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Alpha Report Issue #63
My Favorite Options Trading Strategy!

Sorry for sending this out a little late for Friday’s report! My wife just gave birth so was a little tied up yesterday! So everything in here is for Friday (yesterday)!
Hey guys!
I will be sending out my Alpha Report for FREE every day the market is open!
I always want to create more value for you guys and this report is only going to get better!
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-Brandon


Today’s Heat Map👇

Friday February 7, 2025 RECAP👇
Market melted lower throughout the day, first from elevated inflation expectations, then from Trump threatening more tariffs.
My favorite options strategy & why!
More on all of this below.
Fear & Greed Index For Today👇
39 Today (Friday) & 41 Yesterday (Thursday)
I feel that we are closer to 60 vs what this says.
Market fell today, which pushed the needle to the left a little.
Market Fearful = Potential Opportunity/Deals
Market Greedy = Potential Over Valuation.

Today’s Economic Updates👇
30 year fixed mortgage rate climbs to 6.96% Today vs 6.85% Yesterday.
10 year treasury bond yield climbs to 4.49% today, vs 4.43% Yesterday.
2 year treasury bond yield climbs 4.29% today, vs 4.21% Yesterday.
Lots of Data From Today👇
The Jobs Report came in 143,000 vs 169,000 expected this morning.
This is the number of new jobs added in January
Unemployment Rate: 4.0% (down from 4.1% in December)
Average hourly earnings up 0.5% vs 0.3% expected.
U.S MICHIGAN 1-YEAR INFLATION EXPECTATIONS (FEB) ACTUAL: 4.3% VS 3.3% PREVIOUS ; EXPECTED 3.3%
U.S MICHIGAN 5-YEAR INFLATION EXPECTATIONS (FEB) ACTUAL: 3.3% VS 3.2% PREVIOUS; EXPECTED 3.3%
So the market did not like the US Michigan 1 year inflation expectations at 4.3% vs 3.3% expected
I think this number is a little blown out of proportion…
It's ok to make more money than other people
— Investing With Brandon (@Invest_Brandon)
3:00 AM • Feb 8, 2025

My Favorite Options Strategy👇
There is lots of crazy options strategies, and everyone has their opinion on what one is the best. Let me explain my favorite one below!
Selling Put Options👇
I often talk about options as swinging for home runs vs swinging for base hits.
There are times when I do both, but swinging for base hits is my usual strategy.
Here Is My Thought Process👇
Selling options is pretty much like selling insurance to someone.
I am the insurance company, & someone else is the one buying the policy to the put option from me.
Remember, every trade has a buyer and a seller.
I am the seller.
So, I sell someone insurance because they are scared their stocks are going to fall in price.
I believe that the strength of a feeling of losing money is stronger than the strength of making money.
If you walk in a casino and win $500 you are happy.
If you lose $500 you are mad.
I think the average human would be 8/10 happy if they win $500.
I think the average human would be 9/10 mad if they lose $500.
The strength of the emotion of losing money is stronger than the strength of winning.
I use this to my advantage.
I love selling put options on days that the market is red and there is fear in the market.
People are more willing to pay a much higher price for the put options that I am selling them.
Let Me Give An Example👇
Let’s pretend you live in a hurricane area and you are going to buy flood insurance.
If you call your insurance company and it’s a sunny day and you want to buy flood insurance it might be $1,000 annually.
You will not be willing to pay much more because it’s sunny and no storms are coming. You're not that motivated.
BUT! If you call the insurance company and a hurricane is 3 days away, you are very motivated to buy flood insurance.
The price might of went up to $2,000 annually instead of $1,000.
You are scared and very motivated because of the incoming storm so you pay the extra money.
This Applies To Selling Puts Too👇
If someone sees that their portfolio went down a few days in a row they get nervous as if the storm is coming or the market is going to crash.
This will make the typical emotional investor to wanna BUY put options to protect their portfolio against downside.
This pushes up the put option premiums and the person selling them the insurance (selling the put) will get a larger premium. (Me & You)
The key is to only sell puts on companies that you are ok to hold for the long run that are trading near or below intrinsic value.
You gotta get a good price!
So what is the hardest part of my strategy?
Most people have no clue how to value a company and ensure they are getting in at the right price.
Selling puts is just part of what I do, but I scaled my monthly cash flow from this to about $30k/month
If you want my full system and how you can immediately start doing this, check out my course below!
Current Thoughts In My Head👇
Day to day stock price changes don’t matter.
Be an investor, zoom out, and be patient.
Day to day movements don’t matter
The market feels a bit stretched—probably about 5-10% above intrinsic value.
Trump seems committed to keeping the economy strong and driving inflation down, which could provide stability if it actually pans out.
BUT, he also loves tariffs & the market does not…
Earnings have been solid so far, which is exactly what’s needed to justify current stock valuations.
I’m not calling this a bubble, but things are a little expensive.
As always, be prepared for any scenario.

Economic Calendar For: Feb 10-14, 2025
All times in PST
Monday, Feb 10👇
McDonalds Earnings (pre market)
Tuesday, Feb 11👇
7a Jerome Powell testifies to congress.
SMCI Earnings (post market)
Wednesday, Feb 12👇
530a CPI Data (inflation data)
7a Jerome Powell testifies to congress.
Robinhood Earnings (post market)
Cisco Earnings (post market)
Thursday, Feb 13👇
530a Initial Jobless Claims
530a PPI Data (Producer Price Index)
Coinbase Earnings (post market)
Palo Alto Networks Earnings (post market)
Friday, Feb 14👇
530a Retail Sales
I will be breaking all of this down in real time in course members only discord!


👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2025
(updated daily)
I moved all trades and potential plays to course members ONLY Discord!
Take your game to the next level. Do my course. Come into my mastermind Discord!
QQQ - $565
VOO- $575
IWM- $240
SOXX- $240
TSLA - $400
NVDA- $175
AAPL - $250
PLTR- $85
AMZN- $255
GOOG - $235
MSFT - $450
JPM - $275
SOFI - $12
TSM - $225
AMD - $135
META - $750
BITCOIN - $95,000
SOLANA - $240
👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2030
QQQ- $830 (assuming 8% annual ROI)
VOO- $830 (assuming 7% annual ROI)
SOXX- $360 (assuming 8% annual ROI)
TSLA- $1,200 (assuming 18% annual ROI)
NVDA- $645 (assuming 25% annual ROI)
AAPL - $375 (assuming 7% annual ROI)
AMZN- $550 (assuming 15% annual ROI)
MSFT - $1,000 (assuming 15% annual ROI)
(of course a lot of these will split, this is non split adjusted)

👇Current Value of My Trading Account👇
(updated daily)
👇Yearly Account Account Value
December 2018 - $0
December 2019 - $45,251
December 2020 - $150,191
December 2021 - $267,524
December 2022- $290,315
December 2023 - $506,223
December 2024 - $927,796
IN PROGRESS 2025 - $946,924
👇Portfolio Thoughts
Amazing growth from 2018 to Current all off of a total contribution of $90,000.
That is over a 10x in 7 years!
I did this in a very low risk and conservative way.
I feel the market is a little stretched & volatility is healthy and normal!
If bond yields continue to climb, I expect pain in the markets to continue.
I will continue to find great investments / options plays that will pan out to explode the portfolio in the long run.
Month to month and even year to year volatility is irrelevant.
I see volatility as opportunity!
My goal is $5,000,000 in this account by 2030.
I see this as very achievable and if the market dips further, I will capitalize heavily, just like I did in 2022!
Stay the course and keep your emotions in check!