Virgin Galactic is worth a bet with dated calls as a sub-$1 billion space stock while roughly 100 space ETFs are about to launch. x.com
Roger
Business Owner, Former Assistant Research Professor
Virgin Galactic has fallen far enough that its chart is signaling a turn before the crowd notices, with SpaceX's IPO in three weeks the biggest catalyst commercial space has ever had. A weekly Score 2 buy signal printed at $3.24 after two bull divergences stacked from $2.40, and volume and institutional flow came back. Whether it pays off depends on execution and a market willing to dream again; it is only a bet. x.com
Virgin Galactic's chart is working toward a 50% move this week. x.com
Virgin Galactic has become a Reddit favourite on confusion rather than fundamentals: buyers trying to get into the SpaceX IPO end up in the stock instead. Every meme stock ends the same way. x.com
Virgin Galactic and SIDUS Space look set to keep running as the SpaceX IPO theme lights up the space sector. Both were flagged as weekend chart setups, then rose 24% and 18% on heavy volume with solid options activity on each, which supports the chance of continuation. x.com
The space economy is set to be fully ignited by SpaceX's IPO. If SpaceX's valuation reaches a trillion dollars, asset pricing across the whole space industry chain will be rewritten, from launch and space systems such as Rocket Lab and Firefly to satellite communications, space imaging, specialty materials, and defense and aerospace suppliers. What matters now is not debating whether it is a bubble but already having a seat at the table. x.com
Virgin Galactic's squeeze is playing with fire that could turn into a blaze. Per Stocktwits, the stock is up 120% this week, including 22% pre-market, on speculation that people will think they're investing in SpaceX. x.com
The space-sector selloff dragged down by SPCX puts the wrong discount on AST SpaceMobile, Rocket Lab and Redwire, because SPCX validates the investment case rather than weakening it. The space economy is projected to be one of the fastest-growing industries of the next 15 years, from $630 billion in 2026 to $1.5 trillion in 2030 and $2 trillion by 2040. The biggest opportunities arrive when good news creates the wrong reaction. x.com
A stronger SpaceX could lift the wider space-stock basket, including AST SpaceMobile, Rocket Lab, Redwire, Planet Labs, Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace and Voyager Technologies. Per DeItaone, JPMorgan raised its SpaceX price target from $240 to $500 while maintaining Overweight. The seven space stocks rose alongside SpaceX after hours. Their initial post-IPO selloff was followed by macro-driven weakness, not further weakness caused by SpaceX. x.com x.com x.com
The selloff in smaller space stocks after SpaceX's IPO is an opportunity: it was mechanical rotation into the new benchmark, not a rerating, as Rocket Lab was sold the week it joined the Nasdaq 100. Satellites bill monthly for years while rockets get paid once; AST SpaceMobile stands out with approval and launch cadence. SpaceX is the core holding, Rocket Lab's Neutron the second-mover bet; Firefly, Virgin Galactic and Momentus are lottery tickets or survival cases. Suppliers are ballast. x.com … Show more
Space stocks such as Rocket Lab, Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace and BlackSky move together because funds buy exposure to a narrative rather than single names. As with semiconductors, once the space theme gains traction, money flows into everything in that bucket. x.com x.com