{"id":63,"date":"2026-03-17T22:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:09:23","slug":"under-the-radar-a-i-play-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/daily-trade\/under-the-radar-a-i-play-pops\/","title":{"rendered":"Under The Radar A.I. Play Pops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Market leadership continues to show up in places many traders ignored during last year\u2019s mega cap dominated tape. Capital has decisively rotated back into infrastructure-style names tied to the A.I. economy, and the tape has started to reward that patience. Several key charts in the group are now reclaiming trend structure that had been absent for most of 2025. When accumulation returns to these kinds of assets, the price action often becomes far more orderly than the broader market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One name that recently pushed its way onto the radar is Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)<\/strong>. After spending much of 2025 trading quietly and even sliding into year-end, the stock has started this year with notable strength and recently broke out to fresh 52-week highs. Just as important, shares have reclaimed all of their major moving averages, restoring structural support beneath the trend. Meanwhile the On-Balance Volume line has been climbing steadily since the December lows, a sign that larger investors have been accumulating shares and helping reinforce the bullish tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the stock approaching the $200 level, outright call options can become expensive\u2014particularly in a market where volatility keeps time premium elevated. Rather than chase premium, a defined-risk approach such as an in-the-money call option debit spread can allow participation in continued upside while reducing upfront cost. One spread currently available offers roughly a 51.5% potential return if DLR is up, flat, or even down by as much as 10% by expiration, illustrating how a carefully structured options position can create a more forgiving payoff profile around a strong trend. In other words, the trade isn\u2019t dependent on a runaway move \u2014 it simply requires the broader structure to remain intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wishing You the Best in Investing Success,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blane Markham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Trading Strategist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Market leadership continues to show up in places many traders ignored during last year\u2019s mega cap dominated tape. Capital has decisively rotated back into infrastructure-style names tied to the A.I. economy, and the tape has started to reward that patience. Several key charts in the group are now reclaiming trend structure that had been absent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,41,38,42,40,44,43,7],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-trade","tag-ai-infrastructure-stocks","tag-breakout-stocks","tag-bullish-stock-setup","tag-digital-realty-trust","tag-dlr-stock","tag-moving-averages","tag-on-balance-volume","tag-trade-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}