10-Minute AI Trade Workflow + NVDA Check-In (Pre-FOMC)

Step-by-step prompts to generate, filter, and validate AI-driven trade ideas in under 10 minutes - plus a quick NVDA performance check and a simple method to verify any AI output before you trade.

September 16, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

🚀 Copy-Paste: The 10-Minute AI Trade Workflow (+ NVDA check-in before the Fed)

A fast multi-prompt stack to source, filter, and validate trade ideas - plus a quick NVDA look heading into the Sept 16-17 FOMC.

✍️ Editor’s Note
As promised, here’s the multi-prompt workflow I use to generate, filter, and validate AI trade ideas in under 10 minutes - plus a quick NVDA check-in heading into this week’s FOMC meeting (Sept 16-17). Save this one; the prompts and verification steps are designed to be reused issue after issue.

🧭 AI Market Pulse (1-minute scan)

  • Policy backdrop: The Fed’s September FOMC runs Sept 16-17 with decision and presser on Wednesday. Expect elevated headline risk; size positions accordingly.

  • AI infra headline: CoreWeave disclosed a $6.3B capacity order with NVIDIA, another signal that AI compute demand remains robust. Differentiate AI enablers (chips/cloud/networking) from AI adopters (industrials, healthcare, retail using AI to cut costs or grow sales); they move on different catalysts.

🎯 Quick Check-In: NVDA This Week

  • Last Tuesday’s close (Sep 9): $170.76.

  • As of mid-day Tue (Sep 16): trading in the mid-$176-$177 area.

  • Move since Sep 9: roughly +3-4%.

What it means for short-dated calls: With a major event mid-week, theta decay and post-event IV changes can dominate P/L. If your strike is near round-number levels (e.g., $175-$180), reassess break-even, distance to stop, and time left daily. (Use the sanity-check prompt below.)

Source: Barchart.com

🧪 Prompt Lab: The 10-Minute AI Trade Workflow
Copy-paste these in order; they’re built to keep outputs factual and checkable.

  1. 🤖 Idea Sourcing (enablers vs. adopters)

“Identify 6 U.S.-listed stocks: 3 AI enablers (chips, cloud, networking) and 3 AI adopters (companies using AI to cut costs or grow sales). For each: ticker; 1-line ‘AI edge’; last fiscal-year revenue growth %; trailing-12-month free cash flow; next earnings date; and 3 key risks. Keep strictly to facts and cite sources with links.”

  1. 🧰 Fast Filter (quality + momentum)

“From that list, keep only names with positive FCF, YoY revenue growth ≥ 10%, net margin ≥ 8%, and 3-month relative strength above sector median. Return a table: Ticker | FCF | YoY Rev | Net Margin | 3-mo RS | Why it clears the bar. If data is missing, say ‘unknown’ - do not guess.”

  1. 📊 Thesis Builder (7 bullets)

“For the top 2 tickers, write a 7-bullet mini-thesis: business model, AI angle, unit-economics drivers, near-term catalysts (60–90 days), bear case, base case, and ‘what would change my mind.’ Use numbers where supportable; no hype.”

  1. 🧭 Trade Plan (mechanics)

“Draft a simple trade plan for each: entry zone, invalidation, position size (risk-based, 1-2% of portfolio), initial stop, first target, review trigger (event/level), and what to monitor weekly. Keep it broker-agnostic and state key assumptions (volatility, liquidity).”

  1. 🔎 Sanity Check (math + events)

“Compute break-even, distance to stop (%), R-multiple to target, and any date conflicts (earnings, Fed, product events). If options are used, estimate 3 days of theta under flat price and show how IV ±5 pts changes premium (%).”

🔍 Verify Every AI Output (2-minute routine)
AI drafts fast; you verify. Here’s a quick loop to validate anything the prompts return:

  • Prices & history: Confirm spot and recent closes from an independent historical table before deciding.

  • Current quote: Refresh a live feed right before entry; stale numbers = stale decisions.

  • Company events: Verify earnings dates, transcripts, and investor decks on each company’s Investor Relations page.

  • Macro calendar: If trades bridge policy events, confirm FOMC and other major dates from official sources.

  • Options specifics: Check your exact contract (bid/ask, IV, theta) on a public options chain tool; don’t extrapolate from the underlying.

  • Math check: Recalculate % moves and R-multiples digit by digit - don’t round away risk.

  • Unknowns: Anything labeled “unknown” is a risk, not a blank you should fill with guesswork.

🛰️ Signals Radar (FYI, not a recommendation)

  • Event risk timing: Ideas that look great on Monday can look very different after a Wed FOMC. If you’re in short-dated options, consider trimming or hedging into the announcement window.

  • Flow ≠ edge: Elevated call interest around round-number strikes can be noise. Treat it as context, not a signal.

🛡️ Risk Corner

  • Express position size as risk % of portfolio, not just dollar notional.

  • Newer options traders: consider shares or longer-dated spreads until you’re comfortable with theta and IV crush around events.

  • Pre-define invalidation and exits (target + time-based) before entry.

📥 Vault Mini-Checklist (save this)

  • Clear 30-90 day catalyst you understand

  • Positive FCF and ≥10% YoY revenue growth (or a credible path)

  • Defined invalidation level before entry

  • Risk-based size (1-2% at risk per idea is a solid default)

  • Two exits planned: target and time-based

🧰 Tool & Prompt of the Week (quick math)

“Given entry = X, stop = Y, target = Z, portfolio = $P, and risk per trade = r%, compute: position size (shares/contracts), risk $, R to target, and a what-if if IV drops 5 pts post-event. Show formulas.”

👋 Wrap-Up
Use the Prompt Lab to go from zero to a short list in minutes, then run the Verify loop before you click buy.

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