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I was right about SpaceX

Everything just aligned for the biggest IPO in history.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Read online Editor’s Note:  Former tech executive and angel investor Jeff Brown — picked Bitcoin before it jumped as high as 52,400%, Tesla before it jumped as high as 2,150%, and Nvidia before it jumped as high as 32,000%. Today, he’ll show you how to claim a stake in Elon Musk’s upcoming IPO — BEFORE the company goes public. Click here to see the details or read more below. Dear Reader, Over the past few weeks, I’ve been urging my readers to claim their stake in what I believe to be the biggest IPO of the decade. And I’m glad I did. Because over the last 21 days, three critical events happened in rapid succession: ✓ March 17th: SpaceX crossed 10,000 active satellites in orbit. The estimated threshold for offering full service to most of the globe. Two-thirds of every satellite circling Earth now belongs to ONE company. ✓ April 1st: Elon filed the confidential IPO paperwork with the SEC. The public filing could drop any day now. And when it does, the stampede begins. ✓ April 6th: Another rocket launched carrying 25 more satellites. Proving SpaceX isn't slowing down. They're accelerating. Building the network that will become the world's first global internet carrier. SpaceX just hit every technical milestone it needed to justify going public. Everything I predicted is happening... right on schedule. And there's still a small window to get in BEFORE the public can buy shares. But that window is closing fast. The moment the public filing drops, millions of investors will learn about this opportunity for the first time. You won't be early anymore. You'll be competing with the crowd. And your shot at early gains will be gone forever. See how to claim your stake in SpaceX before it’s too late. We have so much to look forward to, Jeff Brown Founder & CEO, Brownstone Research Thursday's Exclusive Content TSMC: Despite Post-Earnings Fall, Signs of AI Weakness are Scant Author: Leo Miller. Article Published: 4/18/2026. Key Points TSMC's latest earnings report saw the company post top and bottom line beats, while 2026 guidance saw an upward revision The company noted its "extremely robust" demand and is pushing its CapEx forecast up While the firm acknowledged multiple gross margin headwinds, these are features rather than bugs Special Report: Nobody Understands Why Trump Is Invading Iran (here’s the answer) (From Banyan Hill Publishing) For another quarter in a row, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s (NYSE: TSM) results showed no signs of the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout slowing. Quarterly figures were very robust, and the company issued a modest but meaningful guidance increase. Looking ahead, TSMC remains among the world’s best-positioned companies, benefiting from persistent AI demand. TSMC Posts Profit Beat, Forecasts More Than 30% Growth in 2026 In Q1 2026, TSMC reported revenue of $35.9 billion, a year-over-year (YOY) increase of just under 41%. This was the company’s fastest YOY growth since Q2 2025 and slightly exceeded analysts' estimates of about $35.5 billion. The #1 stock to buy BEFORE the June S-1 filing (Ad) When the SpaceX IPO launches, most retail investors will be locked out. The banks, funds, and insiders get in early - while everyone else waits on the sidelines. But one small infrastructure supplier - a critical piece Musk can't scale the Colossus network without - is still trading well under institutional radar. A new briefing reveals the name and ticker at no cost. Get the SpaceX infrastructure stock name and ticker here The company also impressed on the bottom line: diluted earnings per American Depository Receipt (ADR) came in at $3.49, up nearly 65% YOY and comfortably ahead of estimates of $3.26. Two factors drove the meaningful beat. TSMC's gross margin of 66.2% topped expectations (management had guided to 66%), and its operating margin of 58.1% exceeded guidance of 56%. Guidance for Q2 followed a similar pattern. TSMC expects sales between $39 billion and $40.2 billion, or $39.6 billion at the midpoint — implying YOY growth of about 32% and beating consensus of $38.09 billion. The company also slightly raised its full-year outlook, now forecasting revenue growth of over 30% YOY in U.S. dollar terms. Last quarter, it had guided to growth “close to 30%.” TSMC Sees Strong Demand Now, and in the Future On the broader AI front, TSMC made several encouraging remarks. Management said, "AI-related demand continued to be extremely robust.” It added that the shift from generative AI to agentic AI is “leading to another step up in the amount of tokens being consumed." In AI parlance, tokens measure interaction volume; higher token consumption translates into greater demand for TSMC’s chips. The company also expects 2026 capital expenditures (CapEx) to be at the high end of its $52 billion to $56 billion range. Higher CapEx signals stronger long-term demand as TSMC expands and upgrades facilities to meet customer needs. When asked why CapEx would trend higher, CEO C.C. Wei gave a blunt answer. He said, “A very simple answer is, the demand are very robust, especially from the [high performance computing] and AI applications.” TSMC added that its CapEx over the next three years will be “significantly higher” than the $101 billion spent over the prior three years, reflecting the company’s “strong conviction in the AI megatrend." TSMC Details Expected and Necessary Gross Margin Dilutions Despite the strength in AI demand, TSMC spelled out some headwinds. In 2026, the ramp-up of its N2 manufacturing node is expected to create a 2%–3% drag on gross margin. That is typical when new nodes scale up: initial costs are higher and wafer yields are lower while execution is refined. Over the longer term, more advanced nodes tend to enhance profitability. The company also expects the ramp of non-Taiwan fabrication sites to dilute gross margins by 2%–3% over the next few years, rising to 3%–4% later on. While not ideal, this impact was widely anticipated. Overseas expansion is a necessary trade-off: investing in U.S. and other foreign fabs helps mitigate tariff risk and reduces geographic concentration risk from having most capacity in Taiwan. China does not recognize Taiwan’s independence, and a scenario in which China attempts to seize the island would pose a severe threat to TSMC’s operations. Such an action would likely prompt a U.S. response given TSMC’s strategic importance, which is a key deterrent and underscores the importance of the company’s relationship with the United States. Needham Eyes Over 30% Gain After TSMC’s Impressive Report After the results, TSMC shares fell about 3%. Still, it is hard to point to any obvious weaknesses in the report. The modest 2026 guidance increase and strong commentary on AI demand are clear positives. Notably, analysts at Needham and Company raised their price target to $480 — a roughly 15% increase that implied just over 30% upside at the time of the revision. .   Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here © 2026 Ticker Talk 345 N Reid Place, Suite 620 Sioux Falls, SD 57106, United States Terms of Service

