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Sep 2, 2021 | Aug 27, 2021 All Posts

A Week on the Beach

Trade Trudging Week on the Beach. Everyone needs time off! Table of Content Commentary - Beach WeekThis Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss Statement Schedule for this Week This Week's Trade ActivityVertical Spreads Opened This WeekVertical..

Aug 8, 2021 | Aug 6, 2021 All Posts

Lost Art of Journalism

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened. -Walter Cronkite (Lost Art of Journalism) Table of Content Commentary - Neutral Journalisam?This Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss Statement Schedule for..

Jul 2, 2021 | Jul 2, 2021 All Posts

Trade Trudging – Stardate 99100.77

Well... this STINKS! In a failure to get my homework completed on time, I decided to punt this week's brilliant commentary until next week. Table of Content Commentary -Trade TrudgingThis Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss..

Jun 25, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 Trade Trudging

Pot Stocks – Is it Time to Buy?

More and more states (over 35) have already legalized medical and recreational marijuana to some degree. So, is now a good time to buy Pot Stocks, or should I wait until the Feds give the thumbs up? Table of Content..

Jun 18, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 All Posts

Market Maker – The Man Behind the Curtain

This "Trade Trudging" week, I want to briefly consider the Market Maker's influence over my Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads. Table of Content Commentary - Market MakerThis Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss Statement Schedule for..

Nov 20, 2022 | May 28, 2021 Trade Trudging

Custom Options Watchlist using Thinkorswim in Excel – PT 2

In this week's entry, I will explain how I developed my "Killer Watchlist" - a custom Excel/ThinkorSwim spreadsheet I use to select and monitor multiple Vertical Options Spreads at a glance. Hold onto your lugnuts!It's tiiiiime for an overhaul!!! -..

Jul 23, 2021 | May 14, 2021 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Exit Rules: Vertical Credit Spreads – PT 2

When my Vertical Put Credit Option Spread is going bad, these are the Exit Rules I could follow to know when to close. Your mind is a weapon,Keep it loaded.- John Wick (Attributed to) Exit Strategy for Vertical Spreads It..

May 8, 2021 | May 6, 2021 Geopolitics Affecting My Positions

Incredible Progressives – “The Progressibles”

"The Progressibles" have a plan to get the Green New Deal across the finish line. And it's GENIUS! “People will trade quality for ease.” –Evelyn Deavor (Movie: The Incredibles 2) Commentary I guffawed when I heard President Biden characterized the..

Apr 28, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 All Posts

Trade Trudging Week

You know, trudging?To trudge, the slow, weary,depressing yet determined walkof a man who has nothing left in lifeexcept the impulse to simply... soldier on.Chaucer (Movie: A Knight's Tale) Commentary Whether it be conflicts in schedules, oak allergies, beautiful spring days,..

May 3, 2021 | Apr 2, 2021 Trade Trudging

Happy Easter

"...because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, 'The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise." - Mark 9:31 This short..