Publications

CDW, CHTR, JNJ: Early Rolls

Getting an early start rolling three positions expiring in September…. Read More

Consistency, Confidence, and Profits: Lessons from 75 SPX Day Trades

A quick look at the 0DTE SPX trades…. Read More

DGX, PSX: Testing Refinements

I’m going bearish on an overvalued diagnostic healthcare stock and bullish on a cheap energy refiner…. Read More

SPX: 0DTE Volatility Trade

0DTE iron condors are directionally-neutral trades that focus on harvesting options’ time-value decay, which accelerates as options approach their expiration. We want to sell time value before it decays and buy it back after it decays…. Read More

FDX, NTAP: Soft Data Deliveries

The stock market has historically performed poorly between mid-August and mid-October, especially in post-election years, so I’m continuing to hedge bets between strong tech stocks and underperforming cyclicals…. Read More

PH, KMB: Wiped with Pressure

Stocks kick off the week cautious with three big catalysts on deck: (1) retail bellwethers—Home Depot (Tue 8/19 BMO), Target (Wed 8/20 BMO), and Walmart (Thu 8/21, 6:00 a.m. CT)—will give the cleanest read on the U.S. consumer and tariff pass-through; (2) July FOMC minutes arrive Wednesday as futures still price high odds of a September cut; and (3) Powell’s Jackson Hole address Friday (theme: “Labor Markets in Transition”) could reset the path for rates and risk. Geopolitics is a swing factor as Washington hosts talks with Zelensky and EU leaders. Bottom line: expect event-driven chop with IV supported into mid-week and a directional push post-Powell—keep position sizes modest, stay nimble in rate-sensitive sectors, and note that NVDA’s 8/27 print looms for AI sentiment…. Read More

JPM, HD, ADI, RMD, VKTX, PDD: The Rolling Ends + Closeouts

Four final rolls and two closeouts. We also have seven additional trades closing for a profit, which brings this month to nine total winners. The other seven winners are AbbVie (ABBV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), D.R. Horton (DHI), IQVIA Holdings (IQV), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Walmart (WMT). Have a great weekend! … Read More

JPM: Beautiful Bank

One roll and one expiring double-your-money winner: MCK (100.0%)… Read More

QTWO, UNH, DXCM, GNRC, HUM: The Rolling Continues

Five more rolls with the rest to come shortly. … Read More

AWK, PNC, SWKS, SYY, TSLA: August Rolls

Five rolls and 11 expiring winners: IQV (51.5%), AAPL (49.3%), PLD (49.3%), DHI (44.9%), CINF (37.0%), MSI (35.1%), STE (33.3%), TMUS (33.3%), CTAS (31.6%), GD (28.6%), and NEE (27.4%)… Read More