CoreWeave (CRWV) is the latest poster child for what happens when a hot IPO, low float and AI buzz collide. The stock surged 24 times from its offering price — and I missed it.
I saw the options come across the News Flow Scanner. I even paused and said, “CoreWeave, huh? That’s a new one.”
Then I moved on. Didn’t buy the stock. Didn’t touch the calls. And now I’ve got FOMO bad.
They were buying the April monthly expiration, $50 strike calls for $2.50 to $3.50.
Next thing you know, the stock goes vertical and the calls explode. Volatility was sky high — which means the options didn’t move as much as you’d expect on paper — but the directional move was insane.
Side note: Here’s a BIG order from today. Just remember the golden rule: DON’T CHASE. Buy dips and sell rips!
Momentum, FOMO and Missed Chances
This is the kind of move you see once or twice a year. The kind that makes you question every cautious choice you made leading up to it. It’s also the kind that lures traders into chasing the next one — usually at the worst possible time.
I’ve been seeing a lot of newer IPOs popping lately. CoreWeave wasn’t alone. Newsmax (NMAX) also went berserk.
NMAX is actually DOWN 70% TODAY…
But it’s up over 680% since launching Monday!
And with Nvidia (NVDA) having a stake in CoreWeave, the market had its excuse. Add in the AI narrative and boom — it’s a rocket ship.
So what’s the takeaway? You don’t need to catch every one of these to do well. But you also don’t need to sit them all out. Sometimes it’s just about putting a small position on, even when things look too new or too fast.
How I’m Playing It Going Forward
I’m not going to make the same mistake twice. If I see a low-float IPO with AI ties lighting up the scanner, I’m either going to trade the calls or just buy the stock outright — wide spreads or not.
This isn’t advice, and I’m not recommending you do what I do. I’ve taken plenty of losses trading like this,so fair warning.
But what’s worse than a red trade is watching a 24x move happen after you looked right at it and did nothing.
Next time, I’ll write it on my hand: Buy the damn stock.
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