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Monday, August 11th
“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”
– Sylvia Plath
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Markets Today
🌏 Asia-Pacific: Up
🇪🇺 Europe: Mixed
🇺🇸 United States: Up
🛢️ Oil: Up
⚡Crypto: Up
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Is Apple stock no longer a good investment?
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Major Market Events
- Chip giants accept 15% levy on China AI‑chip sales — Nvidia & AMD to remit a cut to the U.S., reshaping margins and trade
- Buybacks hit record pace — U.S. firms on track for ~$1.1T in 2025, led by banks and big tech
- Fed’s Bowman floats 2025 rate cuts — case for three reductions keeps a pivot in play
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🤔 My Thoughts
My Calm Plan for a Choppy Market
One Trade I Can Sleep On (Even If We Dip)
On the most recent Profit Panel, I walked through a simple, durable move on Oscar Health (OSCR): sell the $15 put and get paid to wait.
If you don’t sell options much, here’s the plain-English version: A cash-secured put is just an agreement.
I collect a cash premium today for promising to buy the stock at a set price (in this case $15) if it dips there by expiration
If OSCR stays above $15, I keep the cash and no shares change hands.
On the other hand, if it trades below $15 and I’m assigned, I’m happy to own it at a discount — because the premium I collected lowers my effective cost.
Why this name?
OSCR’s premiums are “juicy” right now, and I don’t mind the business.
The plan from the show was straightforward: use the monthly contract and size it so that if I’m assigned, I can comfortably carry 100-share lots and then sell covered calls against the position for ongoing income.
Think of it as getting paid to place a limit order, then getting paid again to rent out your shares.
Risk notes: I cap this at a small slice of my account size, I avoid doubling down if a downgrade hits, and I’m picky about price — I’d rather miss a trade than force it.
If you’re new to this, only use cash-secured puts (no margin), and make sure you actually want the shares at the strike price you sell.
Side benefit: if the stock pops and the put decays quickly, I can often buy the put back for pennies and redeploy the capital the same week. Rinse and repeat.
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To Better Trading,
Alex Reid
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