Daily Market Recap - 1/14/26
ROLR Halts, Nuclear Strength, and Knowing When to Step Aside
TLDR
Shorted ROLR in the morning on the 350% gap up, stopped out and flipped long, then solid backside short in the afternoon after the parabolic run into the low 30s.
Tried a SLV short early, cut it quickly once it reclaimed VWAP and kept ripping to new highs.
Started a swing in LEU on strong nuclear/uranium momentum and a fresh $900M government enrichment contract.
Trades I Took
High Roller Technologies, Inc. was the main gapper on the day, up roughly 400% on news of a partnership with Crypto.com for prediction markets. I didn’t think the news justified that kind of move, but this was a blue-sky gap, meaning it was breaking into all-time highs with no prior chart history. Those setups can go way further than you expect, so I stayed flexible.
I first got short on the opening breakdown. It immediately halted up, so I trimmed to manage risk. After the reopen, I added some size back when it broke down again, but it just wouldn’t go. Instead, it started chopping in a tight range with multiple halts up and down. After about two hours of that, it resolved to the upside. I stopped out of my short and flipped long, then sold when for a nice scalp when it stuffed at the pmh.
Later in the afternoon, ROLR finally went parabolic, ripping all the way up into the low 30s. It triggered my afternoon signal and I got short. I covered half around 23 which lined up with prior support. This move confirmed the backside was in and treated as such. On the next bounce, I added short again and then scaled out into the fade back toward 20. Much cleaner execution once the emotional squeeze phase was over.
Silver has been on a powerful run. In the morning, I took a stab at the short essentially trying to fade strength, but once it reclaimed VWAP after 10 a.m., I covered and left it alone. VWAP is just the average price institutions tend to care about, and reclaiming it usually means sellers are losing control. Silver kept pushing higher after that. Pretty remarkable strength, and a good reminder not to fight strong trends just because something feels extended. Maybe it does something truly incredible and goes to $100.
Swings and Other Notable Mentions
I bought some LEU for a swing trade. The nuclear fuel theme continues to have real momentum, and Centrus has been acting well within that group. On top of the sector strength, the company recently received a roughly $900 million fixed-price task order from the U.S. government to expand uranium enrichment capacity at one of its facilities. Technically, it held it’s prior breakout level of $287 and reclaimed the 10 EMA on the daily, reminding me of RKLB back on January 2nd. This one has all the pillars: theme, fundamentals, and technicals.
Swings I’m in: BE IREN LEU RDDT
Along with nuclear, the energy and minerals space was on fire again today. CRML tacked on another ~32% after announcing positive drilling results from its rare earth project in Greenland. The theme strength here is real, and it’s showing up across multiple names. CRML in particular continues to act like a momentum monster. Didn’t see that coming.
What I’m Taking Away
Today was all about waiting for the right spots. On ROLR, backing off during the halt-y morning chop and then waiting for the backside short after the parabolic move was the right adjustment. On SLV, cutting the short quickly once it reclaimed VWAP kept a small idea from becoming a big problem. Similarly, I’m glad to have dropped the short idea on CRML as that could have been a disaster today. For tomorrow, the focus is patience early and pressing only when the structure and liquidity line up.