Trading Journal Archives

Sep 3, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 Trade Trudging

Bidenomics Dances the Shipoopi (Bipoopinomics)

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..

Jul 28, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 All Posts

Economic Outlook Supporting My 2023 Vertical Spreads

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..

Sep 3, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 All Posts

Out Perform the S&P 500 – Woo-Hoo!

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..

Exit Rules for Yearly Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads

Sep 3, 2023 | May 26, 2023 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Exit Rules – Yearlys Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads

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..

Apr 30, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 All Posts

Cover Calls WATCHLIST Using ThinkorSwim EXCEL

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..

Bing AI on yearly vertical bull put credit spreads

Aug 22, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Asking The Bing AI – 1 Month vs. 1 Year Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads

In this month’s journal entry’s commentary, I want to see if Microsoft's new Bing AI search engine can help me with improving my Vertical Spread strategy. Plus, new Entry Rules for Yearly Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads. Table of Content..

Feb 24, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 All Posts

Index of S&P 500 Companies Trading Above Their 200-Day SMA

This month's Trading Journal commentary will review a new chartable index - tracking the number of S&P 500 companies trading above their 200-Day Simple Moving Average (SMA). Below I charted the S&P over the past 20 years and annotated some..

Exit Strategy - Vertical Bull Put Credit Spread

Jan 28, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 All Posts

Exit Strategy – Rolling Winning Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads

This month, I want to revisit my Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads’ Exit Strategy - particularly when to exit a winning position. I want to take my painful experience of last year and craft a new strategy a bit more..

Dec 30, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 All Posts

Selling Vertical Credit Spreads for Income – 2022’s Year-End Results

The downturn in the 2022 markets began on cue – the first week in January. And by the end of that first month, I was already falling down the “Correction” rabbit hole. I am ending this year with a frustrating..

Dec 30, 2022 | Nov 25, 2022 All Posts

Budget, Goals, and New Rules for 2023 Vertical Spreads

After 2022, Painful Experience will have to be approbation enough. But with a little prestidigitation, this month's journal entry intends to define my Budget, Goals, Mission Statement, and new Entry/Exit rules for 2023 - Zimzalabim! Table of Content Commentary -..