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Active US strikes on Iranian tankers plus Kharg/Jask explosions escalate oil-supply risk into CPI/PPI week ahead of FOMC.

Sep 8, 2026 · 3:32 PM BEARISH — 68%
Notable Moves 43
MRVL
Surging on strong Q2 results and updated Q3 guidance.
📰 Why Is Marvell Stock Surging on Tuesday?
▲65%
NVDA
Chip value retention data and AI capex momentum support bullish thesis.
📰 Does Michael Burry Have It Wrong? Nvidia Chips Retain Value, Data Shows
▲60%
005930.KS
Samsung lifted Kospi on memory demand strength.
📰 Samsung, SK Hynix Lead Kospi Higher as Wall Street Faces Tough Opening
▲60%
SK
SK Hynix repeated surges on AI memory demand and Korea state backing.
📰 SK Hynix Jumps 7% as AI Diverts Memory From Phones
▲60%
000660.KS
SK Hynix (000660) surging on AI memory demand and state backing.
📰 SK Hynix Jumps 7% as AI Diverts Memory From Phones
▲60%
LITE
Surging on major optical fiber supply deal between Corning and Verizon.
📰 Why Is Lumentum Stock Surging on Tuesday?
▲60%
NBIS
Shares rose ~7% on key trading signal and Palantir partnership.
📰 Nebius Shares Rise Nearly 7% After Key Trading Signal
▲60%
USO
Oil surging on active US strikes on Iranian tankers and terminal explosions.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲60%
MU
Micron holds steady amid AI memory allocation shift, Sept 30 earnings test looms.
📰 SK Hynix Jumps 7% as AI Diverts Memory From Phones; Micron Holds Steady, Apple Slips
▲58%
SOXL
Memory/AI chip rally continues but leveraged and volatile amid risk-off macro.
📰 AI Memory Crunch Is About to Hit '10 Out of 10' Craziness
▲55%
AVGO
Cited as key chip stock signaling market path forward alongside Nvidia.
📰 Two chips stocks may signal the path forward for the market, says NYSE insider Jay Woods
▲55%
SPY
Dow slid on oil escalation and Fed uncertainty ahead of CPI/PPI.
📰 Stock Market Today: Dow Slides, These Stocks Lose Key Level
▼55%
TSM
Investor interest noted amid chip sector attention.
📰 Watching Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing; Hearing IBD SwingTrader Buys Stock
▲55%
ORCL
AGI infrastructure proxy ahead of key earnings test.
📰 Why Oracle Stock is the Trade to Watch After OpenAI's AGI Claim
▲55%
005935.KS
Samsung preferred shares lifted alongside Kospi memory rally.
📰 Samsung, SK Hynix Lead Kospi Higher
▲55%
DRAM
DRAM ETF pressing summer highs amid memory supercycle.
📰 Memory stocks are pressing their summer highs. Where the charts show them going
▲55%
NVDL
Leveraged Nvidia proxy tracking chip strength and value-retention narrative.
📰 Does Michael Burry Have It Wrong? Nvidia Chips Retain Value, Data Shows
▲55%
AMD
Named as beneficiary of GPT-6/OpenAI capital inflow.
📰 OpenAI is spurring an under-the-radar run in Softbank as well as chip stocks
▲50%
SPCX
Pivotal Research initiates SpaceX buy on Starship reuse bottleneck solution.
📰 SpaceX is a buy as the rocket company can solve one major bottleneck
▲50%
SOX
Semiconductor index tracking strong memory/AI chip momentum.
▲50%
SOXX
Semiconductor ETF benefiting from memory/AI rally.
▲50%
SMH
Semiconductor ETF tracking strong chip/memory sector momentum.
▲50%
SHEL
Oil prices near $99 on Iran tanker strikes benefit oil majors.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲50%
XOM
Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits major producers.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲50%
CVX
Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits major producers.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲50%
EWY
Korea ETF benefiting from Samsung/SK Hynix-led Kospi surge.
📰 Samsung, SK Hynix Lead Kospi Higher as Wall Street Faces Tough Opening
▲50%
F
Trump admin criticizing Ford's China ties, CATL/Geely partnerships.
📰 Trump Administration Sends Letter To CEO Criticizing Ford Motor Partnerships With Chinese Companies
▼50%
SNPS
Morgan Stanley upgrades Synopsys to Overweight with $500 price target.
📰 Morgan Stanley Upgrades Synopsys to Overweight, Maintains Price Target to $500
▲50%
ASML
High-NA EUV DRAM roadmap supports durable equipment demand.
▲45%
PLTR
Pushing new AI licensing model with Nebius partnership.
