The Week Ahead : 9th - 13th March 2026

Highlights: Biotech Beach Party, Drone Stocks, Oil

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  KPIs for Snowflake (RPOs are Critical Metric for this Company)

Week Overview

Market Setup: VIX Ramp, Market Below all Key Moving Averages, T2108 Sharp Drop.

Key Themes: Major Healthcare/Biotech Conference Week, T2108 Oversold Approaching, Iran War Narrative - Oil/Aerospace & Defence

Focus Areas: There are a couple of metrics I’m watching next week. First of all the VIX needs to drop off otherwise we are not going to see an end to this volatile chop. We had a significant drop in the T2108 toward the latter part of last week. Closing the week at 33. If the VIX continues to spike then it’s likely we see a sharp drop below 20 on the T2108 creating an oversold bounce scenario. Overall I’m still bullish in the medium term but remain conservative for now. Still seeing follow through in Catalyst Trades. Stick to Sell Rules and potential to be well positioned if the market can shakeout and move higher.

Earnings season is tapering off. Much smaller names reporting this week. Still some decent setups but the market moving names have now reported. We are more likely to get setups from the major Biotech/Healthcare conferences taking place this week in Miami. This is a major calendar week for Biotechs. Likely to see some data releases and potential big movers this week. This would be ideal considering they tend to run independent to the overall market. Notable that a key (and controversial) FDA Figure got fired toward the end of the week. Biotechs could see real traction on data.

Conferences this Week

• Leerink Partners Global Healthcare Conference — Miami, FL

• UBS Biotech Summit — Miami, FL

• Jefferies Biotech on the Beach Summit — Miami, FL

• Citizens JMP Life Sciences Conference — Miami, FL

• Barclays 28th Annual Global Healthcare Conference — Miami, FL

• Jefferies Biotech on the Beach — 1:1 Meetings, Miami Beach, FL

I’m watching themes. UMAC a drone name will report this week. A lot of drone charts RCAT, ONDS and UMAC have great looking weekly charts. Earnings could lead to moves on these with current military narrative. Oil is also obviously moving and we can see some Oil Services names popping up in earnings also.

Key Macro events this week CPI. FED is in Blackout period until March 19th so no speakers this week.

Macro Events (Eastern Time)

Major Economic Events this week.

Tuesday March 10 2026

• 09:00 AM - Existing Home Sales FEB (Previous: 3.90M, Consensus: 3.88M)

Wednesday March 11 2026

• 07:30 AM - Core Inflation Rate MoM FEB (Previous: 0.2%, Consensus: 0.2%)

• 07:30 AM - Core Inflation Rate YoY FEB (Previous: 2.5%, Consensus: 2.5%)

• 07:30 AM - Inflation Rate MoM FEB (Previous: 0.2%, Consensus: 0.3%)

• 07:30 AM - Inflation Rate YoY FEB (Previous: 2.5%, Consensus: 2.4%)

Thursday March 12 2026

• 07:30 AM - Building Permits Prel JAN (Previous: 1.390M, Consensus: 1.433M)

• 07:30 AM - Housing Starts JAN (Previous: 1.340M, Consensus: 1.370M)

Friday March 13 2026

• 07:30 AM - Core PCE Price Index MoM JAN (Previous: 0.4%, Consensus: 0.3%)

• 07:30 AM - Durable Goods Orders MoM JAN (Previous: 1.2%, Consensus: 0.3%)

• 07:30 AM - GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd Est Q4 (Previous: 1.4%, Consensus: 1.4%)

• 07:30 AM - Personal Income MoM JAN (Previous: 0.4%, Consensus: 0.2%)

• 07:30 AM - Personal Spending MoM JAN (Previous: 0.3%)

• 09:00 AM - JOLTs Job Openings JAN (Previous: 6.84M, Consensus: 6.5M)

• 09:00 AM - Michigan Consumer Sentiment Pre (Previous: 56.3, Consensus: 55)

Earnings Highlights

Monday Before Open: HRTG, FCEL, UMAC

Monday After Hours: FLNT, GLRE, RAIL, YALA, AMPY

Tuesday Before Open: MSGM, CDRE, ADCT

Tuesday After Hours: BWAY

Wednesday Before Open: FTK

Wednesday After Hours: ACDC

Thursday Before Open: RPID, VFF

Thursday After Hours: AOUT, EVCM, LOCO, GDOT, HNRG, EGY, RBRK, S

• Full Earnings Watchlist: TradingView Link

Biotech Catalysts

Expected This Week:

• PEPG, APGE, RYTM, TARA, IMMP, ANRO, NMRA, ARQT, IMVT, XENE, KPTI, ORKA, ARVN, KOD, VRDN, EWTX, UNCY, LNTH, AVBP

  Chart Assessment: The above are expected in Q1. These are the ones I’ve identified with Tradable charts or developing charts.

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

Delayed Reaction Watchlist:

Monitoring:

• FIG- Potential Software Bounce

Delayed Reaction Watchlist (TradingView Link)

Have a Great Week!

Born Investor

_{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.}