SPY 0.00%↑ pulled back slightly this week, with a fairly large drop on Wednesday after the 20-year treasury bond auction. Despite that, it didn’t stop speculative small cap stocks from exploding, firstly the quantum stocks earlier in the week and then nuclear stocks on Friday after Trump signed executive orders to support the US nuclear industry.
Quantum
IONQ 0.00%↑ huge move on volume after a Barron’s interview with the CEO
QBTS 0.00%↑ the breakout entry was through $12 last week and $13 on Monday
QUBT 0.00%↑ broke out through 12.50 and 13 on Friday through the earnings highs
Nuclear
Every nuclear stock broke out on Friday (first moving in Thursday afterhours) after Trump tweeted he would sign executive orders to boost the US nuclear industry. Despite the market gapdown, they all rallied strongly over the session.
OKLO 0.00%↑ one of the more liquid nuclear stocks, also traded its highest volume in the stocks history
LTBR 0.00%↑ clean breakout over recent pivot high, closing at 52 week highs
List of other nuclear stocks:
UEC 0.00%↑ UUUU 0.00%↑ ASPI 0.00%↑ CCJ 0.00%↑
Space
RKLB 0.00%↑ space stocks were a hot sector last year. Currently the only two uptrending stocks that look constructive are Rocketlab and Redwire. RKLB rallied a couple days after its earnings selloff and has been in a steady trend since
RDW 0.00%↑ consolidating above moving averages
Others
GME 0.00%↑ broke out on Thursday with the first close above $30 in several months. After the last earnings report, they issued an offering with intent to buy $BTC and follow the bitcoin treasury reserve strategy, which has been a hot theme in the market lately. Over $34 would be new 52 week highs and the highest price in over a year. With the stocks history and ability to make outsized moves, this is one to watch.
GRAL 0.00%↑ AI healthcare stock, consolidating post earnings
TSLA 0.00%↑ has been consolidating. Over the weekend Elon tweeted that he is back to being super focused on his companies
DXYZ 0.00%↑ has started to trend up. 50% of its holdings are SpaceX and 4.4% is OpenAI. Even though it trades at a 5x NAV premium during speculative rallies it has gone higher in the past
Nice list ! Don't forget market closed tomorrow 5/26/25