#27 Alpha Score 97.7

firstadopter

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@firstadopter · tracked since Jan 2026
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Alpha Score 97.7
Calls
20
Win Rate
85.0%
return
+23.4%
Calls 20 4648 Posts tracked · 21.4/day
Calls
7d 1
30d 1
90d 1
Best Calls
INTC Long +125.6%
CRDO Long +76.3%
AMAT Long +49.7%
Worst Calls
SMCI Long -7.1%
SNPS Long -2.8%
CHRW Long -0.9%
Most Mentioned
NVDA ×35
GOOGL ×7
MSFT ×3
Recent Calls
AMAT Long 5 months ago
CHRW Long 5 months ago
TTWO Long 6 months ago
Win Rate 85% Long 18 Short 2
Win Rate
7d 42%
30d 37%
90d 68%
Average Return +23.4% Long Return +24.9% Short Return +9.1%
Average Return
7d -1.0%
30d -1.8%
90d +10.0%
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Long
Jan 05
$190.17
+17.7%
Buy NVDA on accelerating AI server supercycle
Buy NVDA because the NVL72 AI server supercycle is evident in Foxconn's accelerating monthly revenue and AI rack-server momentum into Q1.
AI Compute
Short
Aug 05
$363.06
+2.3%
Google secular short on Jeff Dean exit
Short GOOGL on secular cultural and talent deterioration thesis; Jeff Dean's departure — the architect of Google's AI, TPUs, and search infrastructure — signals structural decay at the company's technical core.
Hyperscalers
Long
Jan 23
$467.69
+6.8%
Microsoft underestimated AI winner on data center ramp
Buy Microsoft as an underestimated AI beneficiary; UBS channel checks confirm Fairwater Wisconsin data center (Phase 1 ~1 GW by end-2026) and Atlanta (200 MW by end-2025) are ramping faster than consensus expects, supporting material AI infrastructure upside.
Hyperscalers
Long
Jan 15
$349.00
+20.6%
TSMC capex raise confirms AI demand surge
Buy TSM as TSMC's Q4 beat on revenue ($33.73B vs $33.3B est), gross margin (62.3% vs 60.5% est), and Q1 guidance ($34.6-35.8B vs $33.2B est) confirm sustained AI compute demand; FY26 capex raised to $52-56B (vs $48B est) signals supply-constrained demand through 2028-2029.
Foundry Equipment
Long
Feb 12
$362.00
+49.7%
AMAT beat-and-raise dip is unwarranted
Buy AMAT; the stock is dipping despite a strong earnings beat and raised guidance, which the speaker views as an unwarranted sell-off in a high-quality semiconductor equipment name.
Foundry Equipment
Long
Feb 10
$1433.59
+21.6%
ASML preferred pick over risky memory
Buy ASML as a preferred semiconductor equipment name over memory, which the author views as exposed to disruption risk; ASML cited as a top pick in response to a best-ideas prompt.
Foundry Equipment
Short
Feb 02
$77405.20
+15.9%
Warsh QT agenda bearish for Bitcoin
Short Bitcoin as Kevin Warsh signals aggressive balance sheet reduction (QE→QT), removing the excess liquidity that has historically inflated speculative assets; a smaller Fed balance sheet drains the risk-appetite fuel underpinning crypto.
Crypto Assets
Long
Jan 23
$45.07
+125.6%
Intel supply trough; sequential improvement ahead
Buy Intel as Q1 2026 represents the trough of supply/manufacturing challenges; the author argues supply improves sequentially each quarter from here, making current weakness a buying opportunity.
Foundry Equipment
Long
Feb 12
$150.67
-0.9%
CHRW first-mover AI benefit, bear thesis wrong
Buy CHRW; the AI-disruption bear narrative is misplaced — the company is actually a first-mover beneficiary of AI adoption in freight brokerage, making the recent selloff on disruption fears an overreaction.
Freight & Logistics
Long
Feb 10
$341.92
+24.7%
Long Broadcom: chip demand is red-hot, and Broadcom should keep benefiting from the same semiconductor strength that is driving the author’
Long Broadcom: chip demand is red-hot, and Broadcom should keep benefiting from the same semiconductor strength that is driving the author’
AI ASIC
Long
Feb 10
$210.25
+17.0%
TTWO AI sell-off overblown, buy the dip
Buy TTWO as the sell-off triggered by Google Project Genie / AI world-model fears is technically misguided; world models cannot replace game engines in gameplay mechanics, monetization, or distribution, making the dip an overreaction.
Gaming & Entertainment
Long
Feb 09
$141.76
+76.3%
CRDO guidance beat vindicates post-dip buy
Buy CRDO after the AI-driven selloff proved premature; the company pre-announced Q3 FY2026 revenue of $404-408M, roughly 20% above the top of prior guidance of $345M, signaling strong demand momentum that the bears missed.
AI Photonics
Long
Feb 06
$283.52
+18.8%
Cadence irreplaceable even in AGI era
Buy Cadence as Jensen Huang's endorsed logic holds that AI will use specialized EDA tools rather than reinvent them, and the current software sector selloff driven by AI-replacement fears is irrational.
AI ASIC
Long
Feb 06
$100.74
+23.8%
AI uses software tools, not replaces them
Buy ServiceNow as the AI-will-replace-software narrative is logically flawed; AGI will use existing enterprise tools rather than reinvent them, making the current valuation pressure on software names an overreaction.
AI Software
Long
Feb 06
$203.34
+0.9%
SAP survives AI as indispensable tool
Buy SAP as the market's AI-displacement fear is misplaced; enterprise software incumbents are the tools AGI will leverage, not replace, making current stock pressure a buying opportunity.
AI Software
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firstadopter has 20 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 19 tickers since January 2026. Win rate 85% across 20 evaluated calls, average return +23.4%. Ranked #27 on the Buzzberg Alpha leaderboard. Most covered: NVDA, GOOGL, MSFT.