Matt's Alerts - Trade Forwarder

07:00:00 AM - 2/28/2026

SELL

Trimming position BAC Selling: March 6 puts Strike Price: $50 Selling Price: $1.25 These puts are up about 315%, so I'm going to sell 20% more of my position here.

08:12:28 PM - 2/27/2026

I'm going to buy some TQQQ March 6 $52 calls...paying $0.49....to give me a partial hedge against my puts......The ratio will be 2 to 1 in favor of the puts (in terms of money).

07:51:30 PM - 2/27/2026

I'm going to add to my TQQQ March 6 $45 puts...paying $0.77.....I will still be a small position for now.

06:01:17 PM - 2/27/2026

Trimming position BAC Selling: March 6 puts Strike Price: $50 Selling Price: $1.25 These puts are up about 315%, so I'm going to sell 20% more of my position here.

04:34:14 PM - 2/27/2026

Closing position SLV Selling: March 20 calls Strike Price: $80 Selling Price: $9.30 These calls are up about 550%, so I'm going to close this position. I only left a very small position in this one...and with silver up 6% today, I'm going to take advantage of this move to take the profit and focus on my longer-dated calls.

04:33:43 PM - 2/27/2026

Closing position SLV Selling: March 20 calls Strike Price: $60 Selling Price: $25.15 These calls are up about 450%, so I'm going to close this position. I only left a very small position in this one...and with silver up 6% today, I'm going to take advantage of this move to take the profit and focus on my longer-dated calls.

04:32:54 PM - 2/27/2026

Closing position SLV Selling: March 20 calls Strike Price: $55 Selling Price: $30.05 These calls are up about 420%, so I'm going to close this position. I only left a very small position in this one...and with silver up 6% today, I'm going to take advantage of this move to take the profit and focus on my longer-dated calls.

02:57:26 PM - 2/27/2026

I"m going to buy some GDX March 6 $120 calls right here..paying $1.39.....It's a small position to start.

02:51:03 PM - 2/27/2026

Trimming position BAC Selling: March 6 puts Strike Price: $50 Selling Price: $1.10 These puts are up about 230%, so I'm going to sell 20% of my position here. (However, I might buy them back before the day is over...if the stock bounces.)

02:37:10 PM - 2/27/2026

Closing position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 puts Strike Price: $51 Selling Price: $2.30 These puts are up about 175%, so I'm going to close the position right here. (I still own the $48 puts from yesterday afternoon.)

08:57:37 PM - 2/26/2026

I did buy some more of those TQQQ Feb 27 $48 puts...paying $0.19.

08:55:19 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to add to my position in the SLV April 17 $100 calls...paying $4.21.....this is a very small addition. (Remember, you have until 4:15 to trade the SLV options.)

08:41:03 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to buy a TINY number of TQQQ Feb 27 $48 puts...paying $0.18.....I will buy some more before the day is over, but I just wanted to dip my toe in the water right now......If TQQQ breaks below 48 (which is also its 200-DMA), it should get hit pretty hard.......However, when I do buy some more, it will still be relatively small.

08:22:45 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to do it by buying some TQQQ March 6 $45 puts...paying $0.64.....This will be very small to start.

07:09:31 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to sell 80% of my TQQQ Feb 27 $51 puts...at $1.40......I may buy them back before the day is over

03:22:44 PM - 2/26/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 puts Strike Price: $51 Selling Price: $1.93 These puts are up about 130%, so I'm going to sell some here. I'm only selling about 20% here, however.

03:07:40 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to buy some more of the BAC March 6 $50 puts...paying $0.25.......This is still a small position. If we get some confirmation that it's going to roll back over, then I'll add more to it.

02:49:41 PM - 2/26/2026

I'm going to sell my TQQQ Feb 27 $52.50 calls....selling them at $0.33......I'm going to hold onto the puts.

08:48:13 PM - 2/25/2026

I am going to buy some TQQQ Feb 27 $52.50 call...paying $0.77......and some TQQQ Feb 27 $51 puts...paying $0.84......The ratio on this strangle will be 1 for 1 (in terms of money).

