US30 (Rally Movement...)Nvidia Reports on the Horizon, Wall Street Gains Pre-Bell; Asian and European Markets Up
Wall Street futures indicated a slight rise pre-bell Monday as traders processed the final stages of the earnings season.
Nvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) is scheduled to announce its earnings after the market closes on Wednesday. This week will also see financial results from Lowe's ( NYSE:LOW ), PDD ( NASDAQ:PDD ), and Intuit ( NASDAQ:INTU ).
On Wednesday afternoon, the US Federal Reserve will publish minutes from its most recent policy meeting.
Wix.com ( NASDAQ:WIX ) shares increased by 7.8% pre-bell following the company’s report of higher Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue.
In futures trading, the S&P 500 increased by 0.1%, the Nasdaq rose by 0.2%, and the Dow Jones remained steady.
Overnight, Asian markets mostly traded higher, while European stocks turned positive by midday.
Technically :
The Dow Jones has reached a new all-time high.
Stability above 40005 suggests the bullish trend will continue towards 40130 and 40420. Conversely, if the price stabilizes below 40005, it is likely to drop to 39790.
Pivot line: 40005
Resistance Prices: 40130, 40420, 40730
Support Prices: 39820, 39540, 39360
The movement range will be between support 39790 and Resistance 40420
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Using S5TH (spx stocks above 200dma) as an oscillator timing cycPretty cool feature. You can use the 9month moving average in S5TH (spx stocks above the 200dma) to time the market cycle. Figure out the upward momentum (with help of game theory and TNX cycle). In practice and theory peoples options should be predictable because everyone act in their self-interest, seeking safety (hypothetical riskfree) and potential.
I use this as an oschilator (like RSI).. above 50% reading is bull market (because more than 50% stocks above it's 200dma).
This thing points to bull market to at least like 2025 summer. Worth noting that business cycle and TNX patterns are key here.
🍌🍌 SUPERMICRO — AI INFRASTRUCTURE STOCKS GO BANANA Supermicro is an American company, a major manufacturer of motherboards, cases, power supplies, cooling systems, SAS controllers, Ethernet and InfiniBand. The company specializes in the production of x86-server platforms and various components for servers, workstations and data storage systems. The headquarters is located in San Jose, USA. Founded in 1993.
Supermicro, Inc., a provider of end-to-end IT solutions for cloud computing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, storage, and 5G/Edge communications, continues to expand its data center portfolio with NVIDIA end-to-end rack cabinet solutions HGX H100 equipped with liquid cooling systems.
Supermicro's advanced liquid cooling technologies help reduce time-to-commissioning, improve performance levels, and reduce data center operating costs while dramatically reducing energy efficiency.
It is estimated that when using Supermicro liquid cooling systems (compared to air-cooled data centers), data centers save up to 40% in terms of power costs. In addition, direct cooling costs can be reduced by up to 86% compared to existing data centers.
"Supermicro continues to lead the industry by meeting the ever-growing needs for AI systems and modern data centers around the world," said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro.
AI-optimized racks powered by Supermicro's latest product lines, including server product lines from AMD, can be quickly created from standard engineering templates and easily customized to meet unique user requirements.
The ultra-modern GPU liquid cooling server includes dual processors from NASDAQ:INTC or NASDAQ:AMD and four or eight interconnected NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) HGX H100 Tensor Core GPUs.
The use of liquid cooling systems can reduce the energy consumption of data centers by up to 40%, which in turn leads to lower operating costs.
In addition, both systems significantly outperform previous generation NVIDIA HGX GPU-powered solutions, delivering up to 30x performance gains and improved efficiency of today's Transformers with faster connections between GPUs and networks and storage built with PCIe 5.0 standard.
The technical picture illustrates the possibility of continued explosive growth in Supermicro shares, which are up more than 160 percent since the beginning of the year.
A Traders’ Week Ahead Playbook • Key event risks for the week ahead.
• Nvidia’s Q125 earnings, a key driver of equity markets this week.
• Fed speakers could move markets – Powell, Waller, and Jefferson in the spotlight.
