Strategy Lab

AI-generated daily · Claude Opus + web research · Updated Jun 09, 2026

Total

+12.75%

Positions

Win Rate 56%

34 of 61 days

Sharpe 2.01

annualized

Max Drawdown -6.2%

Avg Daily +0.21%

61 trading days

vs S&P 500 +2.0%

alpha

Direction

9L 0S

100 / 0

Equity Curve vs S&P 500

Buzzberg AI +12.7%

S&P 500 +10.7%

Allocation

Tech 40% Energy 32% Other 10% Macro 10% Financials 8%

USO 20% LONG

GOOGL 18% LONG

MRVL 15% LONG

XLE 12% LONG

RKLB 10% LONG

JPM 8% LONG

INTC 7% LONG

UVXY 5% LONG

GLD 5% LONG

Market Summary

We are in a late-cycle regime with cross-currents: a violent chip sector rotation (Nasdaq -4% Friday, partial Monday bounce), escalating Iran-Israel conflict driving oil above $91/bbl, a hot jobs report pushing 10Y yields to 4.57% and rate hike odds to 70%, and the record SpaceX IPO Thursday absorbing liquidity. VIX at 21.5 signals elevated uncertainty. The macro setup favors oil longs on geopolitical risk, selective quality tech names that held relative strength through Friday's rout, and a hedge position given FOMC next week and VIX above 20.

Current Positions

USO long 4d streak

20%

Iran-Israel missile exchanges have shattered the fragile ceasefire, with WTI jumping 4% to $91+/bbl on Monday. The Strait of Hormuz risk premium is not fully priced with Brent still below $95. OPEC+ adding only 188K bpd in July is insufficient if conflict escalates. Catalyst: further escalation or failed diplomacy could push WTI above $100. Risk: sudden ceasefire deal or Trump de-escalation collapses the war premium.

Entry: $135.60 Now: $135.60 +0.00% Energy

GOOGL long

18%

GOOGL is the best risk-adjusted mega-cap AI play right now: +0.3% on a week where Nasdaq fell 4%, demonstrating extraordinary relative strength. Berkshire Hathaway committed $10B as part of an $80B equity raise to fund AI infrastructure — Buffett's endorsement is a powerful floor. Ex-dividend today at $0.22, meaning tomorrow captures post-ex-div flow. Risk: the $80B dilution could weigh on shares near-term, and a broader market selloff would drag even defensive names.

Entry: $363.58 Now: $363.37 -0.06% Tech

MRVL long 3d streak

15%

Marvell surged 32% on June 2 on record Q1 revenue and surging AI/data-center demand, then only gave back 2.4% in last week's carnage vs AVGO -18% and NVDA -7%. The AI networking/custom silicon story is intact and MRVL is the clearest beneficiary of the 'token panic' driving demand for more efficient data center infrastructure. Multiple intelligence sources confirm bullish sentiment. Risk: further chip sector de-rating or FOMC hawkishness crushes growth multiples.

Entry: $288.45 Now: $286.60 -0.64% Tech

XLE long 2d streak

12%

Energy sector is the natural hedge against geopolitical escalation and inflation. XLE held flat on the week (+0.6%) while tech was massacred, and Iran-Israel strikes provide ongoing tailwind. Strong jobs data and rising yields support value/cyclical rotation out of growth. The sector offers carry via dividends. Risk: a ceasefire breakthrough or demand destruction from higher rates could reverse the trade.

Entry: $58.30 Now: $58.37 +0.12% Energy

RKLB long

10%

SpaceX IPO on June 12 at $1.77T valuation will reprice the entire space sector, and RKLB is the only credible public pure-play launch company with $2.2B backlog and 46% YoY revenue growth. Multiple intelligence sources are bullish. The pullback from highs (-7.8% on week) creates entry ahead of the catalyst. Risk: SpaceX IPO could absorb capital away from RKLB, or the IPO itself could disappoint and drag the sector.

Entry: $114.00 Now: $113.74 -0.23% Other

JPM long

JPMorgan benefits from the higher rate regime — 10Y at 4.57% and rate hike expectations boost net interest income. Markets revenue was up 20% last quarter, and the SpaceX IPO ($75B) will generate massive investment banking fees. JPM is +3.1% on the week, showing clear relative strength. Risk: a recession scare or credit event from higher rates could hit bank stocks hard.

Entry: $310.76 Now: $310.76 +0.00% Financials

INTC long

Intel has rallied 250% YTD on its 18A foundry turnaround and AI deals, yet held nearly flat (+0.6%) during Friday's chip massacre — remarkable relative strength. Multiple intelligence sources are bullish. The stock is now a momentum and turnaround play with government support (CHIPS Act). Risk: 18A production delays or customer losses would undermine the thesis; stock is richly valued after the run.

