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Stock vs Options Results: What a Week Can Teach Traders
Date: 2025-10-09 18:46:05
Last week, Tom Gentile kicked off Q4 with three seasonal stock picks—Nvidia, Apple, and Bank of America—each backed by 9 of the last 10 years of bullish historical data. Now, just one week in, Tom checks back in to see how they’ve performed and what lessons traders can take away from the first few days of October.
Here’s what he covers:
Stock performance updates: Nvidia up 4.3%, Apple up 1.2%, Bank of America down 3.7%
Option trade comparisons: Why some calls are outperforming stocks by up to 22% in a week
How implied volatility can affect returns more than price movement alone
Why a 50% mental stop-loss rule helps manage downside risk
The importance of patience: these are December patterns, not day trades
This is a practical, real-world look at how Tom evaluates his seasonal patterns in real time—and what he does when trades move for or against him.
📌 Chapters
0:04 Checking In on Last Week’s Seasonal Trades
0:30 October Kicks Off: Nvidia, Apple, Bank of America
0:57 Patterns Run 48–56 Days Into December
1:21 Early Stock Results (NVDA +4.3%, AAPL +1.2%, BAC –3.7%)
1:53 Stock vs Options Performance Overview
2:32 Step 1: Reviewing Option Scenarios from Sept 29
3:07 Nvidia December Calls Up 19%
5:03 Apple (APA) Calls Up 22%
6:17 Why Apple’s Options Outperformed
6:44 Bank of America Calls Down 41%
8:11 Key Takeaways: Volatility, Timing & Risk
9:02 Tom’s 50% Mental Stop-Loss Rule
9:39 Final Thoughts: December Patterns Need Patience
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