• US equity markets at all-time highs – fatigued, but well-supported.
• Copper, gold, platinum, and silver are all on fire.
The key event risks for traders this week
We look ahead and eye the key event risk, where I would be paying particular attention to earnings from Nvidia, and speeches from Fed members Waller (he speaks 3 times this week), Jefferson and Chair Powell. We get UK, and Canadian CPI, and will keep a beady eye on the narrative out from the RBNZ meeting, which will keep rates hold but guide on the future direction of rates. We also get manufacturing and services PMIs in the US, UK, Australia, and Europe.
UK CPI (due Wed at 16:00 AEST) could get the GBP moving – in either direction – with UK swaps market pricing a near 60% probability of a 25bp cut in the 20 June BoE meeting, and 55bp of cuts by December, and with core CPI expected to fall to 3.6% y/y (from 4.2%) and headline CPI eyed at 2.1% y/y, a lower-than-forecast CPI print could cement a June cut in the market eyes. For those wanting to trade GBP downside, short GBPNZD was the play last week, although, with the RBNZ meeting due on Wednesday, an extension of this trade has risk.
Nvidia should beat but by how much?
Q125 earnings from Nvidia could get the AI-related semis and the NAS100 firing up (or lower), and even set off moves across other markets too. When the options market prices an 8.6% move on the day of earnings, if this implied move proves to be correct, that’s a staggering $195b in market cap gained or lost in a likely 60-minute window. It would also equate to a -/+0.5% move in S&P500 futures in the after-hours session.
We know Nvidia will likely beat the sell-side (investment banks) consensus estimates for revenue, EPS, and gross margins - they always do - but it’s the extent of the beat that matters. Q125 sales are eyed at $24.61b, with Q225 sales guidance expected to come in around $26.72b – one suspects they’ll need to hit us with sales of GETTEX:26B + for Q125 sales and GETTEX:29B for Q225 sales respectively, with CEO Jensen Huang with inspiring guidance to get this pumping like we saw in February.
Fed speakers to watch out for
The message last week from the Fed was one of patience and this message is likely what we’ll hear from Fed speakers this week as well. Chair Powell, Fed board member Waller and Vice-chair Jefferson will be the central focus here, and their views on inflation and policy could move markets, although broadly, markets feel comfortable with the current pricing of 43bp of cuts priced by December, and we see US 2yr Treasuries holding a range of 4.89% to 4.70%.
Last week’s US CPI was encouraging and while this week’s US PMI data could move the dial, notably, if the services print were to surprise and pull below 50 (consensus is at 51.4) it could lift volatility and promote USD sellers. That said, it feels like the market is looking forward to the nonfarm payrolls print on 7 June as the next big piece of the macro jigsaw.
US data has been missing the mark on a consistent basis since mid-April and that has led some to say the US economy is moving towards a ‘soft landing’ environment and away from a ‘no landing’ dynamic. Add in solid earnings beats and growth, a renewed belief in the ‘Fed put’ and a world with a huge appetite to sell volatility (the VIX now sits at a lowly 11.99%) - and we have the S&P500, Dow and NAS100 at all-time highs.
This is a tough market for those in short positions for more than an intraday day trade, and those positioned for downside would be hoping that Nvidia disappoints in a big way. Nvidia are not a company I would typically bet against, so even though the various US indices look tired, the platform is set for further highs and pullbacks should be shallow.
This is true of the HK50/CHINAH indices too, which have had another incredible week of gains. Data in China is lacking this week, so we are fully at the mercy of liquidity and flows. 20k is the near-term target for the HK50 index, but I would consider switching some of HK50 exposure towards the mainland equity markets and the CN50 index, which has broken out and outperformed HK equity on Friday.
We’ll see if some of the goodwill towards China can spill over into the ASX200, which saw supply above 7850 last week – should the ASX200 kick through 7860 early I would be looking for a re-test of Thursday’s highs (7900) and even new all-time highs above 7910.
