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If California is spending millions on red drops during one fire, the market will eventually care about cleaner prevention names like CITR
The red retardant system may be a huge market, but that also means the replacement opportunity could be massive
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CITR is easier to understand when you realize the old wildfire response model may be both costly and environmentally messy
CITR’s cleaner narrative gets stronger when you look at what legacy red retardant may leave behind
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CITR fits the side of the wildfire trade that actually tries to stop structure loss before it starts
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California already knows prevention works. More than 80% of fuels projects improved fire behavior or suppression
The wildfire trade is not just about firefighting. It’s about cheaper prevention before disaster hits
CITR bulls have a clean macro argument: California is throwing real money at wildfire resilience
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OPEN : Let’s go UL again 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
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UL solutions is a certifier of plug in solar. So with more players getting involved they could be a winner in this space as well
https://youtu.be/UL0jxK58i\_c?si=VLWPLDbZ4s13urWI
*> What about different strikes/expirations on the same UL?* That is a question that it doesn't seem like the IRS has ever officially answered yet. The IRS rules state *substantially identical securities*. But what is a substantially identical security. I believe all brokerages treat options with different strikes or expirations as **not** substantially identical. But that doesn't mean the IRS will or not. But I believe if you use the TradeLog software to prepare your tax forms for you then it does treat them as substantially identical securities and do treat it as a wash sale. Out of curiosity I got a TradeLog free account just to see what it did and I believe if I remember correctly there is a selection you can make to not treat them as substantially identical but I never played with it so not confident what it does. TradeLog software is used by a lot of people who do trades with multiple brokerages and use the software to handle wash sales across brokerages which the individual brokerages aren't able to track. Then to add more complexity and massive confusion to the mix there is IRS Publication 550 that has a section on *Loss Deferral Rules.* Where they it lists a specific case where if you have shares and do a covered call (short call) and the short call is ITM by more than 1 strike when you open it, and you end up closing (possibly in a roll situation) and that option position is a loss you cannot claim that loss but have to defer it (different than a straight wash sale). There are no brokerages that track these Loss Deferral Rules at all (and neither does TradeLog software, but it would treat it as a wash sale). I have seen this discussed on Reddit a few times and I have asked several times if anyone has deferred their losses with the *Loss Deferral Rules* on their taxes or not. Not 1 single person has said they have used these rules when doing there taxes. Actually no one replied except for 1 person who said he does all his covered calls in an IRA (which therefore doesn't apply to the Loss Deferral Rules). So I know of no one on this planet that actually follows these Loss Deferral Rules of IRS publication 550. I did find one tax related site that said the IRS would never cause an audit because of the Loss Deferral Rules but if you were audited for something else then it could come into play. But it's just what they said and did not say it actually happens. So I don't know if the IRS has ever applied those rules.
These were options that expire in less than 30 days. After that date, it's impossible to reenter them. What about different strikes/expirations on the same UL?
$HYLN for sure. Lots of catalysts recently including being selected by the US Navy for its unmanned USX-1 Defiant vessel for sea trials using Hyliion's 800-kilowatt KARNO power system. There is a high demand for power generation for data centers with the current limitations of this country’s electric grid. Hyllion’s KARNO generator stands out because it can seamlessly switch between fuels (hydrogen, natural gas, diesel, etc.) without hardware modifications. It’s tripled over the last month after a Q1 earnings and revenue beat, in addition to a newly minted UL certification that allows them to deliver units to customers for actual use. Check out this video recently posted explaining this unique tech. The CEO also indicates they’re getting into the commercial space right now too, in addition to the Navy and data centers. This is huge. https://youtu.be/zdtRRNp6sgo
$HYLN for sure. Lots of catalysts recently including being selected by the US Navy for its unmanned USX-1 Defiant vessel for sea trials using Hyliion's 800-kilowatt KARNO power system. There is a high demand for power generation for data centers with the current limitations of this country’s electric grid. Hyllion’s KARNO generator stands out because it can seamlessly switch between fuels (hydrogen, natural gas, diesel, etc.) without hardware modifications. It dropped over 10% today, offering a nice dip after running up over 206% in the past month on this recent news, a Q1 earnings and revenue beat, in and UL certification that allows them to deliver units to customers for actual use.
was talking to gemini about disintermediation - cutting off the insurance company while mimicking index UL to keep the loss to 0% while profit with spx/spy option spread. gemini told me i have to buy call spread, and eventually it admitted i was right - selling put spread instead.
Pivoted from electric trucks to their KARNO generator tech. Huge demand backlog: They just announced they have nearly 750 generator cores under LOIs representing over $400M in potential revenue. Military contracts: Just started building an 800kW system for U.S. Navy sea trials, with $40M–$50M more in defense contracts expected this year. True fuel flexibility: They just proved the tech can seamlessly switch between natural gas, hydrogen, and diesel on other fuels Also, Q1 earnings just crushed expectations, revenue is up 4x quarter-over-quarter, and they cleared UL certification to start shipping units.
