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Opened position · Feb 19, 2026
LITEEntry: $630Current return: +45%Went long $LITE at $630, 326% above the run's low. The trade is up 45% from entry.
Entry to peak
+82%Entry
$630
Feb 19, 2026
Peak
$1,143
Oct 9, 2026
Current price
$914
+45%now
- Entry vs the low
- 326% above the low
- low $148 on Oct 10, 2025
- Max drop since entry
- −45%
- May 12 → Jul 29, 2026
- Current price
- $914
- +45% from entry
The journey
Trade 1
LongEntry to peak +82%Ranked trade30D return +12%Opened position
Long LITEEntry: $63030D return: +12%Feb 19, 2026, 19:53 UTC
The next $1T AI bottleneck isn't power, compute, or memory. It's connectivity. And the only solution is light. So I launched @joinautopilot's first ever photonics themed stock portfolio. AI clusters are hitting a "Copper Wall." Signal decay, thermal loss, and power constraints make electronic interconnects unviable past 800G. Networking already eats up to 50% of data center power. As Gilad Shainer, Senior VP of Networking at NVIDIA, recently noted, the exponential growth of AI requires a “new class of high-speed, scalable networking". The physics are simple: electrons move through copper and generate heat. Photons travel through fiber with near-zero loss. As we scale to 1.6T and 3.2T architectures, every watt saved on interconnects is a watt returned to compute! Without this transition to light, the industry faces a physical ceiling that threatens to stall the progress of LLMS. A full supply chain repricing over optical tech is just beginnnig. The "Photonics Is Next" portfolio maps every layer: $LITE (21.07%) Single most critical chokepoint. ONLY supplier of 200Gbps EMLs. No EMLs = no transceivers = no AI cluster. NVIDIA GB200 and Google TPUv7 critical supplier. $COHR (20.33%) Most vertically integrated player in photonics. 6-inch InP wafers mean 4x the chips at half the cost. Book-to-bill over 4x. $5.81B record backlog booked through 2027. No competitor matches this integration depth. $TSEM (18.96%) ONLY pure-play silicon photonics foundry. NVIDIA partnership is the strongest endorsement in the space. 50+ customers. Tripling capacity with a $650M expansion. CPO foundry tech. $CIEN (15.59%) WaveLogic 6 is the only 1.6T coherent system deployed at scale. $7.8B backlog. Just re-entered the S&P 500. 50% North American optical networking share. In-house 3nm silicon. $AAOI (14.81%) $4B Amazon deal transformed this company. In-house InP laser fab gives them a supply edge during the industry-wide EML shortage. 3 of the top 5 hyperscalers as customers. Ramping to 200K units/mo. $INTC (9.24%) Pioneered silicon photonics. Shipped over 8M photonic integrated circuits with 32M on-chip lasers. Their OCI chiplet is the first fully integrated optical I/O co-packaged with a CPU. Smaller position, optionality on a turnaround. Link below 👇
Trade 2
LongEntry to peak +25%Closed −3%Opened position
Long LITEEntry: $719Close P&L: −3%Jul 2, 2026, 17:44 UTC
Let's talk about photonics. My photonics portfolio is up roughly 100% in 6 months but down around 10% in the last month, and will be down more after today's price action is baked in. The first thing I'll say is that the last 3 months in the stock market and the rise of FinX creators + the mass proliferation of copy trading and bottleneck trades have created unrealistic expectations after truly biblical returns. The truth is that many of the investors following my photonics fund on @joinautopilot entered after it had already produced near or above triple digit returns. SEC Rule 156 exists for a reason: Past performance doesn't guarantee future results. The truth is that the natural human intuition is to believe that past performance DOES, which makes that disclosure very important. In terms of photonics, when a sector explodes this fast, it's inevitable that the trade will contract/consolidate especially in the absence of major earnings reports that can compress multiples and in light of bearish macro news that drags anything high beta with it. AI is getting hit across the board today, but photonics being some of the highest beta infra stocks are particularly bloody. $LITE -9% (down 33% from ATH) $COHR -9% (down 24% from ATH) $AAOI -16% (down 50% from ATH) $CIEN -8% (down 31% from ATH) However, nothing has changed about the thesis. I went through every earnings call across the entire optical supply chain last quarter. Every layer told the same story. $LITE is rationing customers. Every laser it makes is SOLD through 2027. $COHR is booked into 2028. $AAOI is scaling capacity nearly 10x and STILL says it won't be enough. Goldman Sachs projects the optical networking and silicon photonics total addressable market (TAM) to 9x from roughly $15 billion to $154 billion. That's the thesis around photonics in a nutshell and why I have conviction in it. Remember to never over index on one specific sector. I own photonics in addition to non AI like gaming, defense, water tech, and space plus other AI infra sectors like neoclouds and memory, some of which are up big even today, like defense. Disclaimer: Since this is investing, Investment advice provided by Autopilot advisers LLC, an SEC registered investment advisor. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investing carries risks including the risk of the loss of principal. Gross performance shown, includes fees from Autopilot.
