Analysis

On July 27, Eastern Time, Nvidia (NVDA) fell over 5%, marking its largest decline since February 2026. The stock price broke through multiple moving averages from 5 to 120 days, reaching a low of $195.44. Reportedly, Nvidia and South Korea's SK Group announced an AI cooperation agreement exceeding $500 billion last Friday evening. Meanwhile, the company is in negotiations with OpenAI over a guarantee agreement valued at up to $250 billion to assist the latter in leasing a data center project in Ohio developed by a SoftBank subsidiary.

Amazon (AMZN) has officially submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), planning to launch up to 5,105 internet satellites to construct a direct-to-device (D2D) space network. In April this year, Amazon announced the acquisition of satellite operator Globalstar for approximately $11.6 billion, securing the latter's satellite resources and spectrum licenses. The core logic of a D2D network is straightforward: providing network connectivity directly to mobile phones and other devices via satellite, bypassing traditional terrestrial base stations.

On July 27, Eastern Time, Apple (AAPL) shares hit a new all-time high, reaching a peak of $339.57. Its total market capitalization reached $4.96 trillion, once again surpassing Nvidia's (NVDA) $4.8 trillion market value. Apple is scheduled to report its latest quarterly earnings after the market close on July 30. Media reports indicate that institutional capital in the options market is aggressively purchasing in-the-money call options, while speculative funds are betting the stock price will break past record highs by this Friday. Meanwhile, the post-earnings move implied by options pricing is near 4%, far exceeding the average historical volatility level of approximately 1% over the past year.

On July 27 Eastern Time, SanDisk (SNDK) fell by more than 14% intraday to a low of $1,226.9, hitting its lowest level since early May. It is reported that Chinese memory chip company ChangXin Technology went public today, completing an $8.6 billion initial public offering (IPO). The stock surged 466% on its first day of trading, reflecting market confidence in the growth of China's memory chip market share.

NVIDIA is at $206 with a $250B OpenAI data center guarantee just reported, a $500B SK Group partnership, and Vera Rubin in full production across 350 factories. P/E has compressed to 31.7x. At $207 on the ascending trendline, here is what the week ahead holds.

TradingKey - The Federal Reserve will hold its monetary policy meeting on July 28-29 Eastern Time and announce its interest rate decision at 14:00 on July 29, with Chairman Kevin Warsh holding a press conference thirty minutes later. The current target range for the federal funds rate is 3.50% to 3.75%. As this meeting will not include the release of new economic projections or the interest rate dot plot, market attention will be focused on the policy statement, the voting results, and Warsh’s comments on inflation and the policy path for September.

Microsoft reports Q4 FY2026 on July 30. Consensus: $87.7B revenue, $4.24 EPS. Azure grew 40% last quarter. MSFT is at 20x forward earnings, its cheapest multiple in years. Alphabet's post-earnings selloff raised the capex bar. Here is what July 30 must answer.

Jensen Huang once again issued a post emphasizing the significance of the "Open Safe AI Alliance," but the initiative has yet to receive a response from the three major U.S. closed-source giants.

On Monday Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock index futures rose collectively in pre-market trading. The pause in mutual attacks between the United States and Iran over the weekend drove a significant drop in international oil prices, easing market concerns over energy inflation and further pol

Alphabet fell from $374 to $319 after Q2 2026 despite record revenue of $119.8B, 82% Cloud growth, and a $9.11 EPS. The selloff was about $44.9B quarterly capex and Moody's credit warning. At $319, RSI at 43 is recovering. $315 is the floor. Here is the week ahead.

Micron's stock price failed in its attempt to breach the $1,000 mark and may face downward pressure to retest the $800 level.

TradingKey - On July 27, international crude oil prices fell sharply, ending a previous strong rally driven by Middle East supply risks. As of the European session, Brent crude (UKOIL) fell over 13% to trade near $85.23 per barrel, while WTI crude (USOIL) declined more than 8% to around $83.08.

Memory chip stocks reversed their decline and rallied collectively in pre-market trading, with SK Hynix leading the gains.

TradingKey - South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced on July 27 that the South Korean government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S. chip giant AMD. The two parties will establish an AI research center in South Korea and jointly build an open AI computing infrastructure ecosystem.

TradingKey - SK Hynix will announce its second-quarter 2026 financial results on July 29. According to forecasts from 14 brokerage firms compiled by the South Korean financial information agency Yonhap Infomax, the company's Q2 revenue is expected to reach approximately 84.1 trillion KRW (about $57.6 billion), while operating profit is projected to hit 64.1 trillion KRW, with both figures set to break historical records.

TradingKey - As of the Asian trading session on July 27, gold prices (XAUUSD) opened with a strong gap up today and maintained an upward trend throughout the day, briefly breaking above $4,100 and reaching a high of $4,116. From a market perspective, gold prices rebounded after being suppressed last week by surging oil prices and Federal Reserve rate hike expectations. The recovery is primarily attributed to signs of a pause in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which led to a significant pullback in international oil prices and eased market concerns regarding energy prices driving up U.S. inflation.

TradingKey - According to Bloomberg on July 26 ET, at least nine leveraged ETFs tracking Japanese memory chip giant Kioxia are preparing to list in the U.S. If successful, this would mark the first time a Japanese company has served as the underlying asset for a single-stock leveraged ETF. Issuers include Tuttle Capital, GraniteShares, and Corgi Strategies, with Tuttle Capital’s products expected to list as early as August 2026.

The price of Ethereum has surged, approaching $2,000. Whether it can further advance and break through this threshold depends critically on the upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate meeting.

TradingKey - During the Asian trading session on July 27, Japanese and South Korean stock markets overall continued their rebound. SK Hynix rose 3.5%, Samsung Electronics gained 2%, while SoftBank and Kioxia both declined.

TradingKey - On July 26 ET, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia (NVDA) is in discussions with OpenAI regarding a financing guarantee of approximately $250 billion to support the latter’s large-scale data center project in southern Ohio. If finalized, this guarantee would represent the largest cross-corporate credit endorsement in the AI industry to date.