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Posted by Martin May 14, 2022

2022 Week 19 investing and trading report

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 →

Posted by Martin May 13, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 19

This selling is becoming frustrating. Our SPX trading strategy held relatively well, mostly because I didn’t trade much. All I did was sit tight and manage trades that needed adjustment. I only opened Friday trade and used the collected credit to help offset another trade that needed adjustment. Next week, I will be doing the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 07, 2022

2022 Week 18 investing and trading report

The first week of May trading hasn’t started very well and I have very low expectations for this month. I am a bit skeptical that it would improve. Our buying power is extremely depressed which prevents me from trading and investing in this market. As of today, I have over $68,000 in cash that I Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 07, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 18

For 18 weeks ur SPX PCS strategy performed well while the market was selling off. It was not an easy journey this year. When I started this strategy at the end of 2021 I hoped for a better start and large profits. The market had a different opinion. Despite heavy selling, we finished up by Continue reading →

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

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 March 26, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 12

My last week’s SPX trading was slow. I was traveling and mostly managing the trades only. I opened only a few new trades but watched old trades expire or closed for target profit. Last week,the SPX PCS strategy finished up by +2.41% while SPX was up +1.79%. Our overall SPX account is up +95.05% since Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 19, 2022

2022 Week 11 investing and trading report

A huge reversal in the market or just a noise that will impact our trading more than I would think? This choppy market has already taken a toll on my options income! In order to keep my account in green, I had to roll many options trades for debit and I hate it! Nevertheless, our Continue reading →