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🚨 How fast $45B can vanish. On July 1, Leopold’s “Situational Awareness” fund was sitting at $4.5B with ∼450% YTD gains, running up to 4x leverage. Then July 10–20 hit. AI stocks rolled over. A lot of them dropped 30%+ in two weeks. His longs — SK Hynix, $SNDK, BE, Nebius — got hit harder than the market. And he was short software like Adobe. Wrong side both ways: AI hardware crashed, software bounced. Classic long/short double loss. July 24: Leopold told investors the fund took a massive hit, but called it the best AI buying opportunity since early 2025. July 28–29: frantic fundraising from backers and lenders, then margin calls from banks. July 30: forced liquidation of all public equity. Citadel took most of it. Leverage giveth, leverage taketh. $SNDK $BTC $ETH #DailyOrbit #SoftPCEStrongDemand #AMZNMissesButRallies

Sometimes I think the market has a great sense of humor. Last night, traders were celebrating the incredible moves in SanDisk, Micron, and SK Hynix. A few hours later, the very same people were staring at their charts, wondering what had just happened. The logic seemed simple. AI infrastructure spending keeps rising, demand for memory remains strong, and the entire sector should continue moving higher. But markets never trade the present. They trade the future. And right now, investors are trying to answer one very important question: How long will the AI supercycle last? That's why volatility has become so extreme. $SNDK $MU $SKHYNIX

Completely lost. 45 billion USD. The world's largest AI bull was set up. Just reported by CNBC. All public positions were sold off in a package. At the beginning of July, the fund expanded to 45 billion USD. Heavy holdings in Nebius, SanDisk, Micron, CoreWeave—all dropped more than 35% this month. The short on Adobe was also countered. Hit from both sides. Who took over? Ken Griffin's Citadel. One of Wall Street's largest hedge funds. On July 28, Citadel released a report predicting an unexpected 25 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve. None of the 104 economists said this. Only they did. The probability of a rate hike was raised from 10% to 33%. AI stocks collectively plummeted. On July 29, Leopold was margin called. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America demanded additional margin. On the same day, the Federal Reserve announced: no rate hike. Citadel's prediction was wrong. But the market had already crashed. Positions were already liquidated. On July 30, Citadel bought all his positions at rock-bottom prices. On the same day: Nebius +29% Bloom Energy +25% SanDisk +22% CoreWeave +24% SK Hynix +15% From calling for a rate hike to taking over the positions. 72 hours. (Shared from the community) #DailyOrbit

