Weekly Recap AUG 24, 2028

How was your weekend? Did you get outside in nature and walk?
Hopefully you increased your time on earth by doing so

While I was in Colombia on this last trip I had a really cool encounter
Got to hang out with a guy, mid-late 60’s, super super super duper awesome, great cool guy. He had been a university level math teacher his entire life. He even taught math at a large university in Paris France for 15 years. His wife and both of her sisters were lawyers, and all 3 of them were multi lingual too, really cool people

Well our man, lets call him “Bob” and I are talking while watching a futbol ( soccer ) game
Bob obviously speaks Spanish, but French also, some Chinese and a little English
Bob’s been to NYC 4 times and can say things like “Hi, hello, how are you?” and other basic pleasantries
I asked Bob if he ever wanted to learn more English as a hobby
His response was spot on, what he said to me was this::
“To be good at anything in life you have to prioritize it, then you have to practice it”

Bob’s a person that speaks my language, regardless of the dialect

What we here at theoptionscoach.net are prioritizing and practicing right now is a back to basics well defined approach
Lately I’ve been doing a lot, and I mean a lot, of going over charts that have already proven themselves, evaluating their current levels of strength, and looking to see where the money is flowing into them in the way of Options

What I’m doing is restarting the Model Portfolio completely from scratch here
No bias to what we had in the past, even though a couple of “old friends” are still with us today

The first is $GE ( ▼ 0.81% ) . We’ve been utilizing it since it was down below $100
The big giant move it’s made in the past few months may not be over
One thing to consider is is it taking a breather here? Signs of weakness aren’t showing
But the acceleration is slowing down at the moment
The bottom of its current box is at the 20EMA. A retest wouldn’t be unthinkable thus offering a good entry point on any bounces
I’ve started looking at the Options on it for NOV 7, 2025
There’s strong interest at all strikes from 235-250. It reports earnings on OCT 21, 2025

Next up is our good friend $META ( ▲ 2.12% ) The one thing this “Steady Eddy” could use right now is some more volume.. Yes META is doing well, but it’s like GE right now, stalling slowly as it looks to be wanting the 20EMA which is also at the bottom of its box… Here’s the deal, META could easily hit $1500.00 in the next 3 years
With it’s lead with AI technology I wouldn’t be surprised, at an upcoming date we’re going to take a serious look at LEAPS ( Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities ) on META

LEAPS are made for investors with a up trend bias for the long term, and that want a less hands on approach. On a stock like META there might be some initial “sticker shock” but fear not, we have ways to mitigate our costs if not eliminate with spreads that favor to the long side still
Another thing is with LEAPS is that they’re built for investors, not traders, ( hence the 3 year charts ) if the stock goes your way for your time frame, say one year or even two years, you could wake up with some next level profits

$SPY ( ▲ 1.54% ) going with it here> I actually like the volume on $DIA better, but for Options it’s like a skate board racing a rocket strapped drag car… The skate board didn’t win
Historically speaking stocks typically pick back up in Mid SEPT, and the SEPT 19, 2025 Calls are holding a O.I. of over 703K…. Yes I said over 700 Thousand…. Insane, I know

2 things you should know

1st:  All 3 of these are now in the Model Portfolio, or never left I should say
I’m in the process of rebuilding the M.P. now
It will work like this:
It will have 5 stocks that it will hold as its primary
It will have between 5-10 that are on standby
Once a month I will do a “rebalance”
Should any of the main 5 weaken to the point that one of the stocks on standby is stronger, it will be rotated out and the stronger one moved in
Also in the case of a major market move due to an event, we may rebalance at that time
That’s how portfolio rebalancing works

2nd: A few weeks ago one of you wrote me with some great questions. In short verse it was to ask about the pending premium service, what all it will entail and how it will work
The gentleman that wrote that email did so in such a great and well thought out manner that I feel it deserves a step by step response all of its own
Give me a few days and I will address that in full

What are you prioritizing and practicing?
The Options Coach