Mid-Level Cruiser

MID-LEVEL MANTRAS 1/4 ignore your inner karen trust your gut silence the inner voices of fomo and ego 2/4 be motivated by max return on min effort 80:20 rule time is too precious to not be a bit lazy 3/4 never get stuck in how you think the path of least resistance is ok float in the river of new ideas 4/4 if you are trading options always be closing mid profits vs. max loss

@moninvestor Musk was able to fix a Jack Dorsey company with culture and grit. Jack used AI to achieve the same efficiencies 3 years later at $XYZ. Musk is just built different. AI is now democratizing the efficiencies he was already achieving to everyone.

> Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. > Then fired 80% of the staff. > Twitter (X) kept running as normal. > This was before AI started making big impact. Musk philosophy: Small team of exceptional people > large team of average ones. Now all tech companies are following Musk.

@otium33 I think a little relief bounce yup, expect some volatility, tmrw is quad witching 🧙‍♀️

@midlevelcruiser thinking we might bounce ? 😏👻

the threshold here to buy puts has been lowered to ~670 on $SPY or -6710 on $SPX

@Para_Capital woof, I feel that way about 4,000 shares of $MU I sold for ~$70. We all have those stories.

@midlevelcruiser Sold at $3... haunting

You really can make money in any market $PL

@tennant_n Yep, more time is always better

@midlevelcruiser Yes. If I’m paying for the protection I prefer to maximize the duration, albeit at the cost of higher tax and lower beta. There is a chance nothing material happens and we bleed for a while I think.

Every time $SPY gets near or above 675 or $SPX gets near or above 6760 I am adding to May 15 6800 puts on $SPX (equivalent of May 15 679 puts on $SPY) Not a good market to be rolling around unhedged in.

@slicedchedda @jiahanjimliu ha, always someone. You're not wrong, I did take some losses in Q4 2025, but who didn't? These are the risks we take.

@jiahanjimliu @midlevelcruiser I disagree. Ask him about all the capital he sunk q4 2025. Never brought up those positions again.

@midlevelcruiser is one of the best traders of X. Very underrated.

@jiahanjimliu dang, the @jiahanjimliu effect is real! Cheers Jim🫡

Planet Labs $PL with a monster Q4 and 2026 YE beat! Up 10% AH and 19% on the day. What a company 🛰️📷

@BCrytpM @stckpkr7000 just posted a poll

@midlevelcruiser @stckpkr7000 Brilliant. With all the banter back and forth we should have one.

the easiest way to settle the $NBIS vs $IREN debate is to shut up and buy both

Would you be interested in betting on $IREN vs $NBIS on Polymarket?

@BCrytpM @stckpkr7000 how is there not a poly market for this yes

@stckpkr7000 @midlevelcruiser At today's prices. I will take the opposite position and we can tally up at the eoy, if you care to wager?

@fnitefiend haha NUAI is very red on the day

@midlevelcruiser $NUAI?

Things that are green across my ports today: $SPX Puts (various exps from March 31 to May 29) $AAOI $COHR $LITE $CRDO $TE $PL $PBR $ENOR $CORN Things that are red: everything else

@SJCapitalInvest agreed, wait until the next inflation prints with oil prices 😬

@midlevelcruiser No chance. I don’t believe it is baked in yet…

A few people have told me I am “being dramatic” when I say this looks like the start of a longer engagement in Iran. We just got word of the first three American military causalities. Trump has also used the terminology “regime change.” Which parts of this sound short term? 🔹

@theBestBlock big balls move 🫡

@midlevelcruiser All in $NUAI

@Agrippa_Inv oh shit Agrippa has entered the chat!

@midlevelcruiser Nah

@anni_sen yup, so strong

@midlevelcruiser Photonics holding up is nice.

@BitcoinAIGuy @mcF_dan sir, this is a Wendy's

@mcF_dan @midlevelcruiser few

BREAKING 🚨: X users have burned through 15 trillion AI tokens arguing $IREN vs $NBIS - accidentally creating more demand for both companies than any analysis ever could.

@shonohenry @mcF_dan coming in hot!

@mcF_dan @midlevelcruiser There are no numbers for $NBIS though because they arent transparent. They are like the local hooker getting used by everyone for the cheapest rates because they have no standards