Options trading

Using Bear Call Spreads to Offset Losses on a Troubled NFLX Put Position

Options trades do not always follow the original plan.In May 2026, I opened a position in Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) by selling put credit spreads. The initial idea was straightforward: collect…

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From Clearing Bushes to Selling Stora Enso Put Options: An 11.65% Annualized Trade

Today, after looking over one of our properties in western Latvia, I invited representatives from the local Swedish-owned forestry company Sveaskog Baltfor to estimate the cost of clearing the…

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Why I Bought Bank of America Stock After Selling a Cash-Secured Put

Recently, I added Bank of America stock to our long-term stock portfolio after selling a cash-secured put on BAC.This was not a random trade. I have been selling options and investing with Bank of…

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From Pizza Dinner to Portfolio: Why I Bought PZZA Stock in Dublin

Some investment ideas start with a spreadsheet. Others begin while waiting for pizza.During a recent trip to Dublin, I took my daughter for dinner at Papa John's. While waiting for the pizza, I did…

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Why I Stopped Selling Put Options on Micro Gold Futures (MGC)

As a seasoned trader and CEO of Terramatris crypto hedge fund, I have explored various trading strategies over the years. One strategy I have experimented with is selling put options on Micro gold…

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How To Sell Covered Calls with Solana on ByBit

ByBit is my new favorite crypto trading platform, I switched from Deribit to ByBit around August 2023, with the launch of TerraMatris crypto hedge fund. I like trading on Bybit because, unlike…

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I'm making $0.21/daily* by selling covered calls on Solana coin

It has been several days since I'm playing again with crypto options, more precisely selling covered calls with Solana coin on the deribit trading platform.Disclosure:  This article …

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Buying Amazon stock on margin (NASDAQ:AMZN) before stock split to sell covered calls

On March 17, 2022, I assisted in buying 1 share of AMZN stock for my fiancee. She paid USD 3,101.99 for 1 share.Our goal is to have 5 shares by June 6, 2022. My fiancee is having her birthday on June…

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7 Dividend Stocks To accumulate while selling Put options for extra income

In today's article, I'm going to talk about 7 dividend stocks I don't mind having in my portfolio and how I'm generating additional semi-passive income by selling put options (or credit spreads) on…

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I'm earning $3.19/daily* by trading crypto options and I want more!

This is a quick follow-up post to my original idea of experimenting with writing crypto covered calls on Ethereum and Bitcoin, I started at the end of November 2020This is not the first time I'm…

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My First Iron Condor Trade - Lessons Learned

This article has been in the blog's draft section for a couple of months and as it still bears some useful information I decided to publish as it is with little comments at the end.On August 13, 2019…

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My First Option Trade: FTR Aug16'19 2 Put @0.45

Now, this is exciting - in the late evening of March 28th, 2019 (GMT) I made my first options trade (s).To get to this point it took me a couple of months and a lot of reading, talking and…

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