Trading journal

This section documents my real-world options trading activity. I currently focus on selling bull put credit spreads, cash-secured puts, and covered calls, primarily on highly liquid large-cap equities such as NVDA, with the goal of generating consistent options premium income, which is then reinvested into a dividend stock portfolio.

Each week, I share trade setups, adjustments, results, and key takeaways, with a strong emphasis on risk management, disciplined execution, and long-term consistency.

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DateTitleValueCashOptions premiumYTD
Selling BMY Cash-Secured Puts as Nvidia Crashes | Week 83$13,361$-2,359$67 33.33%
BMY Earnings Beat, NVIDIA Selloff & Rising Market Volatility | Week 82$13,395$-2,385$58 33.24%
From Scotland to Wall Street: Buying IHG Stock and Collecting Options Premiums | Week 81$13,510$-2,403$54 34.58%
BMY Shares Called Away, Back to Selling Puts & Buying NIO | Week 80$13,456$-2,397$79 33.80%
Why I Paused NVDA Credit Spreads and Started BMY Covered Calls | Week 79$13,643$-8,358$102 35.95%
Managing a Losing BAC Put, NVDA Credit Spread and $51.92 in Premium | Week 78$13,546$-2,493$52 33.46%
Week 77 / $233 Premium, BAC Roll and NVDA Adjustment$13,733$-2,508$234 34.41%
Week 76 / NVDA Spread, BAC Roll and New NU Position$13,706$-2,691$94 33.03%
Week 75 / From Tbilisi to Wall Street: NVDA Options, NFLX Cooling Off and Another Step Toward $14K$13,866$-2,733$70 33.30%
Week 74 / Stock Portfolio Up 34.41% YTD as NFLX Position Grows$13,973$-2,773$118 34.41%
Week 73 / NVDA Earnings Relieve Pressure as Portfolio Climbs to $13,735$13,735$-2,462$48 32.03%
Week 72 / $124 Premium, NVDA Earnings and NFLX Roll$13,472$-2,470$125 28.55%
Week 71 / Selling NVDA Credit Spreads Ahead of Earnings$13,606$-2,569$56 30.87%
Week 70 / Portfolio Cracks 13K While NVDA Tests My Options Strategy$13,473$-2,587$29 29.54%
Week 69 / Options Portfolio Collects $102 as NVDA Remains the Main Risk$12,840$-2,574$103 24.46%
Week 68 / NFLX Rebounds, NVDA Spread Opened, $67.91 Collected$12,897$-2,606$68 26.26%
Week 67 / $147.60 in Weekly Options Premium Despite Netflix’s 10% Earnings Drop$12,691$-2,647$148 24.22%
Week 66 / Dividend Stock Portfolio Up 25.79% YTD as I Add BAC and Stora Enso Options$12,851$-2,767$81 25.79%
Week 65 / NVDA and NFLX Recovery Help Stock Portfolio Gain 3.02% This Week$12,693$-2,792$58 22.89%
Week 64 / Managing a Challenged NFLX Put and NVDA Credit Spread During a Volatile Week$12,322$-2,831$57 20.61%
Week 63 / Rolling an NFLX Cash-Secured Put and Managing Weekly NVDA Credit Spreads$12,761$-2,890$118 23.77%
Week 62 / How I Managed an NVDA Credit Spread and Added Dividend Stocks$12,664$-2,980$51 22.03%
Week 61 / Rolling an NFLX Position Into a Cash-Secured Put$12,540$-2,967$157 21.07%
Week 60 / Rolling NVDA Bull Put Spreads After Earnings$12,861$-3,080$77 22.67%
Week 59 / NVDA Earnings, NFLX Credit Spreads, and Dividend Growth$12,740$-3,135$67 22.48%
Week 58 / NVDA Surge, NFLX Credit Spreads, and a Record $245 Premium Income$12,367$-3,130$246 18.95%
Week 57 / Building Toward $100 Per Week in Options Income$12,323$-3,324$89 16.51%
Week 56 / Why Options Sellers Sometimes Prefer a Stock Pullback$12,218$-3,357$58 15.48%
Week 55 / Managing NVDA Credit Spreads After a Strong Rally$12,101$-3,398$67 15.38%
Week 54 / Managing NVDA Credit Spreads as the Portfolio Crosses $12K$12,189$-3,444$46 15.33%
Week 53 / Managing NVDA Credit Spreads While Building a House$11,880$-3,468$55 13.69%
Week 52 / Using Options Premium to Build a Dividend Position$11,491$-3,474$68 11.14%
Week 51 / Holding Gains Despite NVDA Decline and Oil Surge from Iran Conflict$11,183$-3,508$66 8.50%
Week 50 / How I Generated $171 in Options Premium and Expanded Portfolio$11,210$-3,557$171 7.69%
Week 49 / Markets Shake, Premium Flows: NVDA Credit Spreads During the Iran War$11,141$-3,628$77 9.09%
Week 48 / Rolling a Cash-Secured Put for Credit and Generating $99 in Options Income$11,211$-3,686$100 8.00%
Week 47 / Managing an NVDA Covered Call Roll After Earnings$11,343$-3,739$223 7.29%
Week 46 / Rolling a PFE Cash-Secured Put Before NVDA Earnings$11,312$-3,943$22 6.91%
Week 45 / How I Use Cash-Secured Puts to Accumulate Dividend Stocks Like Pfizer (PFE)$11,069$-3,919$14 3.32%
Week 44 / $94 Options Premium Earned Amid NVDA Volatility and Tech Sell-Off$11,106$-3,922$94 5.08%
