If I got laid off tomorrow & had to replace my salary asap, here’s exactly what I’d do:
1. Go to Instagram and start a fresh account. Use a spare email. No one has to know.
@CodyLeachYT Out of all his movies I loved him in vanilla sky. Heck I wish they kept some of his deleted scenes in the movie. Him trying to convince Tom Cruise his dreams are real will always stick with me. Acted his a$$ off.
You could buy 100 shares of $PLTR right now for $15,282.
Or you could buy the $150 call expiring January 2028 for roughly $50.00.
That's $5,000 for leveraged exposure to 100 shares of Palantir - 19 months out - for about 67% less capital.
Breakeven: $200.00
Why the setup is interesting:
- Q1 revenue $1.63B, up 85% YoY - strongest quarter as a public company
- U.S. Commercial revenue up 133% YoY, fastest growing segment
- Full-year 2026 guidance raised to $7.65B (71% growth), crushing the $7.27B consensus
- $10B U.S. Army enterprise agreement over a decade
- NATO acquired Palantir's Maven Smart System for allied operations
- Remaining deal value of $11.8B, up 98% YoY
- 88% gross margins, 60% operating margins, Rule of 40 score of 145%
If $PLTR hits $225 by expiration, the LEAP returns roughly 50% vs 47% on shares.
If $PLTR hits $250, the LEAP returns roughly 100% vs 64% on shares.
If $PLTR hits $300, the LEAP returns roughly 200% vs 96% on shares.
The max you can lose on a LEAP is the entire premium you paid. At ~$50/contract, that's a meaningful amount of capital at risk. If $PLTR drops or stays flat, this contract loses value every day.
The valuation is steep - roughly 80x forward earnings. This is a high-conviction play, not a casual position.
Not financial advice. I share these for education.
If you buy a $350,000 house with a $5,000 down payment, your mortgage is $345,000
At a 30-year term and a 5.75% rate, you'll pay $379,797 in interest alone.
That's a total of $724,797 in payback.
Below are simple ways to avoid paying so much interest: