$PPSI may be the last undiscovered AI power bottleneck gem hiding in plain sight

Everyone already found the obvious AI infrastructure trades.

$NVDA? Found.
$AVGO? Found.
$VRT? Found.
$ETN? Found.
$POWL? Found.
$MOD? Found.
Silicon photonics? The market is waking up fast.
CPO? Already getting priced.
Liquid cooling? Already crowded.
Transformers and switchgear? Already re-rated.

But the next bottleneck is not just chips.

It is time-to-power.

AI data centers do not just need electricity. They need deployable, onsite, megawatt-scale power now. The grid cannot keep up. Utility interconnection can take years. AI demand is moving faster than the electrical infrastructure buildout.

That is where Pioneer Power Solutions — $PPSI becomes wildly interesting.

This is still only about a $47M market-cap company today. Not $4.7B. Not $47B. About $47M.

And it is attacking one of the most urgent bottlenecks in the entire AI stack: mobile, modular, distributed power for edge AI, modular data centers, industrial compute, and power-constrained sites.

The key product is PRYMUS.

Pioneer says PRYMUS delivers scalable, pre-engineered power blocks from 1 MW to 10 MW and can be fully operational at a site in about six months, compared with the typical two-to-three-year timeline for utility-grade power. (Pioneer Power Solutions)

That is the whole thesis.

The market is obsessing over who gets the GPUs.

The better question is:

Who can power the GPUs before the grid shows up?

$PPSI might be one of the only tiny public companies positioned directly at that exact pain point.

And the valuation is insane compared with the opportunity.

Pioneer did $27.6M of 2025 revenue, up about 21% year over year. (Pioneer Power Solutions)

At roughly $47M market cap, the stock is trading around 1.7x trailing revenue. For a company with a credible shot at participating in the AI power bottleneck, that is almost absurd.

Now think about the upside.

If the market simply values $PPSI like a serious AI power infrastructure name, this does not need crazy math.

A move from $47M market cap to $150M is roughly a 3-bagger.

A move to $470M is roughly a 10-bagger.

A move to $1B would be roughly a 20-bagger.

And if PRYMUS becomes a recognized platform in the modular AI/data-center power market, a $1B valuation is not some fantasy number. The AI infrastructure market is throwing multi-billion-dollar valuations at companies solving power, cooling, interconnect, and deployment bottlenecks. PPSI is still sitting below $50M.

This is what asymmetry looks like.

One meaningful PRYMUS customer could change the story.
A few megawatt-scale deployments could change the revenue base.
A credible AI/modular data-center win could change the multiple.
A recognized role in “powering AI before the grid arrives” could completely re-rate the stock.

The beautiful part is that PPSI is not trying to invent quantum computing or sell some vaporware AI model.

It is solving a physical problem:

AI needs power.
Grid power is too slow.
PRYMUS is built for 1–10 MW rapid deployment.
The company is still worth less than $50M.

That is why this could be one of the last undiscovered gems in the AI infrastructure chain.

The first AI trade was chips.
The second was networking.
The third was silicon photonics.
The fourth was cooling and electrical gear.
The next one is deployable power.

And $PPSI is sitting right there before the crowd arrives.

Could this be a 3-bagger? Easily, if the market simply starts paying attention.

Could it be a 10-bagger? Yes, if PRYMUS gets real traction and PPSI becomes viewed as an AI power-gap company instead of a tiny EV/mobile-power name.

Could it be 1,000%+? Absolutely possible if the company lands major modular data-center or edge-AI power deployments.

Could it go 3,000%? That would mean a move toward roughly $1.4B market cap from today’s level. That is aggressive, but in an AI infrastructure mania, a company solving a real power bottleneck with megawatt-scale deployments does not need to be enormous to justify that kind of re-rating.

This is the kind of setup the market usually ignores until it is obvious.

By the time everyone agrees AI power is the next bottleneck, the easy money in the tiny names may already be gone.

