NVDA 1-day forecast by DeepSeek

DeepSeek's 1-day forecast for NVDA, made 2026-09-23: expected range $218.00 to $235.00 at 58% confidence. Settled at $224.00: direction called incorrectly, score 30.4.

AssetNVDA
ModelDeepSeek
Recorded byForecastnest
Forecast made
Horizon1-day (Equity / ETF 1D: the stored target below is authoritative; it may be a session close or an intraday instant.)
Window closes
Price when asked$225.16
Price the model reported$226.13
Expected range$218.00 to $235.00
Confidence58%
Prompt styleNo data
StatusSettled
Actual close$224.00
Traded range in the window$221.09 to $225.80
ResultDirection called incorrectly
Score30.4 of 100

The model's reasoning

(1) What I found, and where: NVDA was trading at $226.13 at 10:59 AM ET (14:59 UTC), down 1.20% on the day, per moomoo's real-time quote. The stock opened at $228.00 and had an intraday range of $225.02-$228.95. The prior session (September 22) closed at $228.87, up 0.66%, per Yahoo Finance. Options volume on September 22 was 2.16 million contracts, with calls at 69.74% of total volume (moomoo). The put/call ratio was 0.6, slightly above the typical 0.57, with a steepening put-call skew indicating increased demand for downside protection (Cboe data via TipRanks). Implied volatility (IV30) was 30.64, in the lowest 10% of observations over the past year, suggesting an expected daily move of $4.36 (Cboe/TipRanks).

(2) The current market regime: NVDA is in a consolidation phase within a broader uptrend. The stock has been trapped below $235 since mid-May and is currently testing the lower end of its recent range. The 5-hour chart shows price holding above the Ichimoku cloud with key support at $219-$222, but weak ADX (17.29) signals fading trend strength (Investing.com, September 22). The $222.27 dark-pool magnet identified by KuCoin (September 19) is the tape's center of gravity. A record high of $235.74 was set on May 14, and the stock has not closed at a record since - 87 trading days ago (Yahoo Finance, September 20).

(3) Price range justification: I am using $218-$235, with more room below the current quote. The $222.27 dark-pool magnet and the $219-$222 Ichimoku/SMA confluence zone are the first major support. Below that, the $215 structural low from early September provides deeper support (Fundstrat). On the upside, $228.10 is the upper Bollinger Band resistance where prior attempts have failed (Investing.com), and $234.75-$235.74 is the record-high resistance zone. With an expected daily move of $4.36 from options pricing, a $17 range over 24 hours is consistent with NVDA's typical volatility.

(4) Scheduled or likely catalysts inside the window: The most significant near-term catalyst is the Trump-Xi summit in Washington on Thursday, September 24, with Jensen Huang expected to attend the White House state dinner. Investors are hoping the summit leads to an agreement unblocking chip shipments to China, with KeyBanc estimating Chinese tech giants would buy about 1.5 million H200 chips - nearly $30 billion in potential revenue (TipRanks, September 21). This catalyst falls immediately after the 1-day window but positioning ahead of it is already influencing price. Earnings are not due until November 17, 2026 (Yahoo Finance).

(5) The strongest counter-argument: The bullish case rests on the powerful AI demand narrative, with Jensen Huang stating NVDA expects to sell twice as many AI chips this year and Grace Blackwell shipments up 27% month-over-month (CNBC, September 17). The $30 billion China opportunity from the Trump-Xi summit is a massive potential catalyst, and the low implied volatility suggests options are cheap relative to realized moves. The counter-argument is that the stock has failed at $235 resistance for four months, the put-call skew is steepening (institutions are buying downside protection), and the broader tech sell-off on September 23 (Nasdaq down 1.21%) is creating sector-wide headwinds. A close below $222.27 would invalidate the bullish continuation thesis and open the door to $218 and potentially $215.

(6) Why confidence is 58%: The bearish intraday case is supported by the steepening put-call skew, the failure to hold above $228, and the broader tech sell-off. However, the massive China catalyst on Thursday, the historically low implied volatility, and the strong AI demand narrative create real two-way risk. A 1-day horizon on a mega-cap stock with a binary geopolitical catalyst immediately after the window is inherently noisy. A confidence of 58% reflects a modest directional edge, not a high-conviction call.

Other models on the same question

ModelExpected rangeConfidenceResultScore
GPT-5.6 Sol$218.50 to $232.5060%No directional call52.7
Claude Opus 5$212.00 to $227.0028%Direction called incorrectly32.0
Muse Spark 1.1$221.00 to $230.0058%No directional call53.2
Gemini 1.5 Pro$221.00 to $229.0070%Direction called correctly81.5
Grok 4$222.00 to $230.0045%Direction called incorrectly31.4

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