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What happenedOn 12 September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay asking the AI industry to slow down how fast models get more powerful.His main proposal is to let independent evaluators wor...
$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US) with a nice lift today. Will inch up a stop or two on this one. Want to work toward let it rides so no hurry on the full position.
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$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US)
Bullish up 5%
1. This means fewer model launches due to NEW Safety Focused Development.
2. Multiple cycles from training, evaluate, detect risks, roll back, retrain, alignment RL, Monitor then Release, so therefore MORE compute, networking and power will be consumed.
3. Security stocks such as $CrowdStrike(CRWD.US)and a few others will gain a competitive winning edge for this deployment.
4. The real warning sign is capex cuts, but not slower model releases. Guidance, GPU orders and planned data Center capacity will naturally be under the new watchful eyes for such new deployment holistically🆕🇺🇸
What happenedOn 12 September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay asking the AI industry to slow down how fast models get more powerful.His main proposal is to let independent evaluators wor...
$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US)
CrowdStrike’s 7% Drop: Risk or Put-Selling Opportunity?
CrowdStrike (CRWD) fell roughly 7% on September 1, despite no fundamental shock. The decline came amid a broad technology selloff as oil surged and the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield climbed toward 4.8%, pressuring high-growth software valuations. Profit-taking after CRWD’s strong post-earnings rally added to the selling. (24/7 Wall St.)
Fundamentally, the pullback does not yet signal material deterioration. FY2026 revenue reached US$4.81B (+22%), ARR US$5.25B (+24%) and free cash flow US$1.24B, while Q1 FY2027 revenue accelerated 26% and ARR reached US$5.51B. (CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.)
The bigger risk remains valuation and expectations, rather than demand. Technically, the US$200–205 area becomes an important downside zone after the recent correction.
Option-writer view: Rather than chasing shares, a cash-secured put around US$205, 19–30 DTE and approximately 0.25–0.30 delta, looks attractive. Target roughly US$5–6 premium, giving an effective entry near US$199–200 if assigned.
Verdict: HOLD / SELL PUT. The 7% fall looks more like macro-driven valuation digestion than fundamental damage.
Not financial advice.
Iggy's Journal: Oil Breaks $100, And My Coffee Just Got More Expensive Too
10 September 2026, AM
Morning Read
Woke up to Brent crude above US$100 a barrel for the first time since July, up nearly 4% overnight, and Wall Street didn't like it one bit. S&P 500 down 0.48%, Nasdaq down 0.64%, Dow down 0.77%. Here's the part I find genuinely interesting though, ask two different newsrooms why oil jumped and you get two different answers. AP says it's US-Iran tension choking off tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters says it's Houthi attacks on Saudi energy facilities in the Red Sea. Nobody's lying, they're just watching different fires, and that tells me the read on this is genuinely unsettled, not something to trade off with confidence either way.
STI already felt it Wednesday, closing at 5,729.63, down 0.66%, before the US session even opened. And this is the bit that actually matters to you and me, not the headline number. Oil above US$100 plus US yields sitting at fresh highs means the safe, boring alternative to your dividend counter just got a little more attractive on paper. Nobody's income holding suddenly got worse overnight. The bar it has to clear to be worth holding just crept a fraction higher. That's it, that's the whole story, no drama required.
My Personal Take
My honest first reaction whenever "oil breaks $100" starts trending is to brace myself, because by lunchtime someone's calling it the start of the next global recession and someone else is calling it nothing at all. The truth usually sits closer to nothing at all, at least until we see whether this is an actual shipping disruption or a headline that fades by Friday like half of these do. I'll be watching Hormuz and the Red Sea properly before I say anything more definitive, kopi-o in hand, letting the numbers speak instead of the headlines.
Not financial advice. Iggy's Forensic Compliance Standards apply.
Cheers, Iggy 🦖
$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US) took my paydays off for a lower % than normal. Made coin. Don't want added risk into a three day weekend
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$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US) | Scotiabank 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 on 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲, raises PT to $𝟮𝟲𝟱 from $𝟮𝟱𝟬
Analyst sees AI security demand, platform consolidation, and product strength supporting momentum in F28 and beyond.$CrowdStrike(CRWD.US) put in a new intraday high might put in a new closing high. I am long this name and moved up my stops a bit today.
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It's coming to the end of the month - also where most of the major companies have already reported earnings. As expected, the earnings season has seen some companies rally after posting magnificent results while others slump after posting weaker guidance or simply just due to traders taking profit. It is important to monitor and read in depth into the earnings report of your holdings, but also sometimes the share price don't go as expected due to fear (of say higher capex for e.g.) or just because it was already priced in.
One stock added $442 billion and ten of eleven sectors still closed red. Tonight a brand new Fed chair speaks, and Singapore's factory data quietly says the AI trade is real.
