Trade Alert – (BLK) November 18, 2025 – 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 – (BLK) – STOP LOSS – SELL

 

SELL the Blackrock (BLK) December 2025 $1,000-$1,010 in-the-money vertical bull call debit spread at $7.80 or best

 

Closing Trade

11-18-2025

expiration date: December 19, 2025

Portfolio weighting: 10% weighting

Number of Contracts = 12 contracts

They are hitting financials especially hard this week over fears that the Fed won’t cut interest rates in December. After yesterday’s big selloff, we have lost most of our safety cushion for the $1,010 strike price. Since I have major profits to protect, I am cutting my risk here.

It is hard to imagine an industry that will benefit more from the current industry than the fund management industry. You get a hockey stick effect on earnings as share prices rise, management fees rise, and more money flows into fund managers.

BlackRock is the world’s largest fund manager with $13 trillion in assets under management. (BLK) will also benefit immensely from the coming deregulation trend.

Therefore, I am selling the Blackrock (BLK) December 2025 $1,000-$1,010 in-the-money vertical bull call debit spread at $7.80 or best.

DO NOT USE MARKET ORDERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Simply enter your limit order, wait five minutes, and if you don’t get done, cancel your order and lower your offer by 10 cents with a second order.

If you live in a foreign time zone when the US stock market is closed, such as Australia, or don’t want to sit in front of a screen all day, simply enter a spread of Good-Until-Cancelled orders overnight, like $7.80, $7.70, $7.60, and $7.50. You should get done on some or all of these.

BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. It manages a staggering 506 equity funds and 316 fixed income funds. (BLK) is headquartered in New York City, has 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries.

BlackRock is the manager of the iShares group of ETFs Its Aladdin software keeps track of investment portfolios for many major financial institutions, and its BlackRock Solutions division provides financial risk management services.

To learn more about BlackRock, please click here to visit their website.

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

Sell 12 December 2025 (BLK) $1,000 calls at………………..……….$48.00

Buy to cover short 12 December 2025 (BLK) $1,010 calls at…….$40.20

Net Proceeds:………………………….……….…………………………….……$7.80

Loss: $8.70 – $7.80 = $0.90

(12 X 100 X $0.90) = $1,080

 

 

 

If you are uncertain on how to execute an 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.