📰 Palantir Wants to Kill the 'Pay-Per-Token' AI Economy
▲45%
KORU
Korea ETF benefiting from Samsung/SK Hynix Kospi rally.
▲45%
AAPL
AI memory squeeze pressuring iPhone margins as capacity diverted.
📰 Apple's $54 Billion iPhone Engine Hits an AI Memory Squeeze
▼45%
QCOM
New AWS data-center chip deal reinforces diversification durability.
▲45%
COP
Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits producers.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲45%
MPC
Refiner benefiting from oil price spike and diesel record prices.
📰 Diesel Prices Hit a Record
▲45%
BTC
Bitcoin fell despite risk-off tone, suggesting margin-driven liquidation continues.
▼45%
OXY
Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits producers.
📰 The United States is currently striking Iranian oil tankers
▲45%
META
Launched Muse, first personal AI agent, expanding AI product suite.
📰 Meta Platforms Introduces Muse, The World's First Personal AI Agent
▲40%
TSLA
Advancing humanoid robot production toward factory scale.
📰 Tesla and XPENG Are Taking Humanoid Robots to the Factory
▲40%
PSX
Refiner benefiting from oil price spike and diesel record prices.
📰 Diesel Prices Hit a Record
▲40%
AMGN
Amgen plummeting noted alongside broader Dow slide.
📰 Stock Market Today: Dow Slides, These Stocks Lose Key Level; Amgen plummets
▼40%
COIN
Bitcoin weakness and margin-driven liquidation pressuring crypto names.
▼40%
BOTZ
Humanoid robotics push by Tesla/XPENG lifts robotics ETF sentiment.
📰 Tesla and XPENG Are Taking Humanoid Robots to the Factory
▲35%
Full Board 126 symbols
SymbolSignalConf.Why
MRVL▲ BULLISH65%Surging on strong Q2 results and updated Q3 guidance.
NVDA▲ BULLISH60%Chip value retention data and AI capex momentum support bullish thesis.
005930.KS▲ BULLISH60%Samsung lifted Kospi on memory demand strength.
SK▲ BULLISH60%SK Hynix repeated surges on AI memory demand and Korea state backing.
000660.KS▲ BULLISH60%SK Hynix (000660) surging on AI memory demand and state backing.
LITE▲ BULLISH60%Surging on major optical fiber supply deal between Corning and Verizon.
NBIS▲ BULLISH60%Shares rose ~7% on key trading signal and Palantir partnership.
USO▲ BULLISH60%Oil surging on active US strikes on Iranian tankers and terminal explosions.
MU▲ BULLISH58%Micron holds steady amid AI memory allocation shift, Sept 30 earnings test looms.
SOXL▲ BULLISH55%Memory/AI chip rally continues but leveraged and volatile amid risk-off macro.
AVGO▲ BULLISH55%Cited as key chip stock signaling market path forward alongside Nvidia.
SPY▼ BEARISH55%Dow slid on oil escalation and Fed uncertainty ahead of CPI/PPI.
TSM▲ BULLISH55%Investor interest noted amid chip sector attention.
ORCL▲ BULLISH55%AGI infrastructure proxy ahead of key earnings test.
005935.KS▲ BULLISH55%Samsung preferred shares lifted alongside Kospi memory rally.
DRAM▲ BULLISH55%DRAM ETF pressing summer highs amid memory supercycle.
NVDL▲ BULLISH55%Leveraged Nvidia proxy tracking chip strength and value-retention narrative.
AMD▲ BULLISH50%Named as beneficiary of GPT-6/OpenAI capital inflow.
SPCX▲ BULLISH50%Pivotal Research initiates SpaceX buy on Starship reuse bottleneck solution.
SOX▲ BULLISH50%Semiconductor index tracking strong memory/AI chip momentum.
SOXX▲ BULLISH50%Semiconductor ETF benefiting from memory/AI rally.
SMH▲ BULLISH50%Semiconductor ETF tracking strong chip/memory sector momentum.
SHEL▲ BULLISH50%Oil prices near $99 on Iran tanker strikes benefit oil majors.
XOM▲ BULLISH50%Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits major producers.
CVX▲ BULLISH50%Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits major producers.
EWY▲ BULLISH50%Korea ETF benefiting from Samsung/SK Hynix-led Kospi surge.
F▼ BEARISH50%Trump admin criticizing Ford's China ties, CATL/Geely partnerships.
SNPS▲ BULLISH50%Morgan Stanley upgrades Synopsys to Overweight with $500 price target.
QQQ● NEUTRAL45%AI strength offsets broader risk-off macro pressure.
ASML▲ BULLISH45%High-NA EUV DRAM roadmap supports durable equipment demand.
PLTR▲ BULLISH45%Pushing new AI licensing model with Nebius partnership.