$PPSI may be sitting at the exact intersection of:

AI power scarcity + modular data centers + edge compute + grid delays + mobile megawatt-scale deployment + nano-cap valuation.

That is the kind of asymmetry people claim they are looking for — until they actually see one before the market has blessed it.

$PPSI is not just an EV charging story anymore.

It may be an early public call option on the AI power bottleneck.

And if the market figures that out, this thing could re-rate violently.

Nu Holdings reports Q1 2026 earnings on May 14th, after market close. Here's what the street is expecting:

Revenue: $4.97B (+53% YoY) — up from $4.86B last quarter

EPS: $0.20 (+82% YoY) — up from $0.18 last quarter

Customers: 136.4M (+15% YoY) — up from 131M last quarter

These would be absolutely MONSTER numbers. For context, last year they grew revenue 39% YoY and grew total customers 15%. This company grows like a startup, but with a $60B+ Market Cap.

Still trading at ~17-18x forward P/E while growing EPS at 80%+ YoY...

You guys adding, holding or trimming going into earnings?

SNDK closed Friday at $1,562.34—representing a +16.6% surge on Friday alone and for the week, significantly outperforming the +10% projected in the model scenario. The data is fresh:

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What has changed since the last analysis

Metric	1 Week Ago (May 7)	Now (May 8)	Change
Spot	$1,340	$1,562	+16.6%
Net Dealer GEX	−$1.20M	−$1.12M	−7% (nearly unchanged!)
Gamma Flip	$1,264	$1,095	−13.4%
Buffer above Flip	+6.0%	+42.7%	+36.7 percentage points
Deepest Short-$\gamma$ Point	$1,491 (−$3.23M)$	$1,749 (−$1.23M)$	Magnitude decreased by 62%
Total Call OI	301,385	267,570	−11%
Total Put OI	265,820	284,451	+7%
P/C OI Ratio	0.88 (Call-heavy)	1.06 (Put-heavy)	Regime Shift
ATM IV (May-15)	97%	115%	+18 pp
Max Pain (Front-Expiry)	$1,235	$1,000	Effectively decoupled

Forecast Validation

My May 7 model predicted the following for a +10% move over 7 days:

• Net GEX: Predicted −$1.70M vs. Actual −$1.12M
• Flip: Predicted $894 vs. Actual $1,095
• Deepest Short-$\gamma$: Predicted −$2.09M vs. Actual −$1.23M

All three indicators were directionally correct, and the magnitude was actually conservative—the actual squeeze erosion was even stronger than predicted. The mechanism I described (front-week decay + ITM decay outweighing retail rebuild) is functioning quantitatively.

Fundamental Shifts

1. P/C OI Flip is significant. One week ago, the ratio was 0.88 (Calls dominant). Now it is 1.06 (Puts dominant). We see +18,600 net Puts built and −33,800 Calls removed. This is no longer "rabid retail call buying"—this is hedging activity, likely from institutions protecting long positions. A "squeeze thesis" requires the opposite: explosive growth in Call OI at increasingly higher strikes. We aren't seeing that.
2. IV has exploded to 110–116% across the curve. That is an 18-point jump for the front month. Realized volatility over the last 7 days is ~250% annualized. Since IV is still significantly below realized vol, options remain "underpriced" relative to the price action. This suggests a non-equilibrium market still playing catch-up with its own volatility.
3. Max Pain at $1,000 is no longer operational. At −36% from spot, it is beyond any realistic pin mechanism for the remaining 5 trading days. The OI structure is completely decoupled from spot reality; the Max Pain argument is dead.
4. Strike density has moved up, but not explosively. New calls at $1,700 (1,939), $1,800 (1,515), $1,900 (2,520+2,173), and $2,000 (2,147). Together, this is ~10k contracts—indicative of institutional positioning rather than retail mania. A true retail cluster would look like 20k+ contracts per strike between $1,500 and $1,700, which is absent.