The case for HYLN (Hyliion) They just got UL certified, made deals with the army and navy and NASA is interested. Also just met with Jensen from NVDA who then said we need 1000x more power. If this gets BE valuation, it would be a 450$ stock, currently trading at 4$. They bought the Karno technology from GE and are about to commercialize. Its the only truly fuel agnostic generator, more efficient than the grid and a tiny footprint size, its revolutionary. The CEO also said they will be delivering to fortune 500 companies and hyperscalers. They don't even need EPA approval because its a flameless generator, which will make permitting so much easier for customers. There is also a 30% tax credit. The green folks will also love it as there are no to extermely low emissions depending on the fuel. (5% of a traditional diesel) so no after treatment needed and nearly no maintenance (thats why the navy will use it on autonomous vessels). Oh, did I mention they use 800V DC so perfect for next gen datacenters and EV charging as they won't need to do conversion steps! I think this will go on a massive run by EOY.
Also sold little bit of high flying stocks and bought UL and KR. Going to get some DG. I think DG is a better staples pick.
MRAM isn't new. In fact, TSMC has been making it for a while now, since at least Q4 2020. And no, it isn't licensed from Everspin. Everspin has no moat. NONE. There's nothing special about Everspin's STT-MRAM. Literally nothing. https://preview.redd.it/syw9452zaa2h1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=ff74b9643c34b7bc0ee0d02ede06c2db6e87409e This was TSMC's 22UL process. The beauty of these memory devices (including RRAM) is that you can put them up in the metal layers, it doesn't require a separate poly array in the middle of (for instance) HKMG or HKMG finfet like CT flash or superflash or whatever does at the substrate.
He deleted a lot of his posts and I wonder why... I was not referring to entering a bid and an ask orders for the same option at the same time. That's impossible with the brokers I have accounts with. It is also a bit foolhardy because a UL can move and a former bid could become an ask price. I was referring to buying a combo close to synthetic bid and selling it immediately after if was bought. That guy said this was a violation of exchange rules.
Mine is HYLN without a doubt. Truly fuel agnostic, great for todays uncertain macro. Native 800V DC, excellent for next gen datacenters. (he just met with Jensen from NVDA). Just got UL certification. They have contracts with the NAVY,ARMY and NASA interest to use the generator on the moon... I see the stock going to at least300-500$ in a few years. Its a 4$ stock which should be 500$ if they got the same valuation of BE...
The UL always moves even if it's a few cents up or down. I enter my closing order almost immediately (3-4 sec to copy the buy order and revert it) but it may or may not execute. If it does, I repeat. If it doesn't, I move on to the next ticker/strike and retry that order later. The bigger question is why would someone investigate a single lot trader considering that the profit of that trader is less than a rounding error for Citadel or Jane Street.
The fact that this Karno Generator is 800V native DC is just awesome, next-gen datacenters are using this so it won't need conversion steps! Also, the fact that this runs on nearly ANY fuel you can think off, WITHOUT downtime is just revolutionary. I know people in the industry who are VERY hyped about it... This will sell like crazy and they just got UL certification... Just think of the use cases, from the military, landfills to datacenters and even space. (NASA is interested to put these on the moon).
hyliion lfg!!! earnings beat + UL certification + navy contracts = me maybe breaking even
How would a perpetual option be priced? If time is infinite, then put would be worth the same as the UL and call would worth what? Who would sell options that never expire?
I unwound all my UL bull positions as the shooting star formed, because I counted 5 waves up from the low of Apr 1. The 5th wave was completed in just 2 days, running from 57 to 60+. https://schrts.co/PNmAdXjW
Have you looked at UL? keeps showing up on my scans for growth and oversold and has high IV.
UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) reported strong Q1 2026 results on May 5, 2026. Q1 revenue was $758M (+7.5% YoY, 5.7% organic), net income $97M ($0.45 diluted EPS), adjusted net income $107M ($0.50 adjusted EPS). Adjusted EBITDA was $197M (+22.4%). Cash and equivalents were $258M and operating cash flow was $219M. Full-year 2026 guidance strengthened, targeting an adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 27.0%.
Lol, is this scam still going on You’re massively overestimating what “being in a 3GPP document” actually means. Everyone serious in wireless is in 3GPP. Apple, Qualcomm, Ericsson, etc. submit hundreds of contributions every cycle. Getting a “per Beammwave input” mention just means they said something relevant in a discussion, not that their IP becomes standard-essential or monetizable. There’s a huge gap between: \* contributing to a study item \* having your idea survive standardization \* owning SEP (standard-essential patents) \* actually collecting royalties at scale Most companies never make it past step 1–2. Now to the part nobody in these posts ever addresses: the actual implementation. Their whole pitch is distributed digital beamforming at mmWave in a UE. That sounds great until you try to close the power + thermal + complexity budget in a real device: \* multiple RF chains per element \* high-speed ADC/DAC (or equivalent constraints centrally) \* hundreds of Gbit/s internal data movement \* continuous beam tracking, calibration, coherence management All of that has to live inside a phone that’s already thermally constrained by the modem + application SoC. You don’t get to handwave that away with “digital solves analog problems”, you just move the cost into DSP, memory bandwidth, pilots, and power. And no, “duty cycle” doesn’t magically fix it. RF systems are dimensioned for worst-case combined scenarios (bad coverage, UL bursts, heat, blockage), not a friendly average case. If your architecture only works after smoothing everything out, it doesn’t work. On top of that: \* 6G timeline is \~2030+ -> years of burn before revenue \* $8M microcap -> dilution risk is basically guaranteed. It has happened, it will happen again. \* OEMs are building in-house -> you only win if your IP is unavoidable There’s zero evidence of that so far. No real UE design wins, no independent validation at scale, just demos and slides. So what’s the actual bet here? That a tiny Swedish company not only participates in 3GPP, but: 1. gets its approach into the standard 2. owns essential IP around it 3. survives long enough to monetize 4. beats incumbents who’ve dominated RF patents for decades That’s not a “catalyst play”. That’s a long-duration, low-probability lottery ticket dressed up with buzzwords like “6G” and “at the table”. Yeah… “the market hasn’t noticed” 🤣
I’m just saying it’s impossible to pay up a policy in 3 years without triggering a MEC. Are you sure it’s a WL policy and not a UL or VUL?