KORU▲ BULLISH45%Korea ETF benefiting from Samsung/SK Hynix Kospi rally.
AAPL▼ BEARISH45%AI memory squeeze pressuring iPhone margins as capacity diverted.
QCOM▲ BULLISH45%New AWS data-center chip deal reinforces diversification durability.
COP▲ BULLISH45%Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits producers.
MPC▲ BULLISH45%Refiner benefiting from oil price spike and diesel record prices.
BTC▼ BEARISH45%Bitcoin fell despite risk-off tone, suggesting margin-driven liquidation continues.
OXY▲ BULLISH45%Oil price spike from Middle East escalation benefits producers.
META▲ BULLISH40%Launched Muse, first personal AI agent, expanding AI product suite.
TSLA▲ BULLISH40%Advancing humanoid robot production toward factory scale.
PSX▲ BULLISH40%Refiner benefiting from oil price spike and diesel record prices.
AMGN▼ BEARISH40%Amgen plummeting noted alongside broader Dow slide.
COIN▼ BEARISH40%Bitcoin weakness and margin-driven liquidation pressuring crypto names.
BOTZ▲ BULLISH35%Humanoid robotics push by Tesla/XPENG lifts robotics ETF sentiment.
SNDK● NEUTRAL30%No direct headline but part of broader memory crunch tailwind.
STX● NEUTRAL30%Storage peer benefiting indirectly from memory crunch narrative.
WDC● NEUTRAL30%Peer benefiting from broader memory/storage tightness narrative.
CXMT● NEUTRAL25%China DRAM share gains secondary per accumulated context.
AMAT● NEUTRAL25%Indirect beneficiary of chip capex boom, no direct headline.
LRCX● NEUTRAL25%Indirect beneficiary of chip capex boom, no direct headline.
FN● NEUTRAL25%Optical sector momentum note may apply indirectly.
CRWV● NEUTRAL20%Indirect beneficiary of cloud/AI capex trend, no direct news.
GOOGL● NEUTRAL20%No direct headline, general AI tailwind applies broadly.
MSFT● NEUTRAL20%No direct headline, general AI tailwind applies broadly.
GOOG● NEUTRAL20%No direct headline, general AI tailwind applies broadly.
DISK● NEUTRAL20%Possible DRAM/storage ETF proxy benefiting from memory crunch.
COHR● NEUTRAL20%Optical sector momentum could spill over per Katie Stockton note.
CRDO● NEUTRAL20%Optical/connectivity sector momentum may apply indirectly.
SMCI● NEUTRAL15%Indirect AI server beneficiary, no direct headline.
AMZN● NEUTRAL15%Indirect cloud/AI beneficiary, no direct headline.
NOK● NEUTRAL15%FCC spectrum expansion could tangentially benefit telecom equipment makers.
ARM● NEUTRAL15%Indirect chip-cycle beneficiary, no direct headline.
TXN● NEUTRAL15%Indirect chip-cycle exposure, no direct headline.
ADI● NEUTRAL15%Indirect chip-cycle exposure, no direct headline.
MPWR● NEUTRAL15%Indirect chip-cycle exposure, no direct headline.
IREN● NEUTRAL15%Bitcoin weakness could weigh on crypto-adjacent miner sentiment.
GM● NEUTRAL15%Auto sector may face similar China-supply-chain scrutiny risk indirectly.
APH● NEUTRAL15%Indirect optical/data connectivity beneficiary, no direct headline.
DELL● NEUTRAL15%Indirect AI server beneficiary, no direct headline.
VRT● NEUTRAL15%Indirect AI datacenter infrastructure beneficiary, no direct headline.
SKHY● NEUTRAL0%No direct headline; likely ticker confusion with SK Hynix.
SKHU● NEUTRAL0%No direct relevant headline.
IBM● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline today.
INTC● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline today.
GEV● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
XYZ● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
CBRS● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
KVUE● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
688825.SS● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
XBI● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
BAC● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
V● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SMHU● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SMHD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
FSLR● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
HPQ● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
LLY● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
CSCO● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
FERG● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SSD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
BWET● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SCHD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
DIVB● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
VIST● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
MNST● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
KO● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
HD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
TGT● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
WMT● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
NET● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
LOW● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
KSMH● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
RRC● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SN● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
MRK● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
MRNA● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
ON● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
TM● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
STLA● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
HMC● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
BB● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
CRM● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
CRWD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SE● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
PDD● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
OPEN● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
BE● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
TGRZ● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
PANW● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
SNOW● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
DE● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
GDYN● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
JBS● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
LULU● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
HWT.HK● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.
BMY● NEUTRAL0%No relevant headline.

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