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Posted by Martin December 11, 2021

2021 Week 49 investing and trading report

As expected, the December market recovered once the panicking investors realized that the Omicron fear was not justified. Fear of the increased inflation didn’t materialize as inflation, though high, was within expectations. The market rallied last week and in this investing and trading report, we can announce another great achievement: our account reached the $100,000 Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 07, 2021

FOMO

What was obvious a week ago that Omicron probably is not as bad as investors perceived (definitely not worse than the Delta variant), and FED tapering no longer matters, everybody started chasing the markets again. Last two weeks investors were selling everything. Today, they are buying it back at higher prices. Many are screaming “buy! Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 05, 2021

November 2021 $100 Challenge account review

Trading a small account requires a lot of patience and diligence. It is not get-rich-quick trading. When trading a small account, all odds will be against you – the fees, restrictions, regulations, everything will be set to make your journey hard and difficult. But the payoff will be sweet. When I started trading options I Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 05, 2021

2021 Week 48 investing and trading report

November 2021 and the beginning of December 2021 ended up as my worst performance so far. Of course, I can’t expect that our account will go always up only, there will be drawdowns, but as you will see in this investing and trading report, our net-liq lost $8,562 which represents a loss of 8.93% since Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 30, 2021

Idiots returned to the market, rejoice and buy

And here we have it again. Hysteria renewed, or hysteria v2.0, whatever you name it. Despite cases of the new Omicron variant declining in South Africa hysterics returned to the markets selling everything. Powell didn’t help either this time as he said tapering may start sooner than expected. But don’t worry, his words were to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 28, 2021

“The new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus results in MILD disease, WITHOUT prominent symptoms”

“This mutation is unlikely to be more malicious and that the existing vaccines will most likely continue to be effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths” and as a result, while Goldman “would monitor the situation in Gauteng closely over the next month, we do not think that the new variant is sufficient reason to make Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 27, 2021

2021 Week 47 investing and trading report

Wow, the end of the month got pretty wacky! We have received news about a new Covid variant and “although experts do not know yet if it will cause more or less severe COVID-19 compared to other strains” investors already started shooting themselves, jumping out of the windows, and selling their wives and kids off. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 26, 2021

Covid new variant and market panic

Earlier this week, scientists discovered a new Covid variant that spooked the markets and S&P 500 sold off by 2.7% (down -126.61) and DJI was down -905.04.   Everyone panics that this would cause a new travel ban, new restrictions, and new lockdowns. Yet the scientists admit that they do not know about the new Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 26, 2021

Troubles with hosting

Recently I have experienced issues with our hosting and plan on transferring the blog to a new host. The website is now semi-working. If you need help or have questions, please, contact us.

Posted by Martin November 25, 2021

Futures Crashing on Thursday Evening Amid Sudden Fears Over “Dramatically” New Covid Strain

Here we go again. While the US traders are digesting their turkeys with gravy and mashed potatoes the rest of the world is freaking out and algos are hitting bids, amid fears that a new coronavirus strain detected in South Africa, known as B.1.1529, reportedly carries an “extremely high number” of mutations and is “clearly Continue reading →