Wait till you hear what UL stands for, Hun 💕
What’s probably happening is the cost of insurance charges inside the policy have been eating the cash value from the inside out. That’s common with older UL policies as the insured ages, the internal costs skyrocket and drain everything. It’s also possible the policy was underfunded at some point, meaning not enough was going in to keep up with those rising costs. Doesn’t make it okay, especially if changes were made to the policy after his original agent left that he didn’t authorize. Stop calling and start sending certified letters to the insurance company’s home office requesting the full policy history back to origination. Every transaction, every change, every rider. If they keep giving you the runaround, file a complaint with your state department of insurance. That usually gets things moving fast. Before he lets it lapse though, seriously look into a life settlement. If he’s elderly, he could sell the policy to institutional buyers for an actual lump sum instead of walking away with twenty nine cents. Citizens Life Group is on the fiduciary broker side who are legally bound to get the highest offer for the seller, not just take the first bid. At minimum get a free estimate before doing anything else, because the insurance company is banking on him just giving up.
Yup. Honestly, solar is fucking amazing. Feels like your cheating thermodynamics. But it's the battery and installation costs that remain a challenge for grid tied systems. Especially in North America. I have no clue about Europe and other countries. Panels and charge controller are cheap as borsch. Notably, battery prices are dropping big time and if sodium chloride batteries are the real deal, they are going to be super cheap in 3-5 years. Heck even Li ion has dropped 4 fold in 4 years. Then fold in solid state systems. What remains is bad policy coupled these specialized companies gouging the fuck out of people to set up and certify their systems. Total bullshit as the cost of all equipment in the last 4 years has 4-10 fold decreased. Including UL certified systems. If I was King, I would be allowing electrical engineers to oversee general construction and certification of on grid systems.
UL is doing well today. I’m def keep an eye on it!
Eggs are cheaper due to market manipulation by Trump. He directed the government to import tons of eggs from South Korea to dump on the market. I've been buying shares of CALM Cal Main since then. That was one year ago. The egg market will return to normal soon. On February 5, 2026 Korea began importing American eggs. https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-retail/2026/02/05/E2D7Y3H54ZEMJNFAGVHJG6UL6A/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c743g135vj9o
Hello, Does anyone has an UL account where you are or will invest for +10 years? If yes, are you recommending it? What are some pros/cons? And does the ROI is usually bigger than 10% (higher than inflation is?) Thank you!
MT, RELX, GSK, VOD, UL. Have printed me cash Jan and Feb
For the 1,000th time. ENB, MT, VOD, GSK, UL. And chill.
Not just the $30m of backlog either, KULR also gets right of first refusal on all other UL work for Caban. Very attractive floor revenue to support the free manufacturing plant Caban gave them.
Yes long. Internationals have momentum. Look closer into UL they are turning a corner. They’re actually my favorite pick.
All long? UL looks like a crazy good risk reward short at 70.
UL, RELX, MT, GSK, ENB. These are international companies which are apparently all the rage right now.
