Ridindex Since Inception Chart:
🏆 Top 5 Contributors This Month:
MU (Long) (+0.66%) – Micron rallies on DRAM/NAND pricing recovery; AI server demand supportive.
GLD (Long) (+0.52%) – Gold bid on rate-cut expectations and safe-haven flows.
BIDU (Long) (+0.43%) – Baidu climbs on AI adoption momentum and stabilizing ad revenues. Broader China rally was a tailwind.
APP (Long) (+0.39%) – Applovin benefits from strong app marketing spend and gaming cycle tailwinds.
GOOGL (Long) (+0.31%) – Alphabet gains on cloud growth resilience and AI monetization outlook.
💣 Largest Drawdowns This Month:
QQQ 09/19/25 P520 (Long Put) (–0.65%) – Hedge bled heavily as Nasdaq strength persisted.
HOOD (Short) (–0.34%) – Robinhood gains on stronger retail activity and new products.
XBI (Short) (–0.34%) – Biotech ETF rally weighed on short side of our rare disease trade.
PLTR (Short) (–0.32%) – Palantir continues to strengthen on new contract wins.
TSLA (Short) (–0.28%) – Tesla rising on speculation of certain AI or AI adjacent developments like robotaxi and humanoids.
🔍 Watchlist & Tactical Pipeline:
We’re actively monitoring the following themes for potential entry:
Rare by Design 2 (Biotech / Medtech Asymmetry)
A renewed focus on ultra-rare and differentiated biotech plays alongside early-stage medical devices. Long innovation and platform optionality, short selective healthcare ETFs as partial hedge.
Power, Decarbonization & Nuclear Build-Out
A mosaic of global power infrastructure, spanning nuclear operators, hydro, transition metals, and select Asian component suppliers. The setup balances national-security-driven capex cycles with technological bottlenecks and policy catalysts.
Strange Materials
Selective exposure to unconventional material suppliers across lime, specialty aggregates, rare alloys, and niche construction inputs. Secular under-the-radar winners in “boring” moats where scarcity and regulation drive pricing power.
Education & Upskilling (Long/Short)
A barbell between for-profit vocational / blue-collar upskilling platforms and legacy or structurally flawed models. This captures divergence between cash generative operators and structurally impaired franchises in the new education cycle.
Contra Human Capital (Japan Focus)
Shrinking workforce and succession risks fuel consolidation. We’re developing a contra-basket of “training the trainers” and succession-driven rollups in Japan, anchored in human-capital solutions and M&A operators.
Asia Gaming Ecosystem
Monitoring select Asian video game publishers and platforms as cyclical reopeners with upside from cross-border IP monetization and mobile penetration.
Structural Shorts
Remain active in identifying overstretched SaaS, consumer tech, and legacy media names where valuation multiple expansion is disconnected from fundamental trajectory.
Final Notes
I keep most content intentionally concise, the goal is to highlight only what’s essential for quick decision-making. I recognize everyone has their own screening processes and criteria, and my ideas are meant to flow into those frameworks rather than replace them. With so much noise in the market, I’d rather distill things down to the key points.
If anything is unclear or you’d like additional context, don’t hesitate to raise it in the chat or comments. While there are limits to what I can share due to alpha sensitivity, I’ll expand where possible. Your questions often spark valuable discussion and can surface risks or opportunities I may not have emphasized.
In closing: the Ridindex is built for real exposure, sized with conviction, and hedged with flexibility. Trades go live in real time, performance is tracked with full transparency. The next review lands after October close, see you then! Until next time, stay sharp.
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