SPX Week in Review 3/7/2025 Highlights

It was another profitable week for us at SPX Option Trader! We ended this past week with +45% ROI in our SPX Daily Outlook, +42% ROI in our SPY Daily Outlook, +36% ROI in our SPX Aggressive trader, +35% ROI in our SPY Aggressive trader, 0% ROI in our Late Day Trader and +62% ROM in our SPX Spread Trader. Despite the extreme volatility in the market, we had a profitable week.

This week, due to the high price of options, we had only one trading day in the Daily Outlook and Aggressive Trader, with no trades in the Late Day Trader. However, our SPX Spread Trader traded all five days since high option pricing does not negatively impact that strategy. When option prices are too expensive, day trading options becomes riskier and less profitable. High premiums increase entry costs, making it harder to achieve an acceptable risk-to-reward ratio. Elevated volatility and/or major market events, like those seen in recent weeks, often drive up these prices. Instead of forcing trades in unfavorable conditions, the best approach is to remain patient and wait for better opportunities. The market will settle down, and favorable setups will return—just as they have before.

Successful option trading requires discipline, and knowing when to stay on the sidelines is just as important as knowing when to enter a trade. At SPX Option Trader, we provide the insights you need to determine when to trade and when to wait. While these extreme volatile market conditions are rare, they do happen. The key to navigating them is patience and restraint—avoiding trades when conditions are unfavorable.

Our market forecasts remain as accurate as ever. We achieved 100% accuracy in reaching our 1st and 2nd target levels for both SPX and SPY every day this past week. As option prices settle down, we will see our trading activity return to normal. By staying consistent and applying insights from the Daily Outlook, we continue to achieve success. We look forward to what next week will bring! Below are our comments on each trading day from this week:

3/3/2025

Daily Outlook

We forecast a down day in the market and entered our positions at 9:35 a.m. Today was a “High Volatility Trade” which means the trade is higher risk and we use our adjusted guidelines as discussed on the website. It was another fast trade today, as High Volatility trades often are. As the market quickly ran in our forecast direction we adjusted our trailing stop. As we hit nearly +60% in our option position we were using about a 15% trailing stop. As it bounced, we exited our positions just before 9:40 a.m. for +45% in SPX and +42% in SPY. Greater profit was possible later in the day for those willing to hold their positions longer. Another fast and profitable day! We look forward to what tomorrow will bring!

Aggressive Trader

We forecast a down day in the market and entered our positions t 9:35 a.m. We exited our positions just after 9:45 a.m. for +36% in SPX and +35% in SPY. Another profitable day and we look forward to what tomorrow will bring!

Spread Trader

We exited our SPX Spread Trade early for a return +34% ROM. Another profitable day and we look forward to what tomorrow will bring!

Late Day Trader