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KULR Should Sell Its Bitcoin and Go All-In on AI Data Center Battery Infrastructure I’m long KULR. I like the tech. I like the space pedigree. I even understand the logic behind the Bitcoin treasury strategy. But I’m starting to think it’s time for KULR to seriously consider selling a large portion (or all) of its Bitcoin and redeploying that capital into battery backup infrastructure for AI data centers. Here’s why. 1. The Market Is Valuing AI Infrastructure Higher Than BTC Treasury Exposure Look at what’s happening across the industry: AI compute demand is exploding. Data centers are power constrained. Grid stability is becoming mission critical. Backup power and battery storage are no longer “nice to have” — they’re existential. Meanwhile, public markets are rewarding companies with direct exposure to AI infrastructure far more consistently than companies holding digital assets on their balance sheet. Even companies like Riot Platforms and IREN have started pivoting toward AI data centers. That’s not random. That’s capital markets signaling where value is migrating. KULR already has the core competency: high-performance battery systems designed for extreme environments. That translates directly to high-reliability BBU (battery backup unit) systems for AI-scale facilities. Why stay half-in on Bitcoin when the real structural growth is in AI power infrastructure? 2. Bitcoin Is Volatile. AI Power Demand Is Structural. Bitcoin may go up. It may go down. It’s unpredictable over short-to-medium horizons. But AI power demand? That’s locked in. Companies like NVIDIA are effectively selling out high-performance GPUs as fast as they can manufacture them. Hyperscalers are racing to build capacity. Power availability is the bottleneck. AI clusters need: Instant failover High-density energy storage Thermal management Compliance (UL 9540/9540A, etc.) Modular scalability This is literally where KULR’s DNA lives. Instead of defending a BTC position, why not fund: Manufacturing expansion for BBUs Data center partnerships Pilot deployments UL-certified scalable modules AI-specific energy storage architecture That’s recurring revenue infrastructure. Not a balance sheet asset. 3. The Narrative Shift Could Re-rate the Stock Right now, KULR gets lumped into: “Battery safety” “Small cap BTC treasury” “Speculative hybrid” But imagine this headline instead: “KULR Exits Bitcoin Treasury Strategy to Fund Scalable AI Data Center Battery Infrastructure Platform” That’s a completely different investor base. You go from crypto-adjacent capital to: AI infrastructure funds Energy storage investors Data center REIT-adjacent capital Institutional infrastructure allocators The multiple expansion potential there is materially different. 4. Capital Allocation Is Strategy Holding Bitcoin is passive. Building AI infrastructure is active. One compounds if BTC rises. The other compounds through: Contracts Multi-year supply agreements Embedded energy systems Replacement cycles Service revenue If KULR truly believes in its battery architecture and thermal management IP, deploying capital into owned infrastructure or long-term BBU contracts creates durable enterprise value. Bitcoin doesn’t create customer relationships. Battery infrastructure does. 5. This Doesn’t Have to Be All or Nothing Maybe the answer isn’t “sell all BTC tomorrow.” But reallocating a significant portion into: AI-focused BBU manufacturing scale Joint ventures with data center operators On-site storage + resiliency packages Telecom and edge compute backup solutions …feels more aligned with where secular growth is heading. Final Thought Bitcoin might go to $200K. Maybe higher. But AI compute demand is already here. Power constraints are already here. Data center bottlenecks are already here. If I’m KULR management, I ask: Are we trying to be a Bitcoin holding company… Or are we trying to be a critical infrastructure provider in the AI era? Because the market will likely reward one of those more consistently than the other. Curious what everyone else thinks.
The classic 3 fund/etf blend is fine for most who want to set it and forget it (S&P, International, Bonds). This gives you diversification and levers you can lower or raise as conditions change. Remember, that \~30% of all stock value is outside the US, so don't short change your allocations ex-US, just b/c of the past run ups in S&P. Plus the dollar woes are also helped with Intl investments. Me, I'm a geek and search out the \*best\* funds and holdings vs. just rubber-stamping the low fee/mediocre returns that Vanguard is offering. I'm in my 60's and have a 45/45/10 blend (was 70/25/5 a few years ago). Recent moves have been to slowly shift some large growth towards large value with dividends, and reduce some tech holdings. For instance, less MSFT and AMZN, and more T and UL. I'm also adding more diversity within my bonds (TIPS, Corporates, Munis, Intl, Emerging, Treasuries), and making sure my powder (cash) is dry in a Quontic Money Market account and some T-Bills. The market has had bright spots, but it's wobbly. Tariffs being levied and then rescinded via the whimsy/spite of one unpredictable man continues to be a flashing red sign of caution. There's also a lot of froth re AI that \*may\* turn into earnings, but certainly feels like the tech bubble of 2001. Who knows if there will be some small corrections or large dips coming in 2026, but the Warren Buffets of the world who are building war chests of cash, may have some buying opportunities of fantastic companies at discounted pricing.
There is one value investing sub on reddit, told them I am buying Verizon a while ago and got downvoted to fuck, have no intention to go there again. People here are losing their shit, while my BATS, PM, VZ and UL have been doing great
Consumer staples and dividend payers I'm thinking. CPB, WMT, KO, UL, and WM are all trending up in the past month.
contracts with UL and PG are legit, but I still want to see consistent quarterly revenue
**Unilever (UL)** - Maker of Lipton Ice Tea. Now infused with AI.
This is good but, it's not a partnership. they had pilot project with UL, UL liked it, and scaled the deal. But the sole fact that UL decided to proceed and not trash the idea is a big tell
Not feeling it. I don’t let my fat pick stocks since the Ben & Jerry’s UL.
I'm going with UL, because after watching this sub, I feel like vaseline sales should skyrocket this year.
Nokia is just like Ericsson and the MNOs. Regardless what you ask for, the answer will be "more 5G". My thoughts are that AI just as well can remove the need for bandwidth in many cases. Deploy a 5G AI camera from Axis and all processing is done in the camera. No picture has to be sent. You just get metadata. Or you can take Gemini Nano and other trained LLM models that are scaled down to run om devices to speed up user experience. No need for cloud access anymore. The same goes for most use cases in a factory or a mine. Everything is designed to be on premise and autonomous. Have built private 5G networks for self-driving vehicles. True that uplink is an issue, but mainly due to coverage limitations. And that is on 3.5 GHz spectrum. This only holds for cameras though. A self-driving vehicle doesn't generate much data UL. They have some time critical emergency stop algorithms, but slef-driving really means they drive themselves, there is limited assist from the network or the cloud. Nah, do yourself a service and don't swallow the marketing BS these companies deliver. They want to sell radios and licenses.
