Prime Playbook

May 18, 2025 Volume 139 "Dazed and Confused Edition"

Alright, Alright, Alright

If the last few months have left you feeling Dazed and Confused, you are not alone. We have seen endless tariff talks and whatever number comes after “endless”, that’s the number of pauses, rants, tweets, pullbacks, mood swings, lies, and reversals we have had on tariffs. As of this morning you have Bessent out here saying tariffs will go back to “April 2 Liberation Day” levels (remember the stupid posters?) if countries are not “negotiating in good faith.”

I don’t know everything, but I know the USA has not been negotiating in good faith with anyone. Walmart is being told by Trump to “eat the tariffs” from his failed tariff policy. This is crazy and unprecedented. So it’s natural to feel dazed and confused!

Friday after close say Moody’s downgrade the USA credit rating. Many have speculated all weekend if we will see fallout from this - logic would say yes, but logic is not how we trade. We need to stick to the charts, especially when it looks like a volatile week ahead. The market has been running up on essentially nothing the past month. There are no deals finalized. Not a single one. Agreements to continue dialogue are about as far as they have gotten. Reducing tariffs from 145% to 30% (when they were 0%) is NOT A WIN!

I urge caution going in to this week. We had a historically low Consumer Sentiment reading on Friday, so there are not a lot of positive catalysts on the radar at the moment in my opinion. Use VIX as a guide to gauge market sentiment and pay attention to volume.

Today’s PRIME PICK$ is loaded to the max. So please take the time to go through, find what setups work best for you and your portfolio size, set your levels and alerts, and let’s start the week off right.

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My Charts

Over Green line = Entry for Calls

Under Red line = Entry for Puts

Dash/Dot Blue line = Price Targets

Orange Dash/Dot line = POC (Point Of Control)

Purple line = Dark Pool

Blue Boxes = Demand Zones

Red Boxes = Supply Zones

Price targets are not the same as option strikes.

Price targets are where I believe the chart can/will go.

The strikes I suggest are what I think provide the best risk/reward to make money.

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ROKU

ROKU 0.00%↑ daily basing right under the trendline of this consolidating wedge. After 4 days in a $3 range is she ready to make the next move? That’s what I’m watching. Either a push to breakthrough the upper trendline or a rejection to head back to the daily gap below. Here’s the setup.