What this means for your trade

The setup has become structurally weaker, not stronger:

• Squeeze "Powder" has discharged by 62%, and new fuel isn't arriving with the same magnitude.
• The Flip has dropped to $1,095. A 43% buffer is massive, but it also means a drop to $1,200 is within the "stabilization zone" and would not be mechanically accelerated to the downside. This is good for holders but explicitly allows for a 15–20% pullback without a "crash" mechanism.
• The deepest Short-$\gamma$ is now at $1,749 (~12% above spot). If SNDK rallies there, there is still a small mechanical tailwind, but it's only half the magnitude of last week.

The real risk has shifted:

• Theta is the enemy: With IV at 115%, every day SNDK moves sideways or down, the long-vol component of options will be eaten alive. If you hold Calls or LETFs, time decay is now your primary threat, while Gamma is no longer your primary friend.
• Sentiment Signal: The P/C ratio flip should be taken seriously. Institutions that were right about the Q3 NDQ100 setup are now actively hedging.
• Volatility Drag: Single-stock LETFs (SNXX/SNDU) will accumulate brutal vol-drag with IV at 115% the moment the "drift phase" pauses. The compounding bonus will flip into a compounding tax.

Critical Levels:

• Above $1,500: Trend intact, squeeze mechanics present but weakened.
• Break below $1,350: New test zone; not a flip break, but a sentiment break.
• Break below $1,095: Regime change to Long-Gamma $\rightarrow$ Mean reversion setup.
• First Short-Squeeze Reload Zone: $1,749 (but with half the "juice").

Bottom Line: The stock can certainly continue to climb, but no longer "because of a gamma squeeze." That argument has measurably shrunk with the expiration of the May-8 weeklies. Whatever drives it higher now must be index-inclusion flows, fundamental re-rating, or a fresh retail wave—all of which are less mechanical and less predictable than last week's GEX story. Adjust position sizing accordingly.

I’ve been looking at a small company that’s developing a new way to deliver a drug for a hard-to-treat neurological condition. They recently reached a significant milestone with their lead program and expect more updates later this year. It’s still very early stage and obviously high risk.

Anyone else seen any interesting small biotechs with novel delivery approaches or unique mechanisms?

Update: The company I was referring to is NeOnc Technologies ($NTHI).

They are developing NEO100, it's an intranasal (nasal spray) formulation of perillyl alcohol. The idea is to deliver the drug directly to brain tumors, trying to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This is for recurrent high-grade glioma (including glioblastoma), one of the most aggressive brain cancers with very poor prognosis.

What caught my attention:

- Recently completed patient enrollment in their Phase 2a trial.

- Earlier compassionate use and Phase 1/2a data showed response rates better than typical salvage therapies in this setting.

- CEO has been buying shares on the open market (almost $1M in the past year)

It’s still a classic high-risk biotech story, very early stage, cash burn, dilution risk and brain cancer trials have extremely high failure rates. But the novel delivery approach is interesting.

Following my previous 2026 forecast post Why a $200 Target Happens Even if Growth Slows Down (The Institutional Model) , the data from May 1, 2026 First Quarter 2026 Results, and the new Morningstar report which is just released hours ago along with new analysts ratings today, confirms that what we are witnessing now the official institutional baseline.

1. The Q1 Fundamental Blowout

The market was bracing for a slowdown, but Reddit delivered its seventh straight quarter (read that again!) of top line growth exceeding 60%.

• Revenue Acceleration: Reported $663 million, a 69% year over year increase that shattered high end guidance.
• Profitability Surge: Achieved a massive 31% net income margin ($204 million), with Adjusted EBITDA margins jumping to 40%.
• Cash Flow: Operating cash flow skyrocketed 145% to $312 million.
• Revised EPS Estimate: If Reddit maintains this trajectory, the "Real Estimate" for 2026 EPS moves firmly into the $5.50 to $6.50 range, far above the earlier $3.54 conservative baseline.

2. Wall Street is starting to Catch Up

Wall Street analysts spent the last 24 hours raising targets to match our thesis ( i don't care about them anyway). The "Buy" consensus has shifted aggressively higher.