07:41:29 PM - 2/25/2026

I'm going to buy a TINY number of BAC March 6 $50 puts...paying $0.47...... I will almost certainly will add to it tomorrow. I want to see if the market overall jumps on NVDA's report.

06:55:56 PM - 2/25/2026

I'm going to roll my XLE calls. I'm going to sell my XLE Feb 27 $57 calls (selling at $0.08)...and I'm going to buy the XLE March 6 $57 calls...paying $0.31.

04:44:13 PM - 2/25/2026

New position SOXS Buying: March 6 calls Strike Price: $2 Purchase Price: $0.05 This is very small position.....If NVDA disappoints tomorrow...and there is an attack on Iran over the weekend...the chip stocks could get hit rather hard. This is a very cheap way to take advantage of this scenario......Of course, one or both of these issues could be resolved in a very positive manner. But since these calls only cost $0.05, it doesn't cost much to make the play. In other words, I can risk a very small amount of money if it doesn't work...but make a lot of money if it does.

04:26:50 PM - 2/25/2026

Closing position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $51 Selling Price: $1.43 These calls are still up very nicely, so I'm going to sell the balance here. I worry that we could see a sideways chop over the next few hours, so I'm going to sell them. (I might buy some other TQQQ calls later today...as part of a straddle...in front of the NVDA earnings. But I'm going to wait until the last hour of trading.)

03:10:13 PM - 2/25/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $51 Selling Price: $1.57 These calls are now up more than 100%, so I'm going to sell some more of my position right here. This will leave me with about 15% of what I started the day with.

03:08:08 PM - 2/25/2026

Closing position GDX Selling: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $110 Selling Price: $3.02 These calls are still up about 100%, so I'm going to sell the rest of the position here. HOWEVER, I will (VERY) likely roll the proceeds out to next Friday at some point today.

02:33:24 PM - 2/25/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $51 Selling Price: $1.20 These calls are up about 100%, so I'm going to sell 50% of my position right here. Now the rest of the position is gravy.

08:49:57 PM - 2/24/2026

I'm going to add to the XLE Feb 27 $57 calls...paying $0.18......It's still a small position, but not a tiny one.

08:40:18 PM - 2/24/2026

Adding to position TQQQ Buying: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $51 Purchase Price: About $0.70-$0.75 I will buy some more of these calls before the day is over. I just want to let people know now. I'll probably buy it close to 4:00pm EST.

02:37:54 PM - 2/24/2026

Trimming position BAC Selling: Feb 27 puts Strike Price: $52 Selling Price: $2.08 These calls are up about 200%, so I'm going to sell 80% of my position right here.

09:03:22 PM - 2/23/2026

New position SLV Buying: Feb 27 puts Strike Price: $75 Purchase Price: $1.50 This is very small position.....The ratio is well above 10 to 1 in favor of the SLV calls in terms of money, but since the puts are shorter-dated, the hedge is better than 10 to 1......Again, you still have until 4:15pm EST if you want to do this trade. (SLV options don't close until the futures close.)

08:41:37 PM - 2/23/2026

Trimming position GDX Selling: Feb 17 calls Strike Price: $110 Selling Price: $3.14 These calls are up about 125%, so I'm going to sell half of my position here. I will likely roll the proceeds out to the following Friday at some point this week.

08:35:04 PM - 2/23/2026

I might add to this TQQQ call position before the day is over...especially if it dips again.

08:33:50 PM - 2/23/2026

New position TQQQ Buying: Feb 27 calls Strike Price: $51 Purchase Price: $0.49 This is very small position.

08:28:20 PM - 2/23/2026

Those calls that I just sold are the SLV calls.

08:20:59 PM - 2/23/2026

Yes, I'm going to sell some March $80 calls. Trimming position SLV Selling: $80 calls Strike Price: $80 Selling Price: $7.66 These calls are up about 440% from my average price, so I'm going to sell more here. This will leave me with a small runner in these particular calls.

