$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$  

Back in March, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs, and that sent the market into a tailspin. At first, I didn’t grasp how badly the market had taken the news — everything fell rapidly. I was holding many cash-secured puts, thinking I could roll these options lower and push them out to later dates. But the market sank faster than I could react.

I rolled many contracts out to further dates, leaving a few that I thought were still “safe,” as they had weeks — even more than a month — before expiration. But when April 4th came, just one day before Trump announced a pause on the tariffs, I was hit hard with assignments on several large option positions. One of them was META.

My strike was $650, and I took assignment when META’s market value was only $500. I decided to hold on. Today, that position has turned into a solid profit — unrealized, but satisfying nonetheless.

It wasn’t the best entry, and it certainly wasn’t painless getting here, but it’s a reminder that sometimes patience (and a bit of luck) can turn a bad day into a good story.


# Winning Trades

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  • Norton Rebecca
    ·2025-08-12
    Assignment pain fades,market overreacts, patience capitalizes.
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  • Reg Ford
    ·2025-08-12
    Rolling puts in a tailspin? Bold, but META’s rebound justifies the grit.
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  • Porter Harry
    ·2025-08-12
    Nice! The AI expectations of MAG 7 will be the mainstream of future hot points.
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  • Merle Ted
    ·2025-08-13
    Looks like it will be 800 by the end of this week.
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  • Valerie Archibald
    ·2025-08-13
    When is Meta going to split again?

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  • YoungYun
    ·2025-08-12
    That’s an intense journey
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