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Top 5 Weekly Options Plays + 10 BONUS Plays! (June 29 - July 02)

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Finance-Focused Summary (Options + Macro Context)

Market / Macro Backdrop for the Week (June 29 – July 02)

Recent performance (last week):

  • S&P 500: down about ~0.7% (speaker typo suggested “~72%,” clearly intended ~0.72%)
  • QQQ (Nasdaq-100): down about ~1.4%

Market regime (speaker framing: favorable for selling options):

  • Slightly negative / choppy tape near all-time highs
  • VIX expanding (more protection demand / volatility)
  • Increased whipsaw risk and directionless price action for option buyers

Market breadth / rotation (silver lining):

  • While Semiconductors / “MAG 7” lagged, other sectors reportedly participated:
    • Healthcare
    • Consumer cyclicals
    • Real estate
    • Defensives
    • Utilities
    • Financials
  • Net takeaway: breadth improving even as mega-cap tech weakens

Fear & sentiment / positioning:

  • Fear & Greed index: “Extreme Fear” (described as technical/momentum-based, not investor surveys)
  • Put/call ratio: in an extreme fear zone (protection demand)
  • Smart money vs. dumb money: both neutral
  • Retail participation reportedly collapsed from prior peaks (~about a month earlier)
  • Institutions are described as accumulating on dips

What Drove the Sell-Off (Thursday / Friday)

  1. Micron (MU) earnings

    • “Amazing earnings,” but described as double-edged
    • Pricing power + memory prices exploding
    • Implied concern: margin / cost dynamics elsewhere may tighten

  2. Apple (AAPL) drop > 6% (worst day in over a year)

    • Trigger: MacBook / iPad price hikes (~15–20% on some models)
    • Apple reportedly reached out to the Trump administration regarding access to CXMT memory
    • Caveats from speaker:
      • Even with clearance, capacity may be tight
      • Likely not high-grade HBM-class memory hyperscalers require
    • Mentioned memory makers:
      • SK hynix, Samsung, Micron
    • Guidance longevity claim: MU pricing power lasts 12–24 months

  3. Microsoft (MSFT) raising Xbox console prices (Thursday)

    • +$1 / +$150 each for Xbox Series S and X variants
    • Core point: price hikes attributed to memory/storage costs (speaker wording inconsistent, but the thesis is clear)

  4. Amazon (AMZN) raising GPU instance prices ~20% (starting July 1)

    • Reinforces a “compute constrained” narrative
    • Possible opportunity: “neocloud” / GPU-capacity providers on dips (e.g., CoreWeave, DigitalBridge, and others mentioned)

  5. Index / portfolio mechanics creating volatility

    • ~$165B rebalance from equities → bonds by long-only funds (large June-end flow)
    • Seasonality: late-June weakness, early July recovery tendency
    • Russell 2000 → Russell 1000 rebalancing
      • 42 companies moving up
      • Can cause forced trading / front-running
      • Example volatility: Bloom Energy (BE)
        • Down about ~18% and ~30% top-to-bottom over two days (speaker estimate)

Upcoming Week’s Calendar + Key Cautions

Calendar

  • Short trading week due to July 4 holiday (Friday close/observance)

Major macro releases (jobs focus)

  • Tue: JOLTS (job openings)
  • Wed: ADP Employment Change
  • Thu: Non-farm payrolls

Jobs “Goldilocks” framework (speaker)

  • If jobs are too hot → market dislikes (rates “higher for longer”)
  • If jobs are too weak → market dislikes (economic stress)
  • Best reaction expected when outcomes land within about ~10–15% of estimates

Geopolitical risk (Iran / Strait of Hormuz)

  • Described as fluid (drone/missile exchanges; threats to halt talks)
  • Potential impact:
    • Relief bounce in oil if oversold
    • Some volatility risk remains

Earnings (equity focus)

  • “No notable market-moving earnings” like MU, but Nike is mentioned

Technical Levels & Options Approach (Speaker Framing)

Technical condition

  • S&P 500 / QQQ: “at/near” key moving averages
  • Speaker repeatedly references the 50 EMA
    • S&P 500: “riding the 50 EMA,” but warns:
      • Close below 724 would confirm a daily downtrend
      • Could trigger weekly/monthly consolidation
    • QQQ: warns about losing the 50 EMA and a level around ~690
      • Suggests risk of weekly/monthly breakdown

