Trade Alert: Top Names + Rare Earths

Same M.O. as our LEU trade yesterday. Plus, a bullish bet on another top name.

Two New Trades For Today

We’ve got two fresh setups teed up for today—one you’ll recognize, and one new face from last night’s Top Names list.

Why MP Materials again?

MP Materials (MP 0.00%↑) sits squarely in our core themes of re-industrialization and energy security.

MP supplies and advances the U.S. supply chain for rare-earth magnets used in EVs, wind turbines, robotics, and defense systems—critical hardware for embodied AI and modern power electronics.

Back in early June, we exited our MP calls for a 252% gain (I meant to take half off there but fat-fingered the whole lot). Several subscribers who held through the DoD announcement later walked away with ~1,000% gains. That’s not typical—but it’s a good reminder of why we like uncapped upside when options are reasonably priced.

MP reappeared in Portfolio Armor’s Top Ten Names last night, which is our internal quant “license” to press the long side again. However, calls are no longer cheap. So instead of straight calls, today we’re using a structure designed to:

• Capture the options market’s currently implied “max likely” upside,

• Harvest elevated IV to reduce our net cost and lower breakeven,

• Improve potential ROI versus paying up for naked calls.

The second trade

The other setup is a new Top Name from last night that’s also been showing up on our Market Watchers X list. Same idea: expensive options → use a structure that targets the market-implied upside while letting IV work for us.

Our default is always uncapped upside when pricing allows (like our MP trade earlier this summer). When it doesn’t, we aim to take what the options market is giving—the most likely upside—while selling volatility to improve our entry.

I’ll share the exact legs, strikes, expiries, and entry levels for both in the paid section below, along with fill notes and my exit strategies.

Today’s MP Materials Trade