Despite the market selloff of more than 20% this year and my account investments decline, the year 2022 is starting to turn into a good year for our investing and trading. Yes, overall, we are still down more than 30% this year, but We were able to navigate our options trades to stay positive, buy Continue reading →

June 2022 is over and the first half of the year with it. It was a horrible half of the year for trading. Even the 2020 slump was better than this. But I look at it positively and keep investing in good quality stocks as much as my buying power allows. I suspended trading risky Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Is the market finally turning around so that our trading and investing can improve? It was a disaster so far. I constantly battle with buying power and it makes me very angry. As I mentioned before, I have $60,000 in cash but constantly no buying power. Here is a track of my net-liquidating value, buying Continue reading →

Trading and investing this year were a disaster so far. I think this was the worst year and worst decline I have experienced. The Covid plunge? No problem, I could manage the portfolio well and made tons of money. 2018 decline? Not a problem. Yes, I felt the pressure, but I think today, it is Continue reading →

Last week the trading became even worse. Due to volatility in the markets, my margin shrunk to zero… That means I am pretty much in a full cash account unable to trade anything because I have no buying power. I have over $60,000 in cash but that is all locked by margin maintenance requirements. All Continue reading →