NVIDIA Stock - Buy the Dip and Sell the Rip

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NVDA Buy the Dip by investingLive.com (*at your own risk)

NVIDIA (NVDA) is back on everyone’s radar this week, trading around $169.76 after a big earnings-driven run and pullback. For context, we recently warned traders and investors not to get carried away with over-enthusiasm around earnings — and that call aged well. If you missed it, check the analysis here: NVDA Earnings Analysis – This Shows Trader Over-Enthusiasm.

That’s the point of these updates: not hype, not “to the moon” charts, but structured trade plans that give you clear entry points, stops, and targets. You can use them as a roadmap, do your own research, and trade at your own risk.

The bigger picture on NVDA Stock dip buying

• Options map: Most active strikes right now are around 165 (puts) and 175.50 (calls). That often creates a tug-of-war where price bounces between support clusters (puts) and resistance clusters (calls).

• Volume profile: There’s a liquidity shelf in the 162–165 range that often attracts rebounds. Below that, a deeper flush toward 146 would be an attractive longer-term buy zone.

• Long-term anchors: The 252-day moving average is way down at 135.40. It’s far below today’s price, but serves as a reminder of just how extended NVDA has been over the past year.

• Recent price action: NVDA is sitting mid-range — $167.35 to $170.96 for the day so far, with a 52-week range of $86.62 to $184.48.

A) NVDA Stock Longer-term buyTheDip – deep zone

This is the “patient” plan. Some investors are happy to wait for NVDA to dip into the mid-140s before starting.

• Buy entries: $147.17, $143.71

• Average entry: $145.44

• Stop: $138.39

• TP1: $154.12

• TP2: $189.12

• Rule: After TP1, move stop to the average entry

Why here: This zone sits just under the put wall and round numbers, where capitulation flushes often reverse.

$10k example:

• Stop out: -$479 (-4.8%)

• TP1 then breakeven: +$295 (+3%)

• TP1 + TP2: +$1,780 (+17.8%)

B) NVDA Stock Shorter-term buyTheDip – junction 162–163.7

This is for swing traders who don’t want to wait for 146.

• Buy entries: $163.68, $162.58

• Average entry: $163.13

• Stop options:

  • Conservative: $159.00 (risk ~4.1 per share)

  • Aggressive: $162.00 (risk ~1.1 per share — tighter, but higher chance of stopout)

• TP1: $168.70

• TP2: $175.50

• Rule: After TP1, move stop to breakeven

$10k example (conservative stop):

• Stop: -$252 (-2.5%)

• TP1 then breakeven: +$167 (+1.7%)

• TP1 + TP2: +$551 (+5.5%)

Why here: This range overlaps with the 165 put cluster and a volume shelf. If NVDA can’t hold it, the next junction is closer to 159.

C) NVDA Stock Sell-the-Rip – fade into 174–176

Not everyone wants to buy dips. Some like to fade strength, especially if it’s just a leg up in a broader range.

• Sell entries: $174.80, $175.80

• Average entry: $175.30

• Stop: $177.20

• TP1: $171.60

• TP2: $168.75

• Rule: After TP1, stop moves to breakeven

$10k example:

• Stop: -$108 (-1.1%)

• TP1 then breakeven: +$104 (+1%)

• TP1 + TP2: +$294 (+2.9%)

Why here: This zone lines up with the 175.50 call strike, where resistance often kicks in.

Education corner

• Options clusters: Prices where lots of puts or calls sit. Heavy puts often act as support, heavy calls as resistance. But beware: price can flush beyond clusters to trigger stops before reversing.

• Volume nodes: Prices where a lot of shares traded in the past. They act as magnets and turning points.

• Risk per share: Entry minus stop.

• R (Risk unit): One unit of that risk. If risk is $5/share, then +2R is a $10/share profit.

Final thoughts

We’re not here to tell you NVDA is “cheap” or “expensive.” We map out clear, conditional trade plans so you can prepare. Some of you will wait for the deep dip at 146. Some will play the nearer swing bounces. Others will prefer to fade strength into the call wall. A hybrid approach is also valid: accumulate small at each junction, responsibly, so you don’t miss the big rebound if it never dips as far as you hoped.

This is orientation, not advice. Use these ideas as professional-grade inputs for your own research and risk management.

This article was written by Itai Levitan at investinglive.com.