As expected, the December market recovered once the panicking investors realized that the Omicron fear was not justified. Fear of the increased inflation didn’t materialize as inflation, though high, was within expectations. The market rallied last week and in this investing and trading report, we can announce another great achievement: our account reached the $100,000 mark for the first time in the history of our trading.

Our Net-Liq jumped up by +17.46%), our options income increased in December by 3.81% and our dividend income also exceeded our monthly goal.

Overall, this market is bullish and I expect it to continue for the rest of the year. The only thing that can derail it is the FED but it is unlikely that they would do anything before the end of the year.
 

Here is our investing and trading report:

 

Account Value:	$102,520.41	+$15,242.08	+17.46%
Options trading results
Options Premiums Received:	$1,609.00
01 January 2021 Options:	$4,209.00	+16.65%
02 February 2021 Options:	$4,884.00	+15.41%
03 March 2021 Options:	$5,258.00	+12.79%
04 April 2021 Options:	$2,336.00	+4.30%
05 May 2021 Options:	$6,346.00	+9.22%
06 June 2021 Options:	$4,677.00	+6.37%
07 July 2021 Options:	$3,865.00	+5.14%
08 August 2021 Options:	$6,133.00	+7.40%
09 September 2021 Options:	$2,353.00	+2.97%
10 October 2021 Options:	$8,721.00	+9.27%
11 November 2021 Options:	$4,577.00	+5.24%
12 December 2021 Options:	$3,904.00	+3.81%
Options Premiums YTD:	$57,263.00	+55.86%
Dividend income results
Dividends Received:	$13.21
01 January 2021 Dividends:	$53.04
02 February 2021 Dividends:	$63.00
03 March 2021 Dividends:	$30.31
04 April 2021 Dividends:	$139.70
05 May 2021 Dividends:	$167.45
06 June 2021 Dividends:	$168.56
07 July 2021 Dividends:	$228.62
08 August 2021 Dividends:	$780.09
09 September 2021 Dividends:	$176.60
10 October 2021 Dividends:	$256.73
11 November 2021 Dividends:	$463.90
12 December 2021 Dividends:	$95.73
Dividends YTD:	$2,681.06
Portfolio metrics
Portfolio Yield:	4.52%
Portfolio Dividend Growth:	8.80%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 10 yrs:	$22,999.73	19.29%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 20 yrs:	$230,565.27	193.36%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 25 yrs:	$1,258,148.17	1055.13%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 30 yrs:	$11,986,639.10	10,052.44%
Portfolio Alpha:	49.53%
Portfolio Weighted Beta:	0.59
CAGR:	593.42%
AROC:	45.95%
TROC:	13.10%
Our 2021 Goal
2021 Dividend Goal:	$1,071.42	250.23%	Accomplished
2021 Portfolio Value Goal:	$42,344.06	242.11%	Accomplished
6-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$175,000.00	58.58%
10-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$1,000,000.00	10.25%

 

Dividend Investing and Trading Report

 
Last week we have received $13.21 in dividends bringing December’s dividend income to $95.73.

Here you can see our dividend income per stock holding:

 

 

Options Investing and Trading Report

 
The market recovered strongly last week and we only rolled a few trades last week, such as TSLA put spreads, ABBV strangles, WBA strangles, AAPL, AXP, SNOW, and BA. We rolled these trades to release buying power and center the trades. A week ago we had to roll the trades lower, last week we rolled these trades back up as our calls got in danger. Sometimes, it is a cat-mouse chase. But once the market calms down again with no wild swings these trades will work well again.

These adjustments delivered $1,609.00 of additional options income bringing December at $3,904.00.
 

You can watch all our trades in this spreadsheet. You can watch the spreadsheet and look for a “NEW” indication next to the trading date. When the indicator shows up, it is typically good for up to 3 days to follow that trade.
 

Expected Future Dividend Income

 
We have received $13.21 in dividends last week. Our portfolio currently yields 4.52% at $102,520.41 market value.

 
Our projected annual dividend income in 10 years is $22,999.73 but that projection is if we do absolutely nothing and let our positions grow on their own without adding new positions or reinvesting the dividends.

We are also set to receive a $4,439.42 annual dividend income. We are 19.30% of our 10 year goal of $22,999.73 dividend income.

 

 

The chart above shows how our future dividend income is based on the future yield on cost and what dividend income we may expect in the future. The expected dividend growth depends on what stocks we are adding to our portfolio and the stocks’ 3 years average dividend growth rate. It is interesting to see what passive income we may enjoy 10, 20, 25, or 30 years from now.

