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Baratheon Portfolio

The Baratheon Portfolio, like all other Samwise Portfolios, is published for illustrative purposes only. It is a high-risk, high-reward trading strategy focused on both momentum and contrarian trading strategies. The Baratheon Portfolio launched on December 19, 2024. With an allocation of only 1/10th the size of other standard Samwise Portfolios, Baratheon seeks to either capitalize on the rapid price movements of high-flying stocks or trade ahead of a short-term expected trend change. The strategy involves entering positions in stocks showing strong upward momentum, while placing stop-loss orders shortly after entering to limit potential losses. By riding the momentum wave and protecting against downturns, the Baratheon Portfolio aims to generate significant short-term gains while managing risk with strict risk stop-loss controls. Baratheon is a short-term trading model with a high risk of loss. Unlike the long-term Samwise Portfolios, the Baratheon Portfolio does not adhere to the Samwise Strategy, to the Samwise Rules of Investing or our Core Investment Principles.

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targaryen

Ticker	Position	Average Price	Current Price	Qty	Cost Basis	Market Value	P/L
CASH	–	–	–	–	$10,000.00	$1,992.00	-$8,008.00 (-80.08%)
Totals:	–	–	–	–	$10,000.00	$1,992.00	-$8,008.00 (-80.08%)

Baratheon Order History

Baratheon Trades

1. Buy to Open QQQ Feb 21, 2025 $500.00 Calls at $31.10 x 1 Contract at 12:39 PM EST on December 19, 2024.
2. Sell to Close QQQ Feb 21, 2025 $500.00 Calls at $37.25 x 1 Contract at 10:25 AM EST on December 24, 2024.
3. Buy to Open AAPL Mar 21, 2025 $240.00 Calls at $12.65 x 1 Contract at 1:08 PM EST on January 3, 2025.
4. Buy to Open NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130.00 Calls at $12.95 x 1 Contract at 10:58 AM EST on January 14, 2025.
5. Sell to Close NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130.00 Calls at $22.00 x 1 Contract at 12:10 PM EST on January 22, 2025.
6. Buy to Open AAPL April 17, 2025 $220.00 Calls at $12.95 x 1 Contract at 12:23 PM EST on January 22, 2025.
7. Buy to Open NVDA April 17, 2025 $125.00 Calls at $11.95 x 1 Contract at 10:23 EST on January 27, 2025.
8. Buy to Open QQQ April 17, 2025 $530.00 Calls @ $11.65 x 1 Contract at 1:04 PM EST on January 27, 2025.
9. Sell to Close AAPL Mar 21, 2025 $240.00 Calls at $9.10 x 1 Contract at 10:33 AM EST on January 28, 2025.
10. Sell to Close QQQ April 17, 2025 $530.00 Calls at $15.50 x 1 Contract at 1:02 PM EST on January 28, 2025.
11. Sell to Open AAPL April 17, 2025 $250.00 Calls at $6.50 x 1 Contract at 12:57 PM EST on January 30, 2025.
12. Buy to Open MSFT April 17, 2025 $415.00 Calls at $18.40 x 1 Contract at 12:58 PM EST on January 30, 2025.
13. Buy To Close AAPL April 17, 2025 $250 Calls @ $2.70 X 1 Contract made at 10:45 AM EST on February 3, 2025.
14. Sell to Open Nvidia (NVDA) April 17, 2025 $135.00 Calls @ $9.85 x 1 Contract made at 3:30 PM EST on February 6, 2025.
15. Buy to Open TSLA April 17, 2025 $360-$380 call-Spread @ $5.75 x 3 Contract made at 12:15 PM EST on February 11, 2025.
16. Sell To Open AAPL April 17, 2025 $240 Calls @ $6.65 X 1 Contract made at 2:17 PM EST on February 11, 2025.
