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Posted by Martin June 26, 2022

2022 Week 25 investing and trading report

Last week, our trading was not as successful as the week before. I still was battling with buying power issues and I had to close many trades early. I was closing them for a profit but smaller profit than expected and for debit. That debit lowered our options income by -$2,341.00. However, I could add Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 26, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 25

Last week’s SPX trading strategy was again mostly about adjusting our old trades than trading new ones. The goal is to let the old trades expire one by one before we resume opening new trades. It will be a difficult task as many of our previous trades got deep in the money and need time Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 18, 2022

2022 Week 24 investing and trading report

The market continues to suck… a lot. But our trading did well last week. Extremely well. We rolled a bunch of trades and made adjustments as needed. We also had many covered calls expired last Friday, which we will be reopening next week. But I still keep struggling with buying power and overall margin. My Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 18, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 24

Trading SPX strategy is challenging this year and very frustrating. I am not opening any new trades but managing the old ones as I got caught with those trades rapidly getting under the water. Should I have closed those trades for a loss? Some traders would. I have a loss aversion, so I decided to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 11, 2022

2022 Week 22-23 investing and trading report

Any positive expectations from the last few weeks just vanished, yet our trading and investing performed well last two weeks. The market was up and in a consolidation pattern, but on Thursday, investors started selling equities in expectation of bad inflation data. On Friday, we got bad data, and the market puked even more. Our Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 11, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 22-23

My family and I went on a vacation a week ago, so I skipped the SPX report a week ago. This report will be a combination of both weeks. Surprisingly, the trading week ago and last week were not as bad as I thought they would be. We managed to roll the trades, and in Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 11, 2022

May 2022 $100 Challenge account review

The market is not good for our Challenge account so far. We started aggressively and had to scale down significantly when the valuation reset hit Wall Street. We are significantly down now, but setbacks are part of any trading & investing. This is a long-term investing and trading program, and we are determined to invest Continue reading →