Trade Alert: Top Names + Robotics
Bullish options trades on our #2 name from last night's top ten and on a robotics name.
Grid Hardening & Warehouse Robotics
The top names screen surfaced an asymmetric opportunity last night—the grid‑hardening play outlined below—while the robotics idea comes from our ongoing macro theme work and a fresh insight in Citrini Research’s latest “Robotics Update.”
Both stories are consistent with themes we’ve profited from before (infrastructure tailwinds and AI-driven automation) but hit different corners of the market.
1 ▸ The Grid‑Hardening Sleeper
Why now? The company’s fiscal Q2 results, reported in mid‑May, landed well ahead of plan and management nudged FY earnings guidance higher.
Catalyst window:
First week of August earnings and conference call.
Risk guardrails: Lumpiness in utility orders can sting, but a record backlog plus 40‑year customer relationships cushion surprises.
We’ll walk through a trade in the premium section that breaks even just 2 percent above spot and offers a max gain of about 100%.
2 ▸ The AI‑Robotics Option
Amazon’s (AMZN 0.00%↑) new “Vulcan” warehouse arm quietly uses “cobots” (collaborative robots, robots designed to work with humans) from the robotics unit of a well‑known test‑equipment maker.
Why it matters: Those cobots are already integrated with Nvidia’s (NVDA 0.00%↑) Isaac stack, giving the segment an AI halo just as GPU‑driven path‑planning moves from demo to deployment.
Catalyst runway:
July 25: Amazon’s Q2 call could disclose initial Vulcan roll‑out numbers.
Following week: Parent company’s earnings and 10‑Q will break out Robotics revenue.
Early January: CES 2026 robot buzz.
In the premium section we’ll lay out our trade designed to capture this potential upside, one that can give us a shot at >250% gain if we’re right.
Details below.
Today’s Top Names Trade
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