Plan for Today:
Nice gap up on United States/Iran deal. Long time coming.
Stay more tactical today, if we stay lower this week, it'll show news is priced in, but I don't think that's the case.
What I am in and managing this week:
- $MU 1200c rolls will be up good, will look to trim majority. 1010 running stops on rolls, cons too expensive to let go to zero.
- $DAVE 290c will be back green. 286 big level to hold. - $NBIS 250c near ITM. Will sell all by tomorrow. 234 was that level to clear, 278 possible, will roll if profit is solid.
- $BE 280c near ITM. Will sell this week. 267 stops underneath.
- Tons of $ASTS lotto's spread out between this week, next week, and following week.
- $ASTS any pop through 92.95, I will sell some covered calls against those 1000 shares I got, my overall avg is 84 but I filled on those specific shares at 95, so I refuse to sell them for less then around 105.
This is a week to secure options and start stacking some cash, while I let my fully vested money do most of the work. With that being said, quicker day trades are still in play, you just need good liquidity.
Some levels I am eyeing for an interaction:
$RKLB 105.62
$DOCN 184.46, 164.77
$TWLO 209.94
$CIFR 25.52
$INTC 124.92
$HOOD 97.8, 94.24
$COHR 393.52
$AMD 527.2
Notice how I am not saying puts or calls. You should be able to dictate the market trend with moving averages, volume, or however your strategy may dictate it. Once that's established, you implement entry tactics at these levels. Be patient and wait for the interactions.
Weekly Recap:
Over $50k profit ✅ with $MU and $SNDK getting the job done late in the week. Levels pay. 💰
Here were my top 5 winning and losing trades this week:
The fastest way to improve most people’s trading is to simply hold your winners better and trade less. The impact of selling a winner early goes much deeper than just leaving money on the table; the psychological effect has long-term implications that you may not realize in the moment. This can set off a chain reaction of events that rarely ends positively.
When you prematurely cut a winning position, you are essentially fighting the very trend you identified as a high-probability setup. By attempting to "outsmart" the moving averages, you often trade your way out of a move that could have compounded your gains, leading to:
Compounded Opportunity Cost: By exiting early, you lose the capital deployment efficiency required to let the market work for you.
Decision Fatigue: Frequent, unnecessary trades during the middle of a move increase cortisol levels, which impairs your ability to make objective decisions when the next high-conviction setup appears.
Psychological Drift: Each time you sell into strength out of fear or impatience, you reinforce a habit loop of "taking profit" to feel safe, rather than allowing the market to prove your thesis correct.
One thing I've learned during my process in becoming a successful trader is refining my entry strategy. This has always been a crutch of mine, and something I've been proud of myself that I can say I've drastically improved upon over the past six months.
For example, we have $ONDS here, while the market was pulling back this morning, I was looking for key pivots of entry to buy RS on weakness, which tends to offer some of the best r/r.
Currently, my favorite entry tactic has been the 30m pivot, but sometimes, it can lead you chasing if you're not catching a 30m pivot near LOD. So a different tactic I've learned recently if that does in fact happen, but you're a pretty far distance away from LOD already, is using a reclaim of OP (opening print) as your entry, and this is what I did on $ONDS. Learned this from @ohiain all credit to him for this entry tactic!
$ONDS swept the high volume lows this AM, quickly reclaimed, and I entered on the reclaim of OP and set stop at LOD. Buying on key support levels for stocks with great RS in this market has been crucial for my account.
Excited to share RRD has purchased part ownership in Danzante Bay, an unraced 4yo by Uncle Mo training under Ronney W. Brown. He’ll be racing out of Charles Town looking to debut next Thursday. Thank you to our partners at Paddock Pat Racing for this opportunity!
@ohiain Honestly same boat for me but at a much smaller scale. Started in summer of '24 but didn't take it seriously until last summer and this week finally feels very rewarding for the effort.