Week 43: Boring but Profitable — BMY Credit Spread Brings in $65 Options Premium$11,050$-3,968$66 3.71%
Week 42 / $107 Options Income From Rolling NVDA Credit Spreads During the Greenland Shock$10,788$-3,980$107 2.81%
Week 41 / NVDA Credit Spread Strategy: 0.43% Weekly Return if Expires Worthless$10,835$-4,087$78 4.31%
Week 40 / NVDA Strategy, $65 Premium Income, and Margin Reduction$10,653$-4,146$65 2.37%
Week 39 / Road to $25K: Rolled Up and Forward NVDA Covered Call, Adjusted Credit Spread$10,607$-4,172$142 1.18%
Week 38 / Road to $25K: Closing 2025 Above $10K with Covered Calls and NVDA$10,697$-4,315$67 35.82%
Week 37 / NVDA & BMY: Portfolio Up +1.11% as We Head from Tbilisi to India$10,465$-4,362$147 33.73%
Week 36 / Defensive Roll on SHELL, New NVDA Weekly Spread$10,351$-4,462$82 27.64%
Week 35 / NVDA Spreads + McDonald’s Buys: Covered-Call Portfolio Hits $10,235$10,236$-4,518$84 31.87%
Week 34 / Covered Call Portfolio Breaks $10K and Beats the S&P 500$10,070$-4,532$44 29.94%
Week 33 / How We Earned $166 in Options Premium This Week with NVDA and BMY Credit Spreads$9,811$-4,558$167 27.77%
Week 32 / Weekly NVDA Options Income: $75 in Premiums and a 2.32% Portfolio Rise to $9,735$9,735$-4,675$75 25.72%
Week 31 / NVDA Dip Trims Covered-Call Portfolio to $9,514$9,514$-4,747$25 22.85%
Week 30 / NVDA, BMY and SHELL Options: $161 Premium, +4.65% Return$9,617$-4,749$161 25.31%
Week 29 / Tbilisi Silk Road Forum & Weekly Portfolio Update: NVDA Options Roll, McDonald’s Purchase$9,190$-4,803$66 18.66%
Week 28 / NVDA Roll to 180/160; $66 Premium Collected$8,917$-4,810$66 11.34%
Week 27 / 12 Years Blogging from Tbilisi: Beating the S&P 500 in 2025$9,083$-4,878$129 17.29%
Week 26 / NVDA Covered Call Roll Adds ~$300 in Six Months (Update)$9,017$-4,940$148 15.44%
Week 25 / NVDA Covered Call, BMY Spread Risk, UBER Spread, MCD Added$8,807$-5,040$92 12.75%
Week 24 / BMY & NVDA Rolls Pay Off; Portfolio +1.15% This Week$8,858$-5,102$162 12.39%
Week 23 / BMY Roll & NVDA Rally: Covered Call Portfolio Update$8,757$-5,265$122 12.12%
Week 22 / Options Income Report: 1.25% Weekly ROI From NVDA & BMY Trades$8,552$-5,384$107 8.41%
Week 21 / $98 Premiums, NVDA Volatility, and DOCU Position$8,504$-5,416$98 8.87%
Week 20 / Tbilisi Life & NVDA Stock Update: Covered Calls Portfolio +0.9% This Week$8,353$-5,477$112 6.94%
Week 19 / $155 from NVDA & UBER Trades, Margin Debt Payoff in Sight$8,278$-5,585$156 5.99%
Week 18 / 40th Birthday in Thessaloniki: BMY Credit Spreads, and a Heineken Twist$8,100$-5,697$118 4.78%
Week 17 / Boring but Profitable: Weekly NVDA Credit Spread Expires Worthless, Again$7,810$-5,697$46 1.69%
Week 16 / Rolling Covered Calls: Why I Rolled NVDA to December for Higher Premium$7,841$-5,743$101 0.37%
Week 15 / Weekly Options Income Hits $66 as NVDA Credit Spreads Return$7,636$-5,844$66 -1.59%
Week 14 / WFC Credit Spread & NVDA Covered Call Strategy – Weekly Options Income Hits $83$7,582$-5,874$83 -2.94%
Week 13 / Swedish Kronor & Premiums: SEB A Options Trade and NVDA Spread Fuel Gains$7,488$-5,875$41 -4.95%
Week 12 / AI-Fueled NVDA Surge Lifts Portfolio +2.59% This week —But Is a Pullback Near?$7,380$-5,887$46 -5.50%
Week 11 / Beating the 1% Weekly Goal: How We Collected $101 in Options Premiums$7,194$-5,934$101 -6.18%
Week 10 / NVDA Weekly Option Trades: $67 Earned, $3,200 Unrealized Profit at Risk$7,074$-6,040$67 -7.85%
Week 9 / Credit Spread Lessons: When Premiums Look Juicy but Risk Bites Back$7,114$-6,107$88 -6.57%
Week 8 / How We Collected $47 in Premiums This Week with NVDA Credit Spreads$6,993$-6,163$47 -7.26%
Week 7 / How I’m Using Covered Calls and Credit Spreads to Pay Off Margin on NVDA Stock$6,888$-6,230$89 -9.33%
Week 6 / Doing Nothing, Gaining 1.98%: A Covered Call Strategy That Pays$6,952$-6,320$0 -7.01%
Week 5 / NVDA Rally Forces Covered Call Adjustment: Rolling Up and Out for a Credit$6,818$-6,320$41 -9.63%
Week 4 / NVDA Covered Call Strategy: Earning $83 This Week To Pay of Margin Debt$6,722$-6,322$83 -11.61%
Week 3 / How Weekly Covered Calls Are Funding Our NVDA Position$6,411$-6,452$141 -15.87%
Week 2 / Covered Call Portfolio Update: $146 in Premium, 11.9% Week Over Week Growth$5,841$-6,592$146 -23.42%
Week 1 / How I'm Generating Options Premium with NVDA Covered Calls$5,219$-6,739$133 -28.65%