{"id":58108,"date":"2026-05-17T12:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=58108"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:57:21","slug":"the-weekly-trade-plan-top-stock-ideas-execution-strategy-week-of-may-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-weekly-trade-plan-top-stock-ideas-execution-strategy-week-of-may-18-2026","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Trade Plan: Top Stock Ideas &#038; Execution Strategy \u2013 Week of May 18 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traders,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally! The pullback and base may finally be underway in semis\/technology. For the run to continue and for fresh swing-long breakout opportunities in many of the leading names I\u2019ve discussed recently, this has needed to happen. While semis, data center, space, and photonics names hopefully take a much-needed breather, there\u2019s still a lot setting up and many names in focus for the upcoming week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Consolidation Breakout in MSFT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There was notable strength in MSFT on Friday, along with software in general. That relative strength signaled to me, in the short term, the possibility of further rotation in the sector, and perhaps MSFT too. A close above the 100-day, along with its 10 and 20-day, was a good first step.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-1024x505.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-300x148.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-768x379.png 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-1536x758.png 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-scaled.png 2048w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-610x301.png 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-100x49.png 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-846x417.png 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/msft-1-1184x584.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*<i>Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am long against the 10-day SMA, having trimmed small into resistance on Friday. I\u2019ll now look for an opportunity to size into MSFT if it can clear short-term resistance and follow through, with a lengthy hold against the 10-day SMA. Most importantly, I\u2019ll be monitoring for sustained outperformance in the short-term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Continuation in DOCN<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Beautiful 8-day hold following its earnings gap and go on May 5th. The range has compressed in recent days, with key support at 150 and resistance, and a possible breakout above Friday\u2019s high, near 160. With range contracted and momentum historically great, I\u2019ll have this on watch for a potential continuation trade above Friday\u2019s high. Alternatively, if air comes out of the sector and DOCN breaks and fails to reclaim 150, I might join the trend on the short side intraday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-1024x501.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-300x147.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-768x376.png 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-1536x752.png 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-scaled.png 2048w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-610x299.png 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-100x49.png 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-846x414.png 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/docn-1184x580.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*<i>Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, now let\u2019s cover some of the leading themes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Neocloud \/ Data Center Stocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Data center stocks have been one of the strongest themes as of late, with NBIS leading the way. I won\u2019t go over NBIS in detail, as I have already done so consistently in Inside Access. Other names to note include IREN, CIFR, CRWV, APLD, and WULF.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-1024x508.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-300x149.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-768x381.png 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-1536x763.png 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-scaled.png 2048w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-610x303.png 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-100x50.png 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-846x420.png 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nbis-1-1184x588.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*<i>Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With NBIS extended and having played out beautifully, I am not looking to buy at current prices. Rather, I\u2019ll look for some rotation within the sector and for new leaders to emerge or play catch-up. In that regard, I am looking at CIFR and IREN &#8211; both of which have built out bases above their rising SMAs. I\u2019ll be watching in the coming days\/weeks for relative strength to creep in, and an opportunity to go long above recent pivot highs should rotation and strength hold steady.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Semiconductors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Semis are finally taking a well-deserved breather, with SOXL down almost 12% Friday, SMH down almost 4%, and NVDA down 4.4%. Now, I will not be buying the first pullback, nor will I be chasing weakness on the downside. Rather, I will be building out a watchlist, giving this theme time to build a new base, and look to get involved in the coming weeks once new bases have been built, for potential continuation. Names I will be stalking within the sector for that thesis: SOXL, AMD, ARM, NVTS, TSM, TXN, NVDA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-1024x508.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-300x149.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-768x381.png 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-1536x762.png 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-scaled.png 2048w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-610x302.png 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-100x50.png 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-846x419.png 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/soxl-1-1184x587.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*<i>Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Space Stocks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Similarly, I\u2019m looking for some digestion in space stocks before considering a long position on fresh breakouts. UFO was down almost 3% Friday, hopefully the start of a period of basing. With the SpaceX IPO potentially coming as soon as mid-June, the sector could use a multi-week period of digestion before any fireworks go off ahead of the IPO (possibly a sell-the-news event if we get a major sector run prior to the listing?). Which names am I monitoring for flows\/consolidations \/ and fresh breakouts? RKLB, PL, SATL, VELO, RDW, and LUNR are my top five.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-1024x506.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-1024x506.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-300x148.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-768x379.png 768w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-1536x758.png 1536w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-scaled.png 2048w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-610x301.png 610w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-100x49.png 100w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-846x418.png 846w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rklb-1184x584.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*<i>Please note that the prices and other statistics on this page are hypothetical, and do not reflect the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as liquidity, slippage and commissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smbcapital.lpages.co\/smb-swing-trade-evaluation-template\/\"><i>Get the SMB Swing Trading Evaluation Template Here!<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smbtraining.com\/blog\/smb-disclosures?_gl=1*v9kmsl*_ga*NjU4MzY5OS4xNjkwMDI4MDQ0*_ga_EQH1PLHMKM*MTcwMzQzNzIwMi44NS4xLjE3MDM0MzcyMzYuMjYuMC4w\"><b><i>Important Disclosures<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traders, Finally! The pullback and base may finally be underway in semis\/technology. For the run to continue and for fresh swing-long breakout opportunities in many of the leading names I\u2019ve discussed recently, this has needed to happen. While semis, data center, space, and photonics names hopefully take a much-needed breather, there\u2019s still a lot setting up and many names in &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-weekly-trade-plan-top-stock-ideas-execution-strategy-week-of-may-18-2026\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5633],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ryan-watchlist","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Weekly Trade Plan: Top Stock Ideas &amp; Execution Strategy \u2013 Week of May 18 2026 | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-weekly-trade-plan-top-stock-ideas-execution-strategy-week-of-may-18-2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Weekly Trade Plan: Top Stock Ideas &amp; Execution Strategy \u2013 Week of May 18 2026 | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Traders, Finally! 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