• New Average Target: The LSEG consensus is now $228.47, representing a 55% upside from current levels.
• Institutional Heavyweights: Needham is targeting $300, Truist is at $265, Morgan Stanley just moved to $240, Citizens $240.00, and Oppenheimer $225.00.
• Morningstar Rating (this post main report): They have reiterated their 4 star rating and $200.00 Fair Value Estimate. Even at current prices, they officially label the stock as Undervalued with a Price/Fair Value of 0.74.

3. The Short Squeeze trap is set perfectly ( i know some of you here hate this word/ topic)

If you have a relative volume tracker, you can see that today the stock started the market regular hours with 9 RV and kept full day near or above 5 RV , that is massive! When a stock of this size trades over 5x its normal volume, it signals a fundamental re-rating of the company's value. The technical "trap" is now fully set for Short sellers who could not close their positions, The 5x RV confirms that the "Volume Void" is wide open. You are no longer looking for a "return to $150."

• Decreasing Float: The short float has dropped from 13% to 12.61% in the last 48 hours as shorts begin to cover, I expect it to drop significantly once Monday data updates
• Liquidity Crunch: Days to Cover has plunged from 5.4 to 3.96. Shorts have significantly less time to exit before the next leg up ,I expect it to drop significantly once Monday data updates
• Institutional Lockdown: Vanguard now holds 7.01 million shares, further reducing the available float for shorts to use.

4. Technical Roadmap: $240 is the New Objective

• Support Floor: The MA 200 ($161.51) and EMA 50 ($164.05) have established a rock solid floor.
• Volume Profile: We have successfully cleared the heavy congestion and moved the "Point of Control" to $165 up from $145 days ago.
• The Void: There is almost no historical resistance between $170 and $190. This "Volume Void" will act as a vacuum once the current consolidation breaks. This vertical separation on high volume usually indicates that sellers have completely stepped out of the way, leaving a "liquidity gap" up to the next psychological level of $180.

Metric	Previous "Institutional" View	The New "Real" Estimate
2026 EPS	$3.54 – $4.02	$5.50 – $6.50
Near-Term Target	$200.00	$225.00 – $240.00
Max Squeeze Target	$225.00	$290.00 – $303.00
Technical Support	$150.00	$161.50 – $165.00

At last let me confirm

Reddit is growing twice as fast as the industry average. The "EPS Growth Story" is now public record; this is massive institutional accumulation before the move to $200+ becomes a reality.

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Some screenshots from the original Morningstar report:

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Going by the posts in recent days, people don't see that it is a feedback loop of gamma squeezing on this stock.

The higher the price goes, market makers sell new strikes.

More were added on this past Monday.

Wednesday is always a no-man's land day, as the previous week's run up and options expiry has been fulfilled.

Late Thursday and Friday is delta-hedging to remain delta-neutral from institutions that sold those options.

4.28pm today, two mins before close, 700,000+ green candle.

Tomorrow the buying should continue, and again, squeezing back into Monday/Tuesday, and then independent shorts being liquidated (which is what we saw on Tuesday, and into AH).

It's a feedback loop, and has been for most of the past twelve months. MMs lost control on this stock a long time ago.

Yesterday, Wednesday no-man's land, I really saw sentiment starting to pick up on the WSB movestomorrow/daily, unlike I had never seen before. People posting how they stood on the sidelines since 200, and just capitulating to join the rocket.

So much so, I'm still averaging up. Putting another 20K into it tomorrow morning at open and will gladly post proof.

Anyone that thinks it is wrong, look at that 4.28pm candle. SNDK wasn't even in the top imbalances as a buy today.

Edit:

I know someone on Trader TV live was shorting it yesterday, and made a packet. They are prop floor traders, who have to be zeroed out by close of bell.

