Serenity (@aleabitoreddit): Trade Idea: Long OTM $XLU leaps (2 years, Dec 2027/Jan 2028). This feels like on
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- Published: 2026-02-19T18:48:04+00:00
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Trade Idea: Long OTM $XLU leaps (2 years, Dec 2027/Jan 2028).
This feels like once-a-generation long due to AI.
XLU has concentration in $VST / $CEG power companies.
Two reasons:
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Paradigm shift due to AI DC electricity usage.
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Low option IV (~14%) based on historical averages (flat since 2000s).
AI power usage is astronomical.
This cannot be understated.
Never before in history have DCs use up this much GWs in power, especially when they require outputs of nuclear reactors for training LLMs.
This forces $META, $AMZN, $GOOGL, and others to sign multi-year agreements to consume as much power as possible. And yet they still don't have enough.
-> So, trillions would likely be poured into grid upgrades.
Usually interest rates hurt the sector but we're going into more rate cuts, so it makes the sector a much better long.
OpenAI's letter to congress pleaded the US to invest in energy as well to compete vs. China.
So, this feels like a once-a-decade type long due to:
- paradigm shift eating up any available power from AI
- trillions in grid upgrades to compete vs. China
- rate cuts.
And low IV pricing from historical averages.
