Author

@insane_analyst insane_analyst

Engineer-trader who reasons from semiconductor physics and datasheets to trades

Deep bottom-up semiconductor/photonics analysis paired with

trader score
+0.06
hit rate
55%
mean α
+0.05%
signals 14d
20

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 20 scored bets: 55% hit rate, +0.05% mean alpha, trader score +0.06. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -4.5% since posting (mean over 11 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-27·@insane_analyst·Author harshly criticizes Coherent's 200G EML yield, but no ticker is explicit.·
2026-08-27·@insane_analyst·Says Qualcomm is being humiliated by MediaTek in datacenter technology but names no tickers.·
2026-08-27·@insane_analyst·Claims an unspecified short squeeze has begun, but the affected asset is absent.·
2026-08-26NVDA@insane_analyst+0.50Discloses substantial year-to-date losses on Nvidia calls and another small options purchase.+3.8%
2026-08-25·@insane_analyst·Critiques thermal-expansion and DRAM reliability issues and favors SRAM hybrid bonding.·
2026-08-25NVDA@insane_analyst+0.15Relays an Nvidia/Mellanox expert's critique that a network architecture has high latency and switch cost.+2.1%
2026-08-24IBM@insane_analyst+0.10Defends IBM's ISA choice while dismissing RISC-V's commercial maturity.+2.0%
2026-08-23SKHY@insane_analyst-0.35Describes a SemiAnalysis speaker as harshly criticizing an SK Hynix presentation.·
2026-08-23MU@insane_analyst-0.55Says Samsung explained why Micron's DRAM-process HBM4 base-die approach is a bad idea.-3.5%
2026-08-23·@insane_analyst·Argues memory bandwidth, rather than FLOPs, is the primary compute bottleneck.·
2026-08-21CBRS@insane_analyst+0.55Previews a forthcoming bullish CBRS thesis based on industry insight.·
2026-08-19·@insane_analyst·Discloses overnight trading, account NAV, prior loss and current margin equity.·
2026-08-18CBRS@insane_analyst+0.00Links a Cerebras Supernova recap while noting that few details are available.·
2026-08-17NVDA@insane_analyst+0.00Links research concerning Intel CPO and papers tied to NVDA, LITE and AEVA.-3.3%
2026-08-17LITE@insane_analyst+0.00Links research concerning Intel CPO and papers tied to NVDA, LITE and AEVA.-7.6%

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.