Brothers stuck above 1350 in SanDisk, Old Mo wants to share some heartfelt words with you Brothers, seeing this chart, Old Mo knows many of you feel uneasy inside. SanDisk's latest price is 1216.86, with a 24-hour high of 1404.26 and a low of 1191.00. After surging 26% to 1404 on Thursday, it has fallen back for two consecutive days and is now fluctuating around 1200 again. Brothers stuck above 1350, your cost basis is right near the peak of this rebound. Old Mo won’t beat around the bush today and will speak frankly. First, let's look at the technicals to understand the current position. The daily Bollinger Bands middle line is at 1260.85, upper band at 1369.71, and lower band at 1152.00. The price is now 1216, running close to the lower half of the Bollinger Bands. The middle line at 1260 is the first hurdle. MACD just formed a death cross, DIFF is -14.17, DEA -5.13, and the histogram is -18.07 — short-term bullish momentum has already exhausted, bears are dominant again. SAR reversal signal at 1358.35 and SuperTrend at 1320.66 are both pressing from above, indicating a short-term weakening trend. Key levels: first resistance above is 1286-1300, a breakthrough targets 1320-1350; first support below is 1191-1200, breaking that looks at 1152-1164. Old Mo will break down a few key points for you. First, this wave rose from 972 to 1404, a 44% increase in three days, so a correction is inevitable. No asset can surge 44% straight without a pullback. Now it has retraced to 1216, about a 13% pullback, which is within a normal range. But the problem is — you can’t expect it to immediately shoot up another 26% in one bullish candle to get you out of the hole. That bullish candle was driven by short-covering and sentiment, not fundamentals. Second, the medium- to long-term logic for storage chips hasn’t changed. AI computing power demand is still expanding, and Samsung clearly said, “Memory supply will remain tight even after production increases.” But you can’t ignore short-term volatility, especially since the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index just climbed out of a technical bear market, and sentiment recovery takes time. Third, you need to distinguish between a "rebound to break even" and a "trend reversal to profit." The 1300-1350 range above is a dense area of trapped positions; without huge capital, it won’t be freed. Expecting a short-term break above 1404 to new highs is unlikely. A more realistic path is consolidation and bottoming, with slow recovery. Trading advice, divided into three scenarios. If your position isn’t heavy and you can withstand volatility — consider averaging down in batches between 1150-1190 to lower your average cost. When it rebounds near 1280-1300, sell the added portion first to reduce cost. Set a unified stop loss below 1100. Remember, averaging down only if the trend stabilizes, not buying more as it falls. If 1150 doesn’t hold, cut losses; don’t hold on to regret at 900. If your position is already heavy and you’re out of bullets — Old Mo tells you the truth: now you just wait, there’s no better way. But waiting isn’t blind waiting. Watch the 1191-1200 area closely; this is the recent rebound starting point. If the price stabilizes here on low volume and doesn’t make new lows, you can breathe a little easier. But if it breaks 1191 on high volume, or even breaks through 1152 — Old Mo advises you to admit mistakes, reduce positions, and preserve capital rather than stubbornly holding on. You survived the drop from 1694 to 972 once, doesn’t mean you can survive it twice. If you have a light position and want to enter — wait for a low-volume stabilization in the 1150-1190 range before acting, set stop loss below 1100, and first target 1280-1300. The risk-reward here is acceptable, but keep your position under 5% of total capital. One last word from Old Mo: SanDisk’s volatility is huge, from $40 to 2354, then smashed back to 972, then pulled back to 1404 — such level of volatility makes it hard for retail investors to come out unscathed. Being stuck above 1350 isn’t scary; what’s scary is stubbornly fighting yourself when you’re clearly on the wrong side. Set your stop loss properly, manage your position well, and preserve your capital. Where are you stuck? Is your position heavy? Chat in the comments, Old Mo will reply if he sees it. If you think Old Mo’s words are practical, give a like and follow. When key levels arrive, I’ll alert you immediately. $BTC $SNDK $ETH #韩股KOSPI盘中飙升14%，创历史最大单日涨幅

