I bought some dip today when S&P was down 150 points. I picked up some VOO and XLK. Too good to pass up imo.
Made these trades when AAPL was trading ~~277, today it closed 252.74 the "hurricane" has been the meteoric rise in the cost of gasoline, adding more fuel to the inflationary pressure. Fed meeting will be on Tu and Wed Triple witching this coming Fri it is safe to say that the call spread will expire worthless; i get to keep all the premium collected. the PUT is alread deep in-the-money, will exit the position on Fri
today, META closed ~ 627, up 14 next earnings will be 4-29-26 my amateurish eyes see a bearish head-and-should formation in the work; think that it will trade below 600 using the 4-24-26 expiration, 39 days away, sold this 30-point bearish CALL spread buy to open the 650 strike CALL contract sell to open the 620 strike CALL contract collected a premium of $15.40. which defines my max risk of $14.6 risking $14.6 to win $15.40
today, on triple witching day, when MSFT was trading ~383, sold a 30-point bullish PUT spread the next earning will be on 4-23. use the 1 May expiration options contracts https://finviz.com/published_idea.ashx?t=MSFT&f=032026&i=MSFTd100778649i my amateruish eyes say MSFT will trade above 420 on 1 May buy to open the 370 strike PUT sell to open the 400 strike PUT collected a premium of $14.3, defining my max risk of $15.7
today, AAPL closed at 247.99; when it was trading ~~ $248, $22 in-the-money, someone was willing to pay me $22.5 to get the $270 strike PUT contract off my hand the 265/285 bearish CALL spread expired worthless; thus, i get to keep all the premium collected in advance.
I was down in Houston and pumped gas for something like $4.80+/gallon (because I use the super cool gasoline). I swear gas in Houston is more expensive than Dallas. This was probably due to the fact there wasn't another gas station nearby for miles, but even in populated areas it's expensive. This was probably the first or second time I've ever paid over $60 to fill up. Nuts.
I realize that you are just quoting him, but do you have any idea what this... Trump will have his hand forced means?