Situational Awareness reportedly operated on 4x leverage, leaving equity vulnerable to market drawdowns. Investor Ross Gerber commented on the fund’s collapse in a Friday post on X, stating: "Leverage will kill and bury you."
Shkreli described heavily capitalized firms like Ken Griffin’s Citadel as acting like "shadow banks" to acquire distressed assets. Futurum Equities analyst Shay Boloor pointed out that Citadel Securities pushed rate-hike concerns shortly before the AI trade unwound.
From a trend perspective, the bigger picture is still constructive: the stock is up 681.26% over the past 12 months and remains 64.4% above its 200-day SMA ($518.25). That said, the intermediate trend has cooled, with shares trading 6.7% below the 20-day SMA ($913.17) and 11.8% below the 50-day SMA ($965.44).
Momentum is better described as "resetting" than breaking: RSI is 45.72, which signals neutral momentum and suggests the stock isn’t especially stretched in either direction right now.
The moving-average structure shows a near-term headwind, with the 20-day SMA sitting below the 50-day SMA (a bearish crossover that often caps rebounds). Longer-term trend support is still intact because the 50-day SMA remains above the 200-day SMA, but traders will likely want to see price reclaim shorter averages to argue the June swing-high area is back in play.
MU Stock Price Activity: Micron Technology shares were down 4.33% at $836.82 at the time of publication on Friday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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