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01-26 21:44

Options Weekly Review: Why is my account still profitable despite "floating losses"?

1. Options Trader's Weekly Recap of My Three Options Trades last Week : $S&P 7xLongSG260226(SPXW.SI)$ $Alibaba(BABA)$ $Micron Technology(MU)$ Hello everyone, due to the holiday, this week only had 3 trading days, during which I executed 3 options-related strategies. While the number of trades is small, they are highly representative in terms of intraday execution, shorting at high levels, and profit-taking discipline. This article mainly has three structures: my options trading review, how I profited, and a summary of my trading discipline and methodology. 1. S&P 500 (SPXW) Intraday Options Strategy Underlying Asset:
Options Weekly Review: Why is my account still profitable despite "floating losses"?
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01-26 16:38

Gold at Record Highs: How to Lock In Gains and Manage Downside Risk

On January 26, the international gold price once again set a new historical record. As of today's intraday session,Spot gold once exceeded $5,090 an ounce, standing at the psychological barrierUS $5000/ozAnd hit a new high, continuing the strong upward momentum this year,The increase has exceeded 16-17% during the year。 COMEX futures gold prices strengthened simultaneously, precious metals were overall active, and silver and other metals also hit highs. The overall institutional views are on the high side. Goldman Sachs' latest research report willGold price forecast raised to $5,400/oz from $4,900 at the end of 2026, and pointed out that private investors and central banks continue to increase their holdings of gold as the main supporting factor; Some analysts even believe that gold price
Gold at Record Highs: How to Lock In Gains and Manage Downside Risk

AMD is rising too fast, Intel's earnings report may become a callback catalyst

Recent$Advanced Micro Corporation (AMD) $The stock price continues to rise, mainly due to the tight supply of data center CPUs, strong demand from cloud vendors, and rising market expectations for the growth of AI business. At the same time, the upgrade of major banks and capital inflows also strengthened market sentiment. However, it should be noted that AMD's rise relies heavily on the assumption of "tight supply and demand". Once supply improves or demand falls short of expectations, the stock price may pull back. Intel's latest financial report shows that Q1 guidance is weak, inventory buffers are exhausted, and production capacity tilts take time to release, causing its stock price to fall by more than 10% after hours. This information may give t
AMD is rising too fast, Intel's earnings report may become a callback catalyst

Intel's popularity is off the charts, and the bullish strategy does this

$Intel (INTC) $The fourth quarter "report card" will be handed over after the market closes on Thursday. The current expectations given by Wall Street are not amazing: Q4 EPS is only US $0.08, and revenue is about US $13.39 billion, down 6% year-on-year. But what the market is really staring at is not these cold figures, but a bigger question-whether Intel's "turnaround" is real. Look at the stock price first, the answer has been written in the K-line. Intel almost emerged from the "disliked" corner: the stock price will soar by more than 80% in 2024, leaving the S&P 500 far behind; At the beginning of 2026, it has risen by about 35%, and the cumulative increase in the past 12 months is as high as 149%. The day before the financial report, the st
Intel's popularity is off the charts, and the bullish strategy does this

After Panic Priced: Time to Short the VIX Is Emerging

The market has really not stopped recently. One side is Greenland-related geopolitical issues are making waves again, the other side isJapan's uncertain fiscal outlook directly ignites selling sentiment in global bond markets。 The "pretending that the years are quiet", which lasted for several weeks, was instantly broken. Investor confidence in U.S. policy is beginning to loosen. "Sell America ( Sell U.S.)"This old script has been turned out again by the market. Risk aversion is heating up rapidly, and global risk assets are collectively under pressure. This is no longer just a matter of an emergency, but the market's response toFuture uncertainty is obviously on the riseThe real reaction of.As soon as the market opened on Tuesday, the U.S. stock market directly gave everyone a show ⚠ ️ ——
After Panic Priced: Time to Short the VIX Is Emerging

Netflix has reached a critical moment again. Can this financial report hold up?

