August 2026 Weekly Options Recap

Published percentages describe potential gains and losses on paper-tracked model positions. Every position we publish is a model position, tracked on paper against real delayed market quotes. We write alerts in the evening, while trading is closed. The entry is the recorded model entry, selected using the following trading day’s prices. Where no entry was recorded, the percentage is measured from the last close, and the row says so. For model trades up to mid-July 2026, the exit is the exit price Ian recorded when the position closed. For model positions tracked since late July 2026, it is the highest price the option reached between entry and expiry, or the published 60 per cent stop, whichever came first. A position is recorded as a gain only if the option reached at least 20 per cent above the entry before the 60 per cent stop. If the stop came first, it is recorded at the stop. If it reached neither, it is recorded at its last price before expiry, or when the position closed. No member is claimed to have bought or sold at those prices. Best entry and peak exit prices are selected with hindsight; daily highs and lows alone do not establish their order within a session. A model stop does not guarantee an executable exit price. Losses appear beside wins. The figures exclude individual fills, fees, taxes and execution differences, and they show potential profit, never a return anyone received.

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