Archive Category: Max Profit Alert (Alerts)

Today, we’ll take advantage of the market strength that’s followed Trump’s Greenland deal and position ourselves to take profits on three positions … Note: I’m recommending you exit each of these trades at specific prices using limit orders, so please read the details closely below.

While we wait for our three bullish long-call positions (XLV, YPF and XLB) to mature and provide the high-upside asymmetry they’re designed for … We’re going to “reload” our put-write portfolio with two new trades today. I mentioned last week how the Volatility Index (VIX) was scraping along the lows of its typical range, and how that makes it more challenging to find attractive put-write positions.

Happy New Year! We’re holding off on adding new positions to the portfolio until next week – more on why in a moment. So just a quick note today … and one action to take, in the form of a profit-taking “trap” on our latest long-call position, on the SPDR Materials Sector ETF (XLB).

Last trade of the year, and it’s a simple broad-sector play … The U.S. materials sector has generated middle-of-the-road returns in 2025. The SPDR Materials Sector ETF (XLB) is up just shy of 9% year-to-date. That compares to gains of between 13%, from the health care (XLV) and utilities (XLU) sectors, and, on the high end, 25% from the technology (XLK) sector.

Yesterday, I recommended setting profit-taking “traps” on our two latest put-write positions: Albemarle (ALB) and Lam Research (LRCX). Two updates here … First, I’m pleased to report the $0.75 limit order I recommended placing on the ALB position were cleanly executed at this morning’s open after shares of the stock opened strongly higher.