🚨 I’ll be on at 2 p.m. ET 🚨
I’m stepping into the Zoom room to share the simple daily setup behind a 251-35 record that allows you to target an extra $250 tomorrow (on a $1K starting stake) and more [tap to join us]!
Let me be completely straight with you about something most traders won’t admit right now.
The easy money is over. With VIX still elevated, selling premium with a cushion is the simpler, higher-probability setup than chasing breakouts — and we have a lot of wiggle room to work with right now.
I know that’s not what you want to hear when you’re watching stocks like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) or Micron Technology (MU) bounce back from the recent chaos. But here’s the reality — stocks aren’t going to rally 5, 10, 15 or 20% over the next two or three sessions.
AMD isn’t going up $57 a share tomorrow. It’s just not happening.
I was down six figures during the sell-off and fought my way back to being up $106,000 by buying AI stocks during the crash. That was the opportunity. That window is closed now.
The Trap of Chasing the Move
Here’s what I don’t want to see happen…
You hear everyone screaming to buy the Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ), AMD or other hot names after they’ve already recovered. You jump in trying to catch the next leg up. Then the market sells off overnight and you’re stuck asking yourself what to do next.
I don’t know if the market continues to rally. These stocks could go down 5% tomorrow — I have no idea. I do not have a crystal ball. The recovery we just saw?
Part skill, part lucky timing. Holding the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq overnight right now is extremely risky. The hard trade is trying to chase.
Stack Singles Instead of Swinging for Home Runs
Last week was about home runs. Today is about singles.
That means a rules-based approach designed to avoid overnight headline risk entirely. Open a position in the morning, collect your payout by close — no guessing what happens while you sleep.
The setup I like best is an out-of-the-money credit spread with a wide cushion, targeting a hundred bucks per contract on SPX. The edge comes from expected daily ranges — a.k.a. the Market Maker Move — where price is mathematically likely to stay contained.
Market makers are incentivized to defend those ranges, so this works whether the market finishes up, down or sideways.
This works for small accounts too using XSP instead of SPX.
If you want more info on my favorite way to trade like this, I’ll be on at 2 p.m. ET to share my strategy!
A rules-based plan removes the emotional guesswork that causes traders to overtrade or freeze up after a loss. Consistency beats heroics when the easy setups are gone.
Don’t let FOMO push you into risky positions just because you missed the initial move. Going out and buying QQQ or AMD right now? That ship has sailed, my friends — and that’s perfectly fine. There’s still money to be made if you adjust your expectations and play the game that’s actually in front of you.
Order Flow:
This is for informational and educational purposes only. These are not official alerts issued by Lance, but rather some interesting orders picked by the team at Lance Ippolito Trading.
When you look at these plays, always take the market maker move into consideration.
You can be right on the direction but still lose money if the stock doesn’t move enough. That’s where the market maker move comes in clutch.
With puts, they’re often downside hedges in case a stock tanks, especially around earnings. The further out of the money they are, the more likely they are to be hedges.
Also be sure and check when the company’s earnings date is because many of the plays we post here are centered around earnings!
If a stock is really expensive, consider a spread to lower the cost.
And finally, always remember the golden rule when it comes to buying calls: Buy dips, sell rips — and don’t chase!
If a stock’s moved a ton already today, maybe wait for a pullback.
There is inherent risk in trading. Trade at your own risk.
Note: If no date is listed after the month, it’s the monthly expiration (third Friday).
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*This is for informational and educational purposes only. There is inherent risk in trading, so trade at your own risk.
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