u/DeFiGus

Intel had nice earnings and their data center revenue and AI demand are the keys.

I took a shot and got in at $81, the plan was stop loss at $75 with 3x leverage and looking to take profit around $95-100. I sat an order at $98 and it filled during post hour. The 1:3 risk and reward ratio plays nicely this time, and quicker than I expected tbh.

Thinking to re-enter if it pulls back to around $80-85 or should I move on to other tech stocks since it is earnings week. $AMZN and $GOOGL to look into the $300 and $400 key levels after their great earnings.

Intel had nice earnings and their data center revenue and AI demand are the keys.

I took a shot and got in at $81, the plan was stop loss at $75 with 3x leverage and looking to take profit around $95-100. I sat an order at $98 and it filled during post hour. The 1:3 risk and reward ratio plays nicely this time, and quicker than I expected tbh.

Thinking to re-enter if it pulls back to around $80-85 or should I move on to other tech stocks since it is earnings week. $AMZN and $GOOGL to look into the $300 and $400 key levels after their great earnings.

Both $GOOGL and $AMZN dropped Q1 2026 earnings last night and the numbers were hard to ignore. The AI capex story is clearly paying off. Google Cloud up 63% and AWS posting its fastest growth in 15 quarters aren't flukes.

Will we see $GOOGL hit $400 and $AMZN hit $300 by end of Q2 or some firms will take profits before the summer?

Alphabet ($GOOGL) is trading ~$347–360 AH

• EPS: $5.11 vs $2.62 estimated — nearly a 2x beat
• Revenue: $109.9B vs $107.1B expected (+22% YoY)
• Google Cloud: $20B, up 63% YoY, fastest growth in years
• Net income: $62.57B, up 81% YoY
• New: selling custom TPU chips to third-party customers, new revenue stream opening up

Amazon ($AMZN) is trading ~$263–270 AH

• EPS: $2.78 vs $1.62 estimated (+71% beat)
• Revenue: $181.5B vs $177.2B expected
• AWS: $37.6B, up 28%
• EPS doubled YoY from $1.59 → $2.78

Most perp traders stick to crypto like BTC, ETH, SOL. But the space has been expanding fast, and more exchanges are now offering perpetuals on real world assets (RWAs).

Such as
- Commodities: gold, silver, oil
- US stocks like Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Meta
- Indices and ETFs

What makes RWA perps interesting is you get 24/7 access and leverage without needing a brokerage account or dealing with expiry dates. You're trading the price exposure, not the underlying asset, different from options.

Do you mix RWAs into your perp trading or stick to crypto only?

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For over two decades, if you wanted to make more than 3 day trades in a 5 day period you needed at least $25,000 sitting in a margin account. Fall below that and your broker locked you out.

That just changed. The SEC approved the elimination of the Pattern Day Trader rule on April 14th. Effective date from June 4th, 2026.

No more $25,000 minimum. No more PDT flag. No more 90 day account freezes.

For a lot of traders with small account, this was the single biggest barrier to active trading. Now it's gone.

Does this actually change how you trade and are you going to be more active now?
Or do you think removing the rule just opens the door for retail traders to blow up smaller accounts faster?

For years the deal was simple. Stocks open at 9:30am, close at 4pm. Commodities have their windows. You either catch the move or you don't.

But some platforms are now offering round the clock trading on stocks and commodities, the same way crypto has always worked.

I am sure we all missed a move on gold, oil or a stock because the market was closed... Is 24/7 trading a game changer for you or just a feature but facing low liquidity like pre and post market?

We all have that one DEX we are dedicated to. Most people started with Uniswap or PancakeSwap, familiar, trusted, gets the job done.

But the space has moved fast. GMX, Hyperliquid, dYdX, newer platforms are all pushing hard on fees, UX, rewards and execution speed.

So what would actually make you leave your go-to and not come back?
What's the thing that would make you switch or already did?

I've had bank credit cards for years, decent cashback, okay travel perks, airline miles, standard benefits. But lately every time I look at my statement I'm wondering why I'm still playing this game. 1.5% back in points that expire, 3% foreign transaction fees, annual fees for "benefits" I barely use.

Amex charges something like $900 for their premium card. It's a fair deal if you travel a lot (lounge access, spending credits at certain hotels, etc.), but if you're not flying every other month, you're basically subsidizing someone else's vacation.

Meanwhile friends of mine have been quietly moving their daily spend to crypto cards and the numbers are hard to argue with:

• Rewards paid in tokens instead of airline miles (which, let's be honest, take forever to actually turn into a ticket)
• No FX fees when traveling
• Rewards that can actually grow in value instead of getting devalued every year
• Spend without having to sell your bag

So I'm curious how everyone here thinks...

• What makes you decide to sign up for a new card?
• When you're at checkout with multiple cards in your wallet, how do you pick which one to use?
• Anyone running a crypto card as their daily driver yet?

Spot, LP, yield farming, stables, DCA Bitcoin and many more...

We all have different approaches and I'm wondering what's actually making you green right now.

Do you farm, hold spot or earn some yield with your stables?

And how's the current market treating you?

There's a case for both and I've gone back and forth on this.

Going all in on one chain makes things simpler. You learn the tools, the bridges, the community on CT. You know where the liquidity is and which protocols to trust. Less switching, less gas fees.

But spreading across chains means you're not overexposed to one ecosystem's risks. One bad upgrade, one bridge exploit, one chain going quiet and you're not completely stuck.

Are you a one chain person or do you spread across multiple ecosystems?

And if you do multi-chain, how do you actually manage it?

Most explanations I've seen either go way too technical or way too vague. You either lose people at smart contracts or they walk away thinking DeFi is just another word for crypto.

I've been trying to explain it to a few people lately and honestly it's harder than it sounds. The concept makes sense in my head but translating it into something a non-crypto person actually gets is a different challenge.

What's your go-to explanation or one liner? The one that actually made someone nod and understand instead of smile and change the subject.