Archive for January, 2026

Posted by Martin January 27, 2026

Adding Coinbase (COIN) to growth portfolio

Adding Coinbase (COIN) to growth portfolio

In my spreadsheet, you can see growth trades based on AI screener. It is somewhat an experiment to me. That is why I keep positions extremely small. Here are the rules: If a stock shows on the screener list, I buy the symbol. I buy approximately equal dollar position to match others. After I buy, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 26, 2026

01/26/2026 New Trade – SPX Put Spread (WINNER)

01/26/2026 New Trade – SPX Put Spread (WINNER)

We are opening a new put spread this morning: Order Summary Sell to Open 1 SPX 01/30/2026 Put 6770 Buy to Open 1 SPX 01/30/2026 Put 6755 Limit GTC @ 1.05 Credit      

Posted by Martin January 25, 2026

Market Outlook for 01/26/2026 – 01/30/2026

Market Outlook for 01/26/2026 - 01/30/2026

Here is my outlook for the market and some of my core positions for the week of January 26th to January 30th. This outlook is pure technical view based on simple technical rules.   Our TACO is on it again. When he fucked everything and everyone up in Davos, embarrassed our country as no president Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 21, 2026

TACO of the United States

TACO of the United States

Donald Trump, our TACO of the United States chickened out again. He no longer wants Greenland. He will no longer impose tariffs on the EU countries… As the moron in chief said, it is a long infinite process. Why the markets reacted to his announcement about tariffs in the first place? Didn’t investors already learned Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 18, 2026

Market Outlook for 01/19/2026 – 01/23/2026

Market Outlook for 01/19/2026 - 01/23/2026

Here is my outlook for the market and some of my core positions for the week of January 19th to January 23rd. This outlook is pure technical view based on simple technical rules:   SPX – I trade options against SPX (and /ES futures) to generate income that can be invested into dividend stocks or Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 17, 2026

01/12/2026 New Trade TQQQ LEAPS (OPEN)

01/12/2026 New Trade TQQQ LEAPS (OPEN)

I use TQQQ (3x leveraged ETF) as an aggressive growth vehicle to grow the account fast. This leveraged instrument goes up 3 times when Nasdaq goes up, but it also goes down 3 times when the Nasdaq goes down. So drawdowns can be brutal. This ETF is also not supposed to be a long term Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 11, 2026

Market Outlook for 01/12/2026 – 01/16/2026

Market Outlook for 01/12/2026 - 01/16/2026

Here is my outlook for the market and some of my core positions for the week of January 12th to January 16th. This outlook is pure technical view based on simple technical rules:   SPX – I trade options against SPX (and /ES futures) to generate income that can be invested into dividend stocks or Continue reading →