It's not there yet, but in the next 5 years or I believe that solar will get far more attractive. Batteries are by far the weak link. They are very expensive, have some safety concerns, and performance issues (like cold temp performance). However I think new chemistries are going to make a major impact soon. The new sodium batteries made by CATL (assuming they are as good as they claim) can reduce costs 5 fold, perform at -40 and are safer. Solid state lithium could also be game changing (though likely to be fairly expensive but ideal for EVs). Christ I just set up a solar system for my off grid cabin. UL certifed top end system was about $7k CAD (without batteries.....). Unfortunately, batteries will add on $5k to the price. But it's a liberating feeling to be energy independent. Yup I am 100% speculating about major advances in battery chemistry. But am good friends with a researcher in the space. So I am pretty confident that we are not far off. And CATL is now mass producing their sodium batteries so we will see what the costs and performance are very soon. Not going to replace oil or natural gas anytime soon, but definitely a reasonable alternative for some.
Bringing you back to this since he has an UL of $180K now. If you want to see even more brain dead, look at his post history.
The real race isn’t demos or parade formations-it’s hitting safe, boring, 24/7 uptime with unit economics that beat a shift worker. Two-track is real. China will scale logistics and light manufacturing quickly thanks to local subsidies and a higher risk tolerance. The US advantage is chips, simulation, and software (NVIDIA Isaac Sim, AWS, Figure, Amazon Robotics) plus tighter safety and compliance. As an investor, watch: 1) production hours per robot in live sites, not pilots; 2) MTBF and repair time; 3) ISO 10218/UL 4600 or insurance approvals; 4) integration into WMS/MES/ERP; 5) actuator supply (harmonic drives, motors) and margin pressure. We’ve piped factory telemetry into Snowflake and Databricks for labeling; DreamFactory exposes read-only RBAC APIs to WMS apps so ops can use features without opening the warehouse. Marching robots don’t matter; repeatable uptime and clean integration do.
$ULS * Strong revenue growth of 7.1% to $783 million, including 6.3% organic growth * Net income of $106 million increased 12.8%, Adjusted Net Income of $119 million increased 14.4%. Net income margin of 13.5% increased 60 basis points * Diluted earnings per share of $0.49 increased 11.4%, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.56 increased 14.3% * Adjusted EBITDA of $217 million increased 18.6%, Adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.7% expanded 270 basis points * Announcing a restructuring initiative to reduce expenses * Strengthening full-year financial outlook >“Our strong third-quarter results illustrate the continued value, trust and expertise that UL Solutions brings to over 80,000 customers across more than 35 industries, resulting in high-quality earnings and shareholder value creation,” said President and CEO Jennifer Scanlon. “We once again produced superior performance across all key metrics, regions and service offerings, even as our customers navigated a complex business environment. The momentum we have built since becoming a public company continued in the quarter, demonstrating the strength of our business model and the critical nature of the work we perform.”
No it’s not 
No, he meant a condiment pump. [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616aUN2k5UL.\_SL1500\_.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616aUN2k5UL._SL1500_.jpg)
UL Solutions also has a software division that will bring more growth.
https://youtube.com/shorts/_WK08kLX29g?si=wlZGp7UL8IHFyVn7 Pick up the phone and start dialing
My 8 year old asked me to buy UL a few weeks ago. She is beating me by 15%
UL to build Pubes AI, calls PT $160
You're halfway to understanding. Let's see if I can fill in the other half. You guessed right that the main reason to buy a call is to save money, which means leverage. If shares cost $100/share but a call only costs $2/share, $200 is 50x leverage over $10,000 (it's not really 50x, because you don't really control 100 full shares of the UL, see below). The next thing to realize is that a call is *only interested in the relative price movement*, not the total value of the shares. You don't spend $10,000 to eventually get $12,000 when you sell to close, as you would with shares. That gain represents a +$2/share price movement and calls give you access only to that +$2 change, without requiring the full cost of the shares. So again, leverage. Just keep in mind that with calls, you don't get the full value of 100 shares. It's always some fraction, like you might only get $.50 on the dollar of share price (50 delta calls). Next, let's completely dispense with the idea of exercise. Assume no call trader ever exercises. That's not far from the actual truth. The entire purpose of the trade is to buy contracts at a low price and sell them back at a high price, exactly like shares. So if you buy calls for $2/share and later sell to close for $3/share long before expiration, you made a 50% gain. **It doesn't matter whether the UL stock went up $2 or not!** All that matters is what the market will pay for the call. For both long term and short term holds, the holder of a long call wants the UL to go up. You pick a far-dated expiration when you want more time for the call contract to appreciate in value, because you have some thesis about the UL increasing in price over that holding time. However, **that far-dated expiration increases the cost of the call.** That's the time vs. cost trade-off. **So you pick a near-dated expiration when you want to reduce the up-front cost of the call.** The thesis is still the same, you want the UL to go up during your holding time, but the near-dated call is a lot cheaper. Finally, the business about the UL not moving as expected. That's just a trade that failed. It happens all the time. Since the capital at risk for a call is lower than for shares, it matters less if a trade goes wrong, even if it is a total loss. If you lose 100% of a call you paid $2 for, you lose $200. If you spent $10,000 on shares only to lose $200, you feel worse, because you put more money at stake only to get the same result. Plus, you have another $9,800 of downside exposure in the shares, whereas with the call, once it's worthless, you can't lose more. **So the low cost of the call is a cap on your downside!** A covered call **does not save you from trading decision failures**. Sure, the premium you collected is nice if it covers any loss in your shares, but what if the shares fall more than your credit? Then you still have a lot of money at risk with no cap on your downside? Even worse, what if the UL goes up instead? After all, you bought shares to benefit from the long-term growth in value of the company/fund. What if the UL goes up a lot more than the premium you collected for the CC? Then you feel like a chump, right? You could have had an $8/share tax-free unrealized gain just by holding shares, but instead you only got the $.69/share credit (just an example) and your shares were sold, creating a taxable event for you, to add insult to injury.
