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#18,913
#18,913
Brutal.

I wish that I’d saved more capital to put to work, but I still have a bit not in equity securities. I’m wondering if I should sell my BND and put those $$$s somewhere with more upside potential. Maybe MP if this China trade war drags out. Even with MP hitting a new all time high while not making a profit.

AVAV has finally hit a near term top - but it’s still too pricey to draw me back into buying the shares.

I’m glad that we’re going into the weekend to perhaps let things settle down. But this violent of a pull back has me leaning toward more down side ahead.

I’ll probably just shut it down and wait for a less volatile environment.

I sold some cash reserved puts on RH yesterday ($197, 10/10) so I’ll be assigned those shares before the opening bell on Monday. After hours are up a fraction so maybe I can dump the shares next week. I’d rather not be in the RH trade for very long.
 
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#18,914
#18,914
Thunder Good-Oil said:
Brutal.

I wish that I’d saved more capital to put to work, but I still have a bit not in equity securities. I’m wondering if I should sell my BND and put those $$$s somewhere with more upside potential. Maybe MP if this China trade war drags out. Even with MP hitting a new all time high while not making a profit.

AVAV has finally hit a near term top - but it’s still too pricey to draw me back into buying the shares.

I’m glad that we’re going into the weekend to perhaps let things settle down. But this violent of a pull back has me leaning toward more down side ahead.

I’ll probably just shut it down and wait for a less volatile environment.

I sold some cash reserved puts on RH yesterday ($197, 10/10) so I’ll be assigned those shares before the opening bell on Monday. After hours are up a fraction so maybe I can dump the shares next week. I’d rather not be in the RH trade for very long.
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Market closed on Monday?

Also, I think this goes away. Just my gut. Trump evidently is still meeting with the Chinese.
 
#18,915
#18,915
InVOLuntary said:
Market closed on Monday?

Also, I think this goes away. Just my gut. Trump evidently is still meeting with the Chinese.
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Banks, the post office, and federal offices are closed on Monday. The stock markets are open, although the settlements for Friday trades are delayed until Tuesday. Options and futures markets are open. The bond markets are closed.

So I’m not sure if I can trade the BND ETF on Monday or how the share purchase cycle for my expired RH cash reserved (short) put options Will play out. But the latter really wouldn’t affect what I do. And I might sit on BND a bit longer.
 
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#18,918
#18,918
Vol423 said:
I sold some shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc. (QBTS) this afternoon that I bought last Thursday afternoon and pocketed a 60% gain. I'm also sitting on a 420% unrealized gain on IONQ Inc. shares that I purchased in early July.
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Hope you stayed in on IONQ. I loaded up on it and RGTI months ago.
 
#18,920
#18,920
Majors said:
Hope you stayed in on IONQ. I loaded up on it and RGTI months ago.
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I pocketed big gains in IonQ back in early January. I exited in several tranches in the mid-40's to lower $50 range. I then bought some Rigetti and D-Wave for short-term trading. I sold the Rigetti a while back. However, I just exited all my shares of D-Wave today with gains on this tranche of shares of about 155% since mid-June. Personally, I don't think it would be wise to hold any these stocks through their next earnings releases. The earnings (and lack thereof) don't justify the valuations.

All of these quantum computing stocks can really test your appetite for volatility. They can be up 10%-30% in a day. They can also gap down at the open 25%+. I've experienced both sides on IonQ, D-Wave, Rigetti and Quantum Computing. Overall, I'm up really big on my trades over the last 15 months though. They've all run up so much now, though, that I'm not sure I'll get back into any of them anywhere near their current prices. I'm making these trades in an IRA, so I'm not concerned about the short-term holding periods.

My personal opinion is that IonQ is the best company of this group, but it's also the most expensive by far.

Good luck on your trades. I had seen you post about them several months ago. To my knowledge, you and I are the only ones in this forum that have touched these stocks.
 
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#18,922
#18,922
Any Morgan Stanley peeps with access to today's analyst report on LHX?

Maintained equal weight, bumped target up by $50.

But it must have some nasty words in there. Stock falling like a rock
 
#18,924
#18,924
Jax_Vol said:
Any Morgan Stanley peeps with access to today's analyst report on LHX?

Maintained equal weight, bumped target up by $50.

But it must have some nasty words in there. Stock falling like a rock
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Other than the government shutdown, generally pretty positive:

LHX: PT to $350; Maintain EW

We increase our PT for LHX to $350 from $250 prior. To arrive at our updated PT, we leverage a ~22x P/FCF multiple on 2026 FCF/share of $16.00. This multiple represents a ~20% discount to the market, slightly below our baseline defense multiple (~15% discount), to account for LHX’s historical discount to Prime peers. Our prior PT leveraged a ~17x multiple on base case 2026E FCF/share of $14.45.

We note LHX’s portfolio is relatively shorter-cycle vs. Prime peers, making it potentially more sensitive to shutdown disruption, in our view. That said, LHX (and others) routinely prepare for lack of full-year funding by the start of the fiscal year, and we don’t anticipate that impacts from the shutdown have, to date, been material.
 
#18,925
#18,925
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LHX
• 3Q25 sales raised to ~$5.49bn from ~$5.46bn prior. Full year sales raised to ~ $21.8bn from ~$21.6bn.

• 3Q25 EPS lowered to $2.51 from $2.66. Full year EPS raised to $10.50 from $10.45.

• 3Q25 FCF lowered to ~$748mn from ~$795mn. Full year FCF raised to ~$2.63bn from ~$2.4bn.
 
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