Pre Market DEC 11, 2025

Good morning traders, how are you today?
The markets are flat here in the Pre
$DJI ( ▼ 1.66% )
$SPY ( ▼ 1.08% )  
$QQQ ( ▼ 1.91% )  
$IWM ( ▼ 1.53% )  

Yesterday a couple of you wrote me
$JPM ( ▲ 0.36% ) we were right place, right time
If you took that play yesterday congrats to you trader
JPM long time friend of ours
Monday stock drops 4% ( news related )
Tuesday begins to recover gains 1.2%
Wednesday morning starts setting up nicely off the bottom of its box

This is what I had to say yesterday::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
We’re taking a small starter / try and catch the bounce play here
And it’s going to be conservative
JPM Bull Call Spreads for JAN 16, 2026
Buy the 300 Call
Sell the 305 Call
The MID is 2.30
Current price is $301.75

JPM blew past the 305 yesterday and closed at 310
Lets talk
Last week I shared that most of the trades I highlight are custom made by be
I could literally write a White Paper about that trade, so much went on with it, to learn from, but staying brief for this post

When we have a trade like a 300 / 305 and then price goes north of 305, DO THIS:
A: Either close the entire trade for profits
B: Close the short strike ( the 305 ) and then buy the next strike up ( 310s here ) while keeping the 300’s
C: Close the short strike, and simply ride the long
“C” would of made the most money, but also left us vulnerable with no downside protection

We here at theoptionscoach.net are big fans of having options on our Options

Tech stocks are down on $ORCL ( ▼ 4.47% ) miss yesterday
$TSLA ( ▲ 2.7% )  $GOOG ( ▼ 1.01% ) and $AMZN ( ▼ 1.78% ) could all be giving up fresh entries soon

Its time to grind
The Options Coach