
dadele2nd
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As you know, I do value investing too like with Upwork (+52% in 2 months, P/E 7-> 11.5). An interesting stock is $VIRT as an asymmetrical volatility hedge, a stock barely anyone talks about. Clean asymmetry to balance $IREN / $NBIS. 6.6 forward p/e, 5.38b MC, Virtu ~ Citadel, and does market making for a large percentage of retail orders. Current price: $35.19 Again, nobody is really talks about this stock, so I like testing my a new thesis against the market sometimes. I could be wrong and would love feedback too! This is a light DD on why I'm building light call + share positions: 1/ Rate cuts don’t nuke earnings. Virtu’s term loans are floating (financing +2.5%). total $1.545B. −75 bps ≈ ~12M yr interest savings (not all funding prices down but most are floating tho) 2/ Using Q2 as an anchor (EPS $1.65 / adj $1.53; NI ~$293M; rev ~44% YoY). If we est EPS 10–12% for lower VIX + ~2.6% for net rate drag -> $1.31–$1.34 EPS/qtr -> $5.22–$5.35 next 12 months $35.21 / $5.35 = 6.58x forward p/e $35.21 / $5.22 = 6.74x forward p/e Even if we overshoot because of good Q2 quarter as an anchor without rate cuts, EPS $4.78 -> 7.4× forward p/e, is still extremely good. Other websites like Value Investing estimate forward p/e to be 6.99 - 8 forward p/e. 3/ There's ~$303M authorization remaining for buybacks off a small 5.2B marketcap. If vol normalizes or spikes, expect both EPS and the multiple to lift from today’s ~6–7×. If not, it's undervalued and you can sit back with buybacks. IN my opinion Virtu is a great asymmetrical hedge. If VIX stays low and we get rate cuts, VIRT is undervalued + goes up anyway or stays flat/slightly down, other equities go up, and it serves its hedging case. The Nov 2025 market-structure changes probably is the larger risk to payment order flow, which might create some headwind. Regardless VIX increases and other equities go down, VIRT would get re-rated and goes up. I just see risk/reward being good at these levels so bought Calls. Would recommend shares instead. Starter positions: Call options for Mar 2026 (low 30 IV at entry).




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Yes this is right. This is a screenshot of my portfolio (not my parents). I did not post about recent moves because it was too painful. Unrealized losses are one thing. They aren't real if you're fundamentally right about the business long term. But i created over $1M in realized losses on Feb 23rd... that hit my limit of being too painful to share. I moved back to all in $PATH to protect my last million+ 👇


If $LMT wins or at least shares in a large proportion on the NGSRI contract $LPTH price potential immediately increases by $10-$20 once it gets to FRIP (which will take time since LRIP comes first) But $10-$20 on a $10 stock is... a lot. Chart has work to do but I'm a greedy buyer on any sustained dips.




$AXTI - sold half the position with +40% gains Trimming and trailing the rest from here. Always pay attention to multi year base!






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