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Archive for March, 2022

Posted by Martin March 26, 2022

2022 Week 12 investing and trading report

The stock market and our trading performed well last week. I am still managing old trades as the damage from the last two months of selling is still present and I have too much buying power tied to those open trades. But it is getting better every day. I keep investing in high-quality dividend stocks Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 26, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 12

My last week’s SPX trading was slow. I was traveling and mostly managing the trades only. I opened only a few new trades but watched old trades expire or closed for target profit. Last week,the SPX PCS strategy finished up by +2.41% while SPX was up +1.79%. Our overall SPX account is up +95.05% since Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 19, 2022

2022 Week 11 investing and trading report

A huge reversal in the market or just a noise that will impact our trading more than I would think? This choppy market has already taken a toll on my options income! In order to keep my account in green, I had to roll many options trades for debit and I hate it! Nevertheless, our Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 19, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 11

The stock market staged a three days rally when SPX reached 200-day MA at $4,468 level. Is this a reversal or just a violent relief bounce rally before we reverse down again? I think, what we are seeing is a reversal. The FED finally raised the interest rates (and if you are subscribed to my Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 12, 2022

2022 Week 10 investing and trading report

Last week was horrible in the market and it affected our trading negatively. We had to roll many trades for debit to stay safe and it had a negative impact on our options trading. However, we added stocks to our portfolio despite the terrible market performance as I believe, the market is near the bottom Continue reading →

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 Week 09 investing and trading report

Another choppy week for our trading and investing. It is becoming frustrating to see the markets going up one day and down the very next day. Our cash was rising the entire week but our options trades became so expensive to maintain that the entire cash pile is covering the trades now. Yet our net-liq 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 March 05, 2022

HFEA February 2022 strategy report

February was not a very good month for the HFEA strategy. We lost a significant amount of money and the reason is that TMF (a bond leveraged ETF) didn’t participate in the market as a hedge. Basically, investors were selling everything across the board. Stocks and bonds lost money. Originally, I dedicated $15,000 for this Continue reading →