Why 85% of My Trades Win

85% of retail options traders lose money in their first year. My win rate in the past year? 85%. That's not a coincidence. It's the difference between trading with emotions and trading with a system. Most people approach options like this: They see a stock moving, think "I should buy calls," pick a random strike and expiration, hope it works out, then panic when it doesn't go their way immediately. No plan for entry. No plan for management. No plan for exit. It's not trading. It's gambling. Here's how I approach every single trade: Pillar 1: Probability-Based Entry I only enter trades where math is on my side. Not gut feelings. Not hot tips. Math. Pillar 2: Systematic Management Every trade has predefined rules for when to take profits, cut losses, or adjust positions. No emotions involved. Pillar 3: Portfolio Perspective Each trade fits into a broader strategy. I'm not just making individual bets, I'm building a systematic approach to consistent income. This is why over 100s of students are seeing real results from what I teach... They stopped guessing and started following a proven framework. The crazy part? Most of what I see taught online completely ignores these fundamentals. That's exactly what I'm going to fix in the Options Profits Challenge. May 6-7 @ 7 PM EST We're going to tear down the gambling approach and rebuild your options trading from the ground up with a system that actually works. Spaces are filling up faster than I expected. If you want in, don't wait: ​Save Your Seat Here​ ​ Mark Roussin, CPA Founder, Roussin Financial ​ ​ ​ ​​ It’s my mission to bring investing to the masses. I’ve watched too many people go on year after year throwing their money away—in risky investments, handing it over to a financial advisor, or even worse, just leaving it sitting in cash—to sit by idly. So, after leaving my big 4 accounting career and having a successful investing career of my own, I’m sharing what it takes to build an investing strategy that can earn you enough passive income each year to live your life financially free. I love the community we’ve created and love sharing anything and everythingI can to help you grow your wealth and invest with confidence. We love to help you create the freedom you’ve always dreamed of with a business based on email. Every day it’s my mission to help regular people like you achieve their wildest dreams and invest with confidence. As much as we care about all of that, I also care about your privacy. Roussin Financial is owned and operated by Roussin Financial, LLC. We are committed to advising you of the right to your privacy, and strives to provide a safe and secure user experience. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, store and use personal information, provided by you on our website. It also explains how we collect and use non-personal information. By accessing and using our website, you explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, the collection, use and transfer of the personal information and non-personal information in the manner described in our Privacy Policy. Read the Policy on our website(s) carefully, as it affects your rights and liabilities under the law. If you disagree with the way we collect and process personal and non-personal information, please do not use this website. This Policy applies to this website as well as all webpages Email Empire hosts. It regulates the processing of information relating to you and grants both of us various rights with respect to your personal data. It also informs you of how to notify us to stop using your personal information. We are located in the United States of America. You may be located in a country that has laws which are more restrictive about the collection and use of your personal information. However, by using our website, you agree to waive the more restrictive laws and agree to be governed by the laws of the United States of America. If you wish to view our official policies, please visit our website. ​ ​

