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Posted by Martin March 12, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 10

Despite horrible market performance last week, our SPX trading did well. Although I wouldn’t trumpet a victory here yet as we have plenty of underwater trades that we are managing (pretty much just pushing them away until the market improves), these trades can give us a hard time and increase losses. For now, we just Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 09

Despite the market volatility our SPX PCS and CCS strategy performed well. We were building cash income to offset the rolling of our put trades and that worked well so far. A few of our trades expired for a profit, some trades were losing ones but we generated enough income to cover those losses. Last Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2022

February 2022 $100 Challenge account review

February 2022 and the beginning of March were not good for our Challenge account. Extreme volatility made options so expensive along with increased margin requirements, we no longer could maintain our positions and we closed them for a loss. We need to build equity first.   Accumulation phase   The account is underperforming our goal. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 26, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 08

Last week was difficult to trade SPX spreads. As the market was dropping and speeding up in declining, I started reversing and adding credit call spreads to neutralize the put spreads and collect premiums to offset the cost of rolling the puts. But the market reversed sharply and rallied hard on Thursday and Friday and Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 19, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 07

Another difficult week is behind us, yet our SPX trading showed nice profits and growth. But it is not as rosy as it may seem from today’s report. We have a few put spreads in the money we will be rolling and these rolls will generate losses. Yes, we are selling credit call spreads to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 12, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 06

Last week’s market was horrible. The new rally was rejected and the markets lost yet our SPX strategy gained. The gain is however in danger if this market continues freaking out about already known things (nothing that sent the market down was unknown). If the market continues lower, we will be adding call spreads and Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 05, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 05

The market is truly treacherous as some people out there say. The SPX went down hard just to be bought back the same day and erased all previous losses. Trading in this environment is extremely difficult. That’s why I am happy to have my strategy trading SPX credit spreads. It is based on combining several Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 29, 2022

January 2022 $100 Challenge account review

January 2022 was a rout and our account got hammered by volatility. It is an unfortunate result of trading a small account. Our challenge account is now underperforming SPX and our goal. But I see it positively in the near future.   Accumulation phase   The account is underperforming our goal but it is on Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 29, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 04

January 2022 is over and our SPX strategy once again outperformed the market. The market was horrible last week, full of volatile zig-zag moving and losses. However, it seems that the market found support at the $4,315 level. If it holds we may see the market moving up and that would prop our SPX strategy Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 23, 2022

Our SPX PCS strategy will be spectacular when panic selling ends

This selloff in SPX is a blessing as well as a sour moment in the markets. It is a blessing because once this ends and people realize that they were overreacting once again, we will see a nice recovery. It may be slow and long, or a “V” shaped. In both cases, once our SPX Continue reading →