Stocks in Play - August 20th 2025

Stocks in Play: SPAI, CVNA

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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SPAI: $8m Private placement with strategic investments from Ondas Holdings (ONDS) & Unusual Machines (UMAC). Relatively recent IPO, Chart has been in a nice flat consolidation. Drones are in theme and these is validation for Microcap name from recognized players in the industry. SPAI focus on Drone defence. Market is not conducive to this catalyst, if it had been a few weeks ago the stock would be exploding now from this base. Really nice setup.

X-Ray SPAI: Industry Group: Aerospace & Defense, Market Cap: 61.12M, Float: 6.52M Short Interest 0.76%, Days to Cover: 0.37, Exchange: NASDAQ

CVNA: HTZ announced that their used cars were now available on AMZN. Reasonable catalyst, nothing groundbreaking. I hate the HTZ chart and I find in situations like this when the market is not great that finding a short alternative is a better play. CVNA looks like a nice Breakdown with potential to follow through. I like this as a short play today.

X-Ray CVNA: Industry Group: Auto & Truck Dealerships, Market Cap: 74.08B, Float: 128.46M Short Interest 9.89%, Days to Cover: 3.83, Exchange: NYSEASDAQ

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Market Awareness

Market looks less than positive and we have the FOMC minutes today and Jackson Hole Friday. I’m not overly interested in trading today. I have highlighted two plays, one on the short side that I think could do well if we continue to pullback here. Trump tweeting about FED Cook could be a negative narrative to watch too. If he’s seen to be trying to stack the FED.

Hedges have eased the pain of yesterday but I have cut most runners and dropped down to the core positions that are working, a few stop outs and trims to de-risk. Absolutely zero need to be a hero here. QQQ is below our important 10 & 20 MAs, we could easily be back over them by Friday but no need to press here.

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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.}