📊$Netflix (NFLX) $ Will release Q4 2025 earnings on January 20 after hours, judging from the current market consensus expectations, the overall tone is still positive. Q4 revenue is expected to fall in$119-$12 billion range, the year-on-year growth rate remained atMiddle double digits (approximately 16%-17%), the core drivers come from the adjustment of subscription prices, the continuous optimization of the paid user structure, and the gradual increase in the advertising business. The earnings side is also solid, analysts expectEPS around $5.4-$5.5, operating margins are close to24%, continuing Netflix's recent quarters "Revenue growth + margin improvement"Benign trend. 📈From the perspective of growth logic, the market generally believes that Q4 is
Netflix has reached a critical moment again. Can this financial report hold up?

Options Trader's Weekly Recap: BABA, BIDU, YINN & AAPL's Bullish Spread Strategy

1. Last week, my four options trading review (January 12-16, 2026)Hello tigers, last week I executed a total of 4 options trades, 3 transactions are locked in profits, and 1 transaction continues to be observed.Overall to short Chinese concept stocks are the main line, the core is still Short cycle, vertical spread, high winning rate structure, but due to Alibaba's violent fluctuations, higher requirements have been put forward for trading experience and risk control cognition.1. Short $Alibaba(BABA)$ Strategy: Sell $165-170 Call SpreadDue Date: 20260116Breakeven point: approximately $166-167Result: Intraday earnings hit FridayFeatures: Low margin, but extreme fluctuations in the middle, causing strong psychological impact2. Short Baidu (BIDU)Stra
Options Trader's Weekly Recap: BABA, BIDU, YINN & AAPL's Bullish Spread Strategy

Microsoft: You can close a premium without a big drop

Judging from the stock price performance,$Microsoft (MSFT) $It has weakened significantly in the last week. After peaking around $480.99 in mid-January, the stock price continued to fall, hitting a low of $455.90, and the short-term pullback/retracement was close to 5%. The decline was significantly enlarged on January 13th and 14th, and the average daily trading volume of about 23 million shares and the proportion of short transactions increased, reflecting the concentrated release of short-term selling pressure and the prominent characteristics of emotional selling.The background of the decline mainly comes from external disturbances in the AI industry chain, including rising expectations of energy costs and carbon emission policies, which has caus
Microsoft: You can close a premium without a big drop

TSMC's financial report exceeded expectations, how to use options to bet on the rise?

Just now, January 15, 2026-$Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) $Announced today that for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025, the company's consolidated revenue reachedNT $1.04609 trillion, net profitNT $505.74 billionDiluted earnings per shareNT $19.50(Yield per unit of ADR$3.14)。On a year-on-year basis, revenue growth in the quarter20.5%, both net profit and diluted earnings per share increased35.0%; QoQ Q3 2025, revenue growth5.7%, net profit growth11.8%。 All financial data are based onTaiwan Financial Accounting Standards(TIFRS), prepared on a consolidated basis.In U.S. dollars, fourth-quarter revenue was$33.73 billion, year-on-year growth25.5%, month-on-month growth1.9%。Gross profit margin for the quarter was62.3%, operating profit m
TSMC's financial report exceeded expectations, how to use options to bet on the rise?

Gold strengthens in the short term, and rising sentiment heats up

Precious metal prices strengthened sharply during the New York session on Monday. Spot silver once rose 8% to exceed US $86, and spot gold once rose 2.4% to exceed US $4,600 per ounce, both setting a new historical record in December 2025.Recently, gold prices have continued to rise and approached or refreshed historical highs, mainly driven by market concerns about possible damage to the independence of the Federal Reserve and safe-haven demand triggered by the escalation of global geopolitical tensions. On the one hand, the market's concern about the US Department of Justice's investigation of the Federal Reserve Chairman and related investigations has aggravated the financial market's concern about political interference in the independence of the Federal Reserve. This concern may weake
Gold strengthens in the short term, and rising sentiment heats up

WMT is included in QQQ, what do you think of the follow-up of the skyrocketing?