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HawkEye 360 just set its IPO terms. Here's how it stacks up against Swarmer, Aevex, and Arxis.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

April 30, 2026   |   Read online Next Space Stock IPO on May 7 A defense satellite company just launched its IPO roadshow — and it may be the most interesting IPO of the spring. The company is called HawkEye 360 (NYSE: HAWK). It operates a constellation of more than 30 small satellites in low-Earth orbit that detect and geolocate radio frequency signals anywhere on the planet. Go here to claim Pre-IPO shares in the biggest space stock IPO. Think of it as a surveillance system that watches the electromagnetic spectrum from space — tracking dark vessels that disable their transponders to evade detection, locating radar jammers, and identifying communications networks used by adversaries. The U.S. government uses this data for maritime domain awareness, electronic warfare, and national security operations. It's mission-critical infrastructure. HawkEye 360 filed with the SEC on April 10 and set terms this week. HawkEye 360 Price: $24 - $26 per share Capital Raise: $400 million Valuation: $2.7 billion IPO Date: May 7, 2026 The financial story is strong. Revenue came in at $117.7 million in 2025 — up 74% from $67.6 million the year before. Three years ago, the company was doing $30.5 million. That's a compounding growth rate of roughly 57% annually. More importantly, HawkEye turned profitable last year. Net income was $2.7 million in 2025, versus a loss of $29 million in 2024. Gross margins are nearly 80%. Adjusted EBITDA hit $24.8 million — a 21% margin. And the company enters the IPO with a funded backlog of $303 million, which is 2.6x its annual revenue. 61% of revenue comes from U.S. government agencies. Japan accounts for another 16%. The rest comes from other allied partners. Want to invest in the #1 biggest IPO of 2026? Click here for details. Now let's put HAWK in context. The 2026 defense tech IPO wave has been one of the most rewarding in recent memory. Three deals in particular give us some clues regarding the potential performance of HAWK. Swarmer (Nasdaq: SWMR) priced its IPO at $5 in March, raising just $15 million. The AI drone software company had less than $310,000 in annual revenue at the time. On its first day of trading, the stock surged 520%. Within three sessions it had gained 951% from the offering price. The driver wasn't fundamentals — it was narrative. Battle-tested AI drone software deployed in Ukraine, a tiny float, and perfect timing with the U.S.-Iran conflict sent the stock into orbit. It's the best-performing IPO of 2026. But it's also a reminder that the smallest, most speculative offerings can produce the most extreme short-term moves. Aevex (NYSE: AVEX) is the more direct operational comp. The drone and ISR contractor priced in April at $20 per share, raising $320 million. It was 12x oversubscribed. Revenue in 2025 was $432.9 million — though the company was still posting a net loss of $16.8 million. Aevex has since rallied more than 70% from its offering price. The lesson here: scaled defense contractors with government backlog and a clear path to profitability are getting rewarded with premium valuations. Arxis (NYSE: ARXS) is the largest of the three. The aerospace and defense components supplier targeted an $11.2 billion valuation, raised over $1 billion at $25 to $28 per share, and debuted up 36%. With $1.6 billion in 2025 revenue and $46 million in net income, Arxis is the most mature of the group — about 47% of its revenue comes from defense and space. Its strong debut confirmed that institutional investors are willing to pay up for scaled, profitable defense suppliers. So where does HAWK fit? It's a different animal from all three. Swarmer was pure narrative — tiny revenue, enormous story. Aevex is a hardware contractor still working toward profitability. Arxis is a large, diversified supplier with defense exposure but not a pure-play. HawkEye 360 is the only one of these companies that generates near-software gross margins (80%) on a government subscription data model. It's already profitable. It has 2.6x revenue covered by funded backlog. And there is no other publicly traded company that does what it does — this is the first pure-play commercial RF signals intelligence stock on any exchange. The valuation reflects that premium. At 19.6x EV/sales, you're paying more than you would for Aevex or Arxis. But you're buying something with no publicly traded comp, a defensible data moat, and a profitability inflection that's already happened. What I'm watching. Two things will tell me whether this IPO is working: where it prices relative to the $24–$26 range, and what first-day volume looks like. 1. If it prices at or above $25 and opens with strong volume, institutional demand is real and the backlog story is resonating. A first-day jump to $28 to $30 would confirm that. 2. If demand is soft and it prices at the low end, I'd wait. A pullback toward the $22–$24 range in the first few weeks would be the higher-conviction entry. Pricing is expected on the night of May 6. I'll send an update once it starts trading. SpaceX continues to dominate the headlines. And it’s IPO is expected in June with a $1.75 trillion market cap. Here’s the simple way to claim shares today. Ian Wyatt Editor, IPO Watch © Wyatt Investment Research. All rights reserved. Wyatt Investment Research is not a broker dealer of financial advisor. This content is for informational purposes. Nothing in this email should be considered investment advice. Every investment has risk and you could lose your investment. You can review terms of use and disclosures by clicking here. 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You need to Decide

