US Daily Market Insights & Ideas
Market Close: 19 November 2025
US markets exhibited modest gains, with the S&P 500 advancing 0.4% amid sector rotation from technology to value areas like materials and consumer discretionary. U.S. stock futures are strong in Thursday’s premarket session on November 20, 2025, powered by Nvidia’s stellar third-quarter results and robust $65 billion fourth-quarter guidance. The Nasdaq 100 is leading the charge with a 1.6% gain, the S&P 500 futures are up 1.2%, and Dow futures are climbing 0.5–0.6%, reflecting broad-based relief and the potential of renewed optimism across the tech-heavy growth complex following the chipmaker’s latest blowout performance.
Swing Trade Ideas (1-4 Week duration)
Key: Advancing | Declining
- Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) (CART:XNYS) | MT-Qscore -4.3 | Pending Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Wednesday. | Target1: 43.98 (6.16%) | Hit Rate: 100%
- Insulet Corp (PODD:XNGS) | MT-Qscore -4.4 | Pending Medium-Term Reversal positive signal on Wednesday. | Target1: 361.39 (4.34%) | Hit Rate: 78%
- COHERENT CORP (COHR:XNYS) | MT-Qscore 8.3 | Pending Medium-Term Reversal negative signal on Wednesday. | Target1: 117.80 (-17.59%) | Hit Rate: 68%
- SNOWFLAKE INC-A (SNOW:XNYS) | MT-Qscore 7.9 | Pending Medium-Term Reversal negative signal on Wednesday. | Target1: 29.92 (-9.11%) | Hit Rate: 64%
Market Movements
US indices closed mixed, with the S&P 500 advancing 0.4% and the Dow Jones up 0.1%. The Russell 2000 edged lower by 0.0%, while the Cboe Volatility Index declined 4.2%.
Top Gainers (1-Day)
| MP Materials Corp. (MP:XNYS) | +8.6% |
| Block Inc (SQ:XNYS) | +7.6% |
| Unity Software I (U:XNYS) | +6.0% |
Top Losers (1-Day)
| Eversource Energ (ES:XNYS) | -12.5% |
| Plug Power Inc (PLUG:XNCM) | -11.2% |
| AECOM (ACM:XNYS) | -11.1% |
Mag 7
- NVIDIA Corp (NVDA:XNGS) rose 2.9%
- Q3 revenue $57B (up 62%), Q4 guidance $65B; Blackwell/Rubin GPUs sold out.
- Shares +5% post-earnings; Jensen Huang honored in 2025 QE Prize.
- Alphabet Inc-C (GOOG:XNGS) rose 2.8%.
- Berkshire Hathaway disclosed $4.9B Alphabet stake; shares hit record high.
- Gemini 3 AI debut praised; stock up 3%, Waymo expands robotaxi freeway access.
- Tesla Inc (TSLA:XNGS) rose 0.7%.
- Arizona approved Tesla robotaxi permit (3rd U.S. state); shares topped $400.
- Cutting China-made parts faster; brand value down 35% to $29.5B.
- Apple Inc (AAPL:XNGS) rose 0.4%.
- Apple increased A19 chip orders by 4-5M units on strong iPhone 17 demand; stock near 52-week high.
- iPhone 16e reportedly underperforming; no delays to iPhone 17e, HomePod/AirTag updates pushed back.
- Amazon.com Inc (AMZN:XNGS) rose 0.1%.
- Amazon issuing automatic Prime refunds ($2.5B settlement) and $15B bonds this week.
- Black Friday Week deals launched Nov 20; AWS expands OpenAI ties.
- Microsoft Corp (MSFT:XNGS) fell 1.4%.
- Ignite 2025: new agentic AI, Fabric IQ, and voice-activated Copilot features.
- Patch Tuesday fixed 60+ bugs; $1B+ Anthropic deal announced.
- Meta Platforms-A (META:XNGS) fell 1.2%.
- Judge ruled Meta’s Instagram/WhatsApp buys not anticompetitive; major antitrust win.
- Stock down >20% in November on $70-72B 2025 AI spend fears.
Quantmatix Success Stories
- Jazz Pharmaceuti (JAZZ:XNGS) gained 24.3% following a Short-Term Reversal long signal on Thursday.
- QuantumScape Cor (QS:XNYS) declined 21.7%, yielding 21.7% profit from a Short-Term Reversal short signal on Tuesday.
- Albemarle Corp (ALB:XNYS) gained 21.0% after a Short-Term Reversal long signal on Tuesday.
- Plug Power Inc (PLUG:XNCM) declined 15.4%, delivering 15.4% profit from a Short-Term Reversal short signal on Friday.
- Lucid Group Inc (LCID:XNGS) declined 12.2%, yielding 12.2% profit from a Short-Term Reversal short signal on Friday.
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