Ford Motor Company (F)
$14.37At ~$14 with a $10.68-$17.78 range, Ford is one of the most affordable liquid wheel candidates, ~$1,400 per contract.
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Liquid names with real businesses, from steady dividend payers to higher-volatility growth.
Cyclical value
AT&T (T)
$24.13A ~5.2% dividend and a steady $19.89-$29.79 range make AT&T a classic income-oriented wheel name at ~$2,200 per contract.
Pfizer (PFE)
$24.54Near the low end of a tight $23.11-$28.75 range with a ~6.9% dividend, a defensive wheel candidate at ~$2,500 per contract.
eBay (EBAY)
$109.39A cash-generative, lower-volatility marketplace near its highs, a quality wheel name, but ~$11,000 per contract puts it out of small-account range.
GameStop (GME)
$21.17Huge cash pile, elevated implied volatility, and a ~$2,200 contract, GME pays fat premium, and that premium is a warning as much as an opportunity.
Silicon-anode battery maker near $10 with Q1 revenue up 2.5x to $28.5M and 2026 guidance of $130M+ and positive adjusted EBITDA, real growth, but volatile.
Speculative small-caps
High-risk, high-premium bets, the fat premium is a warning. For tiny speculative sizing only.
Pre-revenue eVTOL near $4.77 after a 19.6% jump on 4x volume on the Anduril autonomous-aircraft news. The one name here where the signal says sell calls, not puts.
Infleqtion (INFQ)
$8.97Newly public quantum pure-play near $8.97, 54% off its high. Revenue actually compounding ($10.9M to $28.8M to $33.6M) and three DOE Genesis Mission awards in July.
A $187M chipmaker near $1.63 holding $78M of net cash, so 42% of the share price is cash. Real revenue of $70.7M at 62% gross margin, but still lossmaking.
A quantum-cybersecurity story near $2.09 with $37M of cash and a real NIST certification in progress, but only $21,753 of trailing revenue and an option chain that barely trades.
Sidus Space (SIDU)
$1.85A ~$180M space micro-cap near $2. After roughly $170M of raises, cash is close to $1.78 a share against a $1.85 price, but revenue has fallen four years running.
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