Added to position · 2 times
Long LITEAvg price: $720Close P&L: −3%Jul 6, 2026, 20:17 UTC to Jul 16, 2026, 20:17 UTC
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Added at $734Jul 6, 2026, 20:17 UTC
$20M trade update. I just updated my "Photonics Is Next" AI infra portfolio on @joinautopilot followed by 3300+ U.S. retail investors and $21.9M in connected assets as of 7/6. This portfolio, which is also overseen by my partner @KawzInvests, has been a major part of the rise in my profile as an investor. On 6/2, my optical basket peaked at 123.5% all-time returns, achieving those gains in under 6 months, as computed by Autopilot's software. For context, the fund achieved this return holding a diverse basket of stocks, an incredible outcome for retail investors passively following. I'm extremely proud of our work on this product. There exists no optical ETF currently for retail investors despite a rush by issuers to cash in on the hype. My picks were launched back in February, providing retail investors a 6 month window to front run the category and get staked into the next AI bottleneck without the complexity of individual stock picking. Despite the recent sell off, the portfolio is still up 45% year to date, roughly 4.5x the S&P 500. $LAZR and $LYTE are two ETFs going to launch soon by major players, which should attract billions in AUM. However, I believe my allocations are superior and that my picks will outperform them with lower fees. So where are we now? Recently, the optical sector has gotten slammed based in my view mainly on sentiment, institutional profit taking, and disputed rumors from a well-known research firm on delays to next-gen architecture. Photonics Is Next is down 29.6% in the last month and 16.8% in just the last week. That's why I think it's the perfect time to re-balance, add more weight to higher conviction positions, and add one brand new position I missed earlier on. This rebalance today adds Corning ($GLW) as a new 10.00% position. Down 13% in five days. Now anchored by three hyperscale relationships (a 10x-capacity NVIDIA partnership, a Meta deal worth up to $6B, and a multi billion dollar Amazon agreement). Three names get boosted: AAOI (12.30%→15.00%), LITE (14.75%→15.00%), and AEHR (4.26%→5.00%). Six positions are trimmed: TSEM (11.11%→10.00%), COHR (16.07%→15.00%), AXTI (8.58%→5.00%), CIEN (11.39%→10.00%), MRVL (11.11%→5.00%), and VIAV (10.43%→10.00%). For catalysts that could create upside, I'm watching: - Hyperscale Capex Guides In Upcoming Earnings - Earnings From All Optical Names In The Basket Particularly $COHR $LITE $AAOI - The launch of mainstream optical ETFs $LAZR and $LYTE $GLW $AAOI $LITE $AEHR $TSEM $COHR $AXTI $CIEN $MRVL $VIAV -- See link in comments to follow the portfolio using the Autopilot app. Pay attention to disclaimers on the image of this post and the Autopilot app.
Added at $706Jul 16, 2026, 20:17 UTC
Dropped $100K into the market here into a fresh "I bought the dip" account. Risk reward looks fantastic to just go long a big list of my favorite stocks, some down 30-50%. I see no reason to concentrate this capital when there's this many deals across themes. Indexes are holding up well, the AI buildout is accelerating, earnings are coming up, and economic data is relatively strong. This looks like a generational retail shakeout, where leverage is just getting unwound, and sentiment is driving not facts and data. I feel like we might be towards the back end of this high beta rinse. But of course my timing could be wrong. Things could fall further on Iran escalation which of course has a knock on effect with interest rates, which could certainly mean major pain ahead. Adding to each of my 6 @joinautopilot portfolios equally and then to my favorite international stocks, other picks, and microcaps not reflected there. Memory Supercycle ($14,286): $MU 5.78% $SNDK 5.13% $EWY 2.25% blockstack:native 0.59% $WDC 0.53% Photonics Is Next ($14,286): $LITE 2.32% $COHR 1.99% $AAOI 1.95% $TSEM 1.78% $CIEN 1.46% $VIAV 1.39% $GLW 1.29% $AEHR 0.92% $MRVL 0.60% $AXTI 0.57% Asymmetrical Bets ($14,286): $AAOI 3.38% $NBIS 3.36% $MAGS 2.74% $SONY 2.64% $APP 2.17% AI Factories ($14,286): $NBIS 4.14% $CRWV 2.18% $CLSK 1.47% $HUT 1.30% $BRUN 1.16% $SHAZ 1.15% $CORZ 0.74% $WULF 0.72% $GLXY 0.72% $APLD 0.71% Space Economy ($14,286): $RKLB 2.86% $ASTS 2.52% $SPCX 2.34% $MDA 1.93% $FLY 1.67% $BKSY 1.52% $LUNR 1.46% Modern Warfare ($14,286): $AVAV 5.33% $AVEX 3.92% $KTOS 2.61% $LASR 1.56% $ONDS 0.87% Other Bets ($14,286): KRKNF 1.02% LPTH 1.02% QCOM 1.02% ORCL 1.02% BE 1.02% NOK 1.02% OPTX 1.02% RDDT 1.02% LTRX 1.02% OUST 1.02% CCXI 1.02% SECZ 1.02% CRCL 1.02% ERII 1.02% This is NOT financial advice. I am not a licensed investment advisor. Do your own research and consult a licensed professional before investing. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal.
Closed position
Long LITEExit: $695Close P&L: −3%Jul 30, 2026, 14:34 UTC
Trade 3
LongEntry to peak +35%30D return +2%Opened position
Long LITEEntry: $84930D return: +2%Aug 4, 2026, 15:15 UTC
Want to own these AI optical networking stocks without trying to figure out allocations? My "Photonics Is Next" portfolio on @joinautopilot is up 46% this year, more than 6 times the return of the S&P 500. U.S. investors can follow every trade update the second I make it. t.co/AjpfIn7IJh
Trade 4
LongEntry to peak +35%30D return +15%Opened position
Long LITEEntry: $85030D return: +15%Sep 14, 2026, 15:20 UTC
This sell off is bullshit. But days like this are exactly why I keep a big $SGOV cash equivalent on my Asymmetrical Bets fund on @joinautopilot followed by $17M+. 5% cash into $CRDO, $LITE, $NBIS, and $DRAM. AI is going to change everything and each dip is a gift. t.co/ea4AnmNfxL
Added to position
Long LITEPrice: $84830D return: +15%Sep 14, 2026, 18:13 UTC
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