This is a daily watchlist for short-term trading: I might trade all/none of the stocks listed, and even stocks not listed!
I am targeting potentially good candidates for short-term trading; I have no opinion on them as investments.
The potential of the stock moving today is what makes it interesting, everything else is secondary.
Tariffs will take place tomorrow, keep an eye out for that. Market vol will probably be higher than expected today.
News: [Trump Heads Toward Tariff Barrage on Canada, Mexico, China](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-02/trump-barrels-toward-tariff-barrage-on-canada-mexico-and-china)
**Ticker:** [**RKLB (Rocket Lab)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=RKLB&p=d)
**Catalyst:** "Rocket Lab (RKLB) played a pivotal role in Firefly Aerospace's successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar landing by providing its MAX Flight and MAX Ground Data Software suites, which managed critical functions such as commanding, telemetry, navigation, and control throughout all mission phases, including descent and landing."
**Technicals:** We saw this stock move close to 25% on Friday, watching to see if we have more momentum coming in. This coupled with the catalyst from ASTS makes the entire spaceflight sector worth watching.
**Catalyst/Sector Context:** Whenever we see these stocks involved in a successful space launch we see them spike. Overall I find most of the catalysts a coin toss but interesting to see multiple on the same day.
**Risks:** Technical delays/failures in the future.
**Related Tickers:** LUNR, ASTS
**Ticker:** [**ASTS (AST SpaceMobile)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=ASTS&p=d)
**Catalyst:** AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) entered into a joint venture with Vodafone to establish "SatCo," aiming to provide 100% geographic coverage across Europe by offering space-based cellular broadband connectivity directly to standard smartphones. Vodafone is a leading provider in Europe/Africa.
**Technicals:** Watching $30 level, interesting to see where this moves in conjunction with RKLB today.
**Catalyst/Sector Context:** Same as RKLB, but this catalyst is considerably lower risk because it's not dependent on a launch.
**Risks:** Other than the JV getting cancelled, regulatory hurdles/competition.
**Related Tickers:** VOD, IRDM, GSAT
**Ticker:** [**IBIT (Various Crypto Stocks)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=IBIT&p=d)
**Catalyst:** Trump announced that the US will include three lesser-known CCs in the strategic CC reserve.
**Technicals:** This has caused a bounce in CC related stocks.
**Catalyst/Sector Context:** Adding these would result in buying in the sums of likely hundreds of millions of dollars, resulting in a massive buying catalyst and for the stocks that hold/deal in them to rise as well. Also note that we've seen a MASSIVE selloff in those markets for the past 2 weeks.
**Risks:** Reversal of news, less than expecting buying, a different bad catalyst, etc.
**Ticker:** [**CPRI (Capri Holdings)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=CPRI&p=d)
**Catalyst:** Prada is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Versace, which is currently owned by Capri Holdings (CPRI).
**Technicals:** Don't know what the exact acquisition math is on this, but presumably the move is accurate and not mispriced ($1.6B). Watching to see what it'll do at open but I don't anticipate heavy volume or anything like that coming in.
**Catalyst/Sector Context:** Surprisingly this is a good deal for both fashion houses and allows competition with LVMH, one of the largest fashion houses in the world despite it being far smaller in comparison.
**Risks:** Merger cancellation/deal talks fall through, FTC interferes somehow again like it did when Tapestry tried to acquire CPRI.
**Related Tickers:** LVMUY (this trades OTC)
Earnings: OKTA, GTLB, SMR, ADMA
