Today’s model portfolio spans 2 quantitatively-scored trades across our watchlist.
Each position is sized to fit within a $10,000 budget slice. The post below is a deep dive on one of those trades — use the table to explore the others.
Today’s $20,000 Model Portfolio · 2 Trades
| Ticker & Strategy | POP | Max Profit | Contracts | Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMDBull Put Spread↗ | 95% | $3,445 | 13 lots | $9,555 |
| IBITTHIS POSTBear Call Spread | 95% | $1,356 | 113 lots | $9,944 |
| Portfolio Total | $4,801 | 2 trades | $19,499 (+24.6% if max profit) |
Equal-weight sizing: $20,000 split across 2 trades at $10,000 per position. Contracts = floor(position budget ÷ max risk per contract) so each trade stays within its risk envelope. POP = probability of profit at expiration (model-derived). Max Profit = maximum gain if held to expiration and the spread expires at full profit. Click any row to read the full trade analysis.
Company & Market Context
The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is one of the largest spot Bitcoin ETFs available to U.S. retail and institutional investors, offering direct exposure to Bitcoin's price movements within a regulated, exchange-traded wrapper. As part of the Digital Assets / Alternatives sector, IBIT has attracted significant options market activity since its launch, making it a liquid and analytically rich candidate for systematic options screening. With Bitcoin navigating a period of consolidating price action and the underlying ETF trading near $35, the options market is currently pricing a meaningful implied volatility premium — a condition that systematic spread strategies are specifically designed to exploit.
Why This Trade Setup
A Bear Call Spread is a defined-risk, premium-collection strategy that profits when the underlying stays below the short strike at expiration. By selling a call at a higher strike and buying a further out-of-the-money call as a hedge, the position caps both potential gain and potential loss. This setup expresses a neutral-to-moderately-bearish market view — consistent with IBIT's current neutral momentum reading. The trade's appeal is quantitatively grounded: with an ATM implied volatility of 37.5%, options premiums are elevated relative to recent realised volatility, favouring credit sellers. A composite quantitative score of 0.81 — derived from Black-Scholes probability modelling, implied volatility regime classification, and momentum analysis — places this setup in the high-conviction tier of today's spread scan. The strikes are positioned comfortably above the current price, and the probability-weighted analysis returns a 95% probability of profit, reflecting the significant buffer between the current price and the short strike with 18 days to expiration.
Key Risks
Bitcoin and Bitcoin-linked ETFs are capable of sharp, rapid price dislocations. A sudden bullish surge in Bitcoin — driven by macro catalysts, regulatory news, or ETF flow dynamics — could push IBIT through the short strike before expiration, resulting in the maximum loss on the position. While the spread structure strictly caps downside, traders should be aware that high implied volatility environments can also mean wide bid-ask spreads, potentially affecting fill quality at entry and exit. Position sizing relative to total portfolio risk remains essential; the illustrative allocation here limits capital at risk to roughly half of a two-trade portfolio sleeve.
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