At what point do I need to sell an ITM Spread early for a loss or just let the Option be assigned? This month's Trade Journal will revisit the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Options Assignments and what..
The US economy is being swept into a recession. But instead of continuing to pile out of the markets, it appears that fear-fatigue has set in as Marketeers seem antsy to get back in the fray. So, this week is..
The Progressive movement is primarily about ushering in a socialist economy. This has been a movement for many years, and the COVID crisis gave the movement the bold opening it needed. Has the Progressive movement unleashed an economic Ragnarok? Table..
The Politics of Division has put our country in a bleak, dark, and scary funk. Where is Reagan's "shining city on a hill?" What happened to Obama's "There are no Red States, no Blue States, just the United States?" We..
In my longing to see a sustained market rebound, I have to be careful not to confuse the beginning of a new bull market with a bull trap. Table of Content Commentary - Beware the Bull TrapThis Week's Market SentimentEcopolitical..
Excessive greed, impatience, and naïveté are the bane of all Marketeers. When we take on excessive and misguided risk, we eventually get slaughtered. It is the mission of every Marketeer to understand when to use the appropriate Option strategies. Table..
In this week's Journal Entry, I plan to create a consolidated matrix for my Vertical Spread's Entry Rules. I want one easy table for Bull Put Credit Spreads, Bear Call Credit Spreads, and Iron Condors. Then I plan to take..
There are a lot of geopolitical issues on our nation's plate this year. We have historic economic woes, a watershed Supreme Court ruling, and a political revolution that appears set to jettison the Progressive Political Experiment this coming November. So,..
I need to avoid Bull Traps. So here are 5 things that must happen before a bull market can return. I will also highlight my 3 missed "red flags" from over the past four months. I don't want to miss..
Correction to recession to stagnation. Inevitable you say? I'm thinking so. I'm starting a deep dive into Vertical Bear Call Option Spreads as I believe we are already caught in the mauls of a Bear Market. Table of Content Commentary..