17. Buy to Open Google (GOOGL) April 17, 2025 $180 Calls @ $10.55 x 1 Contract made at 3:31 PM EST on February 12, 2025.
18. Buy to Close Nvidia (NVDA) April 17, 2025 $135 Calls @ $10.75 x 1 Contract made at 3:30 PM EST on February 12, 2025.
19. Sell To Close TSLA April 17, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $7.75 X 1 Contract made at 10:28 AM EST on February 13, 2025.
20. Sell to Close TSLA April 17, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $7.25 x 1 Contract made at 11:07 AM EST on February 14, 2025.
21. Sell To Close Apple (AAPL) April 17, 2025 $220-$240 Call-Spread @ $15.45 X 1 Contract made at 11:44 AM EST on February 14, 2025.
22. Sell To Open Nvidia (NVDA) April 17, 2025 $140 Calls @ $11.25 X 1 Contract made at 12:52 PM EST on February 14, 2025.
23. Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) April 17, 2025 $360-$380 call-Spread @ $8.15 x 1 contract made at 11:22 AM EST on February, 19, 2025
24. Sell to Close Google (GOOGL) April 17, 2025 $180 Calls @ $10.70 x 1 Contract made at 12:47 PM EST on February 19, 2025
25. Sell to Close Microsoft (MSFT) April 17, 2025 $415 Calls @ $16.50 x 1 contract made at 11:46 AM EST on February 20, 2025
26. Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 call-Spread @ $6.60 x 2 Contracts made at 1:24 PM EST on February 21, 2025
27. Buy to Open Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $220 Calls @ $12.05 x 1 Contracts made at 1:49 PM EST on February 21, 2025
28. Buy Reddit (RDDT) LONG common stock @ $165.00 x 10 shares made at 3:54 PM EST on February 21, 2025
29. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-$550 call-Spread @ $4.10 x 3 Contracts made at 10:34 AM EST on February 24, 2025
30. Buy to Open Palantir (PLTR) $100-$110 Call-Spread @ $2.86 x 3 Contracts made at 10:57 AM EST on February 24, 2025
31. Buy to Open Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $230-$240 Call-Spread @ $2.80 x 2 Contracts made at 11:25 AM EST on February 24, 2025
32. Buy to Open Facebook (META) May 16, 2024 $720-$740 call-Spread @ $5.95 x 2 Contracts made at 11:32 AM EST on February 24, 2025
33. Buy to Open QQQ May 16, 2025 $540-$550 call-Spread @ $3.05 x 4 Contracts made at 10:32 AM EST on February 25, 2025
34. Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 call-spread @ $4.05 x 1 contract made at 12:50 PM EST on February 25, 2025
35. Buy to open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) may 16, 2025 $540-$550 Call-spread @ $3.40 x 3 Contracts made at 3:22 PM EST on February 25, 2025
36. Sell to Close Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $220 Calls @ $13.00 x 1 Contract made at 10:38 AM EST on February 26, 2025
37. Sell to Close Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $230-$240 call-Spread @ $3.10 x 1 contracts made at 10:52 AM EST on February 26, 2025
38. Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) $540-$550 call-Spread @ $3.80 x 5 contracts made at 11:58 AM EST on February 26, 2025
39. Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 call-spread @ $3.25 x 3 Contracts made at 2:51 PM EST on February 26, 2025
40. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-$550 call-Spread @ $2.50 x 5 Contracts made at 2:55 PM EST on February 27, 2025
41. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-$550 call-Spread @ $2.10 x 5 Contracts made at 2:25 PM EST on February 28, 2025