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April 29, 2026 I want to remind you this evening on how Premium Trader works… because at midnight, your chance to receive our next trade ends.  We trade two simple ways:  ●       Equity Credit Spreads involve selling one call option and buying another call further out on the same stock. We collect a credit upfront and keep it as profit as long as the stock stays within a defined range through expiration. ●       Put Sells involve selling put options on stocks we don’t expect to fall below a specific level. If the stock holds above that price, we keep the premium from the trade.  Here’s a reminder of some of the real results we’ve seen that have built our 91% win rate in the last year:  22.7% on Rivian Automotive 12.6% on Charles Schwab 18.3% on Intel 17.6% on Cipher Mining  Assuming your first thought was these aren’t money-doubling trades. That’s not what this strategy aims for. We strive for consistent, repeatable wins. That’s how we can maintain a POSITIVE win rate in this market. Secure Discounted Entry Here   Sincerely, Katie Schaeffer Chief Operating Officer Schaeffer’s Investment Research 📧 service@sir-inc.com 📞 1-800-448-2080 🌍 1-513-589-3800 International   Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here © 2026 Schaeffer's Investment Research 5151 Pfeiffer Road, Suite 450 Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, United States Terms of Service

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The Two Bells Most Traders Don't Know About

by Blake Young

Hey trader,

There are two bells that ring on Wall Street every morning.

You know the first one. The second one is where the money actually moves, and most retail traders have never heard of it.

The first bell costs you money every session. The second bell is where I take every trade I take.

Friday's session gave you both halves of the proof. 

A pre-10:00 loss on a Bollinger Band breakout that fired right into a PMI announcement. And a clean Beacon target on gold that hit while everyone else was still settling out from the open.

Here is what the difference actually is, and why it matters for every trade you place from here on out.

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The 10% Club is built around one specific two-hour window every morning.

Not 9:30. Not the chaos. The window where real liquidity shows up and real money gets made.

