Trade Alert: Portfolio 1 — /MES Quick Flip + BE Synthetic Closed
Profit-taking on both sides of the book Date: April 13, 2026
Before we get to our trades, lets start with this…
News You Can’t Use to Make Money… But It’s Interesting
Markets don’t care about war — they care about resolution. The S&P 500 erased all losses and turned green on the day as the US began its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. QQQ is now trading HIGHER than when the Iran War started. Every dip due to war in the history of the stock market has always been bought up. Always. Relentless.
The gig economy just got more expensive. There are 80 million US gig workers because only one-in-four of the unemployed collect unemployment benefits — state payments can’t cover the basics. The cost of doing business for millions of these gig workers just rose appreciably. That’s a demographic divide worth watching.
Consumers are feeling it. Share of consumers saying their financial situation is worse compared to a year ago due to higher prices jumped to 54% in April vs. 47% in March — now the highest on record.
Housing keeps sliding. March existing home sales came in at -3.6% m/m vs. -0.7% expected and +2.7% prior. Median home price still creeping up +1.4% y/y to $408,800. Fewer buyers, higher prices — that math doesn’t hold forever.
Meta is coming for Google’s lunch. Meta is set to bring in more advertising revenue than Google, per the WSJ. The ad dollar migration continues.
TonyB Commentary
“Sunday Night Sell, Monday Morning Buy — That’s How You Trade Futures”
This was a quick, clean sequence. Sunday night after the Masters wrapped up, the futures market opened and we sold a /MES put at 6550. The setup was straightforward — premium was elevated heading into the new week, and we wanted to capture that overnight theta. By Monday morning the market rallied, the put lost value fast, and we bought it back for a $31.50 profit in under 16 hours. No drama. No overnight anxiety. Just a disciplined sell-the-open, buy-the-rally execution.
On the other side of the book, we closed the entire BE Lonely Synthetic LEAP. This position has been working for us for weeks and generated over $3,000 in cumulative profits during its lifetime. After the recent rally pushed BE higher and we’d already rolled the short call up to 165 last week, the risk-reward shifted. Time to take the money and wait for a better re-entry.
“We had over $3,000 of profits during the lifetime of this trade. Looking to re-establish once we get another opportunity.”
Two trades, two profit-takes. No new risk added. That’s the kind of session that keeps the pile growing.
Trades Executed:
