Skip to main content

Back on February 18, I entered long calls in Welltower $WELL.My slavery to risk management dictated that I exit the position on March 9 following a closing price below my $205 stop level.Well, it appears the market was just waiting for us to sell...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

One of my short premium trades came off today ($VIAV hit my profit target) and it leaves me wanting more.So, while looking through big cap stocks with elevated options premiums and no earnings releases nearby, I landed at Applied Materials.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Today's trade is in a $32B farm products company.

Farm Products?Yep, that's right. 

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Energy is the hot sector right now, and I'm feeling underexposed.

Today's trade is in a large U.S. natural-gas producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In simple terms, it is an energy company that drills for, produces, and sells...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

With volatilities rising everywhere, there are some nice places to consider selling some premium.Not everywhere -- we've got to pick our spots.Today's trade is in a name that is well off its highs from last week, but still above the ASC analyst's buy...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

VIX spiked. Then it retreated. It's likely to spike again.

And on the rollercoaster we ride. 

Meanwhile, some well-known big caps like Apple are just hanging in a range.

Let's collect some premium while we wait it out.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only
VSCO 3/4/26
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
macke portfolio
$VSCO
Members Only

Well, oil is in the news. War tends to bring it out.

Seems to me I should be getting more involved.

Today's trade is in an oil name that has all-time highs in sight.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Today's trade is simply this: a hedge.

My ASO portfolio is predominantly long and I need some protection in case things get dicey over the next couple of months.

And if things do get dicey, big banks will likely lead the way.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

We've got another potential hundred-dolla-roll in our sights in an energy name.

I'm playing for it to happen within the next few weeks.

Let's get to it.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only
macke TJX 2-25-26
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
$TJX
macke portfolio
Members Only

Today's trade is in a power company that today is powering through overhead resistance to new all-time highs. 

You know my favorite trade is buying all-time highs.

Add in a possible hundred-dolla-roll, and all the stars are...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

In simple terms, the company behind today's trade owns the buildings that power e-commerce and global supply chains.And the chart over the past year suggests this is a good business to be in.

With all-time highs within sight, it feels like a...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only
macke ONON 2-18-26
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
Macke Portfolio+
$ONON
Members Only

I'm taking advantage of a pullback today in a stock that recently broke out of a three-month base and looks like it wants more.

It's a U.S.–based real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in owning and investing in healthcare-related...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only
Yeti Macke 2-11-26
Fad products don't last as long as you think they do.
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
Macke Portfolio+
YETI
Members Only

Today's trade is in an old tech darling -- one of the biggest runners in the Dotcom bubble, that is reasserting itself and breaking back above dotcom era prices for the first time since The Year Two Thousandddddd.

And...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Semiconductor names are taking it on the chin today. 

Is the sell-off overblown?

I'm willing to make the bet that it isn't going to get much worse from here over the near-term.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only
CROX macke 2-4-26
I think DECK just gave us a preview of CROX.
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
Macke Portfolio+
$CROX
$DECK
Members Only
Amazon Macke 1-16-26
They've got some good stuff cooking.
Once a week, I get together with Sean McLaughlin from All Star Options, and we're going to find an options trade to hunt for a new options trade for my Portfolio+ members.  The goal is simple: utilize my expertise on the consumer and Sean's...
The Jeff Macke Portfolio
Video
Options
Macke Portfolio+
$AMZN
Members Only

The energy sector is showing signs of leadership, and I'm feeling underexposed to the space. So today, I'm attempting to move in this direction with a play on a natural gas pipeline company that appears on the verge of a breakout.

We can define...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Today's trade is in a name everyone knows. 

The stock has been consolidating nicely since September and I'm making a bet that today's action is a signal that it's getting ready to make a move back to and through all-time highs.

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only

Today's trade is in a stock that IPO'd early last summer and had a specular run.

But the bad news for the bulls is that not only has the stock retraced the big IPO pop, the stock is now trading BELOW it's first trading day's opening price.That's...

All Star Options
Options
Options Premium
Members Only