As I recount my 5-year journey in the world of Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads, I liken the strategy to the seductive but ultimately unfulfilling Mrs. Robinson. I shared my struggles, doubts, and moments of despair. Yet, small victories always..
My Ameritrade accounts were transferred to Charles Schwab on the weekend of Nov 3. And for the better part of this month, I’ve been picking up the pieces. I felt like Carl Fredricksen in a slow slog, trudging towards my..
How do you connect Schwab's Thinkorswim (TOS) desktop trading platform with your Excel spreadsheet? How about how to use the Thinkorswim RTD commands to live stream data into your Excel Watch List? Even better, how about downloading my Excel Options..
With the US deficit approaching $2 trillion this year, inflation at a gut-buster 17.5% above 2020's consumer prices, interest rates at a stifling 5.25%, expanding military involvement in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, a dangerously polarized population, a politically..
In this month’s Trade Journal post, I want to explore what to expect when my TdAmeritrade accounts are transferred to the Charles Schwab platform. There’s going to be a little sphincter tightening for me until the transfers are completed. Table..
Has “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” been supplanted with “Inclusion, Equity and the pursuit of Climate-Justice?” It seems like Bidenomics is dancing the Shipoopi with Lady Liberty - Bipoopinomics Table of Content Commentary - Bipoopiomics This Month's Market..
Today, the S&P 500 is only 4% away from our pre-COVID high of 4,776 – the start of all this market management lunacy. Any new Vertical Bull Put Credit Spread I open in the next couple of months will hopefully trigger..
My CND compels me to measure my Options income to gauge whether I’m making money or wasting my time. After a year of ill-reporting my P&L, I made one minor D’oh correction. I’m now relieved to see that my Vertical Bull..
I still have the goal of a monthly income, I still believe I can do so with Vertical Credit Spreads, and I still desire to be nerdy about it all. So here are my new Exit Rules for Yearly Vertical..
This month's Journal Entry feeds my nerdy side as I document my Cover Call Watchlist, which pulls live data from my ThinkorSwim trading platform into an Excel Spreadsheet. In addition, I will dissect my watchlist Excel spreadsheet and document how..