Stocks in Play - 27th February 2026

Today in Focus: DELL, XYZ

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: Rejection Yesterday at 50MA, Closed Above 20EMA. Selling was definitely on a higher Volume on the QQQ. VIX strong this morning and gapping down.

Commentary: I got yesterday totally wrong. I overthought it and missed the potential in NVAX, BFLY and maybe CELH. Every so often I have a habit of doing that. It reinforces the idea of just picking the setups and trading them and don’t try to be too smart. Keep it simple..

We’re beginning to live under the 50MA which isn’t a good sign for the moment. That being said there is definite follow through on good setups and earnings names. This cannot be denied. Monitoring the VIX. Cautious on new risk. Last trading day of the month so expect to see some weird moves and rotations early in the day.

Trade Updates:

Current Positions: FSLY, GLW, INNV, NKTR, BFLY, PVLA, YOU, ROIV

In Play

DELL:  Strong Beat on Earnings

Key Metrics: Industry Group: Computer Hardware, Market Cap: 89.61B, Float: 310.91M, Short Interest: 8.83%, Days to Cover: 4.04, Sales Y/Y TTM: 10.81%, EPS Y/Y TTM: 31.67%, Earnings: Feb 26 AMC, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Broad-based blowout quarter: revenue, EPS, ISG, AI server orders, backlog, cash flow, and FY27 guidance all materially exceeded Street expectations. Market conditions may be the issue here for this but very strong earnings. Big Base on Chart. Customer diversification very impressive (4000+ Customers). Meaningful short interest also on such a big name.

• Clarke: "FY 2026 was a defining year in our company's history."

• Clarke: "demand far outweighs supply"

• Kennedy: "We expect ISG and CSG operating income rates to be at the lower end of our long-term framework"

XYZ:  Cutting 40% of Staff + Earnings

Key Metrics: Industry Group: Software - Infrastructure, Market Cap: 33.14B, Float: 532.72M, Short Interest: 3.54%, Days to Cover: 2.60, Sales Y/Y TTM: 0.47%, EPS Y/Y TTM: 178.05%, Earnings: Feb 26 AMC, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Reasonable earnings but the big story here is the shock cutting of 40% of Workforce with AI given as the reason behind it. The chart is not good. I’m conflicted on this one due to that but this seems like a seismic move by the company so it definitely warrants monitoring. May be a delayed setup.

Delayed Reaction/Continuation Watchlist:

Monitoring:

• 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.}