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$130 profit in JNJ & PEP

Writer's picture: themoneyloafthemoneyloaf
Feb 27

Updated: 13 hours ago

Happy weekend!

 

Despite the big drop on Friday, the portfolio actually did pretty well this week with a number of positions being closed for realized profits. 

 

This week:

  1. $75 profit in Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

  2. $55 profit in Pepsi (PEP)


 

$75 profit in JNJ 


JNJ dropped quite a bit after its last earnings announcement, providing a nice opportunity to take advantage of some volatility and initiate a new trade.

 

I sold a cash-secured put at the $140 strike expiring Feb 21 for $145 in premium up front.

 

This also served as the first official trade for my new options course in 2025, so I was definitely looking forward to a winning trade. 


Financial transaction summary showing options trading: BOUGHT and SOLD JNJ puts in January 2025. Total amount displayed is 75.00.

What I didn't expect was for the trade to close in just 24 hours!

 

I paid $70 to buy back the cash-secured put, which means I locked in a realized profit of $75 - or about 52% of max profit. 


75-options-profit-jnj

This is the 3rd win out of 3 JNJ trades in 2025, bringing in a total of $291 in realized profits so far.

 

That number was:


  • $724 in 2024

  • $1,534 in 2023

  • and $1,857 in 2022


That's just over $4,400 over the last 3 years and 2 months!

 

As always all the trades within this portfolio are updated in close to real-time to my private community, and this was an excellent way to kick off the first (of many) winning trades in my options course. 

 

You can find out more about my private community at the link below. 



 

$55 profit in PEP


The second trade was just shared as a new trade update last week.

 

It was another post-earnings trade, this time in PEP.

 

I sold the $135 cash-secured put expiring Mar 21 and received $95 in premium upfront. My profit target was $55 - or about 58% of max profit, which means I needed to close the position for $40.

 

At last week's update, the PEP position was trading at $88, which wasn't quite the level I was looking at. 

 

But a lot changed in a week and on Thursday it dropped down to $40, my order got hit and I was out of the position at the profit target that I wanted. 


55-options-profit-pep

This win also makes it 3 wins in 3 trades in PEP, bringing in a realized profit of $144.

 

Just like JNJ, PEP has been in and out of my portfolio over the last few years with the following results:


  • $332 in 2024

  • $1,007 in 2023

  • $67 in 2022


You can read about my previous trades in PEP at the link below. 


 

Closing thoughts & useful links


Uncertainty continues to exist in the market, as evidenced on Friday. 

 

I'm still being cautious and picky and waiting for the best opportunities to surface before deploying more capital. 



Have a good weekend!


 

 

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This article is for educational purposes only. This is my own portfolio which is being managed according to my goals and risk tolerance. Your situation is likely different and you should do your own due diligence before investing in stocks or options.

The Money Loaf is my journey towards FIRE (financial independence, retire early), and should be read as information and education, not financial advice. The Money Loaf is not a financial advisor and you should not make any financial decisions without doing your own due dilligence or consulting an advisor if you need to. 

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