I’m waiting for $XLU to get validated
Maybe will have to wait for Kevin to go brrrr
— Two weeks ago: 9 of 11 sectors were aligned bull. The broadening was underway. We said institutions were repositioning cautiously.
EVERY MAJOR SECTOR IS A HANDOFF:
$XLK: −$152M i…
Nick Colas & Jessica Rabe (DataTrek) — Energy was the only US large cap sector to show a gain (+9.5%) in March. Outperformance was otherwise limited to Utilities (-3.9%), Financials (-4.0%), and Tech (-4.2%).
$XLE $XLF…↗
— ALPHATICA — SECTOR FLOW: THE BROADENING
Four weeks of sector flow data. Here's the story in one chart.
Week 1 (post-strike): XLK at 0%. Panic. Institutions hiding in utilities an…
Alphatica — ALPHATICA — SECTOR FLOW: THE REVERSAL REVERSED
Five days ago, XLK flipped from 0% to 67% institutional buy rate. We said institutions were accumulating into the decline.
Today: X…↗
Mar 19
Serenity — Year to Date return from Jan to March:
+564.36%.
I’m speed running last year’s 600%+ returns by finding undiscovered AI bottlenecks.
And picking the winners.
- 500%+ unrealize…↗
Mar 18
Serenity — @Darkhawk720 @_stockResearch Nothing's changed with $XLU, it's boring multi-year trade. So I'm personally just sitting on my positions.↗
Mar 15
Black Panther Capital — 6/ WHERE THE REAL MONEY IS
Here's the trade. Oracle's $553B backlog is real even if the concentration risk is real too. Which means the picks and shovels upstream of Oracle are the…↗
Mar 14
Serenity — The news is pretty heartbreaking:
$META 20% layoffs
$ORCL layoffs
$AMZN 600,000 workers long term layoffs as they get replaced by robotics and AI.
This is a dystopian future.…↗
Mar 9
Serenity — @RoshiPosts Nothing’s changed about $XLU, especially 2-3 weeks in. It’s a boring 2 year trade on power grid modernization, ai inference, and rate cuts.↗
Mar 6
Serenity — @bilbooo__ Yeah $XLU is a 2 year long waiting for rate cut, grid modernization, and inference to take off.
If something is a multi-year long... Might require you to wait more tha…↗
Mar 2
Serenity — @0xfinance Photonics, Memory, Power, and Defense are probably the top 3 momentum sectors right now.
There’s others like advanced packaging or thermal but you won’t get to the sev…↗
Mar 2
Serenity — @Gubloinvestor I’m flattered lol. But I’m happy with the performance even with a relatively flat index!
A large part of it is mapping where all the spend goes.
Eg. $GOOGL $180B c…↗
Mar 1
Serenity — @btc_overflow I’d wait for a correction (if there is one) for $XLU and for IV on a strike to be around 14-16% to enter.
If it keeps going up you don’t lose anything, just miss out…↗
Mar 1
Serenity — @walteryhooper IV for $XLU was 14% since the ETF has only moved 82% since year 2000 (not account for dividends).
So a 3% movement with slight vega expansion is easily a double. ht…↗
Mar 1
Serenity — @Ngen704 My very OTM calls are up 144%+
I was just sharing closer to ITM strike as an example of the 3% increase this week for $XLU https://t.co/PhgmsJDz39↗
Mar 1
Serenity — Elon is completely right when he sounds the alarm that power/grid is vital for US dominance in AI.
My call for the once in a lifetime run for $XLU (grid/power utilities ETF) is pl…↗
Mar 1
Serenity — @jahintanvir_ Probably the likes of these:
Memory - $MU, Samsung, SK Hynix, Sandisk
Foundries, Packaging- $INTC, $TSM, $AMKR
Photonics - $LITE, $COHR, $AAOI
ASICs - $AVGO, $MRVL
Co…↗
Serenity — @Noobverest $XLU was my long of choice for energy/grid modernization, coupled with rate cuts and mass usage from inference/training.
There’s no rush to enter these trades, utiliti…↗
Feb 26
Serenity — Year to Date post $NVDA earnings:
477.27%.
Majority of the gains are the result of the research I've done the past few months:
From the $AXTI's InP chokepoint that went up few h…↗
Feb 25
TheValueist — $XLU I'm primarily fundamentally driven and thematic (with the occasional gut call) — I don't rely on charting or technicals to build conviction. But after watching price action ac…↗
Feb 25
TheValueist — This is another @aleabitoreddit banger. $XLU will continue to grind higher, and you will potentially still get IV expansion from here. I am in 1/21/28 c60 for those who are interes…↗
Feb 25
Serenity — @bennybigbull Yeah probably stay away from overpriced IV.
MMs probably just don’t want be the counterparty on $XLU OTM since you can leverage 72x notational or so, so they’re rai…↗
Feb 25
Serenity — Don’t think people realize how big this move on one of the
Slowest. Moving. Sectors.
In the world is.
2.56% in a week on $XLU.
Especially if IV is 14%.
All time return since…↗
Feb 25
Serenity — @ChenPaul Energy/Power/Grid sector will be a massive theme in 2026 onward as inference/training require GW scale DCs.
$BE is a large beneficary and likely at the center of it. I p…↗
Feb 25
Serenity — Trump's State of the Union is now ongoing.
The President is expected to announce "data center energy deals" during his speech.
