Investor Daily: Riding the Options Roller Coaster
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🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a brand new clip from Market Mondays! In this insightful conversation, Rashad Bilal connects with David Shands and Ian Dunlap to discuss the emotional ups and downs of trading options, the importance of having an exit strategy, and how new traders can navigate the roller coaster of market sentiment. David Shands shares his real-time journey as a content creator stepping into options trading, walking us through his experience with AMD calls and the lessons he learned from previous earnings season traumas (Netflix, anyone?). The hosts dig deep into essential strategies, highlighting why setting profit targets and mapping out positions before investing is crucial for long-term success. Ian Dunlap breaks down the logic behind buying time, analyzing sector sentiment for semiconductors, and explores the bullish momentum around AI stocks like AMD, Nvidia, and ASML. This clip isn’t just about numbers—it’s about mindset. Whether you’re wondering when to sell, how to use AI like ChatGPT as a mentor, or what kinds of daily briefings can help you stay on top of your investments, you’ll find practical advice here. See how David’s journey reflects the experiences of so many new traders, and how thoughtful planning can help you avoid rookie mistakes, take profits, and grow your confidence. Don’t miss the moment where Ian talks about stacking options, leveraging innovation cycles, and accounting for tax implications in your investing decisions. Plus, find out which stocks David currently holds in his portfolio, and some candid discussions about missed Bitcoin opportunities and lessons learned! If you’re an options newbie or seasoned investor looking for community, mentorship, and real trading stories, this Market Mondays clip delivers wisdom, laughter, and learning. *Drop your thoughts and trading questions in the comments below! Make sure to subscribe for more clips following real journeys and actionable advice from Market Mondays.* *Hashtags:* #MarketMondays #OptionsTrading #StockMarket #TradingJourney #AMD #Nvidia #ASML #Investing #FinancialFreedom #IanDunlap #RashadBilal #DavidShands #Crypto #Bitcoin #AIStocks #PortfolioBuilding #WealthMindset
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| 0:00.0 | I wanted to continue this conversation. |
| 0:01.6 | What's up, my brother? Ah, everybody's good, man. You and I got some advice for you. Yeah, for real. At the show at this point. No, yeah, absolutely, man. Listen, I am, listen, y'all ever need to add a testimonial or something, bro? I do it right now. I'm up on call. I'm up. First off. Avian Chans. They shit. |
| 0:23.8 | So my brother, so. now. I'm up on call. I'm up. First of, |
| 0:21.5 | David, Chans. |
| 0:23.3 | Dave, Shams. So, my brother. |
| 0:24.7 | So, Dave, so we had a conversation |
| 0:26.4 | offline, but, you know, I think |
| 0:28.5 | that what you |
| 0:30.5 | said is vitally important |
| 0:32.4 | because I'm pretty sure it's a lot of people |
| 0:34.5 | that kind of feel the same way. |
| 0:36.3 | So I'll give the audience |
| 0:38.1 | the background. They're not familiar. Dave Shans, this was six months ago maybe. |
| 0:44.0 | January. I love it. January. Yeah. And Dave Shands, I walked Dave Shans to his first option |
| 0:51.6 | play. He never made option play before. Right? Absolutely. I was like, yo, what's up? Like, you didn't know, like, but long story short, he got into an AMD call. And the AMD call was a roller coaster. It was up, then it was down, then it was down more, then it was down really bad. He stayed with it. He called me a few times asking, should he sell? He was like, yo, if you sell, let me know because I'm in the call with him. Can we add a piece of this story? Dude. I'm getting the call like, yo, bro, you show about this? Rashad didn't pick up, bro. I'm like, oh, what are we doing? |
| 1:29.0 | Bro, just trust me on this one. Just trust me on this one. So fast forward to now, he's up 300. How much you up? 300 and what? Well, today I'm down $15. Percentage-wise, how much you up since you've been in it? I don't want to hit this shit, so. All I ask is you got two plaques on the wall talking about I'm down for $50. |
| 1:46.1 | I love $1,000. up since you've been in it. I don't want to hear this shit, so all I ask is, you got two plaques on the wall talking about I'm down $50. |
| 1:46.2 | I won't. I'm up, $378% up $22,000. Things are happening right now. |
| 1:55.0 | Oh, you're giving out dollar amount. Okay. My children say hello. My brother, so thank you. |
| 2:01.3 | So, Shand is up 38% in less than one year. |
| 2:07.8 | Okay, but you, you had a vital, you text me today, and you was concerned about AMD going into earnings. |
| 2:15.7 | So you said, should you sell? |
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