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Posted by Martin March 19, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 11

The stock market staged a three days rally when SPX reached 200-day MA at $4,468 level. Is this a reversal or just a violent relief bounce rally before we reverse down again? I think, what we are seeing is a reversal. The FED finally raised the interest rates (and if you are subscribed to my Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 12, 2022

2022 Week 10 investing and trading report

Last week was horrible in the market and it affected our trading negatively. We had to roll many trades for debit to stay safe and it had a negative impact on our options trading. However, we added stocks to our portfolio despite the terrible market performance as I believe, the market is near the bottom Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 12, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 10

Despite horrible market performance last week, our SPX trading did well. Although I wouldn’t trumpet a victory here yet as we have plenty of underwater trades that we are managing (pretty much just pushing them away until the market improves), these trades can give us a hard time and increase losses. For now, we just Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2022

2022 Week 09 investing and trading report

Another choppy week for our trading and investing. It is becoming frustrating to see the markets going up one day and down the very next day. Our cash was rising the entire week but our options trades became so expensive to maintain that the entire cash pile is covering the trades now. Yet our net-liq Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 09

Despite the market volatility our SPX PCS and CCS strategy performed well. We were building cash income to offset the rolling of our put trades and that worked well so far. A few of our trades expired for a profit, some trades were losing ones but we generated enough income to cover those losses. Last Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2022

February 2022 $100 Challenge account review

February 2022 and the beginning of March were not good for our Challenge account. Extreme volatility made options so expensive along with increased margin requirements, we no longer could maintain our positions and we closed them for a loss. We need to build equity first.   Accumulation phase   The account is underperforming our goal. Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 26, 2022

2022 Week 08 investing and trading report

Last week, the markets trading staged a big reversal, perfectly according to “sell the rumor, buy the news”. When Russians attacked Ukraine, markets finally rallied (no matter how cynical it is). Unfortunately, these large swings gave us hard time because, first, we had to roll our trades down, and after a strong reversal, we had Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 26, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 08

Last week was difficult to trade SPX spreads. As the market was dropping and speeding up in declining, I started reversing and adding credit call spreads to neutralize the put spreads and collect premiums to offset the cost of rolling the puts. But the market reversed sharply and rallied hard on Thursday and Friday and Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 19, 2022

2022 Week 07 investing and trading report

Last week, the markets were weak on fear of inflation, interest rates, and Russian aggression, and our trading was all about adjusting our existing strangles. But on Thursday and Friday, it all went downhill again. We adjusted more to the downside so we prepare for more selling. These adjustments delivered nice cash we used to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 19, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 07

Another difficult week is behind us, yet our SPX trading showed nice profits and growth. But it is not as rosy as it may seem from today’s report. We have a few put spreads in the money we will be rolling and these rolls will generate losses. Yes, we are selling credit call spreads to Continue reading →

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