by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Happy Friday, everyone! And Happy St. Patrick's Day this weekend! If you're celebrating, may your holiday be filled with lots of green—our favorite color here at Call to Leap! 📈🤑 Whatever you're doing this weekend, be safe and have fun! But first, let's take a look at what happened this week and what's coming up... The market this week Well it certainly was a choppy week, with a mixture of news and market movement. As has been the cas

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team After a quiet trading week last week, Steve and I were back at it this week with some trading opportunities we saw. Waiting for my moment... I was assigned on my $190 AAPL cash-secured put this week so I had 100 new shares to sell a covered call against. As the stock price kept slipping lower through the week, I chose to wait a few days for AAPL to ideally have an "up" day, even if it was just a modest bounce. When selling calls, our pr

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Steve and I both took somewhat of a "wait and see" approach for opening new positions this week so I wanted to take the opportunity to learn and grow as a community. We'll get a little nerdy and technical for those who want to come along with me. Steve and I still made some Wheel Strategy trades and long-term purchases so keep reading to check those out too. Talk nerdy to me... The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both notched further bullish gains t

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team As we're nearing the end of February and the beginning of spring, temperatures are starting to rise for many of us. Speaking of things warming up, Nvidia (NVDA) and the semiconductor industry really turned up the heat this week following blockbuster earnings results. It looks like the market shook off the cobwebs from last week and continued to climb the ladder this week. Let's take a look at what happened this week and what's coming up

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Ben’s trades this week All wheels are in motion... I didn't roll out or close any wheels this week as they still have decent time value left in them, however I did have my AMZN covered call at $155 strike get called away from me. I originally sold that call with an optimistically out-of-the-money (OTM) strike back when AMZN was trading around $148. Then earnings happened and the rest is history. The stock jumped up to ~$170 and has stay

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Happy Valentine's Day and Presidents Day, everyone! This week, I'm showing myself some self-love by continuing to save and invest for my future, as always. Who says spending money on your (future) self isn't a good thing? Following an exciting Super Bowl and with a long weekend ahead, it felt like the market was stuck in a bit of a holding pattern. Let's take a look at what happened this week and what's coming up... The market this week

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Ben’s trades this week Goin' up?... AAPL appears to be in a bit of a holding pattern this week so I took the opportunity to roll my covered call "out and up". It was expiring next week, and since I'm still bullish on AAPL over the next month or more, I added more extrinsic value into the option by rolling the call out to March 15 and allowed for the stock to run up further by rolling the call up from $190 to $195. Even though the stock

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team With mostly positive earnings season in the rear-view mirror, who's ready for the big game this weekend? I'm not even that big of an NFL fan, but I know I'll be keeping my eye out for some great commercials from my favorite companies to invest in (looking at you, Apple Vision Pro). Reportely, tickets to the game itself are averaging $10,000 a pop—I definitely don't like football that much 😉 Let's take a look at what happened this wee

by Steve Chen, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team Ben’s trades this week Goin' up?... I bought-to-close my cash-secured puts (CSP) in AMZN. Following AMZN's big day on Friday, the option had decayed 95% in value, and with another week left to go until expiration, I wasn't about to wait around to pocket the final $5 in profit. Remember: you can always choose to close out your call and put options early especially when they depreciate in value 50% or more if you want to lock in your pro

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team We made it through the first week of earnings season—high five! The market had a mostly positive week, though the same can't be said for every company reporting their earnings. Let's take a look at what happened and what's coming up... Reminder: Beginning last week, Steve and I changed up how and when we post articles here. Our goal is to engage with you all in this amazing community more often, while making these posts more digestible

by Steve Chen, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team

by Ben Weiss, for the Call to Leap Team