March 2nd, 2026 LIVE Stocks, Options & Futures Trading with Pros!(Market Open, Last Call & More)
Traders on the March 2, 2026 live session discussed volatile market reactions after a weekend geopolitical escalation, noting sharp gains in oil, gold and silver and steep weakness in equity futures. Professionals said much of the move looked telegraphed and partially hedged, producing two‑sided trading early in the session rather than a single panic direction. Key moves included a roughly $5.70 rise in oil and multi‑percent spikes in precious metals while E‑mini S&P futures traded well below recent ranges, prompting debate over whether lows had been reached or would be retested. Panelists emphasized active adjustments — reducing delta, pairing trades (gold/silver spreads) and watching for a potential capitulation washout to buy the dip.
LIVE: Stocks Recover From Major Sell-Off as Wall Street Watches Iran Fallout
The Market Domination broadcast centered on the market’s bounce back after a sharp sell‑off, driven by the unfolding US‑Israel strike on Iran and its ripple effects across energy, defense and crypto sectors. Wall Street saw defense names such as...
Monday's Final Takeaways: WBD & PSKY Consolidate, Manufacturing PMI Data
Monday's market recap highlighted two major themes: the ongoing consolidation between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance, and the release of the latest manufacturing PMI figures. The media merger talks signal further concentration in the streaming sector, while the PMI...
Today on Taking Stock | Markets Monitor US-Iran Conflict, Oil and Gold Rise
The Taking Stock episode centered on the market’s reaction to the latest US‑Iran flashpoint, with a particular focus on oil, gold and the broader geopolitical backdrop. Analysts noted that institutional investors entered the week heavily hedged, which helped blunt the...
A Macro Look at Markets During War
The ISM manufacturing index showed the sector’s strongest two-month performance since mid-2022, but markets were dominated by geopolitical risk after US and Israeli strikes in Iran. Equity volatility spiked—S&P 500 gapped down and traded choppily—while gold rose and crude oil...
Markets Shrug Off Geopolitical Risk
U.S. equity futures swung sharply after weekend news of U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran but stocks largely stabilized, leaving major indices trading in a narrow range around the 6,900 area despite heightened volatility. Oil spiked roughly 7%, lifting select energy and...
2026 Memory Chip Bull Case: Why MU, SNDK & LRCX Will Rally
Analyst Lucas Downey highlights a bullish outlook for memory‑chip stocks, naming Micron Technology (MU) as the catalyst after reporting accelerated earnings and a severe supply bottleneck. He ranks SanDisk (SNDK) and Lam Research (LRCX) as his second and third top...
How Iran Energy "Jolt" Shifts FOMC Focus #shorts
Brian Jacobsen warns that a potential strike on Iran could create a sharp "jolt" in crude oil supplies, reigniting inflation concerns. Higher oil prices would feed into U.S. consumer price metrics, prompting the Federal Open Market Committee to reassess its...
How Oil Could Force the Fed's Hand
A surprise rebound in US manufacturing (two months of rapid growth per the ISM) coincided with weekend strikes by the US and Israel on Iran, sending risk assets and safe-havens swinging. Crude oil surged—briefly touching around $75—on fears that disruption...
The Big 3: RKLB, MNST, WMT
Tammy Marshall of Elliott Wave Trader uses Fibonacci analysis to pinpoint breakout potential in three distinct stocks: Rocket Lab (RKLB), Monster Beverage (MNST) and Walmart (WMT). She walks investors through example options trades, highlighting entry points and risk/reward profiles. Kevin...
CrowdStrike "Underappreciated?" Analyst Sees CRWD Sell-Off "Overdone" Into Earnings
CrowdStrike (CRWD) is set to report earnings on Tuesday amid a sharp stock decline. Piper Sandler analyst argues the sell‑off is excessive and labels the company best‑in‑class as AI‑driven cyber threats rise. The firm expects cybersecurity spending to accelerate with...
Key Advisors CEO Eddie Ghabour on How AI Sentiment Is Influencing Stock Market
Eddie Ghabbor, CEO of Key Advisors Wealth Management, says the Iran conflict won’t change his firm’s long-term investing strategy but expects short-term volatility and a continued rotation away from concentrated tech holdings into economically sensitive sectors. His team is increasing...
