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Jim Cramer tells borrowed-money data center traders to sell at the open

7/28/2026

A warning from CNBC's Jim Cramer is in focus for any investor carrying margin in the data center trade. Cramer's directive: if borrowed money is behind the position, sell at 9:30 a.m.

The instruction comes with no conditions and no price-action override.

The directive Cramer's language was categorical: "If you're borrowing money to buy something related to the data center, then tomorrow morning, 9:30 a.m., sell it no matter what." Three words carry the full weight of that call: "no matter what." They strip out every discretionary override.

A gap-up at the open does not suspend the directive. A favorable headline before the bell does not change it. The time is named, the action is named, and neither is tied to a price condition.

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