 

Market value of our holdings

 
Our non-adjusted stock holdings market value increased from $122,486.39 to $129,791.56 last week. On month to month our stock holding value increased from $121,107.63 to $129,791.56 value.

 

 

Our goal is to accumulate 100 shares of each stock of our interest and we are getting to that goal.
 

Investing and trading ROI

 

Our options trading delivered a 3.81% monthly ROI in November 2021, totaling a 55.86% ROI YTD. We again exceeded our 45% annual revenue selling options against dividend stocks target!

Our account grew by 398.34% beating our projections and the market.
 

Our options trading averaged $4,771.92 per month this year. If this trend continues, we are on track to make $57,263.00 trading options in 2021. As of today, we have made $57,263.00 trading options.
 

Old SPX trades repair

 

This week, we didn’t adjust our old SPX trades. Our goal is to reach a level that we will be eligible for portfolio margin (PM). Once that happens, we plan on converting the existing SPX Iron Condors to strangles and trade these positions as strangles.

With RegT margin, the capital requirements would be approx. $66,586.06 and that is beyond our means. With PM the requirement for margin would drop to around $10k. That is doable in our account. Once we reach this level, we will start adjusting our SPX trades accordingly. Until then, we will just roll these trades around.
 ‘

Weekly SPX Put Credit Spreads

 
I traded Iron Condors in the past and it was a great money-making strategy. Until it was not. One bad trade and all your profits are gone. And sometimes more than just the profits.

I stopped trading SPX spreads as I didn’t know how to protect them. But I still liked the strategy so when I stopped, I started learnings and researching how to hedge those strategies so I am out of the market when there is trouble and everyone panics. The question was: how to hedge my trades (and the entire portfolio) to protect it from the black swans and how to protect my SPX spreads from selling and getting wiped out.

After a year of testing, paper trading, backtesting, reading books, and studying other successful traders and how they trade SPX spreads, I developed a strategy that is working. Of course, it is not a 100% sure bet. There will be trades that will not work, and that is normal, but overall, the strategy will deliver more winners than losers.
 

Now, I am making my strategy available to everyone to subscribe to SPX weekly PCS alerts.
 

Last week, we opened a few trades and added hedges to our portfolio:

 

 

Accumulating Growth Stocks

 

Last week we continued to accumulate our HFEA holdings (purchasing SPXL and TMF).

Here is a quick review of our HFEA strategy.

We also added a few shares of SNOW to our holdings.

 

Accumulating Dividend Growth Stocks

 

Last week, we also added FLMN shares to our portfolio and finished accumulating 100 shares of this stock. We will be accumulating RYLD to accumulate $5,000 value in this ETF.

Our goal is to reach 100 shares of high-quality dividend stocks and build a weekly dividend income as per this calendar, but we have made no changes to this goal last week:
 

 
You can see the entire spreadsheet here.

 

Market Outlook

 

Last week in our newsletter, I wrote that if the market holds the previous resistance level, now support, at $4,550, the market will resume the uptrend. As soon as the market participants realized that all the Omicron fear was not justified and FED tapering, inflation, and other fears are in fact within expectations, the markets rallied.

This is what I published last week:
 

 
The support was held so no further selling happened. In fact, we experienced a FOMO when investors rushed to the market (buying higher from where they were selling before) and the market created new all-time highs.

On Friday, the CPI numbers were released before the bell and reported the highest inflation since 1982. Many people on social media were predicting crash and doom. When the market went up 0.92%, all in unison claimed that the market is rigged. But they forget that the market doesn’t react on numbers but on expectations. It is the same with earnings. It doesn’t matter what the company reports. What matters is whether the reported numbers met or missed the expectations. And the CPI numbers met the expectations. It was expected that the CPI will be at 6.7%, and 6.8% was reported. The market rallied.
 

 

So what’s next for the market?

Expect more rallying next week. The earnings expectations are not changed – still higher than this year. Holidays are coming and Americans are still spending. In fact, the demand is at the highest levels, higher than pre-pandemic levels. People are afraid of inflation and predict doom but the inflation is caused by supply chain issues. But prices are rising due to the lack of goods on the shelves and high demand. Once the companies catch up with the demand, the inflation will drop.

A great example is the latest Nintendo Switch. It is completely and helplessly sold out. No retailer is able to deliver the gaming console. The only place, you can buy the unit today is on eBay. Although the retail price is at $399, eBay sellers sell the system for $499 – $599 apiece. A 25% to 50% markup. Here is your inflation, folks. Once the Nintendo manufacturer catches up and delivers enough consoles to the stores, the price will drop back to the retail price.
 

What is my expectation for the next week? I expect the market to reach $4,800 next week and possibly $5,000 by year-end. Then, we enter another earnings season and companies will report 4Q earnings. If reports meet expectations, expect more uptrend. If not, a correction will happen.
 

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Account Net-Liq

 

 

Account Stocks holding

 

 

Last week, S&P 500 grew 62.89% since we opened our portfolio while our portfolio grew 28.43%. On YTD basis, the S&P 500 grew 33.05% and our portfolio 21.45%.

The numbers above apply to our stock holdings only. Our overall account net-liq grew by 398.34% this year! This is thanks to options trading that generates income. It can be also seen how the options help lower our cost basis. Just compare the P&L in the regular (left) column with the P&L in the “Options adjusted” column. For example, our AES holding would be a loser as of today (down -6.85%), but we generated enough income (we can call it also a return of our invested capital) and that position is 134.44% up.
 

Stock holdings Growth YTD

 

 

I expect our stock holdings to start outperforming the market hopefully soon. The entire portfolio beats the market by far thanks to monetizing those positions.

Our 10-year goal is to grow this account to $1,000,000.00 value in ten years. We are in year two and we accomplished 10.25% of that goal.

Our 6-year goal is to reach $175,000 account value to be eligible for portfolio margin (PM) and today we accomplished 58.58% of that goal.

Our 2021 year goal is to grow this account to a $42,344.00. We already accomplished this goal.

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Monthly Income

 

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Annual Income

 

 

Our dividend goal and future dividends

 

 

We have accomplished our dividend income goal. We planned to make $1,071 of dividend income this year and we finished receiving $2,681.06. However, we accumulated enough shares to start making $4,439.42 a year.
 

 

Our account cumulative return

 

The chart below indicates our cumulative adjusted return.
 

 

 

As of today, our account cumulative return is 53.29% (note, data in this section are since March 13, 2021, only as that is the date we started tracking these metrics. Thus the results are skewed a bit and will show full picture next year.).

 

Conclusion of our investing and trading report

 

This week our options trading was within our expectations and I believe, the rest of the month will be even better.

We will continue accumulating the dividend growth stocks in our portfolio to reach 100 shares and continue building our cash reserves so we have enough cash to sustain any market corrections and be able to buy depressed stocks.

We will report our next week’s results next Saturday. Until then, good luck and good trading!

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November 2021 and the beginning of December 2021 ended up as my worst performance so far. Of course, I can’t expect that our account will go always up only, there will be drawdowns, but as you will see in this investing and trading report, our net-liq lost $8,562 which represents a loss of 8.93% since the account peak. But from then the account balance started losing ground. The net-liq was losing value despite our stock holdings increasing in value (+1.14%), our cash holdings increased in value (+59.24%), our options income increased in November by 5.24% and our dividend income also exceeded our monthly goal.

I tried to find what was causing this slump while all other metrics were actually better than the previous ones and all I could find was volatility and tech stocks selloff. What does it indicate? If the market improves, this drawdown is just a temporary decline that will improve again.
 

Here is our investing and trading report:

 

Account Value:	$87,278.33	-$3,870.87	-4.25%
Options trading results
Options Premiums Received:	$1,054.00
01 January 2021 Options:	$4,209.00	+16.65%
02 February 2021 Options:	$4,884.00	+15.41%
03 March 2021 Options:	$5,258.00	+12.79%
04 April 2021 Options:	$2,336.00	+4.30%
05 May 2021 Options:	$6,346.00	+9.22%
06 June 2021 Options:	$4,677.00	+6.37%
07 July 2021 Options:	$3,865.00	+5.14%
08 August 2021 Options:	$6,133.00	+7.40%
09 September 2021 Options:	$2,353.00	+2.97%
10 October 2021 Options:	$8,721.00	+9.27%
11 November 2021 Options:	$4,577.00	5.24%
Options Premiums YTD:	$55,654.00	+63.77%
Dividend income results
Dividends Received:	$114.08
01 January 2021 Dividends:	$53.04
02 February 2021 Dividends:	$63.00
03 March 2021 Dividends:	$30.31
04 April 2021 Dividends:	$139.70
05 May 2021 Dividends:	$167.45
06 June 2021 Dividends:	$168.56
07 July 2021 Dividends:	$228.62
08 August 2021 Dividends:	$780.09
09 September 2021 Dividends:	$176.60
10 October 2021 Dividends:	$256.73
11 November 2021 Dividends:	$463.90
Dividends YTD:	$2,667.85
Portfolio metrics
Portfolio Yield:	4.46%
Portfolio Dividend Growth:	8.80%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 10 yrs:	$21,999.61	18.90%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 20 yrs:	$216,801.56	186.30%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 25 yrs:	$1,166,376.41	1002.30%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 30 yrs:	$10,899,423.40	9,366.14%
Portfolio Alpha:	57.38%
Portfolio Weighted Beta:	0.59
CAGR:	562.01%
AROC:	48.75%
TROC:	18.15%
Our 2021 Goal
2021 Dividend Goal:	$1,071.42	249.00%	Accomplished
2021 Portfolio Value Goal:	$42,344.06	206.12%	Accomplished
6-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$175,000.00	49.87%
10-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$1,000,000.00	8.73%