08:16:36 PM - 2/23/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 puts Strike Price: $45 Selling Price: $1.02 I'm going to sell 2/3 of my position in these puts. As always, I reserve the right to buy them back later this week. I just don't see the kind of negative breadth that tells me that this is going to get ugly immediately. Also the SMH is not leading the way lower. If anything, it's not down as much as most other groups.

02:36:35 PM - 2/20/2026

Since I won't be watching the markets very closely most of today, I'm going to sell by XLE Feb 20 $55 calls (at $0.30) and rolling them into the Feb 27 $57 calls (paying $0.22).

08:48:44 PM - 2/18/2026

With this late-day bounce in the stock market...and oil still up near its highs...before the close, I'm going to buy some TQQQ Feb 27 $45.50 puts...paying about $1.00......This will be a TINY trade.

08:29:48 PM - 2/18/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Selling: Feb 27 puts (Next Friday) Strike Price: $45 Selling Price: $1.03 This puts are up almost 50%, so I'm going to sell some here. However, since they don't expire until next Friday, I'm still holding most of them.

06:14:12 PM - 2/18/2026

New position TQQQ Buying: Feb 27 puts (Next Friday) Strike Price: $45 Purchase Price: $0.70 This is very small position. I just want some protection out to next Friday...given the big US build-up of military strength in the Middle East.

04:01:56 PM - 2/18/2026

Trimming position TQQQ Buying: Feb 20 calls Strike Price: $50 Purchase Price: $1.10 These calls are up over 80%. I'm going to sell half of my position right here.

02:07:29 PM - 2/18/2026

FYI, I will be on the Asharq Network (affiliated with Bloomberg TV) out of Dubai at 9:45am EST.

08:52:39 PM - 2/17/2026

New position TQQQ Buying: Feb 20 calss Strike Price: $50 Purchase Price: $0.60 This is a tiny position...to hedge the TQQQ Feb 20 $46 puts that I have......because the TQQQ bounced off its 200-DMA today......Either way, I don't see more much sideways movement this week. We should see some move in one direction or the other.

08:38:02 PM - 2/17/2026

Adding to position XLE Buying: Feb 20 calls Strike Price: $55 Purchase Price: $0.14 This was a very, very small position that I started on Friday. I am adding to it now in a tiny way...so it's still a very small position. I just don't think today's comments about the negotiations with with Iran is a stalling tactic.....However, I could be wrong, so I'm keeping the position very small.

08:30:31 PM - 2/17/2026

New position SLV Buying: Feb 20 puts Strike Price: $62 Purchase Price: $0.54 This is a very, very small position...However, if they want to manipulate silver lower this week, I want a little bit more exposure to a downside move. Again, this is a very, very small position.

02:43:08 PM - 2/17/2026

I am going to roll 40% of my SLV Feb 20 $60 puts...into the SLV Feb 27 $60 puts......Selling the Feb 20 puts at $0.40...and buying the Feb 27 puts at $1.08 with the proceeds.

02:25:39 PM - 2/17/2026

FYI....Even though we had a long weekend this past weekend, the regular Tuesday 11:00am EST meeting will go on as scheduled today. (Sometimes, I push it out one day when the market is closed on Monday, but I'm not going to do that this week.)

08:47:58 PM - 2/13/2026

New position XLE Buying: Feb 20 calls Strike Price: $55 Purchase Price: $0.44 This is a very, very small position... I just want a little exposure over the weekend.......That said, my exposure overall this weekend is very low for next week. With the long weekend, I just worry about the time decay. However, next week could be a very active one!

08:24:52 PM - 2/13/2026

New position GDX Buying: Feb 20 puts Strike Price: $96 Purchase Price: $0.79 This is a very, very small position... which will give me a partial hedge against my small position in the GDX calls. The ratio will be about 3 to 1 in favor of the calls.

08:11:14 PM - 2/13/2026

New position TQQQ Buying: Feb 20 puts Strike Price: $46 Purchase Price: $0.86 This is a TINY position. I just want some bearish exposure over the weekend...just in case something strange happens....I will add to it (while still keeping it very small) if the market rallies between now and the close of trading.