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Posted by Martin September 03, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 35

The sell-off continued last week and that affected performance of our SPX strategy. I did a few trades last week – adjusting one trade by rolling it away using a “box” trade. Then I opened a new credit call spread with an expiration last Friday. The spread expired worthless for a full profit. I also Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 03, 2022

August 2022 $100 Challenge account review

The stock market is still in crash mode. For almost the entire August we were rallying until its end when we lost half of the gains. And now we are at risk of going lower, which will drag our stocks with it. And that was a reason for not trading this account much. Sometimes, sitting Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 28, 2022

2022 Week 34 investing and trading report

Last week I avoided trading as I was traveling. I was however forced to do a few trades. Why forced? It is typically bad to be forced to do trades and they usually end up in losses. But this time I had built reserves to avoid losses (thank God!). What happened? Well, have you ever Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 28, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 34

This week’s SPX trading report is easy – I didn’t trade. I didn’t even roll any existing trades but I will do roll next week, or adjust in some way. I was traveling and didn’t have time to watch the account. So I left it alone on autopilot and maybe, it was a good thing Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 20, 2022

2022 Week 32-33 investing and trading report

The market reached its significant resistance at a 200-day moving average, which impacted our trading last week. We made a few adjustments but mostly stayed away from trading.   I still struggle with buying power. I have plenty of cash but little available to invest:     Last week, I traded a little. I made Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 20, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 33

I wasn’t trading SPX much last week. After only a few adjustments, but after that, I was just waiting for the expiration. The trades expired on Thursday (based on Friday’s opening price). I am heading into the next week with existing trades only and do not plan on opening new trades. I might if the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 12, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 32

Last week’s SPX trading was hectic. I didn’t have much time to record my trades, and trying to record them all today was a huge pain. I did a lot of rolling, some unfortunate and unnecessary – they turned into a disaster. But I am slowly getting to my standard trading, and if the market Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 06, 2022

2022 Week 30 investing and trading report

The market kept improving last week. Investors started feeling left behind and started chasing the market. A classic FOMO. However, on Friday, the market retreated. In the morning, it lost over 1% but recovered most of the losses. And the reason? Better than expected job data. Whether the job data were cooked or not, analysts Continue reading →

Posted by Martin August 06, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 31

Last week, I didn’t trade SPX trades much. I only opened two trades and mostly was sitting on my hands waiting for those trades to expire which will be happening next week and two weeks later. The overall profitability is improving again as I no longer defend the old trades but start opening new ones Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 30, 2022

2022 Week 30 investing and trading report

The market responded precisely as I expected. Not sure if it was because of being a TA genius or pure luck. I would guess the latter one. Well, I started using volume profile analysis, and that helped me a lot in identifying supports and resistances, so I expected that the market would reach the $4,120 Continue reading →