 

Dividend Investing and Trading Report

 
Last week we have received no dividends. Our dividend income is still well in line with our goals and plans. We planned on receiving $472.82 in dividends in November and so far we have received $463.90 income.

Here you can see our dividend income per stock holding:

 

 

Options Investing and Trading Report

 
Selloffs in the markets are great for me. I keep saying, when the investors out there panic, I make the most of my income. Last week, we rolled most of our trades to keep them safe and generated income.

We rolled these trades:
 
BAC 42/50 strangle to 41.5/47.5 strangle for 0.05 credit
AES 23/27 strangle to 21/165 strangle for 0.40 credit
multiple adjustments of SNOW spreads
DKNG 30/50 strangle to 25/35 strangle for 0.05 credit
TSN 72.5/85 strangle to 80/90 strangle for 0.40 credit
TSLA 1035/1040 put spread to 1025/1030 put spread for 0.05 credit
SPCE 2x 18p/ 3x 25c uneven strangle to 3x 13p/ 3x 18c strangle for 1.09 credit
OXY 30/40 strangle to 27/32 strangle for 0.04 debit
CROX 145/200 strangle to 140/185 strangle for 1.82 credit
BABA 105/145 strangle to 100/135 strangle for 0.35 credit
PMT 20 put to 20 put for 0.35 credit
KBE 54/60 strangle to 52/58 strangle for 5.14 credit
BA 170/200 strangle to 180/220 strangle for 3.00 credit
WEN 20/24 strangle to 19/23 strangle for 0.20 credit
MU 77.8/95 strangle to 72.5/95 strangle for 0.80 credit
BA 170/200 strangle to 170/225 strangle for 1.47 credit
AAPL 155/185 strangle to 140/175 strangle for 0.90 credit
BA 175/207.5 strangle to 170/200 strangle for 2.13 credit
BA 180/215 strangle to 170/200 strangle for 2.99 credit
TSN 75/90 strangle to 72.5/85 strangle for 0.63 credit
WBA 43/51 strangle to 42.5/47.5 strangle for 0.05 credit
DKNG 30/45 strangle to 25/45 strangle for 0.30 credit
and many other trades.
 

We closed a PPL strangle for 0.50 debit, the entire trade closed for 0.45 credit.
We also closed a CSCO strangle for 0.15 debit, the entire trade closed for 1.69 credit.
We closed BEPC strangle for 2.77 debit. The entire trade closed for 0.47 debit (a losing trade).
 

These adjustments delivered $1,054.00 of additional options income topping November at $4,577.00. Not the best month but not the worst one either. I expected November to be choppy but unfortunately, I was not very well prepared for it.
 

You can watch all our trades in this spreadsheet. You can watch the spreadsheet and look for a “NEW” indication next to the trading date. When the indicator shows up, it is typically good for up to 3 days to follow that trade.
 

Expected Future Dividend Income

 
We have received $114.08 in dividends last week. Our portfolio currently yields 4.46% at $87,278.33 market value.

 
Our projected annual dividend income in 10 years is $21,999.61 but that projection is if we do absolutely nothing and let our positions grow on their own without adding new positions or reinvesting the dividends.

We are also set to receive a $4,320.18 annual dividend income. We are 19.64% of our 10 year goal of $21,999.61 dividend income.

 

 

The chart above shows how our future dividend income is based on the future yield on cost and what dividend income we may expect in the future. The expected dividend growth depends on what stocks we are adding to our portfolio and the stocks’ 3 years average dividend growth rate. It is interesting to see what passive income we may enjoy 10, 20, 25, or 30 years from now.

 

Market value of our holdings

 
Our non-adjusted stock holdings market value decreased from $126,058.32 to $122,486.39 last week. But on month to month our stock holding value increased from $121,107.63 to $122,486.39 value.

 

 

Our goal is to accumulate 100 shares of each stock of our interest and we are getting to that goal.
 

Investing and trading ROI

 

Our options trading delivered a 5.24% monthly ROI in November 2021, totaling a 63.77% ROI YTD. We again exceeded our 45% annual revenue selling options against dividend stocks target!

