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Posted by Martin January 21, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 03

What a week! And a month! SPX got hammered though not as much as Nasdaq. We are in a stage where investors are dumping everything now. Even good quality stocks. I guess margin calls are hitting them hard so they have to liquidate even good holdings in their portfolios. Last two weeks, I was rolling, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 16, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 02

We finished the second week on a down note. As the market was extremely choppy, we had to close a few trades for a loss and we skipped pretty much all trades except our Friday trade because all signals were negative. We finished the week down -10.49% while SPX lost -0.30% only. However, our account Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 08, 2022

2022 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 01

The first week of 2022 didn’t start well yet our SPX strategy performed satisfactorily last week. FED released its FOMC notes and apparently, the notes said something different than what investors could hear at the FED conference talk. So the market sold off. Our signals turned negative and we reversed some of the put spreads Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 02, 2022

December 2021 $100 Challenge account review

Although the year 2021 is over, our Challenge account program’s fiscal year will end in May 2022. We are in month 7 of the program and as you will see below, we are tracking our goal as projected so far. The start of the options trading in the account was a bit challenging as our Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 01, 2022

2021 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 52

The last week of the year 2021 was still positive with a bull market intact for our SPX trading. Also, our indicators were bullish, so we opened new trades although these trades are now in the money (not all of them, just two of the most recent trades), we think they will recover because the Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 24, 2021

2021 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 51

After a week of increased volatility, the stock market picked up the end of the year steam and rallied. I am pleased to see that my strategy of tactical trading the SPX spreads worked well and during the volatile downtrend the strategy kept me out of the trades and when the market finally turned around, Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 18, 2021

2021 SPX put credit spreads trading review – week 50

After a year or two of testing and studying how to trade SPX efficiently and without losing money. I tested several strategies and although there were some losing trades, overall, the strategy I decided to trade with live money worked well. The strategy is to sell put credit spreads (PCS) to generate income in lieu Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 15, 2021

Few Tasks for 2022

As the year-end of 2021 approaches, I started a few new tasks or goals that I want to work on and develop during the year of 2022:   Fully fund and run HFEA strategy   HFEA strategy is accumulating 3x leveraged ETF (SPXL) but with downside protection (TMF). My initial goal was to use $15,000 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 November 09, 2021

Tesla (TSLA) dropped 12%, what’s next?

Today, Tesla (TSLA) dropped 12% in a sharp and swift selloff that was a continuation from Monday selling. On Monday, TSLA tried to recover, but more bad news came today, and the carnage was brutal. But it was not something I was not expecting.   Last weekend I wrote to my newsletter subscribers: Many bears Continue reading →