Reality Check
August 21, 2026

7 in 10 Calls Hit +50%. Half Hit +100%.

More than half of TradeIntel’s call recommendations doubled before expiration.

One of the strongest features of TradeIntel is its dashboard. Throughout the day it automatically scans for high-probability options and surfaces them in real time. Members can review these contracts as they appear, match them against their own ideas, and select the ones that fit best.

Between June 10 and August 28, 2026, TradeIntel published 8,921 option buying ideas on its dashboard. 5,264 have reached expiration: 3,897 calls and 1,367 puts.

This is how they performed:

Peak Performance Breakdown
Cumulative peak gain using daily highs across all expired contracts.
Target ReachCalls (% of 3,033)Puts (% of 968)Market Context
+50% or better69.1% (2,692)52.7% (721)Strong overall win rate
+100% or better (2x)49.2% (1,917)32.5% (444)Over half of calls doubled
+200% or better (3x)25.6% (997)11.0% (150)1 in 4 calls tripled
+500% or better4.5% (174)0.7% (10)Outsized tail returns
+1000% or better1.0% (38)0.0% (0)Outlier explosive gains
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Top 10 Performers
TickerContractEntry DateDebitPeakGain
SPY$767 Call, August 6July 24$0.23$10.27+4,365%
PYPL$47 Call, July 17June 26$0.30$10.50+3,400%
AAPL$310 Call, August 7June 26$1.90$35.00+1,742%
SIL$80 Call, August 21July 29$1.15$20.20+1,657%
IBIT$36.5 Call, August 28August 17$0.72$9.27+1,188%
PLTR$155 Call, August 28July 14$2.80$33.25+1,088%
ABBV$235 Call, July 24June 18$2.13$24.86+1,067%
DUST$58 Put, August 21July 29$2.50$27.39+996%
META$587.5 Call, July 10June 22$8.55$88.53+935%
GDX$73.5 Call, August 21July 29$2.85$29.47+934%

The Human Factor: The 3-Filter Verification Method

Our scanning algorithm measures contract behavior and historical probabilities. It does not know market catalysts, what is scheduled for next week or what positions your portfolio is holding.

Before acting on any TradeIntel alert, run these three mandatory sanity checks:

  1. Verify Stock Trend (check the chart first)
    • Case Study: AAPL travelled 26% between its low and high inside the window and every one of its call ideas doubled. Conversely, COST stayed locked in a tight 10% band and 89% of its calls failed to double. Check the chart before placing the trade.
  2. Count Ideas, Not Contracts
    • Buying five different strike options on semiconductor names isn’t diversification; it’s one single position sized five times larger.
  3. Confirm Directional Bias
    • The system presents mathematical odds based on contract behavior. Align those odds with fundamental catalysts (macro trends) that you agree with.

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