Stocks in Play - August 19th 2025

Stocks in Play: AS, GXAI, AREC & Delayed Reactions

Welcome to today's Stocks in Play report. Below are the key stocks to watch, along with brief x-ray and analysis.

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Honorable Mention to:

AS: Very strong beat on EPS ($0.06 vs est. $0.03), Solid Beat on Revs (+22% YoY Growth), All segments were strong - Particular Outdoor Performance (Saloman Brand), Beat on Gross Margins and some acceleration in KPIs. Raised Full Year Guidance despite tariff concerns. Beautiful consolidating chart. This is the sort of report I was hoping for having flagged the chart over the weekend. Stock is down pre market but I think it is a strong candidate to reverse higher and B/O.

X-Ray AS: Industry Group: Leisure, Market Cap: 20.77B, Float: 146.00M Short Interest 7.07%, Days to Cover: 2.39, Exchange: NYSE

GXAI: Announced the launch of its Art-Gen.AI video creation platform. Story Stock microcap. Gapping up strong pre market. Heavy volume, Decent chart. In the past it has made big moves but they tend to be 1 to 2 days max. Support at $1.60 Resistance at $2. Highly volatile, trade with caution.

X-Ray GXAI: Industry Group: Electronic Gaming & Multimedia, Market Cap: 7.84M, Float: 6.48M Short Interest 1.88%, Days to Cover: 0.96, Exchange: NASDAQ

AREC: Long term domestic production deal for Magnets with Vulcan Elements (Altimeter VC StartUp). In theme (Rare Earths & Domestic Reshoring Gov Policy, Weekly chart is reasonable. Push above $1.75 needed.

X-Ray AREC: Industry Group: Coking Coal, Market Cap: 104.49M, Float: 55.75M Short Interest 7.96%, Days to Cover: 2.08, Exchange: NASDAQ

Note - LASE Posted Very strong Topline numbers but all of the growth is down to acquisitions (without any data on whether those businesses are even growing) and they have essentially zero liquidity in the business. May not matter at all but this is a pump. High Volume pre market and acting well so far. I would be wary of a strong rejection at $5.

Delayed Reaction Watchlist (click here Tradingview)

Market Awareness

Another relatively quiet day for strong catalysts. The market is having a very orderly slow consolidation pullback in the last few days. It looks like we will see range expansion this week. Likely with FOMC or Powell Speech.

There are a lot of nice charts out there and nice delayed reactions with secondary news setting up (ONDS, RKLB, LIDR) . As always keeping an eye on the VIX for any spikes. Not expecting a lot to happen until Tomorrow or Thursday with Powell.

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_{PS: There are many ways to trade stocks in play. It does not have to be the one that keeps going straight up and sometimes it doesn’t even have to be day one of the catalyst. Everyone must find a setup, timeframe and method that works for them. This list is supposed to educate on the criteria I use and the methods in which I find Stocks in Play. Yours may differ and that is completely okay.}