Wall Street Expert Chris Maxey Discusses Investor Mindset Ahead of Jobs Data
Wealthspire chief market strategist Chris Maxey said recent geopolitical tensions, including the Iran conflict, may inject short-term risk premiums but markets will refocus on U.S. economic fundamentals—chiefly consumer health and jobs. He sees equities supported by a resilient consumer, steady...
MSFT Down 30%: "How Much More of a Discount Do You Want?" #shorts
The video focuses on Microsoft’s stock sliding roughly 30% from its recent peak, prompting a debate over whether the dip represents a buying opportunity or a symptom of broader AI‑related spending anxieties. The commentator notes that despite solid revenue and...
HIMS Core Business Faces Challenges in Guidance, GLP-1 Prices & NVO
Hims & Hers reported Q4 results after the bell, with mixed performance, drawing investor focus on its GLP‑1 program and forward guidance. The company posted EPS of $0.08, double expectations, but revenue of $617 million fell short of the $619 million forecast. For...
Nvidia's "Market to Lose:" What NVDA Needs to Keep AI Crown #shorts
Nvidia remains the AI‑chip market leader, but analysts warn its dominance could erode as rivals intensify AI and robotics roadmaps. Competitors such as AMD, Intel and emerging startups are launching next‑generation GPUs and specialized accelerators. Nvidia’s data‑center revenue, which has...
AI Bottlenecks Addressed in NVDA Earnings and Ways for Tech to Navigate
Nvidia's latest earnings highlighted its dominance in the AI market as the industry shifts from training‑heavy workloads to inference‑driven applications. The results showed strong demand de‑risking AI revenue, but company commentary flagged supply bottlenecks that could curb future growth. Analysts...
Stock Market Today: NVDA & CRWV Weakness, WBD Bidding War Ending, XYZ Rallies #shorts
Today's market recap showed all major indices slipping over 1% this week, with the Dow and Russell leading declines. Tech heavyweights Nvidia and CoreWeave bore the brunt of investor anxiety over looming hyperscale capex, despite Nvidia's record‑breaking revenue and strong...
Friday's Final Takeaways: Two Sides of AI Disruption in CRWV & XYZ
Market on Close wrapped the week with a stark contrast in AI’s impact. Block’s decision to cut nearly half its workforce, citing AI efficiencies, sent its shares sharply higher, while the broader software sector suffered sell‑offs as investors worry about...
CRWV Faces Challenges to "Michelin Star" AI Growth Standards #shorts
CoreWeave reported a revenue slowdown despite a massive backlog of AI contracts, highlighting growth challenges for the boutique cloud provider. The earnings release revealed higher capital expenditures and compressed margins as the company expands its GPU‑focused data centers. Analyst Logan...
NFLX Jumps After Losing WBD Bidding War to PSKY
Netflix stock surged on Friday after the streaming giant lost its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydance. The rebound was driven by strong technical signals, including a breakout above key moving averages. Options activity also exploded, with volume more...
Market Expert Clayton Triick on How Traders Evaluate Tech Stocks Post Earnings
Stocks opened lower after hotter-than-expected PPI, accentuating a February choppiness and continued rotation out of richly valued tech into cyclicals like energy, materials and industrials. Clayton Trick of Angel Oak said his firm—though fixed-income focused—has been watching equities and expects...
Economist Lauren Saidel Baker Dives Into January PPI Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January PPI surprised to the upside: headline producer prices rose 2.9% year‑over‑year and 0.5% month‑over‑month, while core PPI climbed about 3.6% y/y and 0.8% m/m—both well above estimates. ITR Economics’ Lauren Saidel Baker says the...
U.S. Stocks Sink After PPI Inflation Surprise
U.S. equities fell sharply on Friday after January's producer price index rose 0.5% month‑over‑month, outpacing the 0.3% forecast, and fintech firm Block announced a near‑50% workforce cut to adapt to AI‑driven changes. The Dow Jones lost about 800 points, down...