Copper on fire
The action continues to be in the metals complex – the space is red hot. Copper closed 4.1% higher on Friday, taking the gains for the week to 8.3%, and for the trend-followers and momentum traders, the daily chart is a thing of beauty. Many know the story on reduced copper supply, and those highly focused on the copper scene would be aware of the massive short covering seen in CME futures positioning since mid-February (-42k contracts to stand at +72k) and the widening premium of CME copper to LME copper to $1041 - but the move in copper is momentum 101 and discretionary and systematic players have had to chase.
For FX traders, this move in copper remains a huge tailwind for the CLP (Chilean peso), where USDCLP has fallen 9.4% since mid-April.
Market players chasing silver, platinum and gold
The chase higher from various market players is also true in silver, which had its best week since August 2020, helped by a monster move of 6.5% on Friday, which took price through to the best levels since Feb 2013. Platinum has participated with an 8.8% weekly gain, while gold closed at a new closing high, and eyes the all-time intraday high of $2431.52 – a weekly close above here this week and the FOMO chase could be real.
The question of exactly what is driving the gold move above $2400 is one we hear frequently. The fact we saw US real rates (i.e. US bonds adjusted for expected inflation) rise 3bp higher on Friday – typically a headwind for gold - yet gold rallied 1.6% details that there are other factors than rates driving gold flows – these include a broad base rally in metals, central bank buying, increasing Chinese gold holdings (relative to its international reserves), a hedge against ballooning government deficits; it’s all there and it seems we always have to pick a reasoning behind a move after the fact.
I have little idea how anyone trades gold short-term from a purely fundamental standpoint. My view is to be a slave to price action, react, align with the short-term trend, and cut quickly when the move goes against you.
Anyhow, another big week of market themes and risk to have on the radar.
Good luck to all.
Nvidia to Report Q1 Earnings; Revenue Forecast at $24.65 BlnNvidia ( NASDAQ:NVDA ), the global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) hardware and software, is set to release its Q1 FY2025 earnings report on May 22, 2024. Analysts predict a significant revenue growth of $24.65 billion, driven by strong demand for AI-related products and services. Nvidia's net income is expected to increase to $12.87 billion from $2.04 billion a year ago, and earnings per share (EPS) are forecasted to rise to $5.17 from $0.82 in the previous year. This impressive financial outlook reflects Nvidia's robust market position and its ability to capitalize on the growing AI sector.
Nvidia's data center segment has been a key driver of its recent success, reaching a record high of $18.4 billion in Q4 FY2024. For Q1 FY2025, sales in this segment are projected to hit $21 billion, highlighting the expanding demand for AI-capable chips and infrastructure. The data center segment's performance will be closely monitored by investors and analysts, and its results are likely to have a considerable impact on the company's stock price.
Updates on the highly anticipated Blackwell platform, Nvidia's next-generation AI computing architecture, are also expected during the earnings call, providing further insights into Nvidia's future growth prospects and technological advancements. Analysts project Nvidia's revenue to be $24.65 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, up from the previous quarter and more than tripling from the year-ago period.
Nvidia's data center segment has grown rapidly amid increased demand for its advanced computing chips capable of running AI workloads. Data center revenue reached a record-high $18.4 billion in the fourth quarter, beating the record it had set the prior quarter and more than five times what it was a year earlier. The data center segment could reach a fresh record of $21.17 billion in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha.
Nvidia Retracement Outside of the Standard Target BoxNvidia has moved higher outside of the standard retracements expected.
Due to the overlap we could be either dealing with a double zig zag for minor B which is common, or this is a series of nested 1-2's in the purple count. If this develops into the purple count, this will sub-divide towards the $1,100 region. As of this morning I am expecting in the minimum a micro iv and v to complete Minor B.
That also puts price in a position to potentially challenge the previous ATH and remain a corrective retrace...that will result in price revisiting the $760 area minimum in a flat for an extended ALT wave 4 in purple.
Best to all,
Chris
AMD Continuation Wedge Bull FlagAmd continuation wedge momentum and bull flag can see NASDAQ:AMD Hit the 162/165 level in the short term this week and 180/190 level in the next few weeks. Add in NASDAQ:NVDA earnings and we could see a good pop . These are just technicals anything can invalidate them like fed actions or fed speak, tariffs, literally anything can invalidate them.