42. Sell to Close Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $230-$240 Call-spread @ $2.70 x 1 Contracts made at 9:35 AM EST on March 3, 2025
43. Sell to Close Facebook (META) May 16, 2025 $720-$740 Call-Spread @ $6.75 x 2 Contracts made at 9:37 AM EST on March 3, 2025
44. Sell to Close Reddit x 10 Shares @ $171 made at 9:37 AM EST on March 3, 2025
45. Sell to close Palantir (PLTR) May 16, 2025 $100-$110 Call-spread @ $2.65 x 3 Contracts made at 11:30 AM EST on March 3, 2025
46. Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 call-Spread @ $4.05 x 3 Contracts made at 12:02 PM EST on March 3, 2025
47. Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) JULY 18, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $4.00 x 3 Contracts made at 2:23 PM EST on March 3, 2025
48. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $3.10 x 5 Contracts made at 3:22 PM EST on March 3, 2025
49. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $2.62 x 5 Contracts made at 11:26 AM EST on March 4, 2025
50. Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-$550 Call-Spread @ $2.20 x 5 Contracts made at 3:06 PM EST on March 5, 2025
51. Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) July 18, 2025 $125-$135 Call-Spread @ $2.85 x 5 contracts made at 2:04 PM EST on March 6, 2025
52. Buy to Open QQQ May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $2.00 x 15 Contracts made at 9:42 AM EST on March 10, 2025
53. Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $2.00 x 3 Contracts made at 12:11 PM EST on March 25, 2025
54. Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) July 18, 2025 $125-$135 Call-Spread @ $2.88 x 5 contracts made at 1:35 PM EST on March 26, 2025
55. Sell to Close QQQ May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $0.22 x 25 Contracts made at 12:10 PM EST on May 2, 2025
56. Sell to Close Nvidia July 18, 2025 $125-$135 call-Spread @ $4.70 x 10 Contracts made at 10:01 AM EST on May 13, 2025
57. Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) July 18, 2025 $360-$380 Call-spread @ $5.00 x 3 Contracts made at 10:31 AM EST on May 13, 2025
58. Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-$550 call-Spread @ $0.07 x 10 contracts made at 10:39 AM EST on May 13, 2025
59. Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) September 19, 2025 $150 Puts @ $8.35 x 2 Contracts made at 11:36 AM EST on June 27, 2025
60. Buy to Open QQQ Sep 30, 2025 $530-$520 Put-Spread @ $1.30 x 12 Contracts made at 1:23 PM EST on July 21, 2025
61. Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) October 17, 2025 $550-$540 Put-Spread @ $1.50 x 10 Contracts made at 11:20 AM EST on August 12, 2025
62. Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) Oct 24, 2025 $150 Puts @ $1.15 x 2 Contracts made at 10:38 AM EST on September 11, 2025
63. Sell to Close Nvidia (NVDA) Sep 19, 2025 $150 Puts @ $0.12 X 2 contracts made at 11:02 AM EST on September 17, 2025
64. Sell to Close NVDA Oct 24, 2025 $150 Puts at $0.00 x 2 Contracts [Contract Expired]
65. Buy to Close QQQ Oct 2025 $540 Puts at $0.00 x 10 Contracts [Contract Expired]
66. Sell to Close QQQ Oct 2025 $550 Puts at $0.00 x 10 Contracts [Contract Expired]
67. Buy to Close QQQ Sep 30 $520 Puts at $0.00 x 12 Contracts [Contract Expired]
68. Sell to Close QQQ Sep 30 $530 Puts at $0.00 x 12 Contracts [Contract Expired]

