$Micron Technology (MU.US)$ The big MU surprise. Semi conductors are the new oil... it is said the next war will be fought over them.
$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ I really like AMD and picked up more today. Really hoping they announce the Xylinx acquisition before Xmas... should be any day now and I expect a gap up on the news.

$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ execs selling stock and no news means the merger is going to happen soon.

$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ $Xilinx (XLNX.US)$  Deal
Expands AMD’s rapidly growing data center business
Xilinx, the No. 1 provider of adaptive computing solutions, increases AMD TAM to $110 billion
The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to AMD margins, EPS and free cash flow generation and deliver industry-leading growth.
AMD expects to achieve operational efficiencies of approximately $300 million within 18 months of closing the transaction, primarily based on synergies in costs of goods sold, shared infrastructure and through streamlining common areas

$Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ Before the announcement of Broadcom (AVGO.O) quarterly results, Credit Suisse analyst John Pitzer raised the target price of Broadcom from US$580 to US$620 and maintained an outperform rating on the stock. The analyst expects higher-than-expected results in the fourth quarter and the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, reflecting that continued strong demand has been offset by lingering supply constraints and active customer inventory management. Although recently reported that Apple (AAPL.O) supply demand has been cut, Pitzer's verification shows that the seasonal adjustment is not as severe as under normal circumstances. Pitzer does not expect Broadcom to provide guidance for the 2022 fiscal year, but expects the company to continue to be optimistic about its prospects.
Article excerpted from the US Stock Research Agency

Short-term trades aka swing trade can be addictive or adrenaline driven. It takes a lot of discipline, clear trading plan to be a consistently good swing trader.
Swing trading is most useful when the market condition is volatile, without long clear trend. Currently the market does seem so. Thus, it may be a good time to look more into swing trading, or quick-entry-quick-exit trades.
I'm sure everyone has their favourite signals, indicators, news etc to initiate trades. I don't know which is the best strategy, but if there is one that consistently make money for you, stick with it
I start with looking at stocks with good momentum trend. For example, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ , $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$, $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$, $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$. These have good chance of continueing current trade. Look for volume contraction, avoid stocks with volatile volume.
Next, calculate my risks. Risk management is utmost important. Try not to risk more than 2-5% of portfolio on a single trade. Calculate estimated target price. Have a rough idea on exit strategy (e.g. 10% profit in this choppy market condition).
Once a trade is initiated, guess it's just a matter of daily monitoring of the price movement.
Be discipline with trading plans, be flexible but always keep risk management in mind (i.e. moving stop loss is NOT a good habit!).
Lastly, review trades after exit. Learn from own mistakes or success.
Safe trading!

$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ $Xilinx (XLNX.US)$ $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$
Xilinx's Stock price is 217 with a Market Cap of 53.8 Billion, and AMD's Stock price is 144 with a Market Cap of 173.9 Billion.
with these two merging within the next few Weeks the Market Cap will be 227.7 Billion...........Ok carry the 1, divide by the forward guidance, uhuh, adding the Market share taken from intel.......
And I come up with a $200 Stock price by mid Jan/2022.

Hello Mooers, welcome back.
In this discussion, I would like to share some of my habits in helping me to trade better.
When I open my $Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU.US)$ MooMoo app, the first thing that I do is to check the quotes of those stocks that I am interested in.
I will click on the 'Comments' section to get to know how Mooers feels about the stock. (Example: $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ has Mooers fighting against the hedge fund almost everyday. The strong bonding between Apes and HODLing for fellow Apes. Together, Apes STRONG. )
Next, I will click on the 'News' section to get the latest news on the stock. This will help me to gauge if the stock have growth potential such as new innovative products and services coming. (Example: $Cenntro Electric (NAKD.US)$ enter the EV sector.)
After that, I will go to the 'Analyses' section to see how the trend for the stock. This help me to see if the stock is oversold or overbought and whether is it bullish or bearish. (Example: COVID concept stocks, $Moderna (MRNA.US)$ is bullish and rise 20.57% on 26 Nov 2021 Black Friday due to new COVID variant 'omicron'.)
This will follow by going to the 'Financial' section to view the revenue estimated by financial analysts. If the higher revenue estimates are supported by at least 25 financial analysts, the higher the accuracy of the estimates will be. (Example: $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ has 29 financial analysts for their revenue estimates.)
Lastly, I will go to the 'Summary' section to view how many institutions is holding the stock and whether are there more institutions getting the stock too. (Example: $Apple (AAPL.US)$ has 4816 institutions holding it as on 25 Nov 2021.)
These habits have helped me to get useful insights about the stocks that I am interested in, and assisted me in my portfolio rebalancing decisions. I am thankful to $Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU.US)$ for coming out with these awesome features and looking for more in the future.
I hope that Mooers find my sharing useful in your stock tradings.
Before we end this discussion, I would like you to vote which section(s) that you will check them up and add into your trading habits.
That's all for this discussion. Please show your support if you like this post.
Thank you and see you all soon.

$Cenntro Electric (NAKD.US)$ tonight surely will roller coaster ride where shorts will try bring it down in order to cover back cheaply unless the late evening news is so firm and more investor coming in to push the price up…..then short or gamma squeeze will explode….just my thoughts no financial advice
rest well guys for tonight CQB yo……lol

$Phunware (PHUN.US)$ Tomorrow will be more exciting

So much volatility in 3 hours, not chasing pump stocks again, bad for my heart... $Phunware (PHUN.US)$