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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 For allocators, insist on economics that compensate for dilution, strong target (10/10)

Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 2025 under politicized narratives, but the sustainability depends on deal quality, regulatory scrutiny, and secondary-market behavior. Expect regulators to watch sponsor alignment, disclosures, and related-party transactions closely. (9/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Trump quote and satirical tickers (e.g., a “Greenland IPO” $GRNL, “Yeezy” token chatter) are circulating. Verify sources before trading; misinformation is a feature, not a bug, in this corner of the market.

Macro implications: A successful raise would signal a tentative SPAC revival in (8/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 planning: borrow availability for shorting could be tight early; consider pairs/relative-value setups versus DWAC/other politically linked SPACs. Size positions for headline risk and high redemption scenarios that leave thin floats and sharp squeezes.
- Compliance and signal hygiene: a fake (7/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 depth can magnify volatility.
- Watch for crosscurrents with conservative-leaning consumer/platform names referenced in the filing (PSQH/PEW) and thematic media tie-ins (All-In Podcast segments). These can be near-term catalysts for attention, even absent fundamentals.
- Hedge and liquidity (6/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Cayman incorporation can affect governance, investor protections, and tax—factor that into your downside scenarios.
- Underwriter roster and PIPE quality will be key to price discovery. If retail demand dominates and borrow is scarce, early trading can gap higher; limited options market (5/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 non-fundamental price action and extreme volatility.

Actionable focus areas:
- Read the S-1 closely: sponsor promote size (typically ~20%), warrant coverage (1/2 or 1/3 per unit), lock-up terms, forward purchase agreements/PIPE backstops, and redemption mechanics. (4/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Bears highlight sponsor overhang, potential dilution, and reputational risk, alongside renewed criticism of Chamath’s prior SPACs and allegations of “grift” and share-dumping. The political association raises concerns about cronyism and self-dealing, with DWAC as precedent for (3/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Expect near-term “hot” issuance dynamics and heavy social-media-driven flows.

Sentiment is mixed. Bulls see a repeat of politically charged retail momentum that can lift blank-check names on headlines alone. (2/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Market update: A new Cayman-incorporated SPAC backed by Chamath Palihapitiya, with Donald Trump Jr. and Laura Ingraham in the orbit, has filed to go public (ticker chatter points to CLBR). The launch aims to capitalize on Trump-world enthusiasm and the DWAC/Trump Media playbook. (1/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 - Barbell exposure: pair quality China/HK growth (cash‑rich (10/10)

Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 to rising 20/50‑DMA for entries; fade vertical spikes with tight stops.
- Hedge tactically: overlay VIX calls or protective puts on China/HK ETFs; consider partial USD/CNH hedges to manage FX‑linked drawdowns. (9/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 upside, but India retains structural growth leadership with lower headline risk. A blended approach—incremental HK adds funded by profit‑taking in crowded India momentum—can balance cyclical opportunity and durability.

Actionable ideas:
- Use breadth extremes to frame risk: favor pullbacks (8/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 funds, where NAV premiums versus market prices have appeared. Action point: monitor ETF premium/discounts—entering at a premium can erode returns if sentiment cools. For allocators toggling between Hang Seng and Nifty, consider relative value and volatility: HK may offer mean‑reversion (7/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 sensitive. Keep an eye on USD liquidity, US yields, and cross‑border flows; they’re setting the tone for Asia risk.

ETF flows and positioning are picking up. Investors are rotating into Hang Seng and China Tech ETFs for targeted exposure, while Indian investors are active in international (6/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Tariff relief hopes and policy support chatter are fueling risk‑on bursts, while VIX spikes and “global margin call” narratives (#MOASS, #GME) have sparked risk‑off reversals. This regime amplifies beta and correlation—China/HK tech, property‑linked financials, and cyclicals are most (5/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 If you’re adding exposure, sizing and entry discipline matter: stagger entries, avoid chasing parabolic moves, and set risk parameters around recent gap levels.

Macro headlines continue to drive Asia‑wide swings. (4/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 A rare breadth surge—with over 90% of constituents above their 200‑day moving average—signals powerful momentum and participation. Historically, such extremes favor near‑term continuation but often precede digestion or a stall as stretched names consolidate. (3/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Sentiment is mixed: tactical buyers are active on breadth and valuation signals, while longer‑horizon allocators remain wary given the index’s underperformance and negative cumulative returns across key cycles since 2007/2018.

Short‑term strength is undeniable. (2/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 9h

📊 Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index remains the epicenter of Asia’s volatility. Markets whipsawed between double‑digit down days and sharp rebounds, with headlines invoking “worst since 2008/1997” followed by “bull market” calls for China‑linked indices. (1/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 11h

📊 For NVDA, holding $183 on the weekly timeframe keeps trend followers engaged.

AI capex vs. (10/10)

Kautious @kautious.com · 11h

📊 evident (gifting NVDA shares, social milestones), contributing to structurally tight float conditions. Options markets remain a key driver; call-heavy positioning can produce positive gamma into strength but also sharp air pockets if key supports break. (9/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 11h

📊 Short interest is not extreme, so any squeeze likely needs incremental news/flow.
- BYND squeeze talk and RXRX bottoming calls are circulating among momentum traders—high-risk, flow-driven setups; monitor volume/option skew for confirmation.

Flows and positioning: Retail enthusiasm is (8/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 11h

📊 breakouts through recent highs to trigger chase.
- TSLA “NVDA moment” chatter and a potential mega squeeze are circulating; catalysts would need to be AI-adjacent (FSD/Dojo scale-up, model mix/pricing, data center adjacency). (7/10)

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Kautious @kautious.com · 11h

📊 durable, less cyclical exposure. Memory/HBM remains a bottleneck/tailwind trio (MU domestically; SK Hynix, Samsung overseas).

Speculative narratives building:
- AMD is increasingly positioned as the “next parabolic” trade if MI300/MI325 traction and customer ramps surprise; watch for (6/10)

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