{"id":15741,"date":"2025-07-29T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/?page_id=15741"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:02:49","slug":"a-few-trades-to-report-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/?page_id=15741","title":{"rendered":"A Few Trades to Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"577\"><strong>Exited this SOFI position<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"577\"><strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"334\">Sofi Technologies (SOFI)<\/strong><br data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"337\" \/>One week ago, on <strong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"367\">July 22nd<\/strong>, I bought <strong data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"416\">4 SOFI 1\/16\/26 $21.00 Call options<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"429\">$3.65<\/strong> per contract. As I often mention, I use long-dated expirations not because I plan to hold that long, but to protect against <strong data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"576\">time decay (theta)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"641\"><strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"607\">7\/22\/25 \u2013 Buy to Open<\/strong><br data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"610\" \/>4 SOFI 1\/16\/26 $21.00 C @ $3.65<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"707\"><strong data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"673\">7\/29\/25 \u2013 Sell to Close<\/strong><br data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"676\" \/>4 SOFI 1\/16\/26 $21.00 C @ $5.40<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"789\"><strong>\ud83d\udcb0 Profit: +$700<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"789\">I invested <strong data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"753\">$1,456<\/strong> and earned a <strong data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"788\">48% ROI in 7 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"794\" \/>\n<h4 data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1080\"><strong>New Position with PLTR<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1080\"><strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"828\">Palantir Technologies (PLTR)<\/strong><br data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"831\" \/>At a share price of <strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"862\">$159.50<\/strong>, I opened a larger-than-usual position, buying <strong data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"940\">10 PLTR 1\/16\/26 $155 Calls<\/strong> at a premium of <strong data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"969\">$28 each<\/strong>. I think there will be a pullback very soon and I hope to be out before that happens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1137\"><strong data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1100\">Buy to Open<\/strong><br data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1103\" \/>10 PLTR 1\/16\/26 $155.00 C @ $28.00<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1142\" \/>\n<h4 data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1080\"><strong>New Position with META<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1356\"><strong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1169\">Meta Platforms (META)<\/strong><br data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1172\" \/>With META trading around <strong data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1205\">$717<\/strong>, I took a short-term shot by purchasing <strong data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1274\">1 META 1\/16\/26 $720 Call<\/strong> for <strong data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1286\">$68<\/strong>. Again, this is a short-term trade\u2014I expect to exit within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1412\"><strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1376\">Buy to Open<\/strong><br data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1379\" \/>1 META 1\/16\/26 $720.00 C @ $68.00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8Successful trading,<\/p>\n<p>Steve<\/p>\n<p><em>The Options Coach<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exited this SOFI position Sofi Technologies (SOFI)One week ago, on July 22nd, I bought 4 SOFI 1\/16\/26 $21.00 Call options at $3.65 per contract. As I often mention, I use long-dated expirations not because I plan to hold that long, but to protect against time decay (theta). 7\/22\/25 \u2013 Buy to Open4 SOFI 1\/16\/26 $21.00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15741","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P75MP0-45T","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15742,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15741\/revisions\/15742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainstbeatswallst.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}