TSLA Calls, MDB Puts; Goldman Traders Compare 'High Profit' & 'Vulnerable' AI Stocks

As looming AI bubble fears are beginning to materialize, positioning feels cautious - balancing derisking but not sacrifice gains in truly profitable, growing tech names. 

As we detailed previously, Goldman Sachs baskets team put together a pair to highlight this theme ("high profit" AI stocks vs "vulnerable" AI stocks), where “the high-profit cohort generates more than 2x the earnings and maintains IG-tilted balance sheets, whereas the vulnerable cohort runs with 3x more debt-to-EBITDA and negative free cash flow”.