It is sort of hard to believe. Bears were convinced of an imminent market crash and with any decline they loaded up their portfolios with more bearish trades.
Yet it was apparent that we are… Read More
We are once again at the end of the month. I still feel like the month just started and it is time to report our achievements in dividend investing (and options trading which I will publish… Read More
Three Hots and a Cot
– Creative Non-Fiction by Elizabeth Christie –
“God, if you want me to be a nun, please don’t tell me about it tonight. Amen.”
Lying on my… Read More
In our trading group a trader posted this question:
“Why you might do a 0-1 DTE trade on SPX vs a longer period such as 15-30 DTE…along with the associated logic of the st… Read More
S&P 500 2,840.35 +13.13(+0.46%) Dow 30 25,462.58 +136.42(+0.54%) Nasdaq 7,812.01 +9.33(+0.12%)
July market was volatile and hectic to our trading and… Read More
S&P 500 2,901.52 +0.39(+0.01%) Dow 30 25,964.82 -22.10(-0.09%) Nasdaq 8,109.54 +21.17(+0.26%)
August 2018 was a mix bag of goodies and rotten apples… Read More
S&P 500 2,760.17 +22.41(+0.82%) Dow 30 25,538.46 +199.62(+0.79%) Nasdaq 7,330.54 +7.88(+0.52%)
2018 is going to an end and it is turning out to be a… Read More
In fact, there is not too much optimism despite markets moving higher. Too many people are sitting aside expecting a crash, too many investors are pulling money out of the market (check equi… Read More
Account Net-Liq: $6,801.82SPX value: 3,294.61Shiller PE: 30.70
The problem of all bears out there predicting the second crash is that it is their wishful thinking and prayers… Read More
The market struggles to find the ground. A few bounce attempts failed. We are currently down -1.56% and it seems we are heading towards 200 DMA.
But this is ultimately a good thing, provi… Read More
The only bubble out there is the fear bubble.
The best way to look at the psychology of the markets and how Wall Street works. And the best way to look at market psychology is to look at VIX… Read More
May 2021 started in a similar manner as the previous months – slowly. We only made about $551 trading options in the first week of May. Honestly, it was a surprise to me as I expected… Read More
October 2021 has started last week and it started on a good note. Our account has recovered fully and went on a growth mode again. Our net-liquidating value, as you will see in this investin… Read More
Our trading performed well last week as our account grew again and our options trading recovered some of the previous losses. Yet we finished March 2022 down as far as options income goes (w… Read More
Our SPX trading is improving, and we are slowly returning to regular trading. Yet I am still cautious, keep it slow, and keep my strikes as far away from the market as possible. The market r… Read More
Last week’s SPX trading was hectic. I didn’t have much time to record my trades, and trying to record them all today was a huge pain. I did a lot of rolling, some unfortunate and… Read More
Investors are overly confident in their ability to predict the long-term impact of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Mike Coop, chief investment officer at Morningstar Investment Ma… Read More