Author

@IanCutress IanCutress

PhD semiconductor analyst dissecting chip process, packaging, and interconnect at spec level

Provides deeply technical, primary-sourced analysis of the s

trader score
-0.71
hit rate
55%
mean α
-0.67%
signals 14d
6

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 11 scored bets: 55% hit rate, -0.67% mean alpha, trader score -0.71. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -7.8% since posting (mean over 4 mentions with price data).

Recent signals6receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-12QCOM@IanCutress-0.05Speculates Intel would make more sense for an unspecified deal while noting denials.+0.8%
2026-10-12INTC@IanCutress+0.15Speculates Intel would make more sense for an unspecified deal while noting denials.-14.2%
2026-10-09GFS@IanCutress+0.35Says GlobalFoundries is advancing FD-SOI to single-digit-nanometer-class performance in Europe.-8.0%
2026-10-09GFS@IanCutress+0.15Reports a GlobalFoundries fab tour and new-fab ceremony in Dresden.-8.0%
2026-10-06·@IanCutress·Uses personal usage costs to argue frontier-model subscriptions are heavily subsidized.·
2026-10-05·@IanCutress·Reports submicron HBI packaging capabilities and argues Tau Scaling repackages established industry physics.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.