Completed Trades

Trade 1: QQQ (December 19, 2024)
Buy to Open QQQ Feb 21, 2025 $500.00 Calls @ $31.10 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close QQQ Feb 21, 2025 $500.00 Calls @ $37.25 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$615.00 (19.78%)

Trade 2: AAPL (January 3, 2025)
Buy to Open AAPL Mar 21, 2025 $240 Calls @ $12.65 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close AAPL Mar 21, 2025 $240 Calls @ $9.10 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: –$355.00 (–28.07%)

Trade 3: NVDA (January 14, 2025)
Buy to Open NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130 Calls @ $12.95 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130 Calls @ $22.00 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$905.00 (69.88%)

Trade 4: AAPL (January 22, 2025)
Buy to Open AAPL April 17, 2025 $220-$240 Call-Spread @ $6.40 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close AAPL April 17, 2025 $220-$240 Call-Spread @ $15.45 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$905.00 (141.41%)

Trade 5: AAPL (January 30, 2025)
Sell to Open AAPL April 17, 2025 $250 Calls @ $6.50 x 1 Contract
Buy to Close AAPL April 17, 2025 $250 Calls @ $2.70 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$380.00 (58.46%)

Trade 6: QQQ (January 27, 2025)
Buy to Open QQQ April 17, 2025 $530.00 Calls @ $11.65 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close QQQ April 17, 2025 $530.00 Calls @ $15.50 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$385.00 (33.06%)

Trade 7: MSFT (January 30, 2025)
Buy to Open Microsoft (MSFT) April 17, 2025 $415.00 Calls @ $18.40 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close Microsoft (MSFT) April 17, 2025 $415.00 Calls @ $16.50 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: –$190.00 (–10.33%)

Trade 8: TSLA (February 11, 2025)
Buy to Open TSLA April 17, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $5.75 x 3 Contracts
Sell to Close TSLA April 17, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $7.72 x 3 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$590.00 (34.20%)

Trade 9: GOOGL (February 12, 2025)
Buy to Open Google (GOOGL) April 17, 2025 $180 Calls @ $10.55 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close Google (GOOGL) April 17, 2025 $180 Calls @ $10.70 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$15.00 (1.42%)

Trade 10: TSLA (February 21, 2025)
Buy to Open TSLA May 16, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $4.49 x 6 Contracts
Sell to Close TSLA May 16, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $4.05 x 3 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$132.00 (–10.00%)

Trade 11: AMZN (February 21, 2025)
Buy to Open Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $220 Calls @ $12.05 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $220 Calls @ $13.00 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$95.00 (7.88%)

Trade 12: RDDT (February 21, 2025)
Buy to Open Reddit (RDDT) LONG common stock @ $165.00 x 10 Shares
Sell to Close Reddit (RDDT) x 10 Shares @ $171.00
Profit/Loss: +$60.00 (3.64%)

Trade 13: QQQ (February 24, 2025)
Buy to Open QQQ May 16, 2025 $540-$550 Call-Spread @ $3.47 x 5 Contracts
Sell to Close QQQ May 16, 2025 $540-$550 Call-Spread @ $3.80 x 5 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$165.00 (9.51%)

Trade 14: AMZN (February 24, 2025)
Buy to Open Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $230-$240 Call-Spread @ $2.80 x 2 Contracts
Sell to Close Amazon (AMZN) May 16, 2025 $230-$240 Call-Spread @ $2.90 x 2 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$20.00 (3.57%)

Trade 15: META (February 24, 2025)
Buy to Open Facebook (META) May 16, 2025 $720-$740 Call-Spread @ $5.95 x 2 Contracts
Sell to Close Facebook (META) May 16, 2025 $720-$740 Call-Spread @ $6.75 x 2 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$160.00 (13.45%)

Trade 16: PLTR (February 24, 2025)
Buy to Open Palantir (PLTR) May 16, 2025 $100-$110 Call-Spread @ $2.86 x 3 Contracts
Sell to Close Palantir (PLTR) May 16, 2025 $100-$110 Call-Spread @ $2.65 x 3 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$63.00 (–7.34%)

Trade 17: PLTR (February 24, 2025)
Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-550 Call-Spread @ $2.69 x 5 Contracts
Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-550 Call-Spread @ $2.20 x 5 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$245.00 (–18.22%)

Trade 18: TSLA (March 25, 2025)
Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $4.49 x 3 Contracts
Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) May 16, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $2.00 x 3 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$747.00 (–55.46%)

Trade 19: NVDA (April 17, 2025)
Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) April 17, 2025 $125-$140 Call-Spread @ $0.70 x 1 Contracts
Sell to Close Nvidia (NVDA) April 17, 2025 $125-$140 Call-Spread @ $0.00 x 1 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$70.00 (–100.00%)

Trade 20: QQQ (March 3, 2025)
Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $2.344 x 25 Contracts
Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $525-$535 Call-Spread @ $0.22 x 25 Contracts
Profit/Loss: –$5,310.00 (–90.61%)

