Exits, 8/1/2025
How we did on the trades we exited this week.
Dids/Pexels
This Week’s Trade Exits
As soon as I exit a trade, I note that in the comments of the post where I first mentioned the trade; at the end of the week, I try to track them all in one post. Starting in July, 2024, I have also been tracking them in this spreadsheet. These are the trades I exited this week.
Stocks or Exchange Traded Products
Tecogen ( TGEN 11.70%↑). Bought for $3.26 on 5/6/2025; sold (a quarter) for $9.60 on 7/31/2025. Profit: 194%.
Options
Call spread on UnitedHealth Group (UNH -3.21%↓). Entered at a net debit of $2.23 on 7/22/2025; expired worthless on 8/1/2025. Loss: 100%.
Put spread on UnitedHealth Group (UNH -3.21%↓). Entered at a net credit of $1.3 on 7/22/2025; exited at a net debit of $2.47 on 7/30/2025. Loss: 98%.
Call spread on Howmet Aerospace (HWM 4.74%↑). Entered at a net debit of $4.90 on 7/10/2025; exited at a net credit of $5 on 8/1/2025. Profit: 2%.
Call spread on Robinhood Markets (HOOD 0.56%↑). Entered at a net debit of $3 on 6/9/2025; exited at a net credit of $9.50 on 7/28/2025. Profit: 217%.
Comments
Stocks or Exchange Traded Products
I’m still bullish on this TGEN, which came from my Market Watchers list, rather than Portfolio Armor’s top ten names (at the time, TGEN didn’t have options traded on it, so it was ineligible for Portfolio Armor’s ranking)—just took some profits at a new high, and will probably redeploy in TGEN options at some point. You can read more about that stock here:
Portfolio Armor’s top names continue to do well though. This was the performance of our top ten from January 30th:
Since I started this Substack in December of 2022, PA’s top names have averaged returns of 16.25% over the next six months, versus SPY 0.00%↑’s average of 9.21%.
Options
UnitedHealth Group (UNH -3.21%↓): I had looked into this one after seeing some mention it on our Market Watchers list, and what sold it for me was the insider buys at YTD lows. After reporting this week, UNH fell to 5-year lows. Looks like this might have been a kitchen-sink quarter, but I’m just going to take the L on this one and put it in the too-hard pile.
Howmet Aerospace (HWM 4.74%↑). This one was frustrating. Our trade was structured to hit max profits with HWM at or above $185. It opened at $200 in the premarket on Thursday, then sank below $175. I had a limit order to exit at $8 and lower that to $5 in the premarket Friday, when the stock was in the red. It ended up rallying Friday afternoon, closing above $184. Had I waited, I probably could have exited for about $9, which would have been a return of over 80%. I hope some of my subscribers did.
Robinhood Markets (HOOD 0.56%↑). Great stock, and it was nice to get another solid gain from trading options on it.