Weekly Recap DEC 21, 2025

Hello traders, how was your weekend?
What did you do for fun?
$DJI ( ▲ 0.38% ) Weekly -0.67%
$SPY ( ▲ 0.91% ) Weekly +0.12%
$QQQ ( ▲ 1.3% ) Weekly +0.56%
$IWM ( ▲ 0.84% ) Weekly +0.84%

December is the years biggest month for OPEX
What we just witnessed was the largest OPEX in Options history
7.1 trillion dollars expired on Friday
5 trillion of it on the S + P 500 alone

It took the Options market 52 years to get to this point
Buyers VS Sellers
Profitable VS Not
Which side of the trades were you on?

Friday was wild
First off SPY is now wound up tighter than an old skool 8 day clock
( There’s only 7 days in a week, hence the 8th day )
$META ( ▼ 0.86% ) sank like a tank in the drank at EOD
I’m telling you guys, Market Makers are still p———d at “The Zuck” for his earnings stunt…. I mean that…. META is only up 10.60% for the year… One thing we’re watching is that it’s now back up to the gap from when it fell at the start of NOV
$GOOG ( ▲ 1.6% ) Its now up 63% for the year
Big big biggg spike up EOD in comparison to META’s giant drop
$AMZN ( ▲ 0.26% ) closed green, just not at the days highs
$TSLA ( ▼ 0.45% ) teaser teaser….. It failed to do its normal “Fryday Boogie”
$JPM ( ▲ 1.35% ) we did well getting out up at $320.00, profit taking there
We may be re-entering again soon
$HD ( ▼ 2.81% ) crug, lugg and rug pull traders. After Thursdays Gap up it gave back those gains and then some. We don’t have any current positions in it but we thought it was going back in favor
$WMT ( ▼ 0.41% ) rebalances happen
$GE ( ▲ 1.83% )  😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 


Since Day #1 I have said that the markets reflect real life
That’s because it’s us humans that participate in the markets
Todays movie clip is from the original “Point Break”
In essence Keanu Reeves is Mr. Market Maker
Patrick Swayze represents the trader that doesn’t take profits and move on, he can’t help himself, he just can’t quit
Their tumultuous yet respectful paths end with the culmination of “The 50 year storm”
When Reeves tells Swayze “Vaya con Dios”
He’s saying “Go with God”
Reeves knows its over

Monday starts Christmas week
Volume will be lower over the next 2 weeks
With Friday having been the biggest OPEX in history, and the next 2 weeks being low key it will be interesting to see what will become of Options pricing

Around the New Year I’m going to be releasing some charts to show us not only where things are, but also using the options data to guide us as to where the money is flowing
If I don’t get a chance to talk w/u guys before Thursday Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and blessed days to any, all and every one else from theoptionscoach.net 

The Options Coach