Trade Alert: Through A Violent Tape
Bullish options bets on two of Monday night's Portfolio Armor Top Ten Names and one of our Multibaggers names.
Trading Through a Violent Tape
Despite the market uncertainty created by the war with Iran, we had three profitable trade exits on Monday:
Calls on Nokia Corp. (NOK 0.00%↑). Bought for $0.80 as part of a 3-leg combo on 1/21/2026; sold half for $2.50 on 3/2/2026. Profit: 213%. Signal: PA Top Names.
3-leg combo on AXT (AXTI 0.00%↑). Entered for a net debit of $2.45 on 12/29/2025; exited the February $15/$10 put spread at a net debit of $0.20 on 2/9/2026; sold the August $20 call for $28.50 on 3/2/2026. Profit: 1,055% (return on max risk: 338%). Signal: Market Watchers.
3-leg combo on Viavi Solutions (VIAV 0.00%↑). Entered for a net debit of $1.15 on 1/9/2026; exited the February $17/$15 put spread at a net debit of $0.16 on 1/28/2026; sold half of the June $19 calls for $11.20 on 2/27/2026 and the second half for $16.00 on 3/2/2026. Profit: 1,069% (return on max risk: 372%). Signal: PA Top Names.
Those are examples of how our options structures can be adaptive when headlines are driving sharp swings.
Three New Trades Teed Up
We have three new trades teed up for today: two from Portfolio Armor’s Top Names—our in-house source of alpha that has more than doubled the performance of SPY since late 2022—and a third from our Multibaggers list, a subset of our Market Watchers X list comprised of accounts with documented 100%+ gainers over the last year.
The three trades span a leading memory-and-storage semiconductor name, a large-cap generic pharmaceutical company, and a semiconductor foundry. Across all three, we’re continuing to use trade structures designed to harvest high implied volatility and let the whipsaw tape work to our advantage.
Full details below, including the same kinds of preset exit orders that let us automatically harvest profits on those three trades yesterday.
Today’s First Top Names Trade
Memory semiconductors / AI infrastructure theme
The stock is Micron Technology (MU 0.00%↑), and our trade is a combo consisting of these four legs:
Buying the June 18th, 2026 $480 call,
Selling the June 18th, 2026 $500 call,
Selling the April 10th, 2026 $345 put, and
Buying the April 10th, 2026 $340 put,
For a max net debit of $3.45. The max gain on 1 contract is $1,639, and the max loss is $845. This trade filled at $2.62.
Today’s Second Top Names Trade
Global pharma / defensive value theme
The stock is Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA 0.00%↑), and our trade is a combo consisting of these four legs:
Buying two of the September 18th, 2026 $35 calls,
Selling two of the June 18th, 2026 $39 calls,
Selling two of the June 18th, 2026 $30 puts, and
Buying two of the June 18th, 2026 $28 puts,
For a max net debit of $2.05. The max gain on one combo (2 contracts per leg) is $713 (if the short June $39 calls expire out of the money—or if we buy-to-close them before expiration—our upside will be uncapped), and the max loss is $810. This trade filled at $1.81.
Today’s Multibaggers Trade
Semiconductor foundry / chip supply-chain theme
The stock is Globalfoundries (GFS 0.00%↑), and our trade is a combo consisting of these four legs:
Buying the October 16th, 2026 $55 call,
Selling the July 17th, 2026 $65 call,
Selling the July 17th, 2026 $45 put, and
Buying the July 17th, 2026 $40 put,
For a max net debit of $2.60. The max gain on 1 contract is $1,045 (if the short July $65 call expires out of the money—or if we buy-to-close it before expiration—our upside will be uncapped), and the max loss is $740. This trade filled at $2.40.
Exiting These Trades
My plan:
Micron Technology (MU)
Call spread (legs 1 & 2): Open a GTC limit order to exit the June 18th, 2026 $480/$500 call spread at a net credit of $16.00, and lower that price if necessary as we approach expiration.
Put spread (legs 3 & 4): Open a GTC limit order to exit the April 10th, 2026 $345/$340 put spread at a net debit of $0.20, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA)
Calls / calendar (legs 1 & 2): Open a GTC limit order to buy-to-close the June 18th, 2026 $39 calls at $0.20, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration. If the short June $39 calls expire out of the money, I’ll post a limit sell price for the September 18th, 2026 $35 calls in the comments here and via chat/email. If the short June $39 calls are in the money on expiration day, I’ll sell the September $35 calls and use part of the proceeds to buy-to-close the June $39 calls.
Put spread (legs 3 & 4): Open a GTC limit order to exit the June 18th, 2026 $30/$28 put spread at a net debit of $0.10, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration.
Globalfoundries (GFS)
Calls / calendar (legs 1 & 2): Open a GTC limit order to buy to close the July 17th, 2026 $65 call at $0.20, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration. If the short July $65 call expires out of the money, I’ll post a limit sell price for the October 16th, 2026 $55 call in the comments here and via chat/email. If the short July $65 call is in the money on expiration day, I’ll sell the October $55 call and use part of the proceeds to buy-to-close the July $65 call.
Put spread (legs 3 & 4): Open a GTC limit order to exit the July 17th, 2026 $45/$40 put spread at a net debit of $0.20, and raise that price if necessary as we approach expiration.