Pre Market APR 22, 2025

Stocks are green in the Pre Market today.. $SPY ( ▲ 0.63% ) is up almost 0.80%
What’s the biggest challenge that you find yourself facing in the markets today?
Check this poll, I’d like to hear from you please

Those last 2 seem to go together don’t they? Options were made to capture volatility, whipsaw is ugly
If I’m beating the drum on this one it’s because investors are not having their best days at the moment. Highly motivated and skilled traders however seem to be finding ways to do quite well. Adaptability is a key to success for anything in life

A month or so ago when this uncertainty in the markets began we went from using Bull Call Spreads and Blind Calls to Strangles. We “adapted” to new the market environment
One day, hopefully not “many moons from now” we may even have a trend again and we are going to start using Calendar Spreads so that you guys can spend less times watching the markets and more time enjoying profits

Until then we’re sticking with our Strangle strategy
It’s been paying us well these past 3 weeks, very, very well at times

Few things about us here at theoptionscoach.net
We don’t chase stocks
We buy at the MID price or better
We set STOPS and HONOR them
We don’t allow our winners to turn into losers

$SPY ( ▲ 0.63% )  
Strangles
APR 25, 2025
Buy the 517 Put
Buy the 519 Call
The MID price is $14.14

$GE ( ▼ 0.18% )  
Strangles
For those that took yesterdays play on it you should be very happy this morning, congratulations to you trader 😁 
MAY 16, 2025
Buy the 185 Put
Buy the 190 Call
The MID price is $17.19

$COST ( ▲ 1.35% )  
Strangles
This one keeps winning for us over and over
For those looking for slightly faster moves
APR 25, 2025
Buy the 962.5 Put
Buy the 965 Call
For those that are newer to Options or more conservative
MAY 16, 2025
Same Strike prices
MID is now $63.43

We’re still playing yesterdays play mentioned for $GOOG ( ▼ 0.22% )  
It reports earnings this Thursday

$AMZN ( ▼ 0.17% )  $CAT ( ▲ 0.11% )  $SFM ( ▲ 1.5% ) and even $JPM ( ▲ 0.58% ) are all still friends of ours

Time to grind
The Options Coach