Today on Taking Stock | Stocks Fall as @Nvidia Weighs on Tech Despite Strong Earnings
U.S. markets closed mixed: the S&P 500 fell about 0.5% while the Dow edged up and the Russell 2000 and NYSE Composite finished higher as investors rotated away from mega-cap AI leaders. Nvidia posted strong earnings but post-report momentum faded,...
Equity Indices Moved Off Session Lows Following Earnings Reports. 2/26/26
The video recaps Tuesday’s market action, highlighting how equity indices rebounded from early session lows after mixed earnings from tech giants NVIDIA and Salesforce. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones clawed back losses, while the Nasdaq stayed more than 1%...
Market Storylines: Olympic Highs, Tariffs Resurface + Nvidia Earnings
Eric Criscuolo highlighted a week of heightened volatility as AI‑driven disruption fears and renewed tariff concerns rattled tech and financial stocks. The S&P 500 steadied within a 250‑point band after a sharp Monday dip, while software stocks rebounded and defensive...
DELL Dials Back Before Earnings, Key Levels Signal Breakout Potential
Dell Technologies is set to report earnings after Thursday’s close, having outperformed many peers yet lagging the S&P 500 year‑over‑year. Analysts note robust options activity and key price levels that could signal a breakout. The company’s performance in client solutions...
Big Tech ROI & Powering Data Centers: Key Question Marks for NVDA #shorts
Nvidia’s stock slipped after its latest earnings beat, sparking analyst concern despite robust revenue growth. The drop is linked to broader worries that Big‑Tech firms may curb AI‑related spending, especially on data‑center infrastructure. Market participants are watching options activity for...
PPI Preview
Ilya will host a Macrodose segment previewing market expectations ahead of Friday's Producer Price Index (PPI) release. The brief highlights how the PPI data could shape inflation narratives and influence equities, commodities, and fixed‑income markets. Tastylive, the platform delivering the...
Tariff Uncertainty Is Back. Here's What It Means
Tariff policy uncertainty resurfaced after the State of the Union as the Supreme Court struck down IEPA‑based tariffs, opening the door to nearly 1,000 lawsuits. The market reacted with a classic risk‑off move—dollar and bonds rose while equities fell, despite...
Block "Oversold and Underestimated:" ABCs Backing XYZ Bull Case
Block (ticker XYZ) has slipped toward its 52‑week low after a crypto‑related sell‑off and intensifying competition from Shopify. Analyst Landon Swan argues the decline is overstated, pointing to accelerating adoption of Square and Cash App as catalysts for a rebound....
Is NVIDIA a Crowded Trade? Two Perspectives
NVIDIA reported record revenue and an earnings beat, yet its shares slipped 5% after the announcement. The company highlighted strong AI demand and guidance that extends contracts through 2027. Analysts are split: some see the dip as a buying opportunity...
Software's SaaS-Acre & NVDA Earnings: Big Picture on Big Tech's Outlook
Nathan Peterson of Charles Schwab highlighted a widening gap between software stocks and the Nasdaq‑100, calling it the biggest divergence in years. He argued that software must deliver strong earnings growth and AI adoption to reverse the lag. Peterson also...
Software Stocks Are Getting Crushed. Here's a Trade
NVIDIA’s earnings beat expectations but the stock slipped 4%, prompting a mixed options playbook. The episode highlights two bullish short put spreads—NVIDIA and gold (GLD)—and two bearish short call spreads on Coca‑Cola and Salesforce. Each trade is defined‑risk with more...
The Big 3: XLF, RKLB, MSFT
After Nvidia’s earnings miss sparked a sharp sell‑off across the technology sector, market commentator Jason Brown argued that the rally is insufficient to satisfy investors. He highlighted three alternative plays—SPDR Financial Sector ETF (XLF), Rocket Lab (RKLB), and Microsoft (MSFT)—as...
Nvidia Post-Earnings Iron Condor | Options Trade of the Day
Tony Battista outlines a post‑earnings iron condor on Nvidia after its earnings‑driven price swing. The trade exploits a sharp drop in implied volatility rank and a re‑established multi‑month range. A $10‑wide, delta‑neutral spread in the April series combines a bullish...
