Author

@illyquid illyquid

Anon semiconductor supply-chain sleuth surfacing obscure Asian component and equipment names

Maps AI/memory/optics demand down through the semiconductor

trader score
-0.94
hit rate
50%
mean α
-0.92%
signals 14d
16

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 16 scored bets: 50% hit rate, -0.92% mean alpha, trader score -0.94. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -3.6% since posting (mean over 9 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28·@illyquid·Reports Taiwanese retail interest returning to MLCCs for a second consecutive day.·
2026-08-27NVDA@illyquid+0.50Funda reportedly raised its Nvidia FY28 revenue forecast to 68%.-4.6%
2026-08-27·@illyquid·Reports an unnamed stock gained 10% after being flagged and remains 40% below its high.·
2026-08-26SMH@illyquid+0.50Own SMH instead of making a concentrated semiconductor bet. — Recommends owning the semiconductor ETF as value shifts and customers build custom chips.-0.5%
2026-08-25·@illyquid·Quotes engagement across 10 to 15 NPO programs with module manufacturers, but omits the company.·
2026-08-25SMTC@illyquid+0.75Semtech projects 45% sequential data-center growth and continued momentum through fiscal 2028.+2.9%
2026-08-25·@illyquid·Sell my STI retirement fund. — Explicitly calls the referenced content a signal to sell an STI retirement holding.·
2026-08-22EQIX@illyquid+0.30Singapore provisionally awarded new low-carbon data-center capacity to named operators.-2.0%
2026-08-22DLR@illyquid+0.30Singapore provisionally awarded new low-carbon data-center capacity to named operators.-2.7%
2026-08-21MRVL@illyquid+0.35Disapprovingly highlights traders shorting Marvell before earnings and analyst day.-8.6%
2026-08-21·@illyquid·Johor attracted 5 billion ringgit in proposed technology and semiconductor investments.·
2026-08-20META@illyquid-0.50Calls Maravai and Meta exceptionally painful investments.+5.9%
2026-08-20NAPA@illyquid-0.60Calls Maravai and Meta exceptionally painful investments.·
2026-08-19MRVL@illyquid+0.80MRVL's path to a $1 trillion market cap runs through Google. — Reiterates a bullish $1T market-cap objective tied to Google's partnership.-8.7%
2026-08-17·@illyquid·Rejects the claim that power is the binding constraint on AI development.·

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.