Trade 21: NVDA (March 6, 2025)
Buy to Open Nvidia (NVDA) July 18, 2025 $125-$135 Call-Spread @ $2.865 x 10 Contracts
Sell to Close Nvidia (NVDA) July 18, 2025 $125-$135 Call-Spread @ $4.70 x 10 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$1,835.00 (+64.00%)

Trade 22: TSLA (March 3, 2025)
Buy to Open Tesla (TSLA) July 18, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $4.00 x 3 Contracts
Sell to Close Tesla (TSLA) July 18, 2025 $360-$380 Call-Spread @ $5.00 x 3 Contracts
Profit/Loss: +$300.00 (+25.00%)

Trade 23: QQQ (February 27, 2025)
Buy to Open NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-550 Call-Spread @ $2.69 x 10 Contracts
Sell to Close NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) May 16, 2025 $540-550 Call-Spread @ $0.07 x 10 Contracts
Profit/Loss: -$2,620.00 (-97.40%)

Total Realized Profit: -$3,302.00 (-33.02%)

Baratheon Portfolio Trades

Complete order history can be found under the Trades tab in the menu bar below.

Trade 3: NVDA (January 14, 2025)
Buy to Open NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130 Calls @ $12.95 x 1 Contract
Sell to Close NVDA Mar 21, 2025 $130 Calls @ $22.00 x 1 Contract
Profit/Loss: +$905.00 (69.88%)

Trade 12: RDDT (February 21, 2025)
Buy to Open Reddit (RDDT) LONG common stock @ $165.00 x 10 Shares
Sell to Close Reddit (RDDT) x 10 Shares @ $171.00
Profit/Loss: +$60.00 (3.64%)

Total Realized Profit: -$3,302.00 (-33.02%)

⚠ Disclaimer: The Samwise Portfolios are for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. All investments involve risk, and there is no guarantee of profit or protection against loss. Past performance does not indicate future results. Always conduct your own research and consult with a licensed financial professional before making investment decisions.

Baratheon Portfolio Strategy

The Baratheon Portfolio Strategy is a short-term oriented trading strategy that seeks to profit on the short-term price movements of various stocks, options and other assets. The trading strategy involves both momentum and contrarian trading strategies. It follows the general rules of momentum when riding a short-term trend higher. Other times the Baratheon portfolio may choose to go long once a stock or index has become oversold in the near-term. Whenever there’s a short-term trading opportunity, the Baratheon Portfolio will seek to produce a return.

It’s important to point out that the Baratheon Portfolio Strategy is likely the weakest overall strategy and runs directly counter to the Samwise Rules of Investment and to the Samwise Strategy generally. There are situations where momentum trading can outperform. But the safer investment is in longer-term strategies where there’s a significantly higher forecasting certainty involved.

The entire reason we publish the Baratheon Model Portfolio at all is to illustrate why long-term investing is a better, safer alternative to trading, and to show why patience may very well be the most important attribute one could have in investing. The Baratheon Model Portfolio is also being published as a way to trade on opportunities upon which the other portfolios cannot capitalize due to strategic limitations.

For example, opportunities often arise that does not quite fit as an appropriate trade for the Targaryen Portfolio but would be for the Baratheon Portfolio. The Targaryen Portfolio strategy is based around making intermediate-term purchases during market corrections. It isn’t best suited for short-term trades in the market. So the Targaryen Portfolio has to be extremely selective on the trades is executes leaving Baratheon as the sole portfolio to capitalize on such opportunities.

risk Management strategy

The Baratheon Portfolio suffers from higher overall risk compared to the other Samwise Portfolios and thus carries an outsized risk of failure. While contrarian trade may be hedged at times, the strategy is heavily dependent on stop-losses, premium sales and covered call writing. As a short-term oriented portfolio however, hedging does become rather difficult in many cases.

We cannot stress enough that the Baratheon Portfolio, like its namesake Joffrey Baratheon, is a highly unpredictable, volatile, bastard child of the Samwise Model Portfolios.