STOCK MARKET: Let's talk stocks and investing

Market was overdue for a pullback. Glad it's here.

 

That's not smart. Nancy Pelosi gets in early before we know (45 day rule) then gets out and leaves us bag holding. I have 1 share of tempus AI that's still down big time.

 

right. it's not realtime.

 

right after the most important earnings week, when AMZN/MSFT/GOOG/AAPL, etc, reported,
the summer doldrums begin.

sold this 190-point credit spreand and collected premium of $104, defining my max risk to be $86

with the $SPX (S&P Large Cap Index) trading ~~$6,231. down 108, using the 8-28-25 expiration,
i am betting that the SPX will close below 6,200 at expiration, risking $86 to win $104

• buy to open 6,390 strike CALL
• sell to open 6,200 strike CALL

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YTD:

$NVDA +25.3%

$MSFT +25.0%

$META +24.9%

$GOOGL -0.3%

$AMZN -2.8%

$AAPL -17.2%

$TSLA -19.8%

 

"Don't let Friday's trading day end like this!"

 

None of my puts got exercised. Markets don't want the smoke.

 

One is a master of speaking to smart people and keeping things positive. The other speaks to the dumb (which is arguably more valuable if making money (personally) is your goal).

 

Looks like Mama told me to buy Apple at the right time.

 

Microsoft has always sucked. One can only hope Open AI kills it