2026-10-01 · midday

Net cash / NLV still red at -0.110, $15,421 past the -0.10 line; no fills today. Red means Rule 3: tier 1 sales. Gross leverage 1.740x red; long-leg band still over. GOOGL $338.96 (-1.49%), nearest written level tranche 3 at $360, +6.21%. MU $1,092.38 (+2.56%), reversing the morning's post-print dip.

What to do

Still over, unchanged

Why each one reads the way it does

Everything else clear

All 26 triggers swept, with today's number
price triggernowfires atdistance
GOOGL - tranche 3 confirmation (nearest written level)$338.96≥ $3606.2% up
GOOGL - tranche 2 weakness$338.96≤ $3176.5% down
MU - collar roll level$1,092.38≥ $1,25014.4% up
GOOGL - thesis break, close regardless of price$338.96≤ $28017.4% down
GOOGL - washout, stop selling spreads and buy stock$338.96≤ $26023.3% down
GOOGL - Rule 8, deploy the $100k crash reserve$338.96≤ $26023.3% down
GOOGL - no chase past $380-390 short$338.96≥ $43026.9% up
GOOGL - Rule 6, close every short put$338.96≥ $43428.0% up
GOOGL - long spreads near max, would-I-buy-it-fresh test$338.96≥ $50047.5% up
GOOGL - shares capped by the 600Cs$338.96≥ $60077.0% up
level triggernowfires atdistance
Net cash / NLV, now red-0.110back above -0.10 (amber)$15,421 of sales at midday NLV.
Every long call spread against the 90%-of-width sell rule42.23% is the highest90% of widthDec-28 300/400 42.23%, Sep-27 300/440 38.49%, Sep-27 300/445 37.80%, Dec-28 350/500 29.73%, Dec-28 350/600 23.89%.
Dec-28 put IV, the alternate tranche-2 trigger36.25%43% (Rule 8 at 50%)6.75 points. Midpoint IV valid (implied_vol 36.11%; option quote DELAYED).
GOOGL Dec-28 340P extrinsic, the assignment watch$56.47$5Put is $1.04 out of the money; the whole mark is extrinsic.
Program cap$175,059$200,000$24,941 of room.
Excess liquidity against the Part 4 amber75.66% of NLV40% amber, 25% red$1,126,691 against a $650,000 floor.
NLV on the week against the 72-hour freeze row+1.05%a FALL of 8% in one weekStruck against 2026-09-24's open, $1,473,764.97.
calendardateaway
Earliest clean sale date for the 6/05 GOOG loss lots if only bought calls count as replacement property2026-10-010d
Earliest clean sale date if a WRITTEN call is also replacement property2026-10-1514d
GOOG print, first scheduled thesis adjudicator2026-10-2827d
Deploy the $100k reserve at market if no crash has come2026-10-2928d
GOOG capex guide, second scheduled adjudicator2027-02-03125d
GOOG lots vest long-term, add collar put leg 9 (+66 sh)2027-03-13163d
GOOG lots vest long-term, add collar put legs 10-11 (+200 sh)2027-04-02183d
GOOG lots vest long-term, legs 12-14 (+350 sh)2027-06-05247d
GOOG lots vest long-term, leg 15 (+50 sh)2027-06-25267d
Spot prices
lastday
RDDT$149.65+5.1%
EQT$49.98+2.9%
MU$1,092.38+2.6%
NVDA$231.79+1.5%
CRWD$267.35+1.0%
TSLA$357.56+0.8%
VOO$702.98+0.3%
META$726.72+0.2%
INTC$120.32+0.1%
AMZN$248.32-0.3%
PANW$395.82-0.4%
HD$282.36-0.7%
GOOG$335.85-1.4%
GOOGL$338.96-1.5%
DIS$101.37-3.4%