Yesterday, the largest U.S. retailer$Walmart (WMT) $The gap opened more than 2% higher to a record high of $117.6. According to the news, Walmart will replace AstraZeneca as a constituent stock of the Nasdaq 100 Index, replacing AstraZeneca's position in the Nasdaq 100 Index. The adjustment will take effect on January 20, 2026.Strategic trends: Cooperate with Google to launch AI shopping assistant Sparky to promote the transformation of "conversational e-commerce"; Expand cooperation with Google subsidiary Wing to cover emergency merchandise delivery across the United States.Market sentiment and institutional views: Among the 43 institutions, 14 "strongly recommend" and 29 "buy", with an average target price of $121.71 (a 3.2% premium to the current p
WMT is included in QQQ, what do you think of the follow-up of the skyrocketing?

The Nasdaq continues to fluctuate, how to stabilize returns?

Last Friday, stimulated by positive U.S. non-farm payrolls data,$Nasdaq 100ETF (QQQ) $It rose sharply by about 1%, breaking through the pressure level of the previous convergence triangle, and the short-term bulls were active. However, U.S. stocks fell back in night trading today, led by the Nasdaq index, mainly affected by the news that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was criminally investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. The market is worried that the independence of the Federal Reserve may be damaged, thus affecting the continuity of monetary policy. Coupled with the release of key economic data (CPI, PPI, retail sales) this week and the start of the earnings season, investors generally increase their defensive positions, and risk as
The Nasdaq continues to fluctuate, how to stabilize returns?

Amazon's overbought signal appears, can it still rise?

$Amazon (AMZN) $The stock price has shown an upward trend in recent days. On 2026-01-07, it rose 3.08% intraday, and closed at 246.29 USD on 2026-01-09, up 1.96% from the previous day).Amazon's strategic actions in the field of AI have become a key driving force. For example, the company plans to invest US $10 billion in OpenAI to strengthen AI technical barriers, which is seen by the market as a signal to improve long-term competitiveness. At the same time, the Bank of America Securities report predicts that 2026 will be the "first year of independent AI", and Amazon is listed as one of the leading stocks due to its layout in cloud services (AWS) and smart commerce.Amazon is currently facing technical overbought, rising short pressure, uncertainty i
Amazon's overbought signal appears, can it still rise?

How to hedge high levels after Intel's surge

Intel shares rose more than 6% on Wednesday, becoming one of the biggest gainers in the S&P 500. Intel recently launched the next-generation PC platform processor Core Ultra3 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for more than 200 AI personal computers. Analysts attributed Wednesday's enthusiasm to market expectations of higher server CPU prices.INTC Bear Call Spread Strategy1. Strategy structureInvestors inIntel (INTC)Establish a * * Bear Call Spread * * strategy on options.The strategy passesSell lower strike price Call while buying higher strike price CallConstitute, belonging toBearish or volatile strategies with limited returns and limited risks。(1) Sell Call with lower execution price (main source of income)Investors sell a strike priceK ₁ = 45Call option to receive premium$0.76
How to hedge high levels after Intel's surge

Leading technology stocks are weak under the rotation of US stocks

The recent US stock market has shownObvious style rotation。 Investors can see a wave of small and mid-cap stocks and growth stocksPhased pull-up, more funds flocked to emerging sectors and theme stocks, pushing the small-cap stock index to rebound rapidly. In contrast, large-cap leading stocks, especially tech giants in the Nasdaq 100, have gained significantlySlowing down or even weakening。 These stocks have driven the index to rise sharply in the past few years, but at the current stage, most leading stocks lack momentum to rise, trading volume has shrunk, and the technical aspect shows high volatility and pressure.On the other hand, from the perspective of interest rate expectations, according to the latest data from the CME "Fed Watch" tool (as of January 7, 2026), the market believes
Leading technology stocks are weak under the rotation of US stocks

Gold fluctuates upward, how to use options to realize returns?