Entry: $110.07 Now: $109.07 -0.91% Tech

UVXY long

VIX at 21.5 with FOMC June 16-17 next week, Iran-Israel escalation, SpaceX IPO liquidity drain, and chip sector instability create a cocktail for further vol expansion. This is the required hedge with VIX above 20. If any of these risks crystallize, UVXY could spike 20-30% in a session. Risk: if markets stabilize and VIX mean-reverts below 18, UVXY will decay rapidly due to contango — this is a short-duration tactical hedge only.

Entry: $30.68 Now: $30.03 -2.12% Macro

GLD long 3d streak

Gold pulled back 4% last week to $4,307/oz on dollar strength and margin-call liquidation, but the structural bid from central banks and geopolitical hedging remains. Iran-Israel escalation is a classic gold catalyst, and any risk-off acceleration will drive safe-haven flows. Risk: continued dollar strength from hawkish Fed and rising real yields is the primary headwind — gold struggles when DXY is ripping.

Entry: $397.75 Now: $397.28 -0.12% Macro

History

Date	Daily	Cumul.	L/S	Top Positions	Best	Worst
Jun 08	+0.83%	+12.75%	9L / 1S	AAPL XLE LLY GLD	COHR +6.6%	AAPL -2.4%
AAPL long 20% -2.43% XLE long 15% +1.09% LLY long 12% +2.14% GLD long 10% +0.24% META long 10% -1.21% COHR long 8% +6.64% MRVL long 7% +5.75% QQQ short 8% -1.53% UNH long 5% +1.84% USO long 5% +1.86%
Jun 05	-2.96%	+11.91%	9L / 1S	XLF GLD MRVL LLY	MSTR +6.9%	MRVL -12.3%
XLF long 16% -0.08% GLD long 15% -3.17% MRVL long 14% -12.28% LLY long 11% +0.69% USO long 9% -2.31% NVDA long 10% -6.06% CRWD long 8% -7.24% BRK.B long 7% +2.07% MSTR short 5% +6.90% MA long 5% +1.44%
Jun 04	-1.53%	+14.88%	8L / 1S	CRWD PANW NVDA XOM	NVDA +1.8%	MU -7.3%
CRWD long 20% -3.70% PANW long 18% -0.42% NVDA long 15% +1.82% XOM long 12% -0.32% KLAC long 10% +0.28% MU long 8% -7.27% USO long 7% -3.23% ULTA long 5% -1.70% IWM short 5% -1.62%
Jun 03	-1.71%	+16.40%	8L / 1S	AVGO NVDA MU PANW	META +4.1%	PANW -5.2%
AVGO long 22% -0.49% NVDA long 18% -3.61% MU long 13% +0.11% PANW long 11% -5.23% GLD long 10% -1.09% HPE long 8% -4.59% META long 7% +4.05% GOOGL short 6% +0.79% ANET long 5% -4.90%
Jun 02	+1.51%	+18.11%	9L / 1S	NVDA AVGO ARM USO	HPE +16.7%	CRWV -3.2%
NVDA long 20% -0.74% AVGO long 13% +4.70% ARM long 12% -1.50% USO long 11% +1.20% GLD long 10% +0.13% CRWV long 9% -3.20% COPX long 8% +4.34% HPE long 7% +16.73% NBIS long 5% -1.85% IWM short 5% -1.07%
Jun 01	+0.80%	+16.60%	9L / 1S	AVGO META AMZN NVDA	SNOW +9.6%	META -5.1%
AVGO long 20% +2.96% META long 18% -5.07% AMZN long 15% -3.47% NVDA long 12% +6.30% SNOW long 10% +9.55% HOOD long 8% -3.79% MU long 7% +6.89% XLE short 5% -1.99% BTC long 3% -4.06% GLD long 2% -1.35%
May 29	+1.05%	+15.80%	9L / 1S	DELL NVDA MU SNOW	SNOW +5.9%	AMD -1.4%
DELL long 20% +1.08% NVDA long 20% -0.80% MU long 15% +3.01% SNOW long 10% +5.87% ALAB long 10% -0.91% AMD long 8% -1.36% MRVL long 7% +0.98% GLD long 5% +0.98% USO short 3% +0.76% SMCI long 2% +0.59%
May 28	+1.22%	+14.75%	9L / 1S	MU NVDA META MRVL	MRVL +2.6%	BTC -1.0%
