Trade Alert: AI Optics Pullback
A bullish bet on one of our top ten names from Friday that's in this space.
Buying An AI Optics Name On A Pullback
One thing we’ve been doing in recent weeks is looking for places where fear creates an opening rather than a reason to run. That has included war-related fear, of course, but also stock-specific pullbacks in names tied to the AI infrastructure buildout.
Today’s trade is in one of those names. It’s a company tied to the optical side of AI data centers—a part of the stack that matters more as bandwidth demands rise and electrical interconnects start to run into practical limits. Recently, it signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Nvidia tied to next-generation data center optics.
Why We’re Interested Here
That doesn’t mean the stock can’t pull back. In fact, names tied to AI infrastructure have often been volatile even when the underlying thesis remains intact. But that volatility can work in our favor when it lets us structure a bullish trade with limited downside and attractive upside.
This company has also been rolling out new AI-related optical products, and its most recent quarterly results showed meaningful year-over-year revenue growth along with improving margins and earnings. In other words, this isn’t just a story stock riding a hot theme: it is already posting real growth while leaning into one of the more important bottlenecks in the AI buildout.
Today’s Top Names Trade
AI optics / datacenter interconnect theme
The stock is Coherent (COHR 0.00%↑), and our trade is a combo consisting of these four legs:
Buying the September 18th, 2026 $300 call,
Selling the September 18th, 2026 $310 call,
Selling the May 8th, 2026 $220 put, and
Buying the May 8th, 2026 $215 put,
For a max net debit of $0.20. The max gain on 1 contract is $980, and the max loss is $520. This trade filled at $0.20. Note: COHR just dropped after this filled, so you can probably enter this trade at a lower price.
Unless otherwise indicated, all trades are day orders—they will be canceled at the end of the day if they don’t fill.
Exiting This Trade
My plan:
Coherent (COHR)
Call spread (legs 1 & 2): Open a GTC limit order to sell the September 18th, 2026 $300/$310 call spread at a net credit of $8.00, and lower that price if necessary as we approach the September expiration.
Put spread (legs 3 & 4): Open a GTC limit order to exit the May 8th, 2026 $220/$215 put spread at a net debit of $0.20, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration.
Exited the COHR put spread at a net debit of $0.20 yesterday.