This is a positive tailwind for the Power/Grid se…↗
Feb 24
TheValueist — $XLU OTM leap call IV grinding higher. https://t.co/9NrrW8S9JD↗
Feb 24
Frenchie — 🚨 La seule question qui trotte dans la tête des investisseur actuellement à Wall Street c’est :
« Quel secteur va encore se faire découper par Anthropic la semaine prochaine ? »…↗
Feb 24
Serenity — @Investmnt_Eagle I still think so! Ideal would be 14-16% IV not the elevated strikes you're looking at ~21-23% IV.
Point was $XLU was a directional long on US power/grid over the…↗
Feb 24
Serenity — Year to Date: 412.72%
Lot of it is just picking the right sector, profiting off of Jane Street algos weekly, and a bit of luck.
In terms of bottleneck longs, these are currently…↗
TheValueist — Large leap call buying out of the gate on $XLU https://t.co/IGgXCknb1I↗
Feb 23
Serenity — @halldj00 $XLU with OTM is likely to move a lot more both ways due to low IV. If it is a once in history re-rating bc of grid modernization and ai inference), could be very interes…↗
Feb 23
Serenity — @shivprakash looked at others like $UTES which was the second best as it had more IPP exposure and $AIPO (no option chain).
But lowest IV for movement was $XLU↗
Feb 22
Serenity — @Yannis_ko $XLU is more of a structural delta (directional long) play from power/grid investments and expansion.
$EWY was a call on volatility expansion from mispricing.↗
Feb 22
Serenity — The biggest United States AI bottleneck:
Power and Grid Capacity.
This has been echoed by the CEOs of every major US AI company recently.
Here's the list from $MSFT to $AMZN:…↗
Feb 22
TheValueist — $XLU 1/28/28 c60 price looks like it is moving higher faster than the underlying. The trend is your friend. https://t.co/0s6Z3I8SnZ↗
Feb 22
TheValueist — $XLU IV on OTM leap calls starting to tick up. Could be another opportunity like $EWY to get IV-driven premium appreciation from an ETF you would otherwise be happy to own.
I'm no…↗
Feb 22
Serenity — @aditya_martand You should build your own conviction, not follow others.
I'm just sharing my thought process behind my own trade on $XLU in case others find the ideas interesting…↗
Feb 22
TheValueist — If you've been connected with me on X, you know I've been involved with the merchant names $CEG $VST $TLN $NRG for quite some time. $XLU , which includes many of these merchants, a…↗
Feb 21
Frenchie — These macro hyper intéressante de @aleabitoreddit
Le $XLU c’est le symbole boursier de l'un des ETF les plus connus au monde : le Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund.
Pour faire s…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @Trylanol I don't think this is a trade that requires much urgency tbh, $XLU moves like a dinosaur. This is just one trade idea of many!
Probably could enter this like half a year…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @OkanaganBTC So just to give you an example on leverage with $XLU - you can buy contracts for 60 cent premium at higher strikes when the stock price is $43.6.
The notional exposu…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @Ren_aramb Yeah power/grid is extremely boring. Only up 200% since the 1990s so IV is priced extremely low.
I just think AI inference/training ramp alongside hyperscaler capex + r…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @cpointx few things:
1. behind the meter seems like a bandaid for the massive GW power required by AI DCs.
2. grid needing massive upgrades isn't a bear case? probably gives t…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @Alex84Crypto Up for you to decide based on risk management if you want to do the trade yourself (more ITM usually the safer it is).
Just wanted to present my own macro thesis…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @dreuccio Thanks, seeing the Elon Musk interview regarding power as a bottleneck helped build some conviction.
Here's usually directionally right about things given he's running…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @ParTheBuilder This is a riskier option for maximum returns using OTM options in an extremely low volatility ETF in $XLU for US power/grid exposure.
You won't get the same returns…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — If I had to turn $100k -> $1M in 1 year.
It would be: $XLU OTM 2 year leaps
2026 is the first time in modern history markets have:
- falling interest rates
- AI inference +…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @r0ck3t23 For people wondering the best trade for what Elon just said:
$XLU long calls for US power/grid exposure, just putting it out there.↗
Feb 21
Serenity — @jCarterinvests Thanks! Considering my sub was $1 for extra shower thoughts space, that tenfold $10 profit doesn’t sound like much lol!
I’ll publish a more quantitative reasoning…↗
Feb 21
Serenity — Year to Date: 316.4%
From January 2026 into February 2026.
Reflection of my short term trades and longs:
> Swing traded tax harvested stocks like $GLXY, $SMCI, and $IREN start o…↗
Feb 20
Serenity — @Sandeman52 Thanks! Biggest concentration in memory, photonics, and semi bottlenecks right now. Tons of random Japanese and Korean supply chain names like Nittobo and SK Hynix.
Sh…↗
Feb 19
Serenity — @SonofMaurkelind Appreciate it! Thing to note is the IV is one of the lowest out of all the index’s since this hasn’t moved since the 2000’s.
But I think this year is its time to…↗
Feb 19
Serenity — @adenois few things, $CEG, $VVST and others are independent so they have more pricing power. they're also a large % of $XLU concentration + power capacity prices are skyrocking.…↗
Feb 19
Serenity — @SnakePoops Risk is largely overstated. they still go directly to $CEG or others in $XLU to pull power directly for "off-grid". Lot of regulatory problems too.↗
Feb 19
Serenity — @valleyinvesting Thanks, I do think $XLU is a once a generation type long due of AI creating critical importance to the boring grid sector.
Don't think we've ever seen a shift…↗
Feb 19
Serenity — Trade Idea: Long OTM $XLU leaps (2 years, Dec 2027/Jan 2028).
This feels like once-a-generation long due to AI.
XLU has concentration in $VST / $CEG power companies.
Two reaso…↗