Tessy for the Win ($TSLA)Need above 176 to confirm move up. Looks to potentially be in a 5 wave move up.
If we reject 176 to 180 expect lower to come
if not this is upside just about
Looks to be in five wave like apple
Sub waves so within next few weeks to week
If not though probably lower than last low coming for sure. We need to break trend
Update as we go
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Nvidia Q1 25 earnings preview – will the Kraken awake?Due to report shortly after market close on 22 May (typically 06:20 AEST / 21:20 UK).
“The most important stock in the world” - That was the label given to Nvidia (NVDA) throughout February as we geared up for its highly anticipated Q424 earnings results. Where, at the time, the sheer number of articles written on the stock was incredible – when you are a momentum stock, you need this sort of attention to fuel the beast.
Since March though the hype has settled, and we see reduced news flow. In fact, we’re seeing an increasing number of articles directing traders away from Nvidia and towards other smaller names in the AI-semi space that could potentially see explosive moves.
With the momentum in NVDA falling away since Nvidia’s last earnings, and with Nvidia lacking a near-term catalyst, amid some concern of an over-supplied chips market, market players have moved their attention towards quality defensive areas of the equity market and value as an investment factor, with utilities, energy, and materials all seeing strong outperformance of late vs the S&P500.
We can also see this lack of momentum in NVDA’s technical set-up and price action, with shares rallying in a $205 range between $947 to $756, and now finding a fair value around $900. Traders remain buyers of pullbacks, where the trigger for long positions seems to be when the shares fall 10% below the 50-day moving average.
Nvidia may not be the hot topic it was in February, is that about to change?
For a short period, absolutely, with the eyes of the trading world falling once again on NVDA’s quarterly earnings.
The options market is pricing a -/+8.9% on the first day of trade after earnings (i.e. the 23 May), which if priced correctly, from current levels, could see the stock trade into new all-time highs or see it closer to $820. With a current market capitalization of $2.260t, an 8.9% move would equate to $200b in gained/lost market cap in one day, which would essentially be larger than the market cap of 82 companies in the NAS100.
We can also go back over the past 8 quarterly earnings announcements and that Nvidia has seen an average move of 8.5% on the day of reporting, with shares closing higher in 6 of the past 8 quarters.
Many will recall the Q424 earnings (reported in February), where the share price closed +16.4% on the day and went on to rally a further 23.4% over the following 11 trading sessions.
Earnings pedigree – few do it better
Let’s not forget that few companies globally have NVDA’s form at beating analysts’ consensus expectations on earnings-per-share (EPS), revenue, or gross margins. Perhaps the bar is perennially set too low, but NVDA has beaten expectations for revenue for the reporting quarter, as well as on expectations for the upcoming quarter, on all but two occasions since 2018: Q32019 and Q2 2023 being the exceptions.
In the past 4 quarterly earnings reports, NVDA has beaten guidance on sales for the upcoming quarter by an average of 14% - remarkable form, especially when they have a CEO (Jensen Huang) who knows how to hit the sweet spot and say exactly what investors want to hear in the post-earnings conference call.
Earnings expectations for Q1 2025 – will they beat yet again?
Q125 EPS – $5.51 (Q2 25 guidance expectations - $5.96c)
Q125 revenue - $24.58b (Q2 25 guidance expectations - $26.617b)
Data centres revenue - $20.903b (Q2 25 expectations - $22.567b)
Gross Margins – 77.01% (Q2 25 guidance expectations - 75.61%)
Recall in the prior earnings call CEO Jensen Huang suggested AI was at ‘a tipping point, which was a big topic of discussion. Given that NVDA only recently held its GTC conference in March and explored the future across multiple touch points, this time around traders will react on news that isn’t already discounted into the stock - growth opportunities, maintain its monopolistic qualities, levels of capex, and future partnerships.
