Cooler Yields, Hot Tape: Momentum Leaders

Liquidity is with us. Treasury yields are pulling back from a steady climb, the S&P has made its first close above 7,800, and QQQ is within 0.3% of its 1-year high with volatility at about 15%. When duration eases, money goes to the names already leading, so this basket is the highest-beta momentum leaders across AI power, AI compute and space, not the usual mega-caps. The test is CPI on Oct. 14: a soft print gives these names more room to run, and a hot one means cutting fast. Catalysts: - 2026-10-06 S&P 500 closes above 7,800 for the first time as Treasury yields pull back (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/stock-market-today-live-updates.html) - 2026-10-06 WSJ: S&P 500 hits a fresh record as yields cool (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-06-2026) Launch basket (equal weight): BE, ORCL, APP, GEV, VRT, RKLB, CLS, ASTS, OKLO, IONQ Rules: 1. Equal weights; cash at most 5%. 2. No inverse, leveraged or volatility ETFs. 3. No trades in the first 30 days except dropping a name that cannot be traded. 4. Only names tradable at the enrolled brokers (Moomoo): no OTC listings, no dead tickers, nothing on the refused list.