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• AMD AND ANTHROPIC SIGN MAJOR CHIPS-AND-INVESTMENT DEAL
  

• THE 2-GIGAWATT DEAL COVERS TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ WORTH OF CHIPS, AS AMD PLANS TO INVEST UP TO $5 BILLION IN ANTHROPIC
  

• AMD IS ALSO IN TALKS TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL BACKSTOP FOR ANTHROPIC’S FUTURE DATA CENTER LEASES AS WELL
  

• ANTHROPIC WILL PURCHASE UP TO 2 GIGAWATTS OF AMD’S LATEST-GENERATION CHIPS, CALLED THE INSTINCT MI450, STARTING IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2027
  

• Industry executives have said 1 gigawatt of computing power, enough to power roughly 750,000 U.S. homes, can cost around $50 billion.
  
  Advanced Micro Devices and Anthropic have signed a deal for tens of billions of dollars' worth of artificial-intelligence servers, strengthening AMD's competitive position against industry leader Nvidia and supplying Anthropic with much-needed computing power.
  

Under the terms of the agreement, Anthropic will purchase up to 2 gigawatts of AMD's latest-generation chips, called the Instinct MI450, starting in the first half of 2027. AMD will also invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic—its first check into the AI firm—as certain deployment milestones are met.

"We have very much wanted to be a major part of their infrastructure," AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su said, adding that the companies' engineering teams have been working together for some time.

Anthropic runs computing workloads across chips including GOOGL ... Google's tensor-processing units, AMZN ... Amazon.com's Trainium chips, and Nvidia graphics processing units, or GPUs. As part of the deal, Anthropic will buy some AMD chips for its own data centers as well as lease some of the capacity via other large cloud providers or neoclouds. Anthropic and AMD are working together to identify data centers for the chips, Su said.

"You can't just wake up one morning and say, 'Oh, I want a gigawatt of compute tomorrow,'" Su said. "You actually have to plan, you...

Hi, this is NorthRay.

Remember how last time I said I wanted to try commodities and stocks?

Well, I didn’t waste any time.

I opened my very first gold trade (XAU/USD).

And you know what? It didn’t bite me. Quite the opposite — it gave me the biggest profit of my entire demo trading journey so far.

$42.70.

From a single trade.

For someone who was celebrating 24 cents not long ago — this feels like a holiday.

How It Happened

I spent a long time staring at the gold chart.

Honestly? At first, it scared me.

The price moves like crazy. Long candles. Swings of $10–20 within an hour.

I kept thinking:
“This isn’t for beginners. You could lose everything in five minutes here.”

But then I remembered my rule: small steps.

I didn’t use 1 lot. Not even 0.50.

I opened just 0.10 lot.

Ten times smaller than my last EUR/USD trade.

Why?

Because gold is a different beast. You don’t dive headfirst into an unfamiliar river. First, you test the water with your finger.

The Numbers That Surprised Me

Lot size: 0.10 XAU/USD
Take-profit: set at a reasonable distance
Stop-loss: mandatory (I no longer trade without one)

A few hours later, I checked the terminal.

The trade was closed.

Take-profit hit.

Profit: $42.70.

I rubbed my eyes.

Sure, it’s demo money. But the number still looks serious.

For comparison:
My best EUR/USD trade on a 1-lot position made me $23.50.

Here?
0.10 lot — and $42.70.

Gold is incredibly volatile. It covers huge distances in a short amount of time.

That’s both good and bad.

The good:
You can make more money.

The bad:
You can lose money much faster too.

But this time, I was in profit. And it felt good.

What I...

Yes, I’m Expanding My Horizons.

Hi, this is NorthRay.

Remember when I said I wanted to try opening a trade with one full lot?

Well, I did it.

And you know what? I didn’t blow up my account. My trade hit take profit.

Profit: $23.50.

So far, this is my biggest “win” on demo.

But instead of sitting back and celebrating, I’m already looking in a new direction. Because currency pairs are only the beginning.

How the 1-Lot Trade Ended

I opened a EUR/USD trade. Lot size — 1.0. Stop-loss and take-profit were mandatory (thanks to previous lessons).

Honestly? It was scary.

Every time the price moved 10–15 pips, my brain instantly calculated:
“That’s already plus or minus $100–150.”

I literally had to sit on my hands to avoid closing the trade too early. I trusted my plan.

And the market rewarded me.

Price reached my take-profit level. The trade closed automatically. That green $23.50 number appeared on my terminal.

I exhaled.

It’s not life-changing money. But for me, it was a signal:
“You’re growing. You’re learning. You’re moving in the right direction.”

But Something Started to Bother Me

After that trade, I sat down and started thinking.

I only trade EUR/USD. Just one currency pair. I already feel like I can “read” it. I’m beginning to understand its personality.

But trading is much bigger than just the euro and the dollar.

There’s also:
— Oil (Brent, WTI)
— Gold (XAU/USD)
— Silver
— Company stocks: Apple, Tesla, Amazon, Google, Microsoft

And honestly? I know almost nothing about them.

What if there are opportunities there too?
What if my strategy works outside of forex?
What if I’m missing something important?

So I decided: it’s time to expand.

What Commodities Are — And Why They Attract Me

For...