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Swing Trade Ideas – September 1, 2026

Date: Sept 1, 2026

Laurie’s Abbreviation Index:

** ‘div’ – dividend

** ‘m/m’ – month over month

** ‘y/y’ – year over year

** ‘Inven’ – inventories

** ‘mfg’ – manufacturing ** +/- – plus or minus, positive or negative

** Underlined text – higher volume premarket

** ‘d’ – day

** ‘Y’ – year

**govt – government

Color Key: Positive – Neutral – Negative

Global Markets:  USA, Europe, Japan, China, Hong Kong –slight positive set-up

• Commodities:  Gold, Silver, Copper,  Palladium, Oil, natgas, AGGS,  Bitcoin
• Yields: 30Y Bond -0.29%  Currencies:  USA$+0.15% CAD -0.11% YEN -0.12%  BTC/USD-1.24%  Vix:16.8
• Events USA: JOLTS, MFG PMI 10ET EUR: CPI lower than expected, UE rate higher
  Stock News MDT+4.8% NIO-.7%      EPS TTWO -7% on GTA concerns OKLO $23M share offering HOOD upgrade
  
  Comments Global indices are lower premarket with oil and yields higher. High beta tech is leading to the downside and energy to the upside. RSP equal weighted S&P is flattish so weakness is generally in the tech sector with semis weaker than QQQ and software inline.  USA mfg PMI and JOLTS at 10ET may be market moving.  Higher and US$ yields are weighing on metals, gold miners. MAGS are all lower with AAPL the strongest and often a defensive name. AMZN, NVDA, MSFT, GOOGL, META, TSLA  have all moved lower more than the market maker move and on watch. MDT is higher on earnings and healthcare is a positive sector. Energy is higher as Trump continues to make threats and hasn’t Taco’d but rates and WTI are at levels where either Bessent or Trump tweet out something to calm markets. SPX positioning is well supported with 7650 the line in the sand with 7600 support to the downside.  It is the first of the month so pension funds will be autopilot buyers and so one can consider leaning long as long as SPX > 7650. PANW DELL MDB reporting after the close will be important for the security, and AI trades. TTWO lower on GTA leaks, watch for continuation or bounce. FRVO speculative name higher on deal with GOOGL
  
  Stock MDT HOOD CVX    TTWO AMZN MRVL  Speculative FRVO   AXTI AG AAOI
  Indices USO XLE XLV US$   GDX SLV DRAM GLD SMH UNG XLK XME IGV QQQ TLT IBIT UFO MAGS AIPO ARKK

S&P500 MDT HOOD CVX   MRVL SNDK INTC COIN SMCI NOW MU AMD MRNA PLTR AMZN QCOM NVDA TSLA
Other FRVO CRK UMC TEM ASX BP SHEL  AXTI AG AAOI HL CRCL MSTR CRWV UEC IONQ IREN NBIS BMNR

MDB

MDB reports after the close. Expected move +/-68 Positioning is leaning to calls with 490 large position which can lead to a squeeze to 505. Downside support 490. MDB is a database company that provides the infrastructure  that AI applications and agents need to operate reliably.  IV is elevated so one should consider verticals for directional trades. Flies will not have a great payout until EOW.  Calendar trades or diagonals  are another possibility but will want the long strikes in Sept of Oct due to the elevated vol