Ridindex Since Inception (05/06/2025) Chart:
🏆 Top 5 Contributors This Month:
APP (Long) (+0.45%) – Strong ad network momentum; gaming revenues accelerate.
GDXJ (Long) (+0.46%) – Junior gold miners ETF rallies with gold strength.
TDW (Long) (+0.48%) – Tidewater surges on offshore demand and day-rate strength.
RKT (Long) (+0.52%) – Rocket Companies rips on refi cycle and mortgage volume optimism.
GLD (Long) (+0.25%) – Gold ETF bid as macro hedge; steady inflows.
💣 Largest Drawdowns This Month:
QQQ 09/19/25 P520 (Long Put) (–0.37%) – Hedge bled as index resilience + vol crush hit deep OTM strike.
STAA (Short) (–0.26%) – Ophthalmology name surged; squeeze pressure on crowded short.
TDG (Long) (–0.24%) – TransDigm pulls back on aero-cycle supply chain worries.
SEI (Long) (–0.15%) – Weakness in renewables infrastructure; margin squeeze.
XBI (Short) (–0.15%) – Biotech ETF rally weighed on short basket.
🔍 Watchlist & Tactical Pipeline:
We’re actively monitoring the following themes for potential entry:
Secular Compounders & Dip Buys
We’re eyeing quality compounders with enduring moats dislocated by macro or sentiment. These are candidates for core build-up on dips.
Luxury Consumption Barbell (Long/Short)
We’re setting up a bifurcated luxury trade: long global prestige brands with durable pricing power, while shorting names vulnerable to aspirational fragility or over-earning in the post-COVID cycle.
Education & Upskilling (Long/Short)
A re-emerging divergence: for-profit vocational and trade education with cash generative models vs. structurally flawed or legacy models.
Own the Casino (Long/Short)
We’re building exposure to the pipes and platforms that capture trading volume regardless of market direction. Longs center on exchanges, clearinghouses, and infrastructure toll-takers with embedded pricing power and data monetization. Shorts target legacy brokers and transactional intermediaries at risk of margin compression, regulatory overhang, or disintermediation as liquidity consolidates upstream.
Contra Human Capital Theme (Japan Focus)
Shrinking workforce meets succession risk and consolidation: we're building a contra-basket of people focused solutions, centered on "training for the trainers."
Structural Shorts
We’re identifying overstretched SaaS, consumer tech, and legacy media names whose fundamentals can’t justify current multiple expansion. Watchlist includes several high-beta names.
Final Notes
The Ridindex is built for real exposure, sized with conviction, and hedged with flexibility. Trades go live in real time, performance is tracked and transparent. Next review lands after September close, see you next month. Until then, stay sharp.
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