Adding Energy. Out of Gold.

By Sean McLaughlin

January 20, 2026
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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. IN: XLE
  2. OUT: GDX
  3. PROFIT TARGETS: None
  4. Current status of open campaigns.
  5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

 

  • IN:
    • Added an XLE (Energy) March 44/52.50 Strangle for a 91-cent net credit. I'm leaving a GTC limit order to cover for a profit at a 45-cent debit:
position

 

  • OUT:
    • Closed GDX strangle for a $3.27 debit.
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  • EXITS:
    • No profitable exits today.

 

  • Status of Open Campaigns:
positions

 

  • Volatility Snapshot:
    • This snapshot shows the sector ETFs with the highest options liquidity, sorted by the highest Implied Volatility Rank (IVR).
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~ @OptionsSean

 

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Sean McLaughlin

Chief Options Strategist, All Star Charts

Since 2018, Sean has served the financial community as Chief Options Strategist for All Star Charts, sharing his unique style of options trading, leveraging the best-in-class technical analysis offered by the All Star Charts research team.

In all endeavors, Sean has been consistent in building a support system around himself and for others that he wishes he had when he started out back in 1998.

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