Our account grew by 324.25% beating our projections and the market.
 

Our options trading averaged $4,637.83 per month this year. If this trend continues, we are on track to make $55,654.00 trading options in 2021. As of today, we have made $55,654.00 trading options.
 

Old SPX trades repair

 

This week, we didn’t adjust any SPX trades. Our goal is to reach a level that we will be eligible for portfolio margin (PM). Once that happens, we plan on converting the existing SPX Iron Condors to strangles and trade these positions as strangles.

With RegT margin, the capital requirements would be approx. $66,586.06 and that is beyond our means. With PM the requirement for margin would drop to around $10k. That is doable in our account. Once we reach this level, we will start adjusting our SPX trades accordingly. Until then, we will just roll these trades around.

 

Accumulating Growth Stocks

 

Last week we liquidated our RIFN position (for a loss) and used cash to accumulate our HFEA holdings (purchasing SPXL and TMF).

Here is a quick review of our HFEA strategy.

 

Accumulating Rules

 

Despite the rule below, I was still running low on buying power and I was wondering why. Then I saw it. Although I am limiting my options trading, I go on a shopping spree and use a lot of free BP buying stocks. That is not necessarily bad, but these purchases reduce my BP and when the market drops, my BP is depressed even more. I am buying more shares than what my options are generating. When I sell options and generate for example $100 dollars, I go and buy shares worth $200 (thank you margin!). That depletes my reserves. And this also was not my plan at the beginning!

Originally, my goal was to use options income only, so it is time to return to the roots.

Our rule is to buy shares of growth stocks using options income only and only when the BP is above the $4,000 November limit. In December 2021, we plan on increasing the limit to the $5,000 level.

Why such a rule? Up to today, I was scaling up my trades and portfolio. That resulted in rapid growth but also all our proceeds were constantly locked in the trades. If we want to live off of our dividends and options income, we cannot have them locked by new trades. We need to start accumulating “cash available to withdraw”. Therefore, I am shifting my trading to trade the same amount of contracts and invest only a certain excess of the accumulated cash.

Another reason, of course, is to have enough cash to buy opportunities when the market crashes or corrects. As is typical, Wall Street usually overreacts (stupidly) and I want to buy shares when the market is in panic. Like last week. the almost 3% sell-off provided a good opportunity but I have no available buying power!

 

Accumulating Dividend Growth Stocks

 

Last week, we also added FLMN shares to our portfolio.

Our goal is to reach 100 shares of high-quality dividend stocks and build a weekly dividend income as per this calendar, but we have made no changes to this goal last week:
 

 
You can see the entire spreadsheet here.

 

Market Outlook

 

The market suffered another wave of selling. The panic was once again fueled by Omicron panic, FED early tapering, and bad employment data (which in my view should be good for the market preventing FED from tapering). The market is driven by craziness, volatility, and lack of direction.
 

 
There are no catalysts that could be driving this market, earnings are done, and all is left is just freaks panicking. So the market is driven by mood and news. All we can rely on is technical levels. From that perspective, there are only two levels – the 50-day moving average, the 200-day moving average, and previous resistance that is now a support.

We breached the 50-day moving average.
We are in breach of the previous support but there is still a chance that the support will hold. If it holds, I expect the market to resume the uptrend.
If the support doesn’t hold, the market might go to the 200-day moving average.
 

 

When can we expect this market to crash? Watch earnings reports and estimates. When these change, the market will change. It has not happened yet but be open to the possibility of this changing.
 

If you want to learn more about the stock market, events that moved the market last week and will likely impact it in the near future, I recommend you to subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Knowing where the market is heading and knowing when you should expect its reversal can benefit your trading and investing. Subscribe and you get one month free.

 

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Account Net-Liq

 

 

Account Stocks holding

 

 

Last week, S&P 500 grew 56.89% since we opened our portfolio while our portfolio grew 23.53%. On YTD basis, the S&P 500 grew 27.05% and our portfolio 16.55%.

The numbers above apply to our stock holdings only. Our overall account net-liq grew by 324.25% this year! This is thanks to options trading that generates income. It can be also seen how the options help lower our cost basis. Just compare the P&L in the regular (left) column with the P&L in the “Options adjusted” column. For example, our AES holding would be a loser as of today (down -9.37%), but we generated enough income (we can call it also a return of our invested capital) and that position is 128.10% up.
 

Stock holdings Growth YTD

 

 

I expect our stock holdings to start outperforming the market hopefully soon. The entire portfolio beats the market by far thanks to monetizing those positions.

Our 10-year goal is to grow this account to $1,000,000.00 value in ten years. We are in year two and we accomplished 8.73% of that goal.

