Categories for "Strategies & Practice"

26-10-14RGTI Deep-Water Roll: Took In $84 to Push Assignment from Friday to January

26-10-12NOK Twin-Call Harvest: Down to 20–30% of Premium Left, and No Reason to Wait

26-10-09A 24-Hour NOK Day Trade: Bought the Panic, Sold the Rebound, Handed the Structure Back to Discipline

26-10-06One Close, One Open: NOK 10P Banked +$107.94 as 13C Completes the 20/20 Lease

26-10-01Two Legs Pulled Before NFP Night: NOK 10P and RGTI 18C Bought Back, +$129.78 Banked

26-09-28NOK 11C Buyback: $0.03 Never Filled, $0.04 Did — +$114.80 Banked

26-09-22NOK Three-Leg Put Sale: $393.50 in Rent, and a Ledger That Must Be Managed

26-09-21TRON Final Exit: All 2,300 Shares Sold — The Inventory Era Ends, Capital Moves Fully into Options

26-09-19The 10C Roll, Filed at the Deadline: -231 to Close the Old Leg, +220 to Open the New — and an Earnings Calendar We Almost Missed

26-09-18TRON Seal Lifted: All 17× 5C Bought Back, +$109 — the Final Piece of a Nine-Month Liquidity Trap

26-09-17Phased Stock Exit Day 1: QUBT Sold Outright, RGTI Covered with 18C Rent (+$92 Premium)

26-09-17On the Day NOK Jumped 7%, I Bought Back Two Groups of Puts I Had Sold: +$91 Surfing With the Tide

26-09-17The Hidden Cost of Covered Calls: Sell the Stock or Sell the Call After a Big Rally? — The RGTI Decision and the TRON Trap

26-09-14On the Day NOK Plunged 13%, I Bought Back Two Short Calls: $166 Banked Early

26-09-11Scaling NOK to 10 PMCC Lots: I Sold One Ticket Wrong — Here Is Why I Am Not Worried

26-09-10PMCC: The Poor Man's Covered Call — 1/3 the Capital, Same Rent

26-09-08Quantum Surge Day: Closing the 15.5P, Hanging the 18C — Three Moves Under a RED Account

26-09-06Protective Put: Insurance for Your Shares — So You Can Smile Through a Crash

26-08-31Closing TRON 7.5C: Freeing the Stock to Sell at a Better Price

26-08-24Live Trade: I Sold QUBT $8 Puts at $9.5 — Now the Stock Is Actually at $8

26-08-19Trimming TRON on the Surge: 2,000 Shares Sold, Leverage & Concentration Both Down

26-08-18Closing Both Calls on the Same Day: QUBT & RGTI Buyback Review

26-07-29A Clean TRON Trade: Unlock the Options First, Wait for the Stock Later

26-07-23Made +$22 Scalping, Statement Shows -$424? — Unrealized Loss, Realized Loss & Cost Illusion

26-07-17NOK Daytrade Deformed: From "Grab a Quick Spread" to Cutting 8 Days Later

26-07-17NVTS Assignment: The Decision I Should Have Made on Assignment Day, Delayed 15 Days

26-07-17QUBT Averaging Down x3: From $11.70 to $7.68, Then Cutting the Most Expensive Lot

26-05-21Weekly Trading Journal — May 21, 2026: Rollover Rescue & Covered Call Recovery

26-05-19SilentXx Options Trading Journal — May 19, 2026

26-01-01Stop Going Naked: Why Smart Hunters Wear Bulletproof Vests (Vertical Spreads)

25-12-28The Wheel Strategy Explained: The Most Reliable Cash Flow Machine for Retail Traders