The Trading Post | 02.10.26

February 10, 2026

Good morning,

Dow cracked 50,000 on a tech rebound, retail sales and delayed NFP headline a macro-heavy week, Coca-Cola and Ford report earnings today, ON Semi slips on soft guidance, and Hims & Hers detonates after yanking its weight-loss pill and catching a lawsuit from Novo Nordisk.

Let’s jump in.

Yesterday’s Post-Market Performance

As of 02.09.26 market close.

Market News

  • Dow Prints Another Record Above 50,000 as Tech Rebounds
    The Dow notched a second straight record close above 50,000 while the S&P 500 pushed back toward the ~7,000 resistance zone and the Nasdaq gained 0.9% as tech led the session.
    CNBC

  • Oracle surged nearly 10% and Microsoft gained roughly 3% as investors rotated back into large-cap tech following last week’s AI-driven selloff.
    Yahoo Finance

  • Treasury yields slipped below 4.2%, easing pressure on rate-sensitive growth stocks into Tuesday’s open.
    Reuters

  • Retail Sales Today, Delayed Nonfarm Payrolls Wednesday
    December retail sales data is released at 8:30am ET today, offering a fresh read on consumer strength heading into 2026.
    U.S. Census Bureau

  • The delayed January nonfarm payrolls report follows Wednesday, with consensus expecting roughly +70K jobs and unemployment holding at 4.4%.
    Reuters

  • White House adviser Kevin Hassett has already warned job growth may decelerate amid immigration policy shifts and AI-driven productivity gains.
    Reuters

Earnings We’re Watching

  • Amentum Holdings Inc (AMTM) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Aramark Holdings Corp (ARMK) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Astrazeneca Plc ADR (AZN) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • BP Plc ADR (BP) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Coca-Cola Company (KO) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • CVS Corp (CVS) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • DuPont (DD) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Ecolab Inc. (ECL) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Ferrari N.V. (RACE) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Incyte Corp. (INCY) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Masco Corp. (MAS) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Oscar Health, Inc. (OSCR) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (DGX) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Royal Philips (PHG) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • P&P Global (SPGI) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Spotify Technology S.A. (SPOT) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Wesco International (WCC) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Williams Companies (WMB) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Xylem Inc (XYL) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH) - Tuesday (BMO) 

  • American International Group, Inc. (AIG) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Assurant Inc (AIZ) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Ford Motor Company (F) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • GXO Logistics, Inc. (GXO) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Insperity, Inc. (NSP) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • James Hardie Industries N.V. (JHX) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Lyft, Inc. (LYFT) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Mattel, Inc. (MAT) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • O-I Glass, Inc. (OI) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) - Tuesday (AMC) 

  • Welltower Inc. (WELL) - Tuesday (AMC) 

Trade Ideas

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Astera Labs, Inc (ALAB), AMTEK, Inc. (AME),
Arista Networks, Inc (ANET)

Arm Holdings plc - (ARM), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA), Deere & Company (DE), Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc (DKS)

First Solar, Inc (FSLR), Insmed, Inc (INSM), Direxion Daily Junior Gold (JNUG),
Lennar Corporation (LEN)

Linde plc - Ordinary Shares (LIN), Lemonade, Inc (LMND), Cheniere Energy, Inc Common (LNG), MongoDB (MDB)

3M Company (MMM), Direxion Daily Gold Miners (NUGT), Onto Innovation Inc (ONTO),
Roblox Corporation Class A Com (RBLX)

TE Connectivity Ltd (TEL), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Astera Labs, Inc (ALAB), AMTEK, Inc (AME)

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Daily Moment of Zen

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Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

Peter Lynch

Why It Matters:

This quote is a polite way of saying most traders don’t lose because they’re dumb — they lose because they panic, hesitate, or get emotional at exactly the wrong moment.

The brainpower part is easy. Charts, indicators, earnings, macro data — all of that is learnable. Anyone can memorize setups, understand risk/reward, and know what they’re supposed to do.

The stomach is the hard part.

It’s holding a winning trade through noise without flinching.
It’s taking a small, planned loss without revenge trading.
It’s sticking to a system when the market feels uncomfortably wrong — and not freezing when volatility spikes.

Markets don’t pay you for being right. They pay you for executing while uncomfortable.

That’s why most traders blow up during drawdowns, chop themselves to death in sideways markets, or abandon strategies right before they start working again. The math didn’t fail them — their nerves did.

If trading feels emotionally intense, that’s not a bug. That’s the entry fee.

The goal isn’t to eliminate fear — it’s to build a process that functions despite it.