Weekly Recap JAN 25, 2026

Hey traders, how’s “Smowmageddon 2026” treating you?
If your new here welcome
Lets take a look at the indexes
$DJI ( ▲ 0.64% ) Weekly -0.53%
$SPY ( ▲ 0.51% ) Weekly -0.35%
$QQQ ( ▲ 0.44% ) Weekly +0.23%
$IWM ( ▼ 0.31% ) Weekly -0.36%

What’s the one commercial, on t.v, the radio, maybe even on podcasts, that you just can’t stand? You know it’s total b.s. and you just aren’t into that

For me it’s the life insurance one targeted at men over 50
You know their tagline. “Big —-, he’s just like you, he’s on meds too”
Advertisers try to make it sound like every man over 50 is on meds for:::::::
High B.P.
Cholesterol
Diabetes
A.D.D.
Mood Stabilizers
C-Pap machine
Fatty Liver Disease
Sleeping pills
Pain pills
Acid reflux / Gerd
Stomach issues
And a whole lot of other sexy stuff, but all at once? Seriously?
I’m 60. I’ll admit I take a few pills every day
I take 1, one, uno, single B.P. pill, it used to be 4. Soon it will be zero
With that I take a methylated multi vitamin
Vitamin D with K2…. You need K2 for Vit D to be fully absorbed
Fish Oil
Calcium and Magnesium combo
And of course Creatine
Staying in motion, and using movement as medicine is an irrefutable crucial factor to better health at any age

We can either take care of ourselves
Or let things get so bad that we need meds for that stuff listed above
And our stock portfolios my astute trader friends, are no different

The indexes just closed down for the second week in a row
Earnings season is here and so far it’s been a roller coaster
On the One Month Heat Map look at the bottom left corner
That’s the banks, they’ve really fallen this month
Fear not, we’re going to make lemonade out of those lemons

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 lets start here. There’s a few things going on with this chart

1st: That horizontal blue line is what’s known as P.O.C. ( Point Of Control )
You can see that it’s acted as Support during past movements
We’re watching to see if it hits it, and will we get a bounce in that area

2nd: That little blue box to the far right?
That’s 100% why we honor Price Action first and aren’t indicator reliant
Price is already wayyy below the crossover point on this one
You can see the red line has now turned south, that’s the 20 Day EMA
The blue line under it is the 50 Day SMA
When a smaller numbered moving average falls below a larger numbered M.A. that’s what’s then called a “Death Cross” its a bearish signal
Indicators lag, they can help for longer term investing, but with shorter term trades or swing trades of 3 weeks to 3 months they hold less value

3rd: Volume, volume has been strong here lately, there may not be many sellers left, that doesn’t mean that buyers will automatically step in, it does suggest that the selling pressure could decrease soon. And I said decrease, not stop. So lets let it do it’s thing for now as we await any new fresh entries

Over there in Norway is the worlds longest undersea tunnel
Yes, just like SpongeBob SquarePants it’s under the sea
It’s about 17 miles long, takes 20 minutes to get through
And has big bright lights every 3 miles to make sure you don’t fall asleep
( They’re building a even bigger one now )
That’s how I’m seeing NVDA
At some point the tunnel will end and we’ll be able to resume the journey, hopefully north. Tech was strong this week and unless it reverses we plan on playing it again next week. Earnings is 1 month away on FEB 25, 2026

GOOG, have you seen that thing on the 3 month Heat Map? ( posted down below ) Or the 3 year chart?
What’s that old saying? “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth?” Feeling that here
GOOG hasn’t even attempted to go back to its 20 Day much less even suggest it’s 50 Day in some time now
Like NVDA unless it reverses we intend to continue playing it for now
Earnings is on FEB 4, 2026, that’s only in 2 weeks
Tomorrow morning we could be entering on some fresh plays with it here

CAT….. Lets talk
It reports earnings this Thursday JAN 29, 2026
No telling where it’s going here, right now its seeing a slight pullback to the top of its current box. And it’s not shy about visiting with its 20 Day EMA. CAT is not a cheap stock, any new Options plays could be costly right before earnings, especially with our Strangle strategy. I plan on possibly highlighting it before earnings if I see a edge. This one is going to need a very deep dive though first, lots of variables to consider and won’t know until the Pre market data is released

$AMZN ( ▼ 0.31% ) +0.02%
$CASY ( ▼ 1.0% ) -2.67% We still LUVV this one, looking for a turnaround
$CAT ( ▲ 1.48% ) -2.91%
$COST ( ▼ 0.57% ) +2.04%
$GE ( ▲ 0.41% ) -9.61% We’re watching for it to find Support then place new entry
$GOOG ( ▲ 1.57% ) -0.58%
$HD ( ▲ 0.72% ) +0.95%
$JPM ( ▲ 1.12% ) -4.72%
$NVDA ( ▼ 0.64% ) +0.77%
$WMT ( ▼ 0.08% ) -1.65%
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The sun is shining!!!! Yeah it’s only 10 degrees outside but the sun is shining!!!!!!
I’m going to go hang with some people and go sled ride for a bit
Might not last long but I’m going to get out and go play in the snow
Where ever you are, what ever you do, I hope that you let movement and what you eat be your medicine today, and everyday

The Options Coach