No way. You have to buy to get the Dow back to 50,000. That way they do not have to start talking about the Epstein files.
just before that announcement and, in celebration of AAPL's 50th anniversary as a public company, when it was trading ~ 254 today, i made this trade, selling a 25-point credit spread on it, using 1 May 2026 expiration https://finviz.com/published_idea.ashx?t=AAPL&f=033126&i=AAPLd215566222i buy to open 250 strike PUT contract sell to open 275 strike PUT contract collected a premium in advance of $15, defining my max risk to be $10 AAPL's next earnings release will be on 30 April 2026. According to my amateurish analysis, AAPL will close above 280 on 1 May expiration; My expection is that the credit spread i just sold, from which i had collected a premium of $10, will be worthless on expiration day
SpaceX files confidentially to go public, with a June 2026 IPO date. many expect it to be could be among the largest IPO in history, raising tens of billions of dollars for its ambitious growth plans, including artificial-intelligence initiatives. EchoStar Corp., SATS, has emerged as a de facto public proxy after spectrum‑for‑equity deals left it with a SpaceX stake recently valued at around $11.1 billion, which helped drive a sharp move higher in its stock
decided to may a play on SATS, a more affordable way to participate in the Space-X IPO w SATS is trading ~~~ 122, sold a 40-point credit spread, using a Dec 2026 expiration date buy to open the 110 strike PUT contract sell to open the 150 strike PUT contract collected a premium of $24, which defines my max risk of $16 just my guess, the euphoria over the much anticipated IPO will drive the stock of of SATS (who owns ~5% of Space-X) above $170 easily
fwiw, COST is forming a handle to the cup-with-handle formation, one of the most dependable bullish indicators https://finviz.com/published_idea.ashx?t=COST&f=040726&i=COSTd111298858i COST is trading ~~ $1,013, and will report on 5-27-26 using 5-22-26 expiration, sold this bullish 30-point credit spread. buy to open 1,010 strike PUT contract sell to open 1,040 strike PUT contract collected a premium in advance of $14.50, which defines my max risk to be $15.50 by the close of 5-22-26, should COST trade above $1,040, i get to keep all of the premium collected
I had to cash out a little on some greens in one ret. account to have some cash for whatever comes next. I sold some Nvidia, Google, and Amazon but not a lot. I'm looking to invest the cash on a huge drop if it goes bad. Otherwise, I'll jump it back in somewhere. Basically, I'll see what I can do with $10k cash here depending on what happens. Nothing major. If it gets ugly, then investors may flock to BRK/B at which time I may sell some there to have cash to invest on the dip. I had some CVX but sold a lot of it for some decent gains. Sitting on about 20 shares I want to sell before resolution and it goes down upon a resolution of some sort. May set up a Stop order with a Stop Price of $195 to sell in case of freefall (I'm free....I'm free fallin'). lol
Just dumped my remaining 20 shares of CVX at $196.00 so I didn't lose that profit. I think this continues to de-escalate as TACO is in effect. "I think stocks are going on a run now." - Forrest Gump Glad I got out at $196 on CVX. It's lost a lot more since then. I beat the crowd out.
The TACO trade is alive and well looking for my most recent trades, AAPL, COST and SATS, to rise; actually my COST / SATS credit spreads are still in-the-mony, even tho they were down signiciantly today
on mar 16 got as low as 520; but, since then, it has risen ~ 100 points, attributable to great news today. trend is reversing, decided to close my bearish spread; had to pay $12.50 to do so. managed to eek out a $2.10 profit on the spread; collected a premium of $14,60 in advance had to pay $12.50 to exit the spread
Time to get back in CVX at $187 and have Sell Limit orders set on the way up? Guess I could put a Stop Limit Sell order(s) as well to stop my losses. It could easily pop over $200 again in short order. Would do in an IRA. Wager: $10k. What do ya think? If I asked you what the chances are for a return to hostilities before an agreement is reached, then what would you say? That answer shoots CVX up or down. Those are the bet odds...50-50 at least (as a starting point) but more like 70-30 return to war imo. Edit: I'm in for 10 at $187.8. See what we get Monday. lol. I'm trying to make $100-ish dollars. It's fun! Betting on war outcomes is fun. I want my Mommy! Whaaaaaa!!!
I got around $10k tied up in CVX here. I set up a sell limit orders ladder over $200 at various points to capture upside potential. I did this before and was successful. I also started a position in the IGV software ETF that has been beaten down so badly. Also, started a position in Salesforce. Talking about beaten down.
Turned green on the year. It’s been a while. Anybody in AIPO? It’s the infrastructure and power ETF for AI. I don’t think Wall Street buyers have figured out yet that this is going to be the moneymaker aside from the key AI players. Maybe it’s considered still “too early”? I don’t think the revenue from orders is hitting just yet so people are waiting. Unless AI flops, this ETF is primed to reap the benefits on the AI buildout. Another one to look at is UTF in this regard. The AI buildout is also kind of the bottleneck. They can’t build out fast enough and there is shortages of skilled laborers to do it.
MSFT had gone down as low as 356, but it has been rising for the past 2 weeks. trading ~~ 392, it appears to have found the floor, ~ 356, and has been bouncing off it. MSFT has a good chance of trading above 400 on 1 May; should that happen, I'll get to keep all the premium collected
since pulling out of the deal to buy Warner Bros, and accepting a $2.7 B exit fee from Paramount, NFLX stock price has risen from ~~$75 to ~~~$106.55. NFLX just nonchalantly raised the fee for its basic package; its next earnings release will be 4-16-26. think that it'll be trading above ~~ $115 shortly after earnings. placed this 11-point bullish credit spread, using May 22 expiration day, 38 more days to go. buy to open the 100 strike PUT contract sell to open the 111 strike PUT contract collecting a premium in advance of $5.37, defining my max risk of $5.63 my bet is that NFLX will close above 111 by close of business on 22 May
I was adding to my positions when it was down. Reaping the rewards now. Nobody could understand why it was still so low in price even after they dropped out of the purchase.
I have 800 shares of ampx and cipher at $5 bucks a share. Still down on dvlt and bitfarms about 50 percent.
Bought more IGV and CIBR (Cybersecurity) ETFs…both way down YTD. I’m not chasing these individual running stocks. That’s because I buy mostly dips. I’m not chasing because, if I wanted it…then I own it already at a quantity/price I want to risk on. If I chase runners, then I get burned later. If I buy dips, then I get rewarded later. I buy fear…not greed. There are exceptions…like gambling on earnings or certain stocks or positioning in the big names. But, in general, I don’t like buying at or near all-time highs. Of course, each person is working on their own time horizon. I'm not day trading obviously. My play is usually medium-to-long term. Siphon the profits when I want and reinvest in losers who are down for no reason of their own in a lot of cases.
