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I get a lot of emails… a LOT of emails. You’ve probably heard a lot about my brand-new spread trading strategy, the 4PM Payout Plan, as it’s all the rage right now.
And I’ve already gotten a ton of great feedback…
So I thought today, instead of hearing me talk more about it, I figured I’d share an email I got from Nathan.
It’s one of those emails that we LOVE to see. BIG THANK YOU to Nathan from myself and the entire team. This made our day, and we hope it helps others get a better idea of exactly what we’re going here.
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4PM IS AMAZING !!!!
From: Nathan
LANCE 4PM TRADE IS AMAZING!!!!
This is a breath of fresh air to me!!!
I can’t tell you how much this means to me and my family!!!
I am a full-time trader and have done really well in the past, but have been very cautious and really lowered my frequency of trades and position size since the election shift and especially since all of the tariff news first hit. I just haven’t had much confidence in most strategies or the market, and I have A LOT of different strategies to work with, but most of them are being so affected by the tariff, economic, and geopolitical events right now, that even great strategies are getting totally unexpected reversals and whipsaw action. I have gotten whipsawed so much even on good setups that I greatly reduced swing trading a while back and have been mostly day trading through all of this.
Anyway, I fully understand no strategy is perfect and there will always be losers, BUT this strategy has SO MUCH going for it and I can clearly see it winning consistently pretty much through any market conditions you can throw at it. I like high win rate trades, that still maintain a high return when you include the losers, and I like cutting my losses quick. So many high win rate strategies are structured such that 1 bad trade can wipe out 10–20 good trades, which brings your average return down to a point where it’s just wastes so much time considering what you walk away with in the end. Not so with this trade. I also LOVE the idea of credit spreads, but I HATE risk of assignment, but we don’t have to worry about that with this trade. I also like the tax advantages of SPX over SPY. I also love that it is non-directional. So many directional strategies are getting crushed right now. I could go on and on. This is really a genius strategy Lance!!! You incorporated a LOT of great components, all working together to make this, honestly the best strategy I have ever seen!!! Excellent job!!!
Btw, I made over $1,000 this morning on the first trade, easy, and was out by 10:49AM! I know every day won’t be like that, but that was awesome!!!
Best Regards,
Nathan
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He’s right that every day won’t be like that and while there are no guarantees in trading, of course, we hope to see plenty more big days ahead!
Thanks again to Nathan for making our day!
If you’re ready to learn about the 4PM Payout Plan yourself, I’m presenting it again at 4 p.m. ET today…
Just go here and get in on the next trade!
Order Flow:
Well, the Snapchat (SNAP) calls from yesterday were a total bust with the stock tanking on earnings…
However, the First Solar (FSLR) puts EXPLODED with the stock falling hard this morning! The weekly $137 puts went from $4.60 when the newsletter hit your inboxes to $16.50 this morning while the May 9 $131 puts went from $3.45 to $11.90 this morning — BANG!
We’ll take a small loss in SNAP for a monster win in FSLR all day!
We also shared several plays in MSFT, which reports after the close today that may be a little cheaper after the stock dipped a bit.
We saw another order in MSFT late yesterday, a MASSIVE $5.7 million short-dated call.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META) also reports today, and Albemarle (ALB) reports before the open Thursday.
If you feel particularly bullish about MSFT or META, look at call spreads to lower the cost heading in. As always, respect that risk!
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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!
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).
The team at Lance Ippolito Trading
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*This is for informational and educational purposes only. There is inherent risk in trading, so trade at your own risk.
P.S. This Setup Handed Lance a 96% Win Rate in a Terrible Market
About $11 trillion has been lost over the last 10 weeks…
Yet I was able to nail a 96% win rate on a daily setup for 4PM Payouts.
Let me show you how it’s done!