Our 6-year goal is to reach $175,000 account value to be eligible for portfolio margin (PM) and today we accomplished 49.87% of that goal.

Our 2021 year goal is to grow this account to a $42,344.00. We already accomplished this goal.

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Monthly Income

 

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Annual Income

 

 

Our dividend goal and future dividends

 

 

We have accomplished our dividend income goal. We planned to make $1,071 of dividend income this year and we finished receiving $2,667.85. However, we accumulated enough shares to start making $4,320.18 a year.
 

 

Our account cumulative return

 

The chart below indicates our cumulative adjusted return.
 

 

 

As of today, our account cumulative return is 37.48% (note, data in this section are since March 13, 2021, only as that is the date we started tracking these metrics. Thus the results are skewed a bit and will show full picture next year.).

 

Conclusion of our investing and trading report

 

This week our options trading was within our expectations and I believe, the rest of the month will be even better.

We will continue accumulating the dividend growth stocks in our portfolio to reach 100 shares and continue building our cash reserves so we have enough cash to sustain any market corrections and be able to buy depressed stocks.

We will report our next week’s results next Saturday. Until then, good luck and good trading!

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Wow, the end of the month got pretty wacky! We have received news about a new Covid variant and “although experts do not know yet if it will cause more or less severe COVID-19 compared to other strains” investors already started shooting themselves, jumping out of the windows, and selling their wives and kids off. This panic obviously hit our account but I consider this selloff panic as an overreaction and a buying opportunity even though it may continue next week. We just need to wait for the panickers out there to calm down. However, calming down will be a difficult process now that the new strain was detected in Belgium, the UK, Hong Kong, and Israel despite the ramping travel bans. Looks like, Covid has its own planes and travels on its own.

Our account net-liq lost -3.22% last week compared to -2.70% SPX, but our options trading improved (and I expect it to get better next week as I will be adjusting positions for the new selloff. I usually make a lot more money when the markets panic). We had no dividend income last week but we are still on track with the dividend income monthly projection.

 

Here is our investing and trading report:

 

Account Value:	$91,149.20	-$3,035.80	-3.22%
Options trading results
Options Premiums Received:	$1,670.00
01 January 2021 Options:	$4,209.00	+16.65%
02 February 2021 Options:	$4,884.00	+15.41%
03 March 2021 Options:	$5,258.00	+12.79%
04 April 2021 Options:	$2,336.00	+4.30%
05 May 2021 Options:	$6,346.00	+9.22%
06 June 2021 Options:	$4,677.00	+6.37%
07 July 2021 Options:	$3,865.00	+5.14%
08 August 2021 Options:	$6,133.00	+7.40%
09 September 2021 Options:	$2,353.00	+2.97%
10 October 2021 Options:	$8,721.00	+9.27%
11 November 2021 Options:	$3,523.00	3.87%
Options Premiums YTD:	$52,305.00	+57.38%
Dividend income results
Dividends Received:	$0.00
01 January 2021 Dividends:	$53.04
02 February 2021 Dividends:	$63.00
03 March 2021 Dividends:	$30.31
04 April 2021 Dividends:	$139.70
05 May 2021 Dividends:	$167.45
06 June 2021 Dividends:	$168.56
07 July 2021 Dividends:	$228.62
08 August 2021 Dividends:	$780.09
09 September 2021 Dividends:	$176.60
10 October 2021 Dividends:	$256.73
11 November 2021 Dividends:	$349.82
Dividends YTD:	$2,471.25
Portfolio metrics
Portfolio Yield:	4.59%
Portfolio Dividend Growth:	8.80%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 10 yrs:	$23,281.65	19.71%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 20 yrs:	$237,792.95	201.35%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 25 yrs:	$1,317,843.38	1115.88%
Ann. Div Income & YOC in 30 yrs:	$12,823,046.88	10,857.90%
Portfolio Alpha:	51.11%
Portfolio Weighted Beta:	0.58
CAGR:	582.19%
AROC:	56.34%
TROC:	17.19%
Our 2021 Goal
2021 Dividend Goal:	$1,071.42	230.65%	Accomplished
2021 Portfolio Value Goal:	$42,344.06	215.26%	Accomplished
6-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$175,000.00	52.09%
10-year Portfolio Value Goal:	$1,000,000.00	9.11%

 

Dividend Investing and Trading Report

 
Last week we have received no dividends. Our dividend income is still well in line with our goals and plans. We planned on receiving $472.82 in dividends in November and so far we have received $349.82 income.

Here you can see our dividend income per stock holding:

 

 

Options Investing and Trading Report

 
We received nice options income last week as we were re-opening the trades that expired the previous week. I expected that to boost our income. We also rolled some trades that were not in a good shape.

