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Posted by Martin October 01, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 38-39

I didn’t have much time to report a trading a week ago as I was traveling. Fortunately, I could manage the trades. When preparing today’s report on our SPX trading, I was surprised to see that I had made money. We delivered enough credit to eventually offset other trades. We will be working on that Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 18, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 37

Last week was brutal. SPX lost over 4.7% and many of our SPX trades that were bullish are underwater again. I reversed trading to credit call spreads instead and try to manage the open trades by rolling them away and waiting for a better opportunity to manage them. It will be a long process.   Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 11, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 36

Last week the market stopped at 3,900 support, reversed, and started going higher again. That was not good for our SPX trading as I was preparing for more selling opening credit call spreads. When the market reversed, I had to reverse the trades too. Last week, I had a “box” trade that was set to Continue reading →

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 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 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 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 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 30

Our SPX trading is improving, and we are slowly returning to regular trading. Yet I am still cautious, keep it slow, and keep my strikes as far away from the market as possible. The market reached previous strong support, now resistance, and after the strong rally we saw last week, we may have a strong Continue reading →

Posted by Martin July 23, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 29

Last week, the SPX trading improved again. We traded a little last week. We opened new credit spreads and adjusted some older trades only.   Our trading delivered $1,020.00 gain. That brought our account down by 3.79% while SPX gained 2.55%.   Overall, the SPX account is up +675.05% since the beginning of this program, Continue reading →