What other people said

Every call filed today
whoactiontargetwhen
Rosenblatt / Kevin Cassidy
Raised from $1,500 after the print.
MUBuy, target raised$1,9002026-10-01
KeyBanc / Justin Patterson
Cut from $445.
GOOGLBuy, target cut$4352026-10-01
DA Davidson / Gil Luria
Raised from $2,000.
MUBuy, target raised$2,1002026-10-01
Melius / Ben Reitzes
Highest target filed today.
MUBuy, reiterated$2,2002026-10-01
Cantor Fitzgerald / C.J. Muse
MUOverweight, reiterated$2,0002026-10-01
RBC / Srini Pajjuri
MUOutperform, reiterated$1,5002026-10-01
Jefferies / Brent Thill
GOOGLBuy, maintained$4452026-10-01
Bank of America / Justin Post
GOOGLBuy, maintained$4302026-10-01
RBC / Brad Erickson
GOOGLBuy, maintained$4252026-10-01
J.P. Morgan / Doug Anmuth
GOOGLBuy, reiterated$4202026-10-01
Seeking Alpha / Agar Capital
Q4 $54.23B revenue, $33.42 EPS, 87% GM; Q1 guide $61.5B / $38.15; most 2027 HBM contracted.
MUStrong Buynone2026-09-30
Seeking Alpha / Kenio Fontes
Guide implies 6.4x annualized P/E; tightness through 2027-2028.
MUBuynone2026-09-30
Seeking Alpha / Quad 7 Capital
6.6x forward FY27; buy any summer-style drawdown.
MUBuynone2026-09-30
Seeking Alpha / Justin Purohit
Shortage runs well past 2027; reasonably priced, continued hold.
MUHoldnone2026-10-01
Seeking Alpha / Tom Dorsey
26 strategic agreements cover >35% of revenue through 2030.
MULong, Opportunity Zonenone2026-10-01
Seeking Alpha / APAC Research
Buy despite Gemini 4 Argon benchmark doubts; cloud and TPUs monetize AI regardless.
GOOGLBuynone2026-10-01
r/wallstreetbets / u/oprah_2024
YOLO on $1,080 calls expiring Friday.
MUCalls$1,080 strike, exp 10/022026-09-30
r/wallstreetbets / u/MarginCallson
$50K in, doubling down into the print.
MUCalls + sharesnone2026-09-30
SCORED: Deutsche Bank
Missed by 74%; wrong direction.
INTCHold $30, 2025-09-29actual $115.932026-09-29
SCORED: u/Loud_Pineapple_4294 (WSB)
Missed; MU fell from $1,096.
MU$1,400 in a weekactual $1,065.112026-09-30
SCORED: Wolfe Research
Hit direction, 8.4% short of target.
AMZN$270, 2025-09-30actual $249.152026-09-30
SCORED: KeyCorp
Hit direction, 9.5% short.
NVDA$250, 2025-09-30actual $228.382026-09-30
SCORED: Citigroup
Hit; beat target by 8%.
NVDA$210, 2025-09-30actual $228.382026-09-30
SCORED: Jefferies
Hit; beat target by 3%.
NVDA$220, 2025-09-29actual $227.212026-09-29
consensussourcetargetanalysts
GOOGLfinviz.com$426.50Recom 1.25Unchanged.
MUfinviz.com$1,597.56Recom 1.28Up from $1,580.88 after the print.

Cost of compute

Every rate, per chip and per source

Dollars per GPU-hour. Vast is a marketplace floor and runs well below contract rates, which is what the cloud and hyperscaler columns are there to show. Bold rows are current generation.

vastcloudhyperakashn
H100 SXM$2.40$3.85$7.89$2.7224
H100 NVL$3.03---5 thin
H200$5.00$4.50$10.85$4.4511
B200$7.97$7.88$14.24-14
A100 SXM4$0.80$2.00$3.67$1.7149
A100 PCIE$0.66---29
L40S$0.77---32
RTX 4090$0.43---64
RTX 5090$0.54---64

H100 by source. SFCompute clearing price -. Composite is $2.82 as of 2026-04 (Still the 2026-04 H100 print at $2.82; re-checked 2026-10-01 for the October append and no later month is published free (later months lock-icon paywalled), so no row was added.).

sourcenow24h avgday
vast med$2.40$2.87-20.3%
sfcompute---
getdeploying$3.85--23.0%
akash$2.72$2.72+0.0%

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