We opened new trades replacing the ones that expired:
 
BAC 42/50 strangle for 0.38
WBA 43/51 strangle for 0.45
TSLA 1035/1040 bull put spread for 1.10
SPY 450/455 bull put spread for 0.55
TSLA 995/1000 bull put spread for 1.34
BA 185/237.5 strangle for 3.22
KBE 53/62 strangle for 0.42
F 23.5 covered call for 0.26
O 62.5/77.5 strangle for 0.49
&nbs;

We rolled these trades:
 
AAPL 125/165 strangle to 155/185 strangle for 1.00
BABA 130/165 strangle to 110/165 strangle for 0.90
DKNG 35/45 strangle to 30/45 strangle for 0.07 (debit)
MU 70/85 strangle to 75/90 strangle for 0.80
SNOW 335/340 bull put spread converted to 315/320/365/370 Iron Condor for 0.12
VZ 55/60/60/65 Butterfly converted to 40/47/60/65 Iron Condor for 0.38
SPCE 1x 23/ 3x 27 uneven strangle to 2x 18 / 3x 25 uneven strangle for 5.36

These adjustments delivered $1,670.00 of additional options income topping November at $3,523.00. Not the best month but not the worst one either. I expected November to be choppy but unfortunately, I was not very well prepared for it.

 

You can watch all our trades in this spreadsheet. You can watch the spreadsheet and look for a “NEW” indication next to the trading date. When the indicator shows up, it is typically good for up to 3 days to follow that trade.
 

Expected Future Dividend Income

 
We have received no dividends last week. Our portfolio currently yields 4.58% at $91,149.20 market value.

 
Our projected annual dividend income in 10 years is $23,281.65 but that projection is if we do absolutely nothing and let our positions grow on their own without adding new positions or reinvesting the dividends.

We are also set to receive a $4,694.96 annual dividend income. We are 20.17% of our 10 year goal of $23,281.65 dividend income.

 

 

The chart above shows how our future dividend income is based on the future yield on cost and what dividend income we may expect in the future. The expected dividend growth depends on what stocks we are adding to our portfolio and the stocks’ 3 years average dividend growth rate. It is interesting to see what passive income we may enjoy 10, 20, 25, or 30 years from now.

 

Market value of our holdings

 
Our non-adjusted stock holdings market value increased from $109,599.80 to $126,058.32 last week. I expected the improvement after closing the short AAPL position after the assignment. In the hindsight, I should have held the position. It would be making me money today. But I do not short stocks as I do not have the skills to do it successfully.

 

 

Our goal is to accumulate 100 shares of each stock of our interest and we are getting to that goal.
 

Investing and trading ROI

 

Our options trading delivered a 3.87% monthly ROI in November 2021, totaling a 57.38% ROI YTD. We again exceeded our 45% annual revenue selling options against dividend stocks target!

Our account grew by 343.07% beating our projections and the market.
 

Our options trading averaged $4,755.00 per month this year. If this trend continues, we are on track to make $57,060.00 trading options in 2021. As of today, we have made $52,305.00 trading options.
 

Old SPX trades repair

 

This week, we didn’t adjust any SPX trades. Our goal is to reach a level that we will be eligible for portfolio margin (PM). Once that happens, we plan on converting the existing SPX Iron Condors to strangles and trade these positions as strangles.

With RegT margin, the capital requirements would be approx. $66,586.06 and that is beyond our means. With PM the requirement for margin would drop to around $10k. That is doable in our account. Once we reach this level, we will start adjusting our SPX trades accordingly. Until then, we will just roll these trades around.

 

Accumulating Growth Stocks

 

Last week we liquidated our RIVN position (for a loss) and purchased 100 shares of Ford (F). Ford is an established automaker that is now going electric and will be manufacturing their electric F-150 Lighting truck. Unlike Rivian, Ford is delivering their cars and they have the capacity to deliver the number of trucks their CEO announced. Rivian doesn’t even have a factory established and so far delivered a prototype only. This video below made me change my mind about Rivian:

 

 

Ford is also a dividend stock as they re-established their dividend recently. I wouldn’t consider it a dividend growth stock, but along with the dividends, I expect the company to deliver returns on their electric trucks.

We also added 6 more shares of SNOW to our portfolio.

But I realized that I was deviating from my original accumulating plans and rules. See below.

I also split my SPXL and SSO accumulation goals into an HFEA strategy.

