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 – (GS) – BUY
Buy the Goldman Sachs (GS) September 2025 $690-$700 in-the-money vertical bull call debit spread at $8.80 or best
Opening Trade
8-27-2025
expiration date: September 19, 2025
Portfolio weighting: 10% weighting
Number of Contracts = 12 contracts
Look at every banking and financial chart in the market, and they are breaking out to the upside. It is clear that traders believe a Fed interest rate cut on September 17 is a sure thing. Banks and financials are among the biggest beneficiaries of falling interest rates.
Therefore, I am buying the Goldman Sachs (GS) September 2025 $690-$700 in-the-money vertical bull call debit spread at $8.80 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 increase your bid 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 $8.80, $8.90, $9.00, $9.10, and $9.20. You should get done on some or all of these.
This is a bet that (GS) will not drop below $700 by the September 19 option expiration in 16 trading days.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Buy 12 September 2025 (GS) $690 calls at………………….…$66.00
Sell short 12 September 2025 (GS) $700 calls at…………….$57.20
Net cost:………………………….……….……………………………..…$8.80
Potential Profit: $10.00 – $8.80 = $1.20
(12 X 100 X $1.20) = $1,440 or 13.63% in 16 trading days




If you are uncertain about 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.