Pre Market OCT 17, 2025

Good morning traders, how are you today?

Stocks slid steep overnight but have rebounded since
There are fears in the banking industry over smaller banks
$DJI ( ▲ 0.52% )  
$SPY ( ▲ 0.57% )  
$QQQ ( ▲ 0.66% )  
$IWM ( ▼ 0.67% )  

Are you a homeowner? I am… If your not a homeowner yet believe me there are only 2 types of homeowners in the entire world. Those that have had things unexpectedly happen / break, and those that are going to have things unexpectedly happen / break
That was me life yesterday afternoon

We’re taking a pause this morning on highlighting any new potential trades
I want to do some “maintenance” on our portfolio before adding anything new here
The $SFM ( ▲ 0.21% ) trade mentioned yesterday didn’t get filled at the prices we wanted due to our rules. I’m going to talk more about that Sunday in the Weekly Recap
If your new here welcome, this is what we remind ourselves of before entering new positions

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

$JPM ( ▼ 0.33% )  $GE ( ▲ 0.1% )  $GOOG ( ▲ 0.76% ) and especially $TSLA ( ▲ 2.46% ) are all of continued interest to us right now
If the shake up of the last couple of days has affected any positions you have in an adverse way don’t allow your trades to become “investments”

Its time to grind
The Options Coach