 

Accumulating Rules

 

Despite the rule below, I was still running low on buying power and I was wondering why. Then I saw it. Although I am limiting my options trading, I go on a shopping spree and use a lot of free BP buying stocks. That is not necessarily bad, but these purchases reduce my BP and when the market drops, my BP is depressed even more. I am buying more shares than what my options are generating. When I sell options and generate for example $100 dollars, I go and buy shares worth $200 (thank you margin!). That depletes my reserves. And this also was not my plan at the beginning!

Originally, my goal was to use options income only, so it is time to return to the roots.

Our rule is to buy shares of growth stocks using options income only and only when the BP is above the $4,000 November limit. In December 2021, we plan on increasing the limit to the $5,000 level.

Why such a rule? Up to today, I was scaling up my trades and portfolio. That resulted in rapid growth but also all our proceeds were constantly locked in the trades. If we want to live off of our dividends and options income, we cannot have them locked by new trades. We need to start accumulating “cash available to withdraw”. Therefore, I am shifting my trading to trade the same amount of contracts and invest only a certain excess of the accumulated cash.

Another reason, of course, is to have enough cash to buy opportunities when the market crashes or corrects. As is typical, Wall Street usually overreacts (stupidly) and I want to buy shares when the market is in panic. Like last week. the almost 3% sell-off provided a good opportunity but I have no available buying power!

 

Accumulating Dividend Growth Stocks

 

Last week, we also added BAC, FLMN, and LMT shares to our portfolio, obviously spending more than our BP allowed. Now I will have to sit tight and let our portfolio consolidate.

Our goal is to reach 100 shares of high-quality dividend stocks and build a weekly dividend income as per this calendar, but we have made no changes to this goal last week:
 

 
You can see the entire spreadsheet here.

 

Market Outlook

 

The market was going mostly sideways last week, as expected. Yet, I noticed that most of the stocks in our portfolio were constantly in red despite the flat market. That was not a good sign. Then on Friday, covid fear hit and we sold off sharply on a significantly high volume despite the US traders digesting their turkeys from the night before. If we see a continuation or even a gap down on Monday next week, brace yourself for more selling next week. If traders shake the Covid news off, this market will recover.

Here is what happened last week:
 

 
It is hard to say where we will be going from here. We are sitting on a 50-day moving average right now. It may work as resistance and we may bounce from here, or it will slash through like a hot knife through butter and more damage is to come. We see another stop at $4,550 (and Monday selling pressure may push us there) and then we may bounce. If that doesn’t hold, $4,300 would be the next stop.
 

Given that more negative news about the new Covid strain is coming from mainstream media, I would expect more selling next week.
 

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Investing and trading report in charts

 

Account Net-Liq

 

 

Account Stocks holding

 

 

Last week, S&P 500 grew 58.83% since we opened our portfolio while our portfolio grew 23.64%. On YTD basis, the S&P 500 grew 28.99% and our portfolio 16.65%.

The numbers above apply to our stock holdings only. Our overall account net-liq grew by 343.07% this year! This is thanks to options trading that generates income. It can be also seen how the options help lower our cost basis. Just compare the P&L in the regular (left) column with the P&L in the “Options adjusted” column. For example, our AES holding would be a loser as of today (down -9.10%), but we generated enough income (we can call it also a return of our invested capital) and that position is 120.31% up.
 

Stock holdings Growth YTD

 

 

I expect our stock holdings to start outperforming the market hopefully soon. The entire portfolio beats the market by far thanks to monetizing those positions.

Our 10-year goal is to grow this account to $1,000,000.00 value in ten years. We are in year two and we accomplished 9.11% of that goal.

Our 6-year goal is to reach $175,000 account value to be eligible for portfolio margin (PM) and today we accomplished 52.09% of that goal.

Our 2021 year goal is to grow this account to a $42,344.00. We already accomplished this goal.

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Monthly Income

 

 

Investing and Trading Report – Options Annual Income

 

 

Our dividend goal and future dividends

 

 

We have accomplished our dividend income goal. We planned to make $1,071 of dividend income this year and we finished receiving $2,471.25. However, we accumulated enough shares to start making $4,669.60 a year.
 

 

Our account cumulative return

 

The chart below indicates our cumulative adjusted return.
 

 

 

As of today, our account cumulative return is 43.57% (note, data in this section are since March 13, 2021, only as that is the date we started tracking these metrics. Thus the results are skewed a bit and will show full picture next year.).

 

Conclusion of our investing and trading report

 

This week our options trading was within our expectations and I believe, the rest of the month will be even better.

We will continue accumulating the dividend growth stocks in our portfolio to reach 100 shares and continue building our cash reserves so we have enough cash to sustain any market corrections and be able to buy depressed stocks.

We will report our next week’s results next Saturday. Until then, good luck and good trading!

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