LIVE AT 2 PM ET: TESLA’S NEXT BIG CATALYST IS ALMOST HERE
In case you were wondering, our new Warped Options strategy is 2 for 2 out of the gate, scoring a 51.11% win on CVS and a 57.89% win on CCL, which we covered in the masterclass session as a bonus trade.
And I couldn’t be happier!
You know what else has me pretty excited? The trigger for Tesla’s biggest potential move since 2020 is right around the corner…
And I’m covering it LIVE at 2 p.m. ET, so don’t be late.
Not only that, but boy oh boy it’s a busy day…
At 3 p.m. ET, the guys and I are doing a special roundtable presentation where we’ll discuss Trump’s impact on the market, and our No. 1 trade ideas for 2025!
Now…
Earnings season officially kicked off this morning with the big banks kicking things off with a bang. Citigroup (C ), Wells Fargo (WFC) and JPMorgan (JPM) are all up nicely, particularly the first of those two.
C is up 7.4%, WFC is up 6% and JPM 1.9% as of lunchtime on the East Coast. In fact, we noted the Jan. 17 expiration, $72 strike calls as a good place to start on Friday…
When they were just $1.45 a contract. Today, they peaked at $6.93 — BANG!
So what’s next on deck?
We have Bank of America (BAC) for tomorrow morning, but there’s no new flow to report since the short bets we saw last week (follow the link above, same newsletter as the Citigroup calls).
We’ve also seen bullish flow into Taiwan Semiconductor and Goldman Sachs, but they’re way too pricey. A bullish order hit in Morgan Stanley (MS), with shares popping 4.8% alongside the other banks.
A trader snagged the Jan. 24, $129 calls. Shares are already over $130 with today’s bounce, and market makers expect a move of $4.77 higher or lower on the report, so one could reasonably go a few bucks higher if they really felt confident about this trade.
It’s not a huge amount of premium at $153k, but the $133 calls expiring Friday are going for about $1.40 this afternoon. This is a weekly option so just know that it can and will go to $0 FAST if wrong or the stock doesn’t move enough.
This one’s tough because the stock has already moved so much, it could give back some of today’s gains if the numbers aren’t really strong — sell the news, as they say.
Same goes for US Bank (USB), which reports before the open Thursday. The stock is up 3.2% to around $50.60 this afternoon, and a trader snagged the $52.50 calls expiring Friday with market makers expecting a move of $1.89 higher or lower after the report.
Again, these are weeklies — so respect that risk!
Now be sure and join me at 2 p.m. ET for the next BIG Tesla trade, and then at 3 p.m. ET for our roundtable session that will be cram packed full of actionable info!
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