I'm trying to understand why ppl buy calls (aside from using them in a bigger strategy). I just couldn't mentally wrap my brain around paying a premium vs doing a covered call or selling a put if you don't mind owning the stock. But, I think that I may understand it better now. Is my understanding correct? **Reasons to buy a call:** * Longer expiration is selected when you expect the UL to go up over a long time, like a few months or even a year. * Shorter expiration selected if you have good reason to believe that there will be a price jump within a very narrow timeframe (earnings, for instance). **Benefits of buying a call:** * Frees up capital? It's the difference between buying a stock now (ties up capital and you may pay margin), then waiting to sell it in 3 months...and just buying a call and exercising it in 3 months and then selling the UL for a profit. But, I think that I'm still lost bc what if the UL doesn't increase after a while? Do you just sell to close to cut some of your losses? In my mind, that's an automatic loss if your "call" was wrong and you're not able to exercise it and make a profit, whereas if you buy the UL and then sell a call, even if the UL drops, you can continue to collect premium as long as you watch your cost basis and exit before you start losing.
It depends. I sell weeklies and in the past, I'd always roll out and up whenever the price shot up. But, that was exhausting. Now, I usually let it expire if it's ITM. Gives you a fresh start anyway bc the shares are called away before the weekend and you can buy back in and get a new contract based on those prices. I will only roll out and up if I REALLY think that the UL will be higher in the next few wks. If the UL's been volatile, I'm getting good premiums, and I think the UL may go down a lot, that's another reason that I'd try to lock in good premiums for a few more weeks. I used to not like the idea of buying back in the next wk bc the UL may shoot up and then you're paying more to get the stock back. But, I now realize that it's not too much of a deal (at least to me) when I consider the margin paid for the increased UL price. And, IME, the UL doesn't increase so much that it affects the number of shares that I can buy. So, I can still make the premium that I want.
BYD also fails to qualify for basic UL ratings on their forklifts which prevent them getting into most national/global brands. Material Handling is high margin for them but they are failing on the basics right now.
There are some individual stocks I invest in like UL and SHEL but for the most part just for simplicity I use an ETF. IXUS and AVDV is what I use.
On expiration day, if I BTC a covered call and sell the UL, will my profit always be nearly identical to the profit that I would have gotten if I had let the shares get called away? Does this always happen to me bc I sell the covered call ATM and it's mainly extrinsic value, and at expiration, the extrinsic value's gone? If I sell the call when it has more intrinsic value, is there a chance that I could BTC at expiration when the UL has gone up, and I can actually make more by closing the position?
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That's incredible! We need more days like this! While tech is being decimated... other sectors are attracting all the money! Berkshire, AZN, MRK, ... TJX, DOW, UL, ABBV, ...
I purchased 3 stocks during a market down turn during COVID. Known companies that simply had to bounce back. I did this as my first try into picking stocks. DIS, UL, LUV I've lost money on all of them. 🤣 It's the best thing to ever happen to me. Like a person losing at their first visit to a casino. They won't gamble again, and neither will I. It's all index funds now and forever. I refuse to sell these stocks. They are my reminders.
Why UL censoring everything?
Buy UL that's who owns Dr S
I think you are not focusing on the cashflow implications of this strategy Let's say that you are long a stock X that starts at 100$ and ends at 100$ at the end of the time period. Let's say that you are doing strategy of selling 20 delta OTM calls and collecting premium of \~200$ let's limit ourselves in this example to outcome of either earning the premium of 200$ or losing exactly 200$ when the market is bullish. Let's say that you made exactly zero on option strategies , thus these outcomes had to happen equal amount of times. Therefore, if the market fluctuated up and down when you were up you had to sell stock X to get the cash to cover loss and if the market went down you collected the cash that you could invest in the now cheaper stock X. In other words because of this cash fluctuation you had to sell high and buy low. Thus the more often it fluctuated up and down the more you are positive on your income while the stock ended flat and option strategy earned nothing. The worst case of going up one half of the time interval and down the other part of the time interval will result in zero. Otherwise you are always positive on your pnl. In the practical example the trade relies on high implied vol on the upside compared to mean reverting reality. Thus you are giving away potential upside on the UL for the lower expected realized vol which I suppose is fair enough. So buying and holding in less bullish, more mean reverting should be inferior and it would be interesting to see what would be the result of Jacob portfolio had he done nothing for comparison.