Options strategy recommendation (explicit posture)

  • Because the market is at breakpoints and choppy, speaker prefers:
    • Sell put options to monetize higher volatility/premiums
    • Avoid “calling direction” with long premium in a whipsaw environment

“Wheel” Methodology / Rules (Step-by-Step Framework)

The speaker references “wheel trades” but does not list every rule verbatim. The actionable emphasis includes:

  • Wheel = selling puts (credit) first
  • Rules / constraints:
    • Don’t sell puts on names that haven’t moved enough / aren’t beaten down
    • Avoid selling puts after large runs where catalysts are unclear (don’t “bluff” the market)
    • Prefer stocks with:
      • Near-term oversold conditions
      • Support zones
      • Strong fundamentals
    • Target premium: about ~0.5% ROI per week
      • Roughly ~2% per month
      • ~24% annualized without compounding (as stated)
    • Use expected move to choose strikes:
      • Select strikes below the expected move
      • Prefer strikes near support
    • Avoid overly aggressive strike selection:
      • Higher deltas increase assignment risk (speaker warns about this)

Top 5 Weekly Options Plays (Short Puts; Weekly Expirations)

All are framed as selling puts for the week, targeting roughly ~half-percent premium/week, mainly into support and below “expected move.”

1) Nvidia (NVDA) — Sell Puts

  • Valuation / tape claims: around <200, near ~20x forward earnings, ~<1 PEG
  • Expected move (week): 186.25
  • Strike / safety zone: prefer 185 down to ~178 support area
  • Target premium: ~0.5% per week
    • Rule-of-thumb: “half of strike price” in cents (approx.)
    • Example target:
      • Wants bids around ~92 cents for 185 strike
      • If possible, prefer “90s” (e.g., 182.5 offering near target)
  • Caution: if NVDA sells off further, more premium may be available at lower strikes

2) Amazon (AMZN) — Sell Puts

  • Chart condition: “short-term oversold,” but “not quite oversold”; bears control short-term
  • Valuation snapshot: ~26.74 P/E, ~1.33 PEG
  • Expected move (week): 225.3
  • Support target: 220s (hope for pullback/assignment)
  • Target strikes: puts around 220 / near 222.5 if premium is sufficient
  • Target premium: ~half of $220 ≈ ~$1.10 on bid (speaker rough method)
  • Timeline: July 2 expiration

3) Arista Networks (ANET) — Sell Puts

  • Fundamental thesis:
    • 35% YoY revenue growth
    • Backlog “massive”
    • “High 30s margins” claim
    • Forward guidance strong into the next few years
  • Technical:
    • References a key green “monthly level,” potentially lower 140s → 130s
    • Mentions 200-day / 50 EMA relationship (if it loses key trend levels, they want the lower box)
  • Expected move (week): 149.35
  • Target strike area: mid-140s
    • Rule-of-thumb: half of 140 → ~$0.70–$0.75 bid target
    • If Monday drops 1–2% with higher VIX, aims for 142 or 140 strikes

4) Uber (UBER) — Sell Puts

  • Valuation snapshot: ~20x forward earnings, ~1 PEG
  • Technical setup: consolidated / “trapped,” support in low 70s
  • Expected lower reference: ~73.75
  • Target strikes: likes low 70s
    • Example: wants puts around 73.75, implying ~$0.35–$0.36 premium for half-percent target
    • If pullback to 72–71s, he’d like those strikes
  • Timeline: July 2 expiration

5) CoreWeave (CORZ) — Sell Puts (Plus Sympathy Trade in IN)