Nvidia After Earnings & CoreWeave Trade Setup | Market Movers
Nvidia’s latest earnings beat sparked a sharp post‑release price dip, prompting a neutral premium‑selling strangle trade that benefits from the stock’s elevated implied volatility. The episode also previews CoreWeave’s upcoming earnings, recommending a high‑probability out‑of‑the‑money put to capture the anticipated...
PC & AI Server Business Backs DELL Earnings, NVDA Partnership's Potential
Dell Technologies is set to report earnings amid strong tailwinds from its personal computer and artificial‑intelligence server divisions. The PC business benefits from renewed consumer demand and enterprise upgrades, while AI‑focused servers are delivering higher margins. However, the company faces...
Analysts Raise NVDA Price Targets, Stock Falls After Earnings
Nvidia (NVDA) posted a blockbuster earnings report that beat revenue and profit forecasts, prompting multiple analysts to raise their price targets across the board. Despite the upbeat fundamentals, the stock opened lower and slipped about 2% in early trading. Analysts...
Daily Market Coverage Feb. 26, 2026 9AM-11AM (ET) | Yahoo Finance
Nvidia posted a strong earnings beat on revenue and profit, yet its shares slipped more than 2% as investors questioned the lack of guidance on China revenue and the sustainability of AI‑driven demand. Salesforce missed revenue forecasts, extending a broader...
NVDA Plunges After Opening Bell, Software Shows Bullish Traction
Nvidia (NVDA) opened Thursday sharply lower, extending a recurring pattern of post‑earnings sell‑offs that has emerged over recent quarters. Despite posting robust earnings that beat expectations, the stock fell as investors booked profits and reassessed valuation amid heightened AI hype....
Wall Street Expert Jay Woods Explains Why Nvidia Earnings Impact Stock Market
Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, said Nvidia’s Q4 beat and upbeat guidance met market expectations and helped stabilize a broader tech selloff, though he cautioned the print alone isn’t strong enough to drive the S&P to...
NYSE Market Strategist Eric Criscuolo Talks Nvidia Q4 Earnings Takeaways
Nvidia’s Q4 results were strong and broadly in line with expectations, reinforcing the AI-driven demand for its GPUs but limiting the outsized share-price gains seen in prior years as beats become harder to achieve. Eric Criscuolo said Nvidia’s surge has...
PHINIA CEO Brady Ericson Delivers Biggest Takeaways From Investor Day at NYSE
At its NYSE investor day, PHINIA CEO Brady Ericson outlined the company’s multi-year strategy to diversify beyond light-vehicle combustion into off‑highway, industrial, aerospace, defense and power‑generation markets—segments that now represent just over 6% of revenue and are the fastest‑growing. He...
C3 AI Short-Circuits, IONQ Earnings Surge, CELH Rallies
AI software firm C3 AI saw its stock plunge more than 20% at the open after reporting a quarter that missed both revenue and earnings expectations, cutting its forward guidance and announcing layoffs. The disappointing results eroded investor confidence, prompting...
Post-Earnings Volatility, AI Repricing & The Fed Factor
Chris Vecchio analyzes the surge in Nvidia’s post‑earnings volatility as AI‑driven expectations are repriced. He highlights a short‑term “AI scare” trade targeting software stocks, prompting options traders to recalibrate positions. The discussion also underscores that Federal Reserve commentary and interest‑rate...
NVIDIA Q4 Earnings: The Market Is Digesting, Not Celebrating
NVIDIA reported Q4 earnings beating estimates with EPS $1.62 and revenue $68.1 billion, reaffirming strong AI demand. Despite the beat, the stock stalled, trading within the expected range as investors view the rally as already priced in. Market sentiment is tempered...
LIVE NOW: Stocks Sink as Wall Street Weighs Nvidia Results » Daily Market Coverage Feb. 26, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) stock slid more than 4% on Thursday as investors digested the chipmaker's robust Q4 earnings and upbeat Q1 outlook. While the results beat expectations, the broader market remains uneasy about the sustainability of the AI boom. The sell‑off...
IT Sector Strength Helps Nasdaq-100 Outperform. 2/25/26
The Nasdaq-100 futures were the clear leader among U.S. index futures on Feb 25, climbing about 1.37% while the S&P 500, Russell 2000 and Dow were barely above half a percent. The rally was anchored by a strong information‑technology sector, keeping the Nasdaq...