Traders have found opportunities outside of AI-related semi and while many feel Nvidia lacks a near-term catalyst, the element of surprise is always there. The idea of ‘as goes Nvidia, as goes the market’ has dissipated, but it could make a return – and with big movement expected, this is a key event for equity and index CFD traders to have on the radar.
🚀💻 Nvidia (NVDA) Analysis 📈🔍Market Overview:
Nvidia's NASDAQ:NVDA recent rally has bolstered bullish confidence, driven by anticipated revenue and profit growth, and positive analyst outlooks, particularly from Goldman Sachs. The company's leading position in the AI-powered GPU sector further contributes to positive sentiment, with potential for continued uptrend supported by upcoming earnings reports.
Analyst Projections:
Goldman Sachs' raised target price of $1,100 per share reflects market optimism, fueled by revenue growth forecasts to $110 billion by 2025 and 8% annual profit growth through 2027.
Investment Outlook:
Long-Term Breakout: Investors are eyeing a potential long-term break above the $1,000 mark, aiming for sustained momentum beyond historical highs.
Risk Awareness: A break below the current upward trend line could disrupt the bullish scenario, leading to sideways movement or attempts to push the price lower.
📊🔍 Stay vigilant for signs of trend reversal or corrective movements while monitoring Nvidia's performance! #Nvidia #StockAnalysis 📉🚀
Nvidia's on the clockIs it possible Nvidia can muster the strength to get my final higher target of $927?
Possibly.
But time is running out for the chip/GPU maker. A breach of the $880 level makes that highly unlikely, and that could be our initial sign we're now headed to the $700 area. Nonetheless, even if we do manage to get that OMH (One More High)...I still have price visiting the $700 area or lower.
Best to all,
Chris
NVDIA Next pull-back will be the one to buy.NVDIA Corporation (NVDA) has been going exactly as planned since our latest update (February 16, see chart below) and looks very promising to hit the 1150 Target:
On the shorter term, the 1D time-frame, we see one last buy opportunity arising for those who missed our earlier buy call. Based on the (-21.66%) symmetry of the current correction with that of August - October 2023, we expect NVDIA to make another pull-back below the 1D MA50 (blue trend-line), which should be its last before the new Bullish Leg of the Channel Up pattern begins.
See how similar even the 1D RSI fractals are. Our Target remains $1150.
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Meta Invest a Whooping $30 Billion in NVIDIA GPUsMeta has invested $30 billion in 1 million NVIDIA GPUs to improve its AI model training capabilities and push technological boundaries in AI development. The acquisition, which includes a million GPUs, is one of the largest in the technology industry for such equipment and represents a major milestone in Meta's strategic direction towards the development of advanced AI technologies.
Meta's current AI activities focus on refining and training more advanced editions of their Llama-3 models, but the process is slow and time-consuming, justifying the necessity of the new GPU acquisition. Another 500,000 GPUs were acquired to result in a total of one million GPUs, which were used to optimize Meta's AI training operation.
John Werner's comparison to the Apollo program in the summit session emphasizes the scale of Meta and its financial investment. To surpass the computational achievements of former space missions, Meta's investment is set to stretch the limits that AI could achieve in terms of speed, efficiency, and complexity of tasks processed.
However, the AI industry still needs serious challenges in the supply and costs of required components such as GPUs. The demand for high-performance GPUs has risen, leading to an increase in prices and middlemen in distribution channels. Technological advancements in the scalability of learning algorithms that would be able to use multiple GPUs in parallel would reduce the cost and foster faster AI development, making AI more affordable and efficient.
Meta's approach to AI development includes hardware procurement and using the enormous data produced over its platforms. This approach seeks to improve and broaden AI functionalities, which can enrich user experiences on social media platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp. By becoming more central to Meta's product development and overall strategy, AI will change the influence and role of the tech giant in the technology sector.
$USO Oil targets hit. Sideways plus downside, maybe two weeks Breakout was a success and we saw $80s for a good moment there. Plenty of time to have taken any profit on any positions I had. The pullback in between also happened according to the bar chart. Let’s see if the rest of my pattern can make its way through into a plummet for late May.