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Watchpoints — Leading-indicator events
Leading-indicator events that matter to our thesis but rarely make the front page — TSMC monthly revenue, SK Hynix monthly memory shipments, Samsung Foundry monthly, Taiwan exports, Korea trade preliminary, SIA monthly billings.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Western Digital ▲ +4.13%
Western Digital closed 441.36 (+4.13% vs 423.87). storage watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
KLA Corporation ▲ +4.74%
KLA Corporation closed 176.99 (+4.74% vs 168.98). packaging watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Onto Innovation ▲ +5.36%
Onto Innovation closed 263.43 (+5.36% vs 250.03). packaging watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Amkor Technology ▲ +4.90%
Amkor Technology closed 50.30 (+4.90% vs 47.95). packaging watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Eaton ▲ +3.74%
Eaton closed 424.77 (+3.74% vs 409.46). power-cooling watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Vertiv ▲ +3.27%
Vertiv closed 249.39 (+3.27% vs 241.49). power-cooling watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Micron ▲ +3.92%
Micron closed 1015.80 (+3.92% vs 977.50). memory-hbm watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Coherent ▲ +7.22%
Coherent closed 317.36 (+7.22% vs 295.98). optical-photonics watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
Lumentum ▲ +4.17%
Lumentum closed 930.91 (+4.17% vs 893.61). optical-photonics watchpoint.
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Watchpoint AS · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
🇹🇼 Taiwan Exports 41 ▲
Taiwan Exports: 41 vs prior 32.9 (up vs prior).
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Watchpoint AS · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
🇹🇼 Taiwan Trade Balance 22.3 ▲
Taiwan Trade Balance: 22.3 vs prior 17.2 (up vs prior).
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 21, 05:48 AM
🇺🇸 SIA Global Billings $146.8B
SIA Global Billings: $146.8B.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 17, 05:46 AM
Fabrinet ▲ +4.74%
Fabrinet closed 392.68 (+4.74% vs 374.91). optical-photonics watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 17, 05:46 AM
Coherent ▲ +6.92%
Coherent closed 289.93 (+6.92% vs 271.17). optical-photonics watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 17, 05:46 AM
Lumentum ▲ +9.59%
Lumentum closed 919.40 (+9.59% vs 838.96). optical-photonics watchpoint.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 16, 05:47 AM
Western Digital ▼ -3.51%
Western Digital closed 411.96 (-3.51% vs 426.94). storage watchpoint.
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Watchpoint AS · Sep 16, 05:46 AM
🇹🇼 Taiwan Exports 41 ▲
Taiwan Exports: 41 vs prior 32.9 (up vs prior).
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Watchpoint AS · Sep 16, 05:46 AM
🇹🇼 Taiwan Trade Balance 22.3 ▲
Taiwan Trade Balance: 22.3 vs prior 17.2 (up vs prior).
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 16, 05:46 AM
🇺🇸 SIA Global Billings $146.8B
SIA Global Billings: $146.8B.
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Watchpoint US session · Sep 15, 05:47 AM
Western Digital ▼ -4.53%
Western Digital closed 426.94 (-4.53% vs 447.18). storage watchpoint.
What Watchpoints cards are
Watchpoint cards track the releases that lead the AI build-out cycle but rarely make front pages: TSMC’s monthly revenue, the Korean trade preliminaries, Taiwan export orders, SIA billings, and the memory makers’ monthly shipment data. These are the numbers where a turn in the cycle shows up first.
Each card places the release against its own trend and against the thesis it feeds — a Taiwan export print is read through the Rubin build-out lens, a Korea preliminary through the memory complex. The front page catches up weeks later.
FAQ · from the current data
Quick answers
What is a watchpoint on the Closelooknet tape?
A recurring leading-indicator release that matters to the AI build-out thesis but rarely makes headlines — TSMC monthly revenue, Korea trade preliminaries, Taiwan exports, SIA monthly billings and similar. Cards score each release against its trend.
Why do these releases lead the cycle?
They sit upstream of reported earnings: monthly revenue and trade data print weeks before the quarterly reports that summarize them, so cycle turns show up here first.