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On this episode of #IntheMoney, guest Michael Khouw shares his perspective on Tuesday’s blue wave in the midterm elections and what it might mean for investors moving forward: bit.ly/3OlpLZR. Sponsored by @Fidelity

Assignment isn't a mistake. It's the next step. This week in Growth Lab, Brian Overby shows why a covered call works like a limit sell order that pays you, and why the upside on the stock comes before the yield on the call. Learn to Read the Market: optionsplay.com/op-socials

Monday: S&P 500 +2.35% (largest daily gain since Apr 8), Nasdaq-100 +3.40%, semis +6.85%, VIX −22.31%. Broad: 423 S&P 500 stocks up, 78 down. But the Nasdaq-100 stalled just below 28,000 and both its trends still read Bearish on our model. CPI at 8:30 AM ET. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

What does a 21% earnings move look like? Monday after the close: HIMS, MARA, RKLB, each pricing about ±21%. Tuesday: SE before the open, then CPI at 8:30 AM ET. Fed hike odds for Dec 9: 75.1%. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

Every Monday, the Market Playbook gives you the macro outlook, what's driving the markets, and 7 fresh ideas from the Early Breakout Detector. This week, Thursday's session picks up after assignment: how to get paid to hold the stocks you own. Learn to Read the Market: optionsplay.com/op-socials

Thursday: Nasdaq-100 −6.36%, its worst day since March 2020. Semiconductors −12.25%. Our Stacked Signals clustered elsewhere: Consumer Discretionary +13, Financials +13, Utilities +9, Technology −15. Bullish table: NEE, AMZN, XEL, MNST, BKNG. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

Wednesday's rally widened the leaderboard. 153 stocks now beat the S&P 500 vs 85 lagging, up from 47 and 23. Net breadth: +68 from +24. Financials 41 and 0. Consumer Discretionary 32 and 0. Technology 5 and 37. Energy: 31 laggards, no leaders. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

How far can a stock swing on earnings? After Wednesday's close, the options market prices AppLovin at about 21.8%, Coherent 15.2%, Arm 14.7%, Qualcomm 11.9%. Jobs report Friday, consumer prices Nov 10, and futures price about 79% odds of a December rate hike. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

What if your limit buy order paid you while you waited? This week in Growth Lab, Brian Overby shows why a cash-secured put works like a limit order on a stock you want to own, and how to choose one from a ranked list on the platform. Educational only, not a recommendation. Learn to Read the Market: optionsplay.com/op-socials

Monday's options flow: put buyers paid $37M, call buyers $27M. One S&P 500 fund (SPY) put was $33M of the put side. Also: $20M of AMD calls as it fell 7.52%, and a $99M put sale to buy Eli Lilly 29% lower. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

Friday: Nasdaq-100 −3.46%, S&P 500 −1.82%, both their worst sessions since June 5. Intel −28.58%, semiconductors −7.20%. But the equal-weight S&P 500 fell only 0.79%, Exxon rose 2.16% and 196 stocks still beat the S&P 500. VIX +12.91% to 19.42. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

This week, we begin The Wheel Income Lab. Monday Market Playbook starts with the macro outlook, market drivers, and 7 fresh ideas from the Early Breakout Detector. Then Thursday, our series starts with the first stage of the Wheel: get paid to buy the stocks you want. Learn to Read the Market: optionsplay.com/op-socials

Three steps to turn the Earnings Navigator into a trade plan. Read the direction, check the structure, then build it and check your risk. Taken from Growth Lab: The Catalyst and the Reaction, recorded October 15, 2026.

Brian says that's not true. He explains why wide spreads are tough, when you can still fill at the midpoint, and how to check liquidity first. Watch the full session and more free training at optionsplay.com/op-socials

What happens when ten independent methods agree on a stock? After Thursday's session, our Stacked Signals clustered outside big tech: Financials +17, Health Care, Utilities and Consumer Discretionary +10 each. Technology sat at −6, and all three bearish names are in it. Bullish table: MLM, VIK, CVNA, MCD, EQIX. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

This is the week options get expensive. The biggest companies of the quarter report over the next few days, and everyone wants a position before they do. That demand shows up in the price of the options. Buying into that means paying the highest price of the quarter for the privilege of being right. When options are this expensive, the better side of the trade is usually selling them, not buying them. Are you buying or selling this week?

Leadership narrowed Wednesday. 33 stocks are beating the S&P 500 and 37 are lagging. Bullish share, the portion of ranked names outperforming, is 47.1%. Net breadth, outperformers minus underperformers, turned negative at -4 from +2. Health Care leads at 10 and 2. Financials are split at 8 and 11. Communication Services is at none and 7. tinyurl.com/339ambkb

Four steps to an earnings trade. Most people do the first two and skip the rest. One, find out who reports and when. Two, work out which way to trade it. Three, check whether the options are cheap or expensive before you choose how to trade it. Four, know your worst case before you enter. Steps one and two get all the attention. Three and four are what stop a bad week turning into a bad month. Which one do you skip most?