Whole life = life ins + savings … universal = life ins + investments .. yet, they are not investments … they are life insurance policies. that being said, when ur looking for permanent insurance, whole life over UL… u can do UL with buy term and invest the difference.. par whole life or a renewable and convertible term policy.
I don't know how inflation resistant AAs business is. While real estate tends to at least keep pace with inflation and telco is such a necessity that price increases ought to be relatively easy to pass on to the consumer (unless one of the big 3 decides to gain market share by starting a price war, which I find unlikely). Another option could be a consumer stable, like UL, lots of debt and relatively easy to pass cost onto consumers.
Credit spreads are tricky because of the short leg messing up possible credits. Cash secured puts are better for rolling if you wait to time it properly. For instance I opened a 197.5 CSP expiring today this past Tuesday for .75 credit. As of this morning I was hurting, down to 196.00, itm and expiring today. IV was skyrocketing. I saw a roll to June 27 195p for a whopping 3.5 credit. My .75 197.5p was suddenly at 1.41. So I rolled once the UL found support at 196. The cost basis went up to 3.5, but intraday has already decayed to 2.8. So I could close it right now and make .7, and my original put was a .75, so almost max profit. But at this stage wiser to let this IV decay further and get more. But that’s not always how it goes either, and even this could turn on me.
The reversal of the excess secondary tariffs that he had on China and Chinas reversal of counter tariffs is also being counted here in addition to the UL deal. China and US still have a base tariff increase problem
Yeah those were my thoughts. I know nothing about semis, let alone GPUs, but it's an asset sweating / utilization business. The things that I couldn't figure out (and tbh don't really care to), on the core business are: * Your point on depreciation- GPUs apparently have \~5 years of useful life? I imagine that if you use them for compute, it's even shorter, but idk how much shorter. So you need to sweat your assets but you're also going to be running down their UL. This is not smth you can throw a tiny bit of maintenance capex at * Chip industry has natural obsolescence. Will this slow down as they approach a limit that both makes smaller nodes much more expensive to build, and approaches physical limits of what's possible (quantum tunnelling?)? Idk, so I'm staying out. * Wrt the above 2 points, it's rare in infra investing to have to replace your largest component of capex at least once every 5 years, but they'll probably have to do it sooner than that. * 1 year contracts are insanely short to do a massive capex build out for anything. Haven't looked at the numbers, but I doubt their payback period is that fast. The large customers need to be locked into multi-year contracts in order to fund the build out w minimal risk to equity. Not happening here. I saw some commentary bitching about them not owning the underlying DCs, and while I haven't taken a look at what's going on, that's actually par for course for the hyperscalers and it's not actually a bad thing. Operationally, they probably needed to do that in order to get off the ground fast to. I'm guessing that the abysmally low free float is a significant factor in the run up in price.
Did an insurance agent recently speak with you? There is no reason to get a universal life policy. Or any insurance policy that’s not term life. It’s just not worth it if you do the math. My parents have a variable UL policy and the insurer takes 6% as fees from their premium. You may not realize it but that’s A LOT. The usual assumption for long term market growth is 8% per year. It sounds like you feel like the U.S. market is too volatile and don’t want you money to swing to much with that volatility. I would recommend you making a Roth IRA and just investing all your contributions into VT. This etf encapsulates pretty much all companies on Earth. It’s about 62% U.S and 28% international. The secret to building wealth is to just consistently invest in broad funds like that. It’s very simple, but most people don’t have the discipline to follow it. See r/FIRE and r/bogelheads for more on this. Buy term life if you need the life insurance for your family.
And you know what, just about everything that comes here from China is ignoring laws, dangerous chemicals, Fake UL or CE listing etc. So I honestly don't even care a lick about anything China.
Are you fucking stupid??? Obama clearly didn't want Pakistan to be notified about the whole raid they did or they would help Osama get away. You should lose your American citizenship for being a terrorist supporter. https://www.reuters.com/article/business/bin-laden-would-have-escaped-if-pakistan-permission-sought-obama-idUSL1E8LN0UL/
I dumped RITM and mbs heavy EFC when this all started and made some money. They're both down now but not as much as I expect. But I also expect the trump induced recession to scythe a large path of carnage across the residential real estate and mbs market. A recession and high interest rates plus high inflation from tariffs will be brutal on that sector of the economy. Looking for some bargains, but not getting into much. Looking for a good ADM competitor as people will still need to eat but the food processing level is mediocre and I already have UL.
Great indicator here. I wrote this originally about prostitution being down but here are my expert trade analyst suggestions: Puts: 1. UL (Unilever) – This slowdown hits Vaseline hard. When lube sales dry up, so does the economy. 2. UBER – Fewer back-alley hookups = fewer sad suburban rides. Demand’s soft and flaccid. 3. LVS (Las Vegas Sands) – No conventions, no regrets, no revenue. 4. META – If thirst traps aren’t converting, engagement’s down and so is ad revenue. Calls: 1. BYND (Beyond Meat) – Celibacy up, weird meat-free microwave dinners up. 2. NFLX – No chill, just binge-watching in quiet despair. Lonely nights = more hours streamed. 3. PG (Procter & Gamble) – Tissue and lotion demand spiking.
