Calendar Spread write-ups
Selling a near-dated option and buying a later-dated one at the same strike, a bet on time and on volatility, less on direction. 3 Tuesday Target write-ups use it, newest first, each with the thesis, why it mattered and what to watch, and where the trade has closed, what came of it from the Track Record.
- US Oil (USO): The Barrel Nobody Can Download15 September 2026 · Tuesday Target 38/52US Oil (USO) as Gulf chokepoints close while the AI trade stumbles: why crude volatility looks mispriced and what an options trader watches next.
- First Solar (FSLR): Panic Priced While the Pilots Step Away4 August 2026 · Tuesday Target 32/52Why First Solar's option premium stays fat after its round trip, how the policy hand-off and yen rescue feed it, and what a tariff ruling could do.
- S&P 500 (SPY): Renting the Nap Before the Reload28 July 2026 · Tuesday Target 31/52SPY and why the Gulf strike pause, AI debt and a coin-toss Fed leave index volatility cheap ahead of the midterm chop.
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