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Indiscriminate AI selloffs: falling knife or opportunity?
AI infrastructure names like $NBIS, $MRVL, $LITE and $SIVE all dropped 4-10%+ together in early July 2026. Falling knife or opportunity?
When everything crashes together on the same day — $NBIS, $MRVL, $INTC, $SNDK, $AMD, $SIVE, $MU, $LITE, all down -4% to -10%+ — it probably doesn't have anything to do with individual fundamentals. Indiscriminate selloffs from things like cascading margin liquidations usually provide compelling opportunities if the underlying improves [1].
Look at what actually triggered this round: Bloomberg and Meta doing damage control after the Meta Compute framing crashed the market [5], plus two delay reports that Nvidia denied. Both of which caused the selloff in the first place [2]. That's why I have high confidence institutions will end up going long on the same names they're bearposting, after retail capitulates [3].
The test I apply: did the thesis change, or just the quote? $LITE is still completely sold out for the next 2 years and likely into 2029. $SIVE is about to volume ramp with GlobalFoundries, Jabil, Poet, Ayar and other hyperscaler suppliers. $AXTI's 40% ownership of the InP substrate supply chain hasn't suddenly disappeared [2]. We've seen this exact movie before — Rocketlab and the space sector's 50% drop back in 2025, Nebius and the neoclouds entering 2026, the Samsung/SK Hynix crash on Iran war LNG/Helium/Oil fears. Volatility from indiscriminate thematic selloffs isn't typically representative of individual company fundamentals [2].
Retail thinks a 30-60% drop is a "falling knife" where bagholders never recover, then panic sells off squiggly-line TAs. I see drawdowns as long term ownership over chokepoint assets at cheaper valuations. While I might do things like lowering margin or hedging, I'm personally not panicking when something drops if the thesis didn't change [4].
NFA — and it genuinely depends on your timeframe. A crash is life changing if you depend on investing for rent or tuition, so do your own DD and choose longs in line with your own risk profile [4]. Conviction shouldn't be tied to the quote of a stock on a certain day, but long term revenue or operating income growth [2].
(Views compiled from public posts. Not financial advice.)
Look at what actually triggered this round: Bloomberg and Meta doing damage control after the Meta Compute framing crashed the market [5], plus two delay reports that Nvidia denied. Both of which caused the selloff in the first place [2]. That's why I have high confidence institutions will end up going long on the same names they're bearposting, after retail capitulates [3].
The test I apply: did the thesis change, or just the quote? $LITE is still completely sold out for the next 2 years and likely into 2029. $SIVE is about to volume ramp with GlobalFoundries, Jabil, Poet, Ayar and other hyperscaler suppliers. $AXTI's 40% ownership of the InP substrate supply chain hasn't suddenly disappeared [2]. We've seen this exact movie before — Rocketlab and the space sector's 50% drop back in 2025, Nebius and the neoclouds entering 2026, the Samsung/SK Hynix crash on Iran war LNG/Helium/Oil fears. Volatility from indiscriminate thematic selloffs isn't typically representative of individual company fundamentals [2].
Retail thinks a 30-60% drop is a "falling knife" where bagholders never recover, then panic sells off squiggly-line TAs. I see drawdowns as long term ownership over chokepoint assets at cheaper valuations. While I might do things like lowering margin or hedging, I'm personally not panicking when something drops if the thesis didn't change [4].
NFA — and it genuinely depends on your timeframe. A crash is life changing if you depend on investing for rent or tuition, so do your own DD and choose longs in line with your own risk profile [4]. Conviction shouldn't be tied to the quote of a stock on a certain day, but long term revenue or operating income growth [2].
(Views compiled from public posts. Not financial advice.)
Original source posts
- [1] Indiscriminate selloffs from things like cascading margin liquidations, usually provide compelling opportunities if the underlying improves.
- [2] Volatility from indiscriminate thematic selloffs isn’t typically representative of individual company fundamentals.
- [3] High confidence, institutions will end up going long on the same names they’re bearposting after retail capitulates.
- [4] I’m personally not panicking when something drops if the thesis didn’t change.
- [5] Just Bloomberg and $META doing damage control after crashing the market with Meta Compute framing
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