I don’t understand why you guys want to bend over backwards for China and take it in the behind regarding trade. However much you like or dislike Trump his term is over in 4 years while China has a President for life. Things cannot go back to normal. How much more Chinese junk can you fit into your house? Last month my daughter’s car battery died out and there was a Chinese $.99 store by her car. I went in and bought a charging cable For $14.99. With the UL tag. Hooked up the connections and proceeded to jumpstart her car ( I’ve done this many many times). Her engine would barely turn over and I could smell the cable burning. Killed the engine, unhooked the cable and smelled it and confirmed that the burnt smell was coming from the cable. China is not our friend. Remember that!
Great indicator here. Based on the post, here’s my market interpretation: Puts: 1. UL (Unilever) – This slowdown hits Vaseline hard. When lube sales dry up, so does the economy. 2. UBER – Fewer back-alley hookups = fewer sad suburban rides. Demand’s soft and flaccid. 3. LVS (Las Vegas Sands) – No conventions, no regrets, no revenue. What happens in Vegas just doesn’t happen anymore. 4. META – If thirst traps aren’t converting, engagement’s down. Down bad, and so is ad revenue. Calls: 1. BYND (Beyond Meat) – Celibacy up, weird meat-free microwave dinners up. 2. NFLX – No chill, just binge-watching in quiet despair. Lonely nights = more hours streamed. 3. PG (Procter & Gamble) – Tissue and lotion demand spiking.
Yeah, I don't think most people realize how bad it's going to get and how FAST it's going to happen. At work we buy a lot of parts to build machinery. We already have a number of venders straight up halting shipments for an entirely unknown period of time. If our machine was using that part, too bad, we can't get it. If that part was time to Agency and in the UL report to use only that brand and model of switch, well too bad, we can't build the machine to the UL certification. Hope our customers are ok with that, lol. That's assuming we can even get an alternate. I went through Covid too. That was hell. Everyone was out of everything all the time, and we were scrambling for alternates of everything from every random supplier we could find. UL and CSA adherence went to the wind because it was entirely impossible. Our build ability was maybe 1/2 to 1/3 normal just because we couldn't get anything in. Heck, we couldn't get steel, just plain steel in. And what few scraps we could get was 3x to 4x the cost plus massive shipping costs because we were buying 1/20th the normal order size. It was stupid. It doubled the price of our products just not to lose money. This is worse. THIS is going to be MUCH worse. It's not a supply problem this time either. It's effectively sanctions, trade embargo. There's going to be so many things that we just can't get...from anybody, anywhere, and it'll have absolutely nothing to do with supply and demand. The crappy part is we're a US manufacturer, US people, US fab, US assembly, US engineering, US everything, and tariffs and this trade BS will shut our doors. And if they stay shut too long, the business is gone, dead. And we're a brand name and oem for many of the major companies in our market. There are zero other businesses capable of doing what we do. The market space will just...end. Our customer companies will lose their entire business model. Whole swaths of manufacturing and services will just stop existing. But here's the fun part. When this actually rolls through, and the average Joe really feels it, it's going to be when the go to their local Walmart, and the shelves are 90% bare. Stuff just won't exist in this country, period.
I'm using a LG 32 inch 32UL500 and it's absolutely dogshit
I was thinking `electronics with safety certs required to sell in the US` (e.g. FCC or UL certs or other industry specific certs). Would be hella funny if Chinese factories starts scraping those certs off the label for stuff destined to the rest of the world. I know Framework laptop have been having the reverse of that issue with local certifications for their stuff for like _all_ the markets they want to enter.
I'm buying more of Unilever (UL) and British American Tobacco (BTI), the only 2 positions in my portfolio that aren't in the red, and that I believe will remain relatively unscathed by the sell-off.
If you have kids you basically can’t because school on the UL for example is like 15k-25K/year per kid without citizenship. France and most of EU is no different unless we can actively seek asylum.
AZO, UL, ORLY for starters
When i ordered a tool from China I could choose what stamp I needed, CE or UL etc 😀
Sounds like a universal life policy… ask him why wouldn’t it be better to put that same money into an investment account instead of an insurance policy that’s investing on your behalf .. less fees and more going into the investment since your not paying an insurance premium… also ask him what would happen if she needed the money within 1yr/2yr/3yrs? Most UL policies make you pay a surrender charge within the first 8 years if you’re trying to redeem…
1. Kimberly-Clark (KMB) – Maker of toilet paper brands like Cottonelle and Scott. 2. Procter & Gamble (PG) – Owns Charmin toilet paper and other hygiene products. 3. Unilever (UL) – Produces hygiene and cleaning products, including Domestos toilet cleaners. 4. Waste Management (WM) – The largest waste disposal and recycling company in the U.S.
> Most standards are private sector. UL, NEC, NFPA, etc. Fun fact: All of their standards are NIST-traceable.
Hey there nay-sayer! All states have a local office of weights and measures they work closely with and take direction from the National office. The "private sector" does the same thing but for a lot of different and specialty reasons. UL is for insurance, NEC & NFPA work in conjunction with the National level to put forth best practices and make sure that things are up to snuff. This is to make sure that there is a minimum standard across the nation.
My state does weights and measures. In fact, what do the federal weights and measures guys even measure? Most standards and private sector. UL, NEC, NFPA, etc.
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UL great buying oppurtunity here guys
UL needs to go to $60 over the weekend