Leverage Squeeze and Wealth Transfer: The Wall Street Logic Behind the AI Star Fund's Liquidation In July 2026, Wall Street witnessed a real trading drama: Leopold, a former OpenAI researcher known as the "Silicon Valley AI prodigy," was forced to transfer most of the public stock positions of his Situational Awareness fund to Citadel during the darkest moment for tech stocks. Immediately after the position transfer, core AI assets such as Microsoft, the chip index, Micron, SanDisk, and AMD surged collectively, kicking off a grand wealth transfer drama centered on the AI sector. 1. The Rise and Fall of the AI Prodigy: Why Did the Fund Liquidate Despite the Right Direction? Leopold's story is legendary: In 2024, he published a 165-page report titled "Situational Awareness: The Next Decade," accurately predicting AI capability progress, computing power expansion, and geopolitical competition, quickly becoming a legend in AI investment circles. That same year, he founded the Situational Awareness fund, focusing heavily on AI infrastructure, computing bottlenecks, and supply chain companies. The fund grew from an initial few hundred million dollars to $45 billion in under two years, achieving a net return of 439% in the first half of 2026, becoming one of Wall Street's fastest-growing hedge funds. However, the AI genius's downfall was equally rapid. In late June 2026, the chip index began a sustained decline. By July 27, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had retraced over 20% from its peak, entering a technical bear market. Leopold's heavily weighted AI semiconductor and storage stocks were continuously hammered, and his 4x high leverage strategy, which amplified gains in favorable markets, became a fatal poison in adverse conditions. On July 27, Citadel Securities released an extremely hawkish report predicting a possible sudden Fed rate hike, even calling it a "cleansing event." Although the Fed did not raise rates on July 29, Powell's remarks dampened rate cut expectations, causing the Nasdaq to continue falling and AI stocks to be sold off again. For highly leveraged funds, this was the last straw—the fund faced massive margin calls and a complete cash flow breakdown. At this point, Leopold had only two choices: urgently raise new capital or be forced to sell positions. Under Wall Street's "Darwinian hunting," multiple hedge funds shorted his heavy holdings in advance, accelerating the fund's collapse. Ultimately, Leopold chose to transfer about $16 billion of public stock holdings to Citadel in a deal completed in less than 24 hours. The fund retained about $10 billion in assets (including private equity in companies like Anthropic), but its assets under management had shrunk significantly from its peak. 2. Citadel's Takeover and Tech Stock Surge: Firefighting or Precise Harvest? After the deal, a dramatic scene unfolded: after market close on July 29, Microsoft reported strong earnings, with Azure cloud revenue up 43% year-over-year, marking the highest quarterly growth in two and a half years since late 2022, proving AI investments were not a bottomless pit but successfully converted into cloud revenue and cash flow. Before market open on July 30, Microsoft surged, Nasdaq futures rose noticeably, and the chip index soared over 8%, with Micron up nearly 18%, SanDisk over 26%, and AMD over 13%. The market widely questioned whether Citadel's takeover was related to the tech stock surge. From a trading logic perspective, the relationship was not simply "rescue" or "harvest" but a result of multiple overlapping factors: 1. Microsoft's earnings report was the core ignition: Microsoft's better-than-expected results alleviated fears of AI being a money-burning bottomless pit, directly catalyzing the tech stock rebound. 2. Citadel's takeover was "bomb disposal": If Leopold's $16 billion concentrated position had been forcibly liquidated, it would have caused massive market selling pressure. Citadel packaged and took over the entire portfolio, avoiding disorderly selling in the open market, effectively defusing a time bomb. 3. Disappearance of sell orders combined with short covering: With forced liquidation risk removed, market sell orders suddenly vanished, and short covering triggered by positive earnings caused a more violent rebound. Citadel's core logic in taking over was its expertise in "crisis arbitrage": buying forced-sale assets from high-leverage funds at a discount during market panic, then quickly hedging through indices, options, and related stocks to balance risk and return. This was not "precise harvesting" but leveraging its cash advantage, financing capability, and market experience to assume liquidity risk during crises. 3. Deeper Insights from the Event: Leverage, Liquidity, and Market Game This AI star fund liquidation exposed Wall Street's ruthless logic and offered important lessons for investors: 1. Right direction ≠ survival: Leopold's long-term AI industry judgment was entirely correct, but high leverage and concentrated holdings made his cash flow unable to withstand market reversals. In markets, "surviving" is more important than "being right." 2. High leverage is a double-edged sword: Leverage can amplify gains but also accelerate demise. The Kelly criterion points out that overbetting is a common trader mistake; even with a high win rate, a single extreme event can cause liquidation. 3. Liquidity is the market's lifeline: When high-leverage funds are forced to liquidate, liquidity dries up, triggering chain reactions and amplifying market volatility. Citadel's takeover essentially provided critical liquidity support, preventing systemic risk. 4. The "open conspiracy" logic of market games: Although Citadel's hawkish report accelerated the market decline, chip stocks had been falling for weeks before the report, and the predicted rate hike never occurred. This was not a "conspiracy" but market participants using information and capital advantages to compete within the rules. #“AI股神”基金清仓，美光单日涨超15% #财报观察员：亚马逊指引不及预期，股价却反涨9% $MU $AMZN $MSFT

$MU brothers, MU surged over 22% directly within 24 hours, rallying all the way from a low of 706 to a high of 931! This rebound in the memory chip sector is indeed fierce, with a massive bullish candlestick that directly forced many shorts out. On the data side, the 4-hour RSI has already climbed to 77, indicating overbought conditions, plus the big short Michael Burry publicly disclosed adding to his short position on Micron at 880! Although the price is higher now, this signals an extremely dangerous short-term selling pressure.

