Blog Archive: August 2025
Week 21 / $98 Premiums, NVDA Volatility, and DOCU Position
| | 52 seen
As of August 29, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $8,504, what is another weekly increase of +1.81% (+$150). While Year-to-date, our portfolio is +8.87%. Awesome!
This week, we collected $98 from selling options, what is slightly above my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (1.15% this week).
Our portfolio remains concentrated in NVDA stock, and this week proved especially volatile due to NVDA’s earnings report on August 27. Fortunately, all of our options positions expired worthless, allowing us to move forward without setbacks.
In addition, I explored DocuSign this week and decided to take a small position. We initiated a bull put spread to test the waters, while also adding 0.5 shares to our long-term portfolio.
I'm currently holding one covered call on NVDA with a $113 strike price expiring on December 19, which is significantly deep in the money. If we allow the shares to be called away at expiry, this would lock in an unrealized profit of approximately $6,100.
…
Week 20 / Tbilisi Life & NVDA Stock Update: Covered Calls Portfolio +0.9% This Week
| | 122 seen
Greetings from Tbilisi, Georgia! Today, we attended the open afternoon at the British International School of Tbilisi. Our kiddo is already in Year 3—time really flies! For the next academic year, the head teacher will be joining us from Wales. So instead of the usual leprechauns, we’ll now be surrounded by dragons and fairies. And with just a few more weeks left, summer will officially come to an end.
Besides that, this week was quite turbulent for our stock portfolio. With the upcoming earnings report for NVDA scheduled next week, there were noticeable price movements. To stay safe, I decided to roll out and forward positions already in the middle of the week. Nevertheless, the week ended strong, and we locked in some nice weekly gains for the portfolio.
As of August 22, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $8,353, what is a decent increase of +0.9% if compared to previous week (+$74). While Year-to-date, we our portfolio is +6.94%. Awesome!
This week, we collected $112 from selling options, what is well above my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (1.34…
Week 19 / $155 from NVDA & UBER Trades, Margin Debt Payoff in Sight
| | 126 seen
Greetings from Tsikhisdziri, Georgia! This week, we decided to extend our holiday with a five-day stay at a friend’s aparthotel on the Black Sea, near Batumi, after returning from Thessaloniki. Life is beautiful.
Besides that, it was another great week for my covered call stock portfolio, with exotic Swedish SEB Bank, Finnish Neste, and BMY put options expiring worthless — bringing me back to trading NVDA options.
As of August 15, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $8,278, what is a decent increase of +2.07% if compared to previous week (+$168). While Year-to-date, we are already at +5.99%. Awesome!
This week, we collected $155 from selling options, what is well above my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (1.87% this week).
Our portfolio remains concentrated around NVDA stock.
I'm currently holding one covered call on NVDA with a $113 strike price expiring on December 19, which is significantly deep in the money. If we allow the shares to be called away at expiry, this would lock…
Week 18 / 40th Birthday in Thessaloniki: BMY Credit Spreads, and a Heineken Twist
| | 98 seen
Greetings from Thessaloniki, Greece! This week, I’m celebrating my 40th birthday surrounded by fine cuisine, a light sea breeze, and surprisingly good house wine. If there’s a hidden gem in Europe, Thessaloniki is certainly one of them.
Travel brings inspiration—and new ideas. This week was one of those moments. I took a step back from my usual NVDA trades and instead opened new positions in Heineken and BMY. The result? Additional EUR income and an increased USD allocation in our dividend stock portfolio.
As of August 8, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $8,100, what is a decent increase of +3.85% if compared to previous week (+$300). While Year-to-date, we are already on positive +4.78%. Awesome!
This week, we collected $118 from selling options, what is above my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (1.45% this week).
Our portfolio remains concentrated around NVDA stock.
I'm currently holding one covered call on NVDA with a $113 strike price expiring on December 19…
Week 17 / Boring but Profitable: Weekly NVDA Credit Spread Expires Worthless, Again
| | 114 seen
As of August 1, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $7,810, what is a slight decrease of -0.4% if compared to previous week (-$31). While Year-to-date, we are still in positive territory with +1.69%. Awesome!
To be fully transparent, our portfolio's value is also influenced by EUR/USD exchange rate fluctuations. With the U.S. dollar strengthening to 1.15 against the euro, we experienced a decline in value when measured in dollar terms.
Aside from that, it was another boring week - our NVDA credit spread expired worthless, and we opened a new weekly credit spread. Boring is good; excitement often means risk.
This week, we collected $46 from selling options, what is below my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (0.58% this week).
Our portfolio remains concentrated around NVDA stock.
I'm currently holding one covered call on NVDA with a $113 strike price expiring on December 19, which is significantly deep in the money. If we allow the shares to be called away at…