The gains came after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang triggered a selloff in quantum computing stocks earlier this week with his remarks about the technology’s development.

As with any Discovery Stock, investors are looking to the price and the potential of the stock, not the fundamentals. As it stands now, IonQ has the benefit of round numbered support from the $30 price. Shares recently saw support at $40 on their ascent and then resistance at $50, displaying the effect of round-numbered prices.

Quantum computing stocks took a dive Wednesday after investors' perceptions about the outlook for the sector were dramatically corrected. Valuations in the nascent space had been