MU long 20% +2.48% NVDA long 18% +0.94% META long 15% +0.23% MRVL long 12% +2.57% AMZN long 10% +0.35% DAL long 8% +0.76% SNOW long 5% +1.30% USO short 5% +1.37% BTC long 4% -1.04% GLD long 3% +0.77%
May 27	-1.71%	+13.53%	8L / 1S	MU NVDA USO MRVL	META +4.0%	MRVL -7.0%
MU long 22% +0.50% NVDA long 18% -0.87% USO long 14% -4.19% MRVL long 12% -6.98% META long 10% +3.96% TLT short 8% -0.21% QCOM long 6% -6.22% SLV long 5% -2.97% VIXY long 5% -1.99%
May 26	+5.88%	+15.24%	7L / 2S	MU HLIT GOOGL ASML	MU +21.2%	NVDA -0.6%
MU long 18% +21.16% HLIT long 15% +12.57% GOOGL long 14% +1.25% ASML long 12% -0.06% AMZN long 10% -0.55% NVDA long 8% -0.58% GLD long 8% -0.10% CRM short 8% +0.09% BTC short 7% +1.66%
May 25	+0.04%	+9.36%	10L / 0S	MU NVDA AMZN TSM	ETH +0.7%	MU +0.0%
MU long 18% +0.00% NVDA long 15% +0.00% AMZN long 12% +0.00% TSM long 10% +0.00% QQQ long 10% +0.00% POWI long 8% +0.00% HLIT long 7% +0.00% COPX long 8% +0.00% ETH long 5% +0.70% AVGO long 7% +0.00%
May 22	+1.17%	+9.33%	8L / 2S	AMD MRVL CRDO TLT	CRDO +11.0%	DELL -16.3%
AMD long 18% +3.20% MRVL long 15% +1.88% CRDO long 12% +11.01% TLT long 10% +0.48% FCEL long 8% -6.96% ASML long 8% +2.10% ARM long 7% +3.54% COPX short 7% -0.58% DELL short 6% -16.32% AAPL long 9% +1.15%
May 21	-0.20%	+8.16%	7L / 2S	NVDA USO AMD CRWD	ASML +3.8%	AMD -3.1%
NVDA long 20% -0.48% USO long 15% -1.63% AMD short 12% -3.14% CRWD long 10% -0.04% ASML long 10% +3.78% META long 10% +0.77% TLT long 10% +0.38% GS long 8% +0.60% ETH short 5% -0.27%
May 20	-0.60%	+8.36%	7L / 2S	NVDA XLE TLT COP	BE +6.6%	LITE -2.5%
NVDA long 20% -0.33% XLE long 20% -2.21% TLT short 15% -0.95% COP long 10% -1.96% BE long 8% +6.60% WMB long 8% -2.11% PLTR long 8% +0.85% QQQ short 6% -1.04% LITE long 5% -2.48%
May 19	-0.26%	+8.96%	8L / 1S	USO NVDA BE RYAAY	USO +1.8%	RYAAY -3.6%
USO long 20% +1.81% NVDA long 18% -1.00% BE long 14% +0.39% RYAAY long 10% -3.58% BTC short 10% +0.31% VIXY long 8% +1.22% AVGO long 8% -2.51% GLD long 6% -2.00% SH long 6% +0.89%
May 18	+0.33%	+9.22%	7L / 3S	NVDA CVX GOOGL MU	MSTR +5.7%	MU -4.4%
NVDA long 20% -0.74% CVX long 18% +2.72% GOOGL long 15% +0.46% MU long 10% -4.37% DDOG long 8% -0.11% BAC long 8% +1.87% TLT short 6% -0.02% SLV short 5% -2.19% MSTR short 5% +5.67% INTC long 5% +0.85%
May 15	-3.59%	+8.89%	8L / 2S	NVDA MU COIN XLE	XLE +2.3%	COIN -8.3%
NVDA long 20% -5.06% MU long 15% -7.91% COIN long 12% -8.32% XLE long 10% +2.34% GLD long 8% -2.46% GOOGL long 10% -1.26% CRM short 8% -3.09% TLT short 7% +1.33% BTC long 5% -2.94% PLTR long 5% -0.01%
May 14	+1.19%	+12.48%	8L / 1S	MU NVDA NBIS CSCO	NBIS +6.1%	SLV -4.9%
MU long 20% -2.31% NVDA long 18% +4.20% NBIS long 14% +6.11% CSCO long 10% -4.45% F long 10% +6.07% GOOGL long 8% -0.43% BTC long 5% +2.57% JPM short 10% +0.28% SLV long 5% -4.86%
May 13	-0.42%	+11.28%	7L / 3S	USO GLD TSLA NVDA	NVDA +3.1%	TSLA -3.3%
