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Posted by Martin October 01, 2020

#003 Trades opened today

We have added a few more trades today to our accounts:   Sold 1 PPL Nov20 30 call for +0.22 credit Bought 1 T shares @ 28.50 Bought 1 ICSH shares @ 50.55 Sold 1 TSN Oct16 63.5 call for +0.25 credit Bought 1 T shares @ 28.52   Since we have reached 100 shares, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 30, 2020

#002 Trades opened today

We have added a few more trades today to our accounts:   Bought 10 PPL shares @ 27.08 Roll 1 IWM Oct9 150 call to Oct23 152.50 call for 0.21 credit   We bought 10 more shares of PPL reaching our goal of 100 shares in our account #1. Now we will start accumulating AT&T Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 28, 2020

#001 More trades opened today

We have added a few more trades today to our accounts:   Roll 1 IWM Sep30 148 call to Oct9 150 call for 0.53 credit With the market renewed rally, we had to roll our IWM trade once again. We rolled it into the next week’s expiration and 150 strike. With the rally, we may Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 27, 2020

Updating our stocks and options holdings review

For some time I was neglecting updating our stock and options holdings on this blog. Most of the time, I was updating these positions on Facebook but since I decided to leave Facebook for good, I returned back here and will be updating our positions in this blog again. I manage four (4) accounts of Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 25, 2020

Dividend stocks accumulation list July 2020

Account Net-Liq: $5,534.40 SPX value: 3,215.63 Shiller PE: 29.97 I updated my list of dividend stocks I plan accumulating this year (or in fact any year, as long as I accumulate them). My goal is to reach 100 shares of these stocks. Once I accumulate these shares, I will start selling covered calls to boost Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 24, 2020

Markets losing it again, good or bad?

Account Net-Liq: $5,339.34 SPX value: 3,215.63 Shiller PE: 29.97 Markets continued down again today, as of this entry, S&P was down 0.84%. Normally, I would be OK with it if I didn’t have the SPX trade trying to get rid of it. I had to roll the puts down this time. But I decided to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 23, 2020

What I was worried about happened

Account Net-Liq: $5,287.47 SPX value: 3,235.66 Shiller PE: 30.16 In the morning that market rallied. So I rolled my SPX trade higher again. And of course, but the end of the day the market tanked down by -40.36 (-1.23%). And, of course, because I was rolling my puts higher too, to recoup some cash, now Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 22, 2020

The market seems to ease the rally

Account Net-Liq: $4,976.45 SPX value: 3,276.02 Shiller PE: 30.53 The market seems to finally lose steam on its rally and today, it created an indecision candle and it even went red. True, when I write this entry, it is still too early in the morning and everything may change by the end of the day. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 21, 2020

So many sudden gurus

Account Net-Liq: $5,259.26 SPX value: 3,257.30 It is astonishing to see how many sudden investing and trading gurus popped out on social media, mainly on Youtube. It reminds me of my enthusiasm in 2008 when I decided to post about the market and my newly achieved knowledge of the market which no one ever knew Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 21, 2020

The market is ripping it off rallying again

Account Net-Liq: $5,259.26 SPX value: 3,257.30 Another day with large gains and I do not see where do they come from. Another frustrating day where the market goes up 1%+ or down 1%+ and sometimes more. Where are the days where the market went up and down 0.30% and we considered it a huge gain? Continue reading →