Trade Alert: Back Into Intel
Bullish options bets on our system's #1 name from last night, and on three AI-adjacent Market Watchers names.
Back Into Intel
We’re doing something a little different with today’s Top Names trade.
The stock is Intel (INTC 0.00%↑), which has already been a 2x winner for us. Earlier this year, we wrote that it was time to get back into Intel.
That call proved well-timed: the stock subsequently rallied, and we exited for a decent profit a few months later.
4-leg hybrid combo on Intel (INTC 1.30%↑). Entered at a net debit of $1.10 on 2/18/2026; exited the put spread at a net debit of $0.20 on 4/10/2026; exited the calendar at a net credit of $4.05 on 5/7/2026. Profit: 250% (return on max risk: 44%). Signal: PA Top Names.
Intel was Portfolio Armor’s #1 name last night, with one of the highest potential-return estimates we’ve seen from the system lately. That matters for the structure.
In our last Intel trade, we used a more conservative upside target when structuring it. It worked, but Intel’s move ended up being large enough that we left some gains on the table. This time, we’re adjusting the structure by using Portfolio Armor’s potential-return estimate, rather than the potential return implied by the options market, which we did last time.
That still gives us defined risk, but it gives the trade more room to benefit if Intel performs as strongly as our system thinks it can over the next several months.
Today’s Other Themes
The rest of today’s alert gives us exposure to several different AI-adjacent themes.
One trade is tied to AI data and model-training infrastructure. This is a name we owned successfully in the past through our basic stock strategy, and it now passes our Market Watchers / Chartmill workflow as an options candidate.
Another is in power semiconductors, where the setup gives us a way to participate in the broader AI power-management theme with defined risk that doesn’t impact us unless the stock falls meaningfully below its current price.
The final trade is a smaller optical-infrastructure name with a speculative but compelling Market Watchers thesis around co-packaged optics, AR optics, and possible large-customer validation. The story was on our radar earlier, but the stock did not pass our technical screens then. Now it does.
As always, we’re focusing on setups that combine a live investment theme with constructive technicals, defined risk, and option pricing at or better than fair value.
Full details on today’s trades are below, including our pre-set exit orders, so we will capture profits automatically if these workout.
Today’s Top Names Trade
AI foundry / semiconductor turnaround theme
