Stocks in Play - May 12th 2025

Stocks in Play: MNDY, KDLY, SHOP, ZIM

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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1) Monday Inc. (MNDY) (Rating: B, Multi-Day)

Industry Group: Technology Services, Market Cap: $14.1b, Float: 38m, Short Interest: 2.8%, Days to Cover: 6.7, Exchange: NASDAQ

Catalyst: Strong Beat on EPS ($1.10 vs est. $0.70) Solid Beat on Revs, Raised FY25 Guidance. Beat on Q2 Revs Guide. Not moving massively pre market but definitely has the ability to move intraday.

Honorable Mention to:

KDLY - Reverse Merger with a Bitcoin company. Becoming a Bitcoin Treasury (the MicroStrategy play). Essentially a SPAC move. Up 600% Pre market. Could be interesting intraday, likely going to be insanely volatile. These are becoming more common now and are less easy to spot prior to a deal being made like traditional SPACs. GRYP is another one doing the same thing this morning. These are all likely going to zero eventually just FYI.

ZIM - Should see a strong bump based on the tariff news. Neglected, 20% Short Interest with 4 Days to Cover.

SHOP - Joining QQQ and should also get a bump from Tariff news similar to Amazon.

Market Awareness

I waited until this morning to do my Weekend work. Mainly because this huge gap up requires very different work versus if we had a massive red open on the China tariff news. I think this is a watershed moment for the market taking Tariffs headlines too seriously.

That being said we are probably at peak good news to market move for the next while. I will watch to see a moment where a trade deal agreement doesn’t sustain the market. Or we start to sell off on some detail or seemingly positive headline.

The main macro headlines this week will be CPI Data on Tuesday @ 8:30am EST, PPI Thursday @ 8:30am EST and Michigan Sentiment report Friday @ 10am EST. The republican reconciliation bill will likely create headlines this week but it’s not something I’m willing to waste my brain space on.

Some interesting earnings this week though it will be a much quieter affair with earnings season essentially finishing last week. There are some good speculative names in hot themes: Quantum QUBT, RGTI as well as Space Stocks ASTS, LUNR and Drone Stocks RCAT. Bigger names include CAVA, AMAT, WMT, BABA, CSCO and recent IPO CRWV.

No rush to dive in on this huge gap this morning. I’m always the same on Monday’s but especially with a 4% gap up! Still sitting in some names from last week, will use the open to reduce some risk. Days like this are difficult to get into as everything is already so extended.

Earnings _Highlights

Monday :

(Before Market Open) - MNDY

(After Market Close) - HTZ, RGTI, SMR, ACHR, ASTS

Tuesday:

(Before Market Open) - SE, LUNR, ONON, ALT

(After Market Close) - NU, OKLO, CAPR

Wednesday:

(Before Market Open) - GLBE

(After Market Close) - CSCO, CRWV, RCAT, AEVA, NXT

Thursday:

(Before Market Open) - WMT, BABA, BIRK, BEKE

(After Market Close) - QUBT, AMAT, CAVA, DOCS, GLOB, TTWO

Next weeks full earnings watchlist on TradingView can be accessed here.

Macro Events (Eastern Time)

Sources & Services I Use in my Trading:

• Finviz - Short Interest, Float, Articles, Fundamentals (Free)

• Benzinga Pro - News Source + News Squawk + Earnings Data (Paid)

• Tradingview - Charting & Scanning (Paid)

• Koyfin - Fundamental Data (Paid)

• EarningsWhispers - Earnings Calendar (Free)

• Tradersync - Trade Journal (Paid)

_{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.}