The Week Ahead : 9th - 13th February 2026

Highlights: Boring Stocks, Market Bounce, Earnings

Author

Irish Born Investor
February 08, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

The Week Ahead : 9th - 13th February 2026

Highlights: Boring Stocks, Market Bounce, Earnings

Sources & Services I Use in my Trading:

Week Overview

Market Setup: Difficult environment. Strong bounce on Friday. Remains to be seen whether it’s sustained. Likely 3 to 5 day move. My market monitor still showing negative

Key Themes: Basic Materials, Energy, Dow Jones, AI Infra

  • Boring Names - Energy, Basic Materials, Consumer Defensive (DIA/RSP Names)

  • Story Stocks are Broken - Pre Rev Story Stocks likely to be avoided for now. Focus on companies with strong earnings, profitability (boring names). Growth stocks still in jail also for the most part.

Focus Areas: Lot’s more earnings this week. That is my focus. Focusing on strong charts. Less interested in speculative story stocks for now. Monitoring VIX for any failure in the rally. Cautiously Bullish for the week.

Current Positions: MAXN, VG, INNV, ROIV, MPC, INTC, GLW

Macro Events (Eastern Time)

Monday:

  • No major events scheduled

Tuesday:

  • 08:30 AM - US Retail Sales MoM (Dec): Expected 0.4% vs Previous 0.5%

Wednesday:

  • 08:30 AM - US Non Farm Payrolls (Jan): Expected 40.0K vs Previous 70K

  • 08:30 AM - US Unemployment Rate (Jan): Expected 4.5% vs Previous 4.4%

Thursday:

  • 10:00 AM - US Existing Home Sales (Jan): Expected 4.2M vs Previous 4.25M

Friday:

  • 08:30 AM - US Core Inflation Rate MoM (Jan): Expected 0.2% vs Previous 0.3%

  • 08:30 AM - US Core Inflation Rate YoY (Jan): Previous 2.5%

  • 08:30 AM - US Inflation Rate MoM (Jan): Expected 0.1% vs Previous 0.3%

  • 08:30 AM - US Inflation Rate YoY (Jan)

Earnings Highlights

Monday Before Open: CLF, SBH, SOHU
Monday After Hours: ON, PFLT, ICHR, PAL

Tuesday Before Open: CVS, INCY, ENTG, WMB, PHG, VSTS, LEE, JMIA
Tuesday After Hours: MAT, HOOD, ALAB, AEIS, JHX, LSCC, RRR, UFCS, DIOD, ELMD, OI, VREX

Wednesday Before Open: VRT, GFS, LAD, NI, SITE, SN, SOLS, SW, FLNG
Wednesday After Hours: LPTH, PLMR, AM, VNDA

Thursday Before Open: NBIS, CROX, ZTS, PCG, AEP, IRDM, AVNT, CBRE, CNR, ETR, ISSC, KPTI, OGN, SLVM, WAT
Thursday After Hours: COIN, ANET, FROG, VRTX, TWLO, HASI, NUS, WYNN, CPS, LGCY, SRTS

Friday Before Open: MRNA, AAP, CCJ

Full Earnings Watchlist: TradingView Link

Biotech Catalysts

Watching This Week:

  • AVBP, RCUS, KPTI, TBPH, NMRA, MLTX, ARQT, CADL, TARA

Chart Assessment: Based on charts that look promising and with Data expected in the near future.

Note: Never front-run biotech catalysts. Wait for the catalyst to hit, then assess if the reaction is tradable. Dates are estimates and can shift.

Full Q1 Biotech Watchlist: TradingView Link

Theme Watch

YTD Sector Strength: Strength in Oil and Gas and AI Infrastructure.

Emerging Themes:

  • Market Bounce last week. Lot’s of names bouncing. Remains to be seen as to whether that follows through. Slower names still have the best charts, O&G, AI Infrastructure, Basic Materials, Energy.

  • Software Bottom bounce. Strong moves in certain names after earnings but charts broken for my style.

  • Story stocks are still truly broken. The Pre Rev stuff. Focus on companies with strong earnings, FCF and turnaround. Dow Jones names.

Delayed Reaction Watchlist:

Monitoring:

  • ENPH - delayed reaction after earnings

  • USAR - Theme

  • LLY - GLP-1 Theme (HIMS Failure)

  • EGHT - Earnings Continuation

Have a Great Week!

Born Investor

Like what you're reading? Support the analysis via ☕ Ko-Fi

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.

Reply

or to participate.