Posted by Martin July 02, 2017

June 2017 dividend income

I was so busy in June working hard towards my financial independence that I almost forgot that the month is over again. I am very tired these days because I took a second, part time job to make a few more bucks and that income goes towards my financial independence.   With the additional money Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 27, 2017

TECK June 30 Iron Condor closed (ROTH IRA)

I failed to report opening of this trade when I opened it on June 14. It was such a busy month that I was not always able to report all my trades properly so you can enjoy watching and following my trading journey. At some point in the past my old Iron Condor closed for Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 14, 2017

New Iron Condor using TECK in ROTH IRA

UPDATE: June 14, 2017   We rolled our June 30th 17 strike into November 17, 2017 expiration and 17 strike. We also added new call side creating a new Iron Condor:   BTC 1 TECK Jun30 17.00 put STC 1 TECK Jun30 15.00 put STO 1 TECK Nov17 17.00 put BTO 1 TECK Nov17 15.00 Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 30, 2017

May 2017 dividend income

May is over and it is time to once again review our dividend income in our ROTH IRA account. It was again another successful month as our annualized dividend income increased. We haven’t received as many dividends as in April but it still was a successful month. In our ROTH IRA we collect income from Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 25, 2017

Options Trade: TECK Iron Condor trade (ROTH IRA)

Opening another TECK Iron Condor in ROTH IRA:   BTO 1 TECK Jul7 14.00 put STO 1 TECK Jul7 16.00 put STO 1 TECK Jul7 21.00 call BTO 1 TECK Jul7 23.00 call   @ 0.35 credit limit   TECK @ 18.64   Trade executed at 0.35 (or $35) credit.   IV of the trade: Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 22, 2017

TECK Iron Condor trade (ROTH IRA)

UPDATE: May 22, 2017   The trade executed this morning. As the old Iron Condor closed, this new opened and we are in the trade. We collected 0.35 credit or $35 dollars. Now we will wait for this trade to develop. We also placed buy back orders for both our short legs (to buy back Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 22, 2017

TECK Iron Condor (ROTH IRA)

UPDATE: May 22, 2017 TRADE CLOSED   Today morning, our puts closed for 0.05 debit. This closes our Iron Condor with 13.20% profit in 32 days and 150.56% annualized return.  

Posted by Martin April 28, 2017

April 2017 dividend income

April dividend and options trading in our ROTH IRA account has been very successful. From the dividend income perspective it was the best month so far. Both incomes also helped the account balance growth although the stock market shows a lot of bearishness and fear. However, last few days in the markets boosted the value Continue reading →