Pre Market JAN 15, 2026

Hello traders, how are you today?
If your new here welcome
The markets are up here in the Pre
$DJI ( ▲ 0.6% )  
$SPY ( ▲ 0.27% )  
$QQQ ( ▲ 0.36% )  
$IWM ( ▲ 0.88% )  

Do you like races? Foot races, car races, heck even turtle races? 🐢 🐢 
About 18 months ago $AMZN ( ▲ 0.65% ) and $GE ( ▲ 0.33% ) both were right at $180.00
At that time I created a poll asking you guys which one you thought would hit $200.00 first
You guys overwhelmingly said AMZN, and you were right
But here’s the deal:::::
AMZN is stuck in the $235.00 area now
GE is in the $330.00 area
The reason why AMZN is stuck doesn’t matter, not to me at least
It’s only my personal belief but I’m about 99.99999999999% certain that of those that struggle to get ahead in the markets, it’s because they want to know the “Why” to make themselves feel better, or so that they “understand”
When buying stocks if your a short term trader you focus on price movement
If your a longer term investor you may look at price, but some investors want to know a companies growth outlook, and that’s okay

Where it differs is to the downside, a loss is a loss, we should never try to justify a stock going south, but rather cut losses and move on. That’s old skool / trading / investing / speculation / 101… And it has served all of the greats very well

This market is sideways right now
Historically speaking when we come out of sideways markets 70% of the time it’s to the upside, only 30% is down

We’re only one tweet, one invasion of Iran, Green-Land, or any other “Land” to sink this market. Banks are disappointing right now, earnings season is just getting started, some good news wouldn’t hurt

Here at theoptionscoach.net
We don’t chase stocks
We don’t go long if a stock is red
We buy at the MID price or better
We set STOPS and HONOR them

GE, lets look at old faithful this morning
Bull Call Spreads for FEB 20, 2026
Buy the 320 Call
Sell the 325 Call
The MID is 1.32
That is very very conservative play

Buy the 320 Call
Sell the 330 Call
The MID is 1.97
More wiggle room there

Feeling froggy?
Long Calls with no downside protection
The 330’s are only 0.35 at the MID
That is cheap, but GE will need a little movement to get there
Deltas are VERY generous there at 0.10
That caught my eye
Right now the Probability of ITM is only 9.19%
So, this is a “Walk away a fool or a king” kind of play
If GE goes north you’ll get paid, if not then it’s a loss

Tech, we have to keep our tech plays on watch
They are wound up tight on the charts here
Any breakouts we will want with Volume
$AMZN ( ▲ 0.65% )  
$GOOG ( ▼ 0.94% )  
$TSLA ( ▼ 0.14% )  

Its time to grind
The Options Coach