Public trading strategy
Rocket Lab's massive Iridium acquisition meets a risk-on market — buy the growth
Created
Thesis
Rocket Lab's $8 billion acquisition of Iridium transforms the company from just a launch provider into a comprehensive space services company. We pair this with Bloomberg's report of fading Middle East hostilities and rising futures. Growth stories like Rocket Lab thrive when market fear drops. The combination of a transformative business expansion and a risk-on market environment provides a strong tailwind for the stock.
Strategy approach
Build a rule-based strategy that enters long RKLB on D1 following a major M&A announcement, specifically when the broader market (QQQ) is in a confirmed uptrend (trading above 50-day SMA) due to macro de-escalation. Exit on a 15% drop from the post-announcement high or a 30-day hold.
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
IRDM · 1d
1 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price above SMA (50) — near
- ADX (14) above 20 — met
- ROC (10) above 0.5 — far
- Price below SMA (50) — met
RKLB · 1d
1 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price above SMA (50) — far
- ADX (14) above 20 — met
- ROC (10) above 0.5 — far
- Price below SMA (50) — met
Entry and exit at a glance
These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.
- Entry: SMA/ADX/ROC Signal Long (QQQ@1d) (5 conditions)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (QQQ@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Stop Loss at 2.3% (1 condition)
- Exit: Take Profit at 4.6% (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Near Resistance[1] (QQQ@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Below Support[1] (QQQ@1d) (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
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"ratio": 382,
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"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
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"operator": "greater_than",
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"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_2",
"name": "Stop Loss at 2.3%",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
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"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_3",
"name": "Take Profit at 4.6%",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "take_profit"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
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"type": "resistance_level"
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_4",
"name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (QQQ@1d)",
"priority": 97,
"purpose": "take_profit"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
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"type": "support_level"
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}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_5",
"name": "SL: Below Support[1] (QQQ@1d)",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
}
],
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"method": {
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"support_stop_rank": 2,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 1
}Indicator configuration
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"period": 50
},
{
"name": "adx",
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},
{
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}
]
}Parsed strategy
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{
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"operator": "less_than_or_equal",
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},
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"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
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},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"indicator": {
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"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
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],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1",
"name": "SMA/ADX/ROC Signal Long (QQQ@1d)",
"priority": 1,
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"exit_rules": [
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"type": "price"
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"operator": "less_than",
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"timeframe": "1d"
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"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal",
"target_symbol": "QQQ"
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{
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"conditions": [
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"type": "position"
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"operator": "less_than_or_equal",
"right": {
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_2",
"name": "Stop Loss at 2.3%",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
},
{
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"conditions": [
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"left": {
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"type": "position"
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"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
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"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_3",
"name": "Take Profit at 4.6%",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "take_profit"
},
{
"applies_to": "long",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"rank": 1,
"type": "resistance_level"
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}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_4",
"name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (QQQ@1d)",
"priority": 97,
"purpose": "take_profit"
},
{
"applies_to": "long",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "less_than",
"right": {
"rank": 1,
"type": "support_level"
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],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_5",
"name": "SL: Below Support[1] (QQQ@1d)",
"priority": 100,
"purpose": "stop_loss"
}
],
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"method": {
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"type": "fixed_risk"
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"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 1
}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'Rocket Lab's massive Iridium acquisition meets a risk-on market — buy the growth story'. Thesis: Rocket Lab's $8 billion acquisition of Iridium transforms the company from just a launch provider into a comprehensive space services company. We pair this with Bloomberg's report of fading Middle East hostilities and rising futures. Growth stories like Rocket Lab thrive when market fear drops. The combination of a transformative business expansion and a risk-on market environment provides a strong tailwind for the stock.
Performance
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- Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
- No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.
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