Julia LaRoche Show Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCI3yaxrxCU

Topics covered:
1) 0:00 Announcements
2) 0:50 Market Commentary and Index Review (Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Russell 2000)
3) 6:50 Stock Review – Biotech: XBI (ETF), IBB (ETF), AMLX, VTYX, BTAI, ACLX, AXSM, RVNC
4) 10:55 Stock Review – Energy: OIH (ETF), SLB, HAL, TDW, HES, VLO
5) 13:15 Stock Review – Semiconductors: ACLS, PI, KLAC, ALGM, LSCC, AEHR
6) 15:45 Stock Review – Watch List/General Ideas/Commentary: CELH, AXON, MEDP, DECK, MODN, SPLK, AYX
7) 18:45 Conclusion/Summary

Market Summary:
The theme of this video is entry point, entry point, and entry point. I would like to remind all members to use the 21-day and 50-day moving averages as your guide when analyzing charts. Not only are those areas safer for entering positions, but they can also help to provide perspective in between videos. So far this week, we have seen some distribution on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite. While I’m certainly not complacent, I am also not panicking because the indexes were extended and needed to digest their recent gains. In other words, a pullback to the 21-day is normal.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve increased my investment levels from approximately 10% to 40% invested. From here, I would like to observe how the indexes react around those key averages. If the selling slows down and stocks start to setup, I can always increase my levels. If the selling intensifies and we break below those averages, I will likely reduce my exposure. As I mentioned in recent videos, the price action is SLOWLY improving and I would still like to give the market time to prove itself. I am staying very open-minded and I’m in no rush to get aggressively involved in this market. As I’ve said, if the market continues to prove itself, there will be plenty of time to make money. In the meantime, I’m still keeping positions light to help reduce both volatility and overall emotions. If you have any questions, you can ask them during the next webinar which will be this Saturday, January 21st at 11AM EST. Thank you and good luck for the remainder of the week!

Unusual Option Activity:
1/18/23 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) this morning with 45,000 Feb. 10th (W) $410 calls bought for $2.80
1/18/23 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) also seeing 40,000 March $381 puts open $5.24, and a buyer of 1500 Sept $350 calls at $65.85
1/18/23 Oil Services ETF (OIH) buyers of 10,000 June 4300 puts $18 to $18.20
1/18/23 Schlumberger (SLB) with 1000 Jan 27th $59 puts sold to open $1.36, adjusting Jan 20th
1/18/23 Exxon (XOM) buyer 600 January 2025 $165 calls for $5
1/18/23 Valero (VLO) with 2000 March $150 calls bought $3.55
1/18/23 Apache (APA) seeing 3500 Feb $50 ITM puts sell to open at $6.15, adjusting Jan short puts
1/18/23 Inmode (INMD) spread sells 1000 May $30 puts to buy the $35/$40 call spreads
1/18/23 Amylyx Pharma (AMLX) with 1700 February $40 OTM calls being bought up to $1.50
1/18/23 Bristol Myers (BMY) buyer 450 June 2024 $80 calls for $5.30
1/18/23 Google (GOOGL) buyer 2000 June $95 calls $7.05 to $7.10 spread vs. $107 calls
1/18/23 Uber (UBER) size buyer 10,000 September $37.50 calls $2.07 to $2.09
1/18/23 Atlassian (TEAM) with 2270 June $160 calls bought up to $26 to open
1/18/23 Atlassian (TEAM) also 2000 June $90 puts sold to open for $3.60
1/18/23 Apple (AAPL) with 15,000 Feb. 24th (W) $132 puts sold to open $3.10 to $3
1/18/23 Nvidia (NVDA) with 2100 Feb 3rd $180 calls sold to open $6.45, adjusting Jan
1/18/23 Shopify (SHOP) buyer of 30,000 June $30 calls $12.53 as the January $25 calls from October close at +45%
1/18/23 Netflix (NFLX) with 1200 April $300 puts sold to open into lows at $21.50 into earnings
1/17/23 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) large bull risk reversal buys 25,000 Feb $405 calls and sells the $395 puts at net credit of $0.02
1/17/23 Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) buyer 3200 January 2024 $335/$355 call spreads
1/17/23 Oil Services ETF (OIH) buyer 5175 June $295 puts $17.80 as $265 puts adjust
1/17/23 Chewy (CHWY) late day buy 2000 Jan 42 calls for 2.06
1/17/23 Celsius (CELH) with a massive stock replacement buys 5000 Jan 2025 $60/$120 ITM call spreads for $27.80
1/17/23 Amazon (AMZN) with 2000 Sept $92 puts sold to open $8.95
1/17/23 Apple (AAPL) with 2000 October $115 puts sold to open $5.30 to $5.25
1/17/23 Apple (AAPL) also seeing opening sellers for 2300 Feb 10th $136 calls at $5.25 to $4.80
1/17/23 Revance Therapeutics (RVNC) large buy 10,000 February $30 calls $1.62 as January adjust
1/17/23 Deere (DE) with 1250 Jan. 27th (W) $445 calls opening $5.40 to $5.70
1/17/23 Tesla (TSLA) buyer 15,000 May $110 calls for $32.20
1/17/23 Tesla (TSLA) also seeing a block of 1000 Jan 2024 $173.33 calls bought at $19.55
1/17/23 Occidental (OXY) opening seller 700 August $62.50 puts for $6.30
1/17/23 Netflix (NFLX) with 1300 June 2024 $155 puts sold to open $9.30
1/17/23 Halliburton (HAL) seeing 1250 Feb $41 calls sell to open $2.96
1/17/23 C3.AI (AI) size buyer 2500 January 2024 $7.50 calls for $6.90