Now imagine everyone not on a prop floor, trading with their own capital, that don't need to be zeroed...(shoutout to the Stocktwits that have been panicking since Monday)

Do you think the Stocktwits independents took profits? Not a chance... not from 1400.... They got greedy on their RH accounts playing successful day traders. They went momentum trading, and the momentum isn't with them. Expect more of their saltiness tomorrow. Don't have a stocktwits account, just go to:

https://finviz.com/quote?t=SNDK&p=d

And the stocktwits feed shows live on the right below the chart. The salt is fucking immense since Monday. Seen so many people/comments about how they lost everything, and accrediting it to a user that was posting 2X leverage Short SNDK. (Which is why I'm against people posting 2X long SNDK posts on the flipside. Posted about it two days ago, post got removed... here we are two days later down. SNDK shares would have been better right? Those now feeling it.)

RIP.

Edit 2: Full disclosure, we need to stay above 1300. We lose the 1300 battle, that's the sign that MMs have started to get it under control finally. We lose 1300 support, we'll downtrend hard, and stop loss triggers. So far... legends and stock buyback algo, keeping it 1300+.

N.B: So if you are thinking of averaging up on dips, do it at 1290 - 1300.

(Anyone that wants to argue, or needs more reinforcement, just feed this post into your AI of choice, mention how earnings announced a buyback etc, and paste in the options chain data link here , and ask it to analyse if the stock is in a feedback loop of gamma squeezing)

I'm stupid at explaining things, so maybe that shit might explain it easier.

So, we finish above 1300 tomorrow at closing bell, we'll again see some nice action Monday and Tuesday coming. Just hope a lot of covering isn't done on AH or PM again... but most probably will.

EDIT This week have been reading so many posts and comments from people about "Are we done?". The commenters saying in replies... "what the fuck are you doing investing in this if you don't know shit"... are 100% correct, and proud that there are so many that are commenting on it. Strengthens the resolve that there are a lot here that weather the storms, see the chart in the daily and not the 1m.

Edit 666: If you got this far, good on you. Here is the real info:

Anyone invested in Ai or needs a good explanation about all the different cogs of the machine, Bloomberg uploaded this video two mornings ago Here Please give a comment below if you watched the video.. 20 mins sure.... ASML shot up like 200 bucks just from that video.

P.s: I'm guessing, a lot of people don't know they are in the biggest "Squeeze" that has ever happened. Nevermind, SNDK is still in "price discovery" still. Sure, it's a long played out squeeze, but that also means, less violent pullbacks. We still squeezing, and MMs that buried themselves a year ago, still can't get it under control.

Not saying it's lambo money, maybe a 2026 Miata. But, profit is profit.

Don't DM me unless it's tits.

Why is SNDK not just aquired by any of the MAG7 when they have such a shortage of memory/storage so that company can decide what stake from the output it can get. Because competition only about prices is not so clever than just buying a 25.1% or 50.1% stake of the entire stock company of Sandisk to have a meaningful word. It did not make the round so far, but I could imagine big companies are buying Sandisk shares just to have more power on who gets what and how much, or what do you think ? I mean $170 billion market cap for a MAG7 company is not too much than Micron for example with over $600 billion market cap already.

I mean in a race of stake competition to get some SNDK shares, the stock could surge fast to $7000 per share too, I think, that would be a $1 trillion valuation then.

Ouster just dropped a press release for their new Rev8 OS sensor family.

​The Facts:

​Native Color: They partnered with Fujifilm to integrate 48-bit color directly into the lidar hardware, with a 116 dB dynamic range

​New L4 Silicon: A new chip that reportedly processes 42.9 GMACs and over 20 trillion photons per second

​OS1 Max: The new flagship 256-channel sensor claims a 500m max range (and 200m for tricky, low 10% reflectivity objects)

​Intended Adopters and Customers:

Google (Waymo?), Volvo, Liebherr, Epiroc, Skydio...

Source:

Https://investors.ouster.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ouster-releases-rev8-os-family-worlds-first-native-color-lidar

What’s your take on investing in NBIS for long term?