Michael Widmer, head of metals research at Bank of America, expects gold to remain a key portfolio hedge in 2026, with prices likely to average an ounce$4538, and silver may be inUS $135-309Range-bound. Widmer pointed out that falling gold supply and rising production costs will support prices, while producer profitability will be greatly improved.He believes that there is still room for underinvestment in the gold market, and the bull market may continue. Investment demand only needs to increase by 14% to push the gold price to $5,000. He emphasized that the allocation ratio of gold in the investment portfolio is low, and both retail investors, high-net-worth investors and central banks can obtain diversified returns by increasing gold allocation.In addition, silver may outperform gold at
Gold fluctuates upward, how to use options to realize returns?

How to bet on a reversal after Tesla's continuous decline?

$Tesla (TSLA) $It opened higher last Friday, but turned down quickly during the session. The stock price of Tesla (TSLA) has been weak in the past two weeks (2025-12-22 to 2026-01-05), with a cumulative decline of 10.4%, mainly driven by factors such as lower-than-expected delivery volume, intensified competition, and negative market sentiment.Model 3/Y deliveries in the fourth quarter were 406,585, compared with market expectations of 421,796. Automobile production in the fourth quarter was 434,358 units, compared with market expectations of 470,780 units; Model 3/Y production was 422,652 units, compared with market expectations of 452,494 units. For the full year of 2025, Tesla delivered 1.64 million vehicles, compared with 1.79 million in 2024.The
How to bet on a reversal after Tesla's continuous decline?
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2025-12-31

Use an iron eagle strategy to deal with the downturn

Near the end of the year, the U.S. stock market has gradually entered the rhythm of holiday trading, the activity of institutional funds has declined, and the overall trading volume has continued to decline. Indexes and individual stocks have generally shown a narrow range of fluctuations, and directional opportunities have been significantly reduced. In an environment of weak liquidity and limited volatility, the winning rate of simply betting on rising or falling decreases, while the option strategy with "range judgment" as the core has more advantages. Based on the current market characteristics of light transactions in U.S. stocks at the end of the year and the lack of trend in stock prices, investors can consider$Google (GOOG) $On options, a sel
Use an iron eagle strategy to deal with the downturn
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2025-12-30

Baidu has soared, how to make money with sell put?

$Baidu Group-SW (09888) $It rose more than 7% during the session. As of press time, the stock price rose 6.97% and is now quoted at HK $127.40, with a turnover of HK $977 million.On December 22, American online ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft announced that they had reached a cooperation with Baidu and planned to launch a pilot project of driverless taxis (Robotaxi) in the UK in 2026. According to public information, at present, the number of unmanned orders of Carrot Kuaipao per week has exceeded 250,000, and the cumulative number of travel services provided worldwide has exceeded 17 million. The cumulative number of service orders has surpassed Waymo, becoming the world's number one self-driving travel service provider.It is worth noting that
Baidu has soared, how to make money with sell put?
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2025-12-29

Precious metals plummet, how to use options to get on the car?

In early trading on December 29th, Beijing time, precious metals fluctuated sharply again, especially the short-term sharp rise and fall of international silver prices. After breaking through the US $83/oz mark in early trading, they quickly turned down, with the maximum intraday fluctuation reaching about 9%.In the past two trading days, the volatility of silver prices has been significantly enlarged. Last Friday (December 26th), the silver price rose by about 10% in a single day, the largest single-day increase since 2008. So far in 2025, the largest annual increase in silver prices has exceeded 185%. Even if it falls back from the early high, the year-to-year increase in silver prices is still around 170%, and it is expected to achieve its best annual performance since 1979.Driven by ti
Precious metals plummet, how to use options to get on the car?

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