Trade Alert – (AAPL) January 20, 2026 – STOP LOSS – SELL

When John identifies a strategic exit point, he will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what security to sell, when to sell it, and at what price. Most often, it will be to TAKE PROFITS, but on rare occasions, it will be to exercise a STOP LOSS at a predetermined price to adhere to strict risk management discipline.

 

Trade Alert – (AAPL) – STOP LOSS

SELL the Apple (AAPL) January 2026 $245-$250 in-the-money vertical Bull Call spread at $4.00 or best

 

Closing Trade

1-20-2026

expiration date: January 23, 2026

Number of Contracts = 25 contracts

I kept and 80% cash this month, expecting the daily crisis to exact its pound of flesh from the market. It turns out that was not enough.

With Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and credit card caps, there is nothing for traders to cozy up to. Gold and Silver seem to be the only investments du jour, which hit new all-time highs today.

Hate starting out the new year with a loss, but the president had other ideas.

I am therefore selling the Apple (AAPL) January 2026 $245-$250 in-the-money vertical Bull Call spread at $4.00 or best.

DO NOT USE MARKET ORDERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

If you don’t want to sit in front of a screen all day or live in a foreign time zone when the US stock market is closed, such as Australia, or don’t want to spend all day in front of a screen, simply enter a spread of Good-Until-Cancelled orders overnight, like $4.00, $3.90, $3.80, and $3.70. You should get done on some or all of these.

This was a bet that Apple (APPL) would not fall below $250 by the January 23, 2026, option expiration in 10 trading days.

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Here are the specific trades you need to exit this position:

Sell 25 January 2026 (AAPL) $245 calls at………….…………….……$7.00

Buy to cover short 25 January 2026 (AAPL) $250 calls at…………$3.00

Net Proceeds:………………………….………..…………….………………….$4.00

Loss: $4.60 – $4.00 = -$0.60

(25 X 100 X -$0.60) = -$1,500 or 8.70% 13.04%.

 

 

If you are uncertain about how to execute a bear put options spread, please watch my training video by clicking here.

The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you. The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep-in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.

Don’t execute the legs individually, or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile on expiration months farther out.

Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices at best. After the alerts go out, prices can be all over the map.