Stocks in Play - 26th February 2026

Today in Focus: NVDA, Delayed Reactions

Trading Services I Use in my Trading:

Finviz is my go to every day for Screener and News. I use a simple Pre Market Scanner on the News tab to scroll down through charts and news at the same time. This is the fastest and most efficient way I’ve found to scroll charts and news together.

Situational Awareness

Market Condition: Closed above the 10/20 EMA & 50MA yesterday on the QQQ. NVA earnings reaction seems solid.

Commentary: Today is interesting. Lot's of things gapping up on earnings but many of them with (what I feel are) somewhat substandard charts. SEZL, CELH, BFLY probably being the best I think.

Market feels more Bullish and we are definitely continuing to see traction in many names. Cautious of a shakeout early in the day.

I am inclined to simply sit on my open positions today or else look at the most obvious chart from last night.

Upcoming Earnings:
After Hours: MP, CRWV, AMBA, AAOI, WULF
Before Open: GSAT, UUUU

Trade Updates:

Current Positions: FSLY, GLW, STM, INNV, VRT, CGNX, NKTR, PVLA, YOU, ROIV

In Play

NVDA:  NVDA Strong Earnings and Upcoming Investor Day

Key Metrics: Industry Group: Semiconductors, Market Cap: 4775.68B, Float: 23.38B, Short Interest: 1.10%, Days to Cover: 1.52, Sales Y/Y TTM: 65.22%, EPS Y/Y TTM: 58.53%, Earnings: Feb 25 AMC, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Record revenue, gross margin recovery to 75.2%, Blowout Revenue Guide. Confirmed Blackwell architecture acceleration with no signs of demand deceleration. Agentic AI narrative reinforced by enterprise diversification beyond hyperscalers. Flat Weekly base chart right under $200 Round Number area. As goes NVDA will likely go the market.

Their Investor Conference takes place next week where they are expected to announce integration of Groq IP to their Chips meaning a potential reduction in need for Memory Chips. May work better as a delayed reaction but certainly worth monitoring.

Delayed Reaction/Continuation Watchlist:

Monitoring:

• RXT - Earnings Reaction/Delayed PLTR Partnership Reaction

• SNDK - Memory Breakout/NVDA Sympathy

Delayed Reaction Watchlist (TradingView Link)

_{Note: This is my methodology for identifying stocks in play. There are many valid approaches to trading catalysts—find the setups, timeframes, and risk parameters that align with your strategy.}