Bubba’s Equity Portfolios Weekly Update New Trades 12/21/2024

The S&P 500 was down 118.29 for the week. Our timing algorithm has mixed signals with some sells and some buys. The short term trend is down, but longer term trends are still bullish.

We had a very profitable options trading week:

1A: +5401
2A +1045
3A +484

**New Trade Alert*

Buy ORCL from flat (1A)
Buy SPY from flat (1A/2A/3A)
Buy IWM from flat (1A/2A/3A)

Amateur traders are always looking for the “why” in trading when they should only focus of the “that” because we don’t know whys- but we do know the that. If a market is making higher highs and higher lows, “that” is the very definition of an uptrend. We usually will never know “why” a market does anything. Most losers in the markets think they must have reasons for making a trade based on all kinds of subjective junk. Not us.

Our method is objective, and 100% rule based. There is nothing to understand other than what the algorithm is telling us. Follow the rules and make money- it’s that simple.

Here is the formula we use

For a Long Position
Buy the at the money Call
Sell a Put Spread starting with the at the money Put and using the recommended
distance for the Put Spread

For a short Position
Buy the at the money Put
Sell a Call Spread starting with the at the money Call and using the recommended distance for the Call Spread

ATM = At the Money
Long Put = Short Call Spread
Long Call = Short Put Spread

Remember the Groups are only updated once a week, although we have new trades during the week, changes to the Portfolios are only reflected on Saturday.