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$IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$ $IONQ INC C/WTS (TO PUR COM) (IONQ.WS.US)$ 
A few days ago, Harry You, one of the majority shareholders and executives of ionQ, replaced 4 million ionQ warrents with 1.77 million ionQ shares, and cashed out all of them from 12/7 to 12/8, receiving nearly 45 million US dollars in cash. This wave of operations not only suppressed the benefits of the original Q2B meeting, but also had a huge impact on underlying stocks.
First, we need to understand what Mentality is. A warrant is a warrant, a right to buy a certain number of shares at a fixed price before a certain point in time. In the case of IONQ Warrent, an IONQ Warrent gives the holder the right to buy an IONQ stock for $11.50 before October 1, 2026.
Um, where did this purchased stock come from? In fact, when Warrent is executed, IONQ will issue a corresponding amount of additional shares. Going back to the situation where Harry You replaced 4 million Warrents, it means that the company expanded 4 million shares for this wave of his operations on the same day. This dilutes current stocks in disguise.
Since the listing of IONQ SPAC, the stock capital has increased by more than 4% cumulatively. This indicates that a large number of Warrents have been cashed out. Some of these warrents circulate in the market, while a larger portion is in the hands of internal employees and early investors.
What impact will the execution of Warrent have on stocks? Admittedly, stock expansion will dilute stock prices, which is definitely not a good thing in the short term. However, from an enterprise perspective, the increased activity of individual stocks and an increase in share capital are more conducive to increasing market value. For ordinary stock investors, this is also a risk that early-stage companies exist.

$IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$ It remains to be seen whether it can close above the 60-day moving average today. If not, it may turn around and build up strength again. If it can, there may be a short-term upward trend.

$IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$ Broke through the original downward channel box and hit the top, currently showing a W-shaped rebound, may re-enter the upward channel. Keep monitoring.

$IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$ Although the stock price has risen by 7% today, the trading volume is much lower compared to the previous few trading days. The recent downward trend of the past month indicates that the stock price has reached a low level. This is a typical volume contraction rebound, either due to cautious attitude of off-market funds or sellers not willing to sell at the desired price. It needs to be observed.

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $SoFi Technologies (SOFI.US)$ $IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$
As 2021 comes to an end through a bumpy last few weeks but an overall good EOY growth on the SPY and Nasdaq, I am wondering what your speculative, through research and DD of course, growth stocks are for the coming year. Any ticker symbols in particular that you have loaded up from these recent dips?
Here are my thoughts:
I am hoping that NVDA continues its growth next year as its online services and the metaverse gain traction. AMD too obviously from their recent partnership with Tesla and Meta. Both of these companies had an amazing year that I believe will continue their growth for the next few years at least.
SoFi and IONQ are also two stocks that I believe will be good bets for 2022, especially as the BC gets approved for SoFi. IONQ has strong fundaments and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Im also DCAing into Paypal, as I believe that it just got hammered this year. In 2022, venmo, owned by paypal, is coming to amazon which is exciting news!
What are your thoughts and top picks for 2022?

$IonQ Inc (IONQ.US)$Since the Q2B conference, there have been rumors about the interest of the US Air Force in airborne quantum computers. Currently, the only two companies with feasible solutions in the market are IONQ and Honeywell. This has intensified speculation about future cooperation between the US Air Force and IONQ. Checking IONQ's LinkedIn account, it can be found that they are indeed recruiting a Director of Government Sales and Contract Attorney. As for Government Sales, let's not dwell on that, but the job content of the Contract Attorney includes drafting government contracts. This indicates 1. they do intend to cooperate with government departments; 2. they believe that hiring an in-house contract lawyer is more cost-effective than outsourcing to a law firm, which means they either have confidential contracts or a large number of contracts. Below are some screenshots.

Without comment $Tesla (TSLA.US)$