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Archive for April, 2022

Posted by Martin April 30, 2022

2022 Week 17 investing and trading report

April trading in our main account ended relatively well compared to the entire market. Our options income ended up, our dividend income also ended up, but our net liquidation value got a severe beating. Our Net-liq is down -22.08% compared to March 2022 and overall account is down -15.99% YTD. I hope, that when the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 30, 2022

April 2022 $100 Challenge account review

In April we didn’t trade much as we are building equity in the account after we had to close our positions at a loss. It is a part of the game that we will time to time take a loss. But we have time on our side and we will take leveraged positions to grow Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 30, 2022

HFEA April 2022 strategy report

Our HFEA strategy got a severe beating in April as there was nowhere to hide. Stocks got beaten down as well as bonds. A TMF position that was supposed to protect the account got sold off terribly and we hold larger losses in TMF than in the SPXL. The only unit that held a bit Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 30, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 17

Our SPX PCS strategy finished up by 1.71% while SPX lost -3.27%. Last week was a horrible week. As pundits and media say, it was the worst week since 2008. There seems to be no end to selling pressure. Our account performed well but I do not feel happy about it because it was very Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 23, 2022

2022 Week 16 investing and trading report

Once again I was surprised with our options trading results this week. I expected a positive return but only around $1,000 dollars. So receiving $3,108 in options premiums was a nice surprise that offset the horrible account balance results. Our net-liq dropped significantly again and we pretty much erased all last year’s gains. But the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 23, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 16

Our SPX PCS strategy finished up by 24.27% while SPX lost -2.75%. Last week was a horrible week. The market lost over 5% in two days based on fear of the FED raising rates “too aggressively”. But our account was up significantly. But there is nothing much to celebrate. All I was doing was adjusting Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 20, 2022

Netflix (NFLX) isn’t dead despite Wall Street’s gloom and doom

Netflix (NFLX) reported a decline in subscribers in the second consecutive quarter. And Wall Street is panicking and predicting the end of the company. Everybody – Youtubers, talking heads on CNBC, Facebook, Reddit is now bearish and talking about the gloom of Netflix being dead. Everybody has a solution now and everybody knows what to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 16, 2022

2022 Week 15 investing and trading report

I expected my options trading last week to be a disaster, so I was quite surprised that I could achieve positive returns and brought in over $600 in premiums. Of course, compared to premiums received in the previous months or during 2021, this is a mediocre result (and it is an overstatement). But given the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 16, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 15

Last week,the SPX PCS strategy finished down by -0.50% while SPX lost -2.13%. It was because we didn’t trade much. Our strategy is directional and we trade to the upside. When the market is bad, we stay away. From time to time, we take a bearish position (credit call spread) but in this market, it Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 11, 2022

What’s with the AT&T (T)?

Wow, AT&T (T) crashed this morning more than 25% after the spinoff was finalized over the weekend. But then, the media told you that AT&T rallied almost 8% after the spinoff.     So, what is wrong with this chart? How can the stock open below $19 a share when it closed above $23 a Continue reading →

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