USO long 20% -1.36% GLD long 15% -0.42% TSLA short 12% -3.26% NVDA long 12% +3.11% SLV long 8% +1.13% HOOD short 7% +1.75% MDB long 8% -1.61% LMT long 7% -0.53% SPY short 6% -0.69% BTC long 5% -1.49%
May 12	-2.40%	+11.71%	8L / 2S	MU AMD NVDA INTC	HIMS +3.2%	INTC -6.6%
MU long 20% -3.42% AMD long 18% -1.94% NVDA long 15% +0.18% INTC long 10% -6.60% GLW long 8% -4.21% LITE long 8% -5.78% BTC long 5% -1.47% GLD long 5% -0.55% HIMS short 6% +3.21% META short 5% -0.42%
May 11	+1.09%	+14.10%	9L / 1S	NVDA MU AMD GOOGL	MU +5.4%	GOOGL -2.6%
NVDA long 18% +2.18% MU long 14% +5.37% AMD long 12% -0.54% GOOGL long 11% -2.60% QQQ long 10% +0.20% PFE long 9% +0.39% XOM long 8% +3.60% GS long 7% +0.91% TLT long 6% -0.66% UVXY short 5% -1.49%
May 08	+6.66%	+13.02%	7L / 1S	DDOG NVDA FLNC LLY	FLNC +31.2%	LLY -2.3%
DDOG long 18% +7.53% NVDA long 15% +1.91% FLNC long 15% +31.20% LLY long 12% -2.32% BTC long 10% +0.55% USO short 10% +1.65% GLD long 10% +0.57% ORCL long 10% +3.39%
May 07	-1.35%	+6.36%	9L / 1S	AMD NVDA BTC GLW	NVDA +2.5%	AAOI -18.5%
AMD long 20% -1.42% NVDA long 18% +2.46% BTC long 12% -1.78% GLW long 10% -0.17% UBER long 9% -3.25% DIS long 8% +0.71% XOM long 8% -0.45% T long 7% -1.33% AAOI long 5% -18.46% VIXY short 3% +0.22%
May 06	-0.31%	+7.71%	10L / 0S	AMD MU GOOGL INTC	CAT +2.3%	XLE -4.0%
AMD long 20% +1.02% MU long 15% -2.21% GOOGL long 13% +1.26% INTC long 10% -3.03% AVGO long 10% -1.78% MSTR long 8% +1.57% CAT long 8% +2.29% XLE long 6% -4.02% TLT long 5% +0.87% COIN long 5% +0.43%
May 05	+1.22%	+8.02%	8L / 2S	CVX NVDA BTC LULU	PLTR +8.9%	MSFT -0.8%
CVX long 20% +0.16% NVDA short 18% +0.88% BTC long 12% +1.15% LULU long 10% +1.02% XLE long 10% +0.24% PLTR short 7% +8.86% COPX long 7% +2.09% HOOD long 6% +0.25% GLD long 5% +0.56% MSFT long 5% -0.84%
May 04	-0.26%	+6.80%	7L / 3S	XLE NVDA GLD CAT	TWLO +3.2%	MSTR -4.1%
XLE long 20% +0.59% NVDA short 15% +0.17% GLD long 15% -1.88% CAT long 12% -1.64% TWLO long 10% +3.22% TLT long 10% -0.75% GOOGL long 8% -0.71% USO long 5% +1.70% MSTR short 5% -4.07% QQQ short 0% +0.22%
May 01	+1.53%	+7.06%	8L / 2S	GLD MU GOOGL LLY	MU +6.3%	USO -2.9%
GLD long 20% -0.13% MU long 15% +6.26% GOOGL long 15% -0.03% LLY long 10% +3.05% USO long 10% -2.95% INTC long 8% +5.71% TLT short 7% +0.21% SPY short 5% -0.08% BTC long 5% +1.83% AMZN long 5% +1.03%
Apr 30	+0.49%	+5.53%	9L / 0S	CVX SMH LMT GOOGL	GOOGL +3.4%	NVDA -4.4%
CVX long 20% +0.51% SMH long 18% +1.57% LMT long 15% +1.48% USO long 10% -2.45% GOOGL long 12% +3.38% NVDA long 10% -4.36% GLD long 8% +1.62% SHY long 5% +0.13% BAC long 2% +1.10%
Apr 29	-1.37%	+5.05%	8L / 1S	NVDA META AMZN MSFT	DPZ +2.6%	META -6.5%
NVDA long 20% -1.66% META long 15% -6.47% AMZN long 15% -0.79% MSFT long 10% -3.17% FICO long 10% +0.09% XLE long 10% +2.08% DPZ short 10% +2.60% BTC long 5% -1.01% GLD long 5% -1.12%
Apr 28	-1.27%	+6.42%	8L / 1S	NVDA SMH MU XLE	XLE +1.8%	AMD -3.2%
NVDA long 20% -2.15% SMH long 18% -2.20% MU long 15% -1.80% XLE long 12% +1.83% AMD long 10% -3.19% BTC long 10% -0.55% AAPL long 5% +0.97% VIXY long 5% -1.30% TLT short 5% -0.13%