Understanding SanDisk's recent surge is key to seeing through Wall Street capital's underlying tactics. Recently, a 25-year-old Wall Street AI stock god faced a black swan event. His $45 billion fund, heavily leveraged on AI storage targets, triggered massive forced liquidations after a market pullback, leading to frantic sell-offs at any cost, flooding the market with bloodied chips. Established top-tier capital quietly accumulated at low levels, completing a major chip cleansing. After the cleanup, the market immediately reversed. SNDK SanDisk surged over 33% in a single day, with SK Hynix and Micron following suit and taking off. The harsh saying in the circle was fully proven: without blowing up high-leverage positions, the main players won’t start the rally. From my recent experience trading contracts short-term, high leverage is a double-edged sword. When the trend is favorable, profits multiply rapidly; but when the wind changes, even a slight pullback can force passive stop-loss exits, just like this young fund manager. No matter how impressive the previous performance, one extreme shakeout can break you. A few days ago, I also hit a pitfall and lost money in a volatile market. Instead of stubbornly doubling down to recover, I calmed down, reviewed the situation, waited for capital movements, and anticipated the storage recovery trend in advance, which allowed me to catch this rebound bonus. Short-term gains and losses rely on luck; long-term survival depends on risk control. The capital market never lacks overnight riches myths; what it lacks are traders who can steadily complete the entire journey. When the tide recedes, you see who’s swimming naked; after the shakeout, you can clearly see the real trend. I think it will rise again tonight. I want to hit 10,000u this year. Currently at 662 dollars $MU #“AI股神”基金清仓，美光单日涨超15%

BlockBeats news, on July 31, according to TradingBeats, SKHX rebounded today to $1165.5, with a 24-hour increase of about 24.4% and a trading volume of $1.514 billion. However, from 11 PM last night to 11 AM this morning, its open interest value dropped from $622 million to $451 million, a decrease of about $172 million, or 27.6%; SK Hynix experienced significant deleveraging again. Data on position changes in the past 24 hours shows that, using a single address reduction of over $1 million as the standard, a total of 40 SKHX long holders reduced their positions, cutting approximately $172 million in positions at current prices. Among them, 29 addresses have completely closed their original long positions, with some addresses subsequently switching to short positions. During the same period, only 17 addresses at the million-dollar level increased their long positions, adding about $55.354 million, resulting in a net long reduction of about $116 million within the sample. Short positions also exited on a large scale. In the past 24 hours, 40 million-dollar-level short addresses collectively covered about $148 million. From this perspective, the current rebound was not purely driven by new long positions but was a combination of concentrated short covering and long holders taking profits at highs, ultimately forming a divergence structure where prices surged while open interest shrank. The largest single reduction came from the previous largest SKHX long holder, 0xc8b. This address sold all 37,229.1 SKHX this morning, equivalent to about $43.391 million at current prices, with an average closing price of about $1135.2, pocketing a profit of about $5.717 million. The SKHX position is now zero. Other large exits include: 0x2dac clearing about 14,667 long positions, equivalent to about $17.094 million at current prices; 0x469e clearing 14,332.6 positions, with a transaction amount of about $15.027 million; 0x4662 clearing 6,000 positions, with a transaction amount of about $6.084 million; 0x215b also fully closed its original long positions. Along with long holders taking profits and short covering, funds did not leave the storage sector but partially flowed into MU, SNDK, and SKHY. Among million-dollar-level address samples, MU, SNDK, and SKHY recorded approximately $44.829 million, $63.180 million, and $44.790 million in new long positions, respectively. After deducting reductions during the same period, SNDK net increased longs by about $10.501 million, SKHY net increased longs by about $26.357 million; MU still net reduced longs by about $29.006 million, with net inflows mainly concentrated in SanDisk and SK Hynix ADR. From the hourly snapshots from last night to this morning, the open interest values of MU, SNDK, and SKHY increased by about 12.7%, 9.4%, and 12.9%, respectively, contrasting sharply with the significant shrinkage of SKHX positions. Among them, SKHY rose 25.9% during the same period, performing slightly better than SKHX, and its ADR premium relative to SKHX further expanded to about 35.0%. As of press time, SKHX's hourly funding rate has fallen back to about +0.0004%, close to neutral; MU, SNDK, and SKHY funding rates are -0.0038%, -0.0064%, and -0.0002%, respectively.

U.S. AI hardware stocks plunge sharply A sudden plunge at the open! The U.S. semiconductor sector experiences a dramatic dive The chip market, which surged across the board in early trading, quickly reversed, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index giving back a 5% gain, turning from positive to negative. Individual stocks collectively retreat: Micron Technology, which had surged 6% earlier, fell sharply by 4.2%; SanDisk, which jumped nearly 10% in early trading, pulled back over 6%; SK Hynix and Seagate Technology dropped from +8% gains to declines of 2%; TSMC rose 4% in early trading but has now fallen to nearly 1% down. Memory chips are experiencing an extreme rollercoaster, with short-term profit-taking concentrated and divergences greatly amplified. $MU $SPCX