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Posted by Martin June 18, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 24

Trading SPX strategy is challenging this year and very frustrating. I am not opening any new trades but managing the old ones as I got caught with those trades rapidly getting under the water. Should I have closed those trades for a loss? Some traders would. I have a loss aversion, so I decided to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin June 11, 2022

2022 Week 22-23 investing and trading report

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 →

Posted by Martin June 11, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 22-23

My family and I went on a vacation a week ago, so I skipped the SPX report a week ago. This report will be a combination of both weeks. Surprisingly, the trading week ago and last week were not as bad as I thought they would be. We managed to roll the trades, and in Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 28, 2022

2022 Week 21 investing and trading report

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 →

Posted by Martin May 27, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 21

Last week I didn’t trade SPX much, just tried to stay afloat. I mostly rolled the trades away and created box trades. That is a trade where a short call has the same strike as the long put and the short put has the same strike as the long call. This way the structure resembles Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 21, 2022

2022 Week 20 investing and trading report

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 →

Posted by Martin May 20, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 20

I expected 2022 year to be slow and not as profitable trading as 2021 but what is happening this year is outstanding. Nevertheless, our SPX trading is doing well so far although it is very difficult trading. I am adjusting trades to get busted again. This is one of the reasons why as an investor Continue reading →

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 →

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