👉 Click here to learn more about the 10% Club and the 10:00 AM Bell.

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The Bell You Already Know

The 9:30 bell is the one on TV. Someone in a suit rings it in Times Square. CNBC carries it live. Your platform is open before it rings, your watch list is loaded, and your hands are on the keyboard.

The first 30 minutes after that bell are the most expensive 30 minutes of the trading day.

Overnight orders are clearing. Algorithms are fighting each other for position. Stop-runs are firing. Gap-fills are resolving. Every retail order placed in that window is feeding liquidity to the institutions on the other side of the trade.

The 9:30 bell is not a signal. It is a starting gun for a race you are not supposed to win.

The Bell That Actually Matters

The second bell rings at 10:00 AM Eastern.

By 10:00, the noise has cleared. The overnight unwinds are done. Real liquidity has shown up. The institutions, hedge funds, and professionals who actually move price are finally moving.

That is the bell I trade. And by the time it rings, I already know exactly what I am doing because the Beacon was drawn at 6:00 PM the night before.

What Friday Proved

Friday's session was a textbook split-screen of these two bells.

We had a Bollinger Band breakout signal on the euro at 9:45. The trade fired clean. Entry was around 1.1772. Stop at 1.1780.

The problem was the calendar. ISM PMI services and prices were dropping at 10:00. The trade was sitting in the middle of a five-minute window before a major economic release.

The euro spiked from 1.1767 to 1.1782 in a single candle. We took the loss on the worst fill we could document. About $100 of risk on the full contract.

 

Now look at gold over the same window. Gold gave a Beacon buy signal at 4628 with a target of 4657. That is roughly 32 points, or about $320 per micro. The trade hit its full target.

 

 

Most members missed it. They were waiting for 10:00.

That is the entire point of this article.

The Volume Tells the Story

Pull up any liquid future from Friday and look at the volume profile from 9:30 to 10:15.

Volume drops from the open into 9:45. It gets thinner and lighter as you move through the first 30 minutes. Then at 10:00, it explodes higher.

That is not opinion. That is what the tape showed Friday, and it is what the tape shows almost every session.

The first 30 minutes feel busy because price is whipping around. The volume tells you the truth. It is a small group of retail traders trading against algorithms in a thin tape.

By 10:00, the people who actually move markets show up. That is when the trade you planned the night before has the liquidity to actually work.

The Risk Management Underneath All of This

Here is the part that gets lost in the conversation about timing.

Friday opened with a loss. April closed up 15.9% with 18 winners and 26 losers. We did not even win half the time and the account still finished the month up double digits.

That is not a win rate story. It is a risk management story. Small losses. Bigger wins. Defined entries. Mechanical stops. Targets set in advance.

The 9:30 grinder cannot run that math because the chaos of the open does not give them clean entries or clean stops. They get faked out, they revenge trade, and they spend the rest of the day trying to make back what the first 30 minutes took.

The 10:00 trader has the night-before plan, a defined risk, and a window where the math actually works.

What You Can Do Right Now

You do not need to overhaul your entire approach to start trading the second bell.

You need three things. A defined two-hour window. A trade you planned before the open. And the discipline to ignore the bell at 9:30 even when your platform is screaming at you to do something.

Pick the window. Plan the trade the night before. Wait for the volume to show up.

That is the framework behind every trade I called Friday, and it is the framework behind eleven months of live results in the 10% Club.

It is also the reason I am done by noon every day. Two hours of trading. The rest of the day is mine.

The next live Master Class on the full 10:00 AM Bell system is Thursday, May 14th at 1:00 PM Eastern.

I am going to walk through the Beacon, the timing window, the risk management rules, and the exact two-hour setup I trade every morning. 

Every member who joins the 10% Club gets the Master Class, the Private Trading Room, the six-week Mastermind starting May 20th, and the full system that produced the track record from the landing page.

If you have been thinking about it, this is the enrollment to join. There are 50 seats and some are already gone.

👉 Click here to learn more about the 10% Club and reserve your seat before May 14th.

Blake Young
Senior Market Strategist, TheoTRADE

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