  • Compute constraints thesis (macro / AI infra):
    • Points to AMZN GPU instance price hikes as evidence of constrained compute
  • Company thesis:
    • Backlog cited as $99.4B
    • Contracted power:
      • 1 GW active
      • 3.5 GW contracted and rising
    • Claims first access to “Vera Rubin” systems (first delivery)
  • Valuation snapshot claims:
    • Trading back under 100
    • Approx multiples:
      • ~4.5x this year sales
      • ~2.5x 2028 forward sales (as stated)
  • Expected move (downside): 89.52
  • Target strikes: deeper support in high 70s
    • Says deep 70s may pay near half-percent (example):
      • half of 80 ≈ $0.40 put bid target
    • Emphasizes: volatility can provide premium efficiency
  • Sympathy / alternative play: IN
    • Speaker explicitly mentions IN
    • Claims IN down about ~33–40%
    • Example premium info:
      • $35 puts ~20 cents
      • $34–35 strikes around ~18 cents bid, ~22 cents midpoint
    • Mentions a potential scenario where an intraweek sell-off of 25%+ could make assignments/premiums attractive (implied)

Bonus Plays (Additional Put-Selling / “Wheel” Setups)

Large Caps / “Big Accounts”

  • Microsoft (MSFT) — buy-support zone for put selling
    • Support: 360–330
    • Mentions around 370 trading at ~22x earnings
  • Meta (META) — support zone put selling
    • Target range: 530–490, references 200-week MA area
    • Valuation claim: ~16x next year earnings, ~0.85 PEG, ~5x forward P/S
  • Broadcom (AVGO) — put selling
    • Targets: 340–330
    • Claims “great earnings” and wants ~30% pullback from highs
    • Mentions valuation under 30x forward earnings and “~6 peg” (as stated)

Smaller Caps / Higher Beta Names

  • Amprius Technologies (AMPX) (speaker says “AMX/AMPX”)
    • Battery supplier for drones / defense-related drone supply chain
    • Price cited: $1.8B company
    • Technical support referenced: 12–10
    • Expects higher analyst targets; not EPS positive until 2027 (as mentioned)
  • TE Energy (speaker says “TE Energy”)
    • Vertically integrated U.S. solar
    • Target: upper 7s / possible sub-6 on a sign/assignment
  • Cipher (speaker: “CIFIR/CIFR”, likely CIFR)
    • Target: $21–$20
    • Positioning: backlog + ARR over the next few years (similar thesis to CoreWeave)
  • Zeta (ZETA) — support-based wheel
    • Mentions a customer deal with “Palunteer”
    • Mentions a “narrative problem,” but says fundamentals are OK
    • Support target: ~17–15
  • SoFi (SOFI) — wheel / puts on financials rotation
    • Wants ~15.5–15.0 if bears push lower
    • Notes they’ve been unable to break below 17/16/15 for ~3 months
    • Valuation snapshots:
      • Price-to-book below 2
      • “Book growing ~40% this year” (speaker claim)
      • P/E growth “sub one” (as stated)

Key Instruments / Tickers Explicitly Mentioned

Indices / ETFs:

  • S&P 500, QQQ, MAG 7, MAGS (MAG 7 ETF), IWM (Russell 2000)

Stocks:

  • NVDA, AMZN, ANET, UBER, CORZ, IN, MSFT, META, AVGO, AAPL, MU, BE, Nike
  • Also referenced: CXMT (context: memory access discussion)
  • Note: T and CAT are mentioned, but CAT (Caterpillar) is described without an explicit ticker; the “T (Train Technologies; speaker likely “TransUnion”? unclear)” is ambiguous.

Macro / volatility:

  • VIX, Put/Call ratio

Commodities:

  • Oil (bounce risk discussed)

Explicit Recommendations / Cautions

Primary action: Sell put options (wheel approach), due to:

  • Choppy market + volatility
  • Premium availability as VIX expands

Cautions:

  • Don’t sell puts indiscriminately during volatile “breakpoint” periods
  • Avoid selling puts too close to current prices when names haven’t been sufficiently “beaten down”
  • For leveraged ETF products (speaker notes 2x leverage products generally), be careful with sizing; he avoids broadly recommending them

Risk management / premium target:

  • Target about ~0.5% ROI/week
  • Taking more increases assignment frequency

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • The speaker reiterates variations of “not financial advice”
  • Trades are framed as what the speaker is trading (explicit near the Broadcom/big trade section)

Presenters / Sources

  • Presenter: Not clearly identified in subtitles; the main narrator provides the macro + trade setups
  • Expected-move source: barchart.com (used for expected move calculations, e.g., NVDA July 2)

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