When an options seller sells a CALL option, he agrees to sell 100 shares of an underlying stock at a specific price, also known as the strike price, if the share price of the underlying stock rises above the strike price at the expiration date (end of contract). A CALL Seller can get stuck in … Continue reading I Found A Way To Fix My Broken Covered CALL & Naked CALL Positions, While Releasing Stuck Shares, Unrealised Profits, Without Hurting Liquidity
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I Hedge On My Nvidia Bearish Positions & Gained USD7,094.50 (SGD9,592.34)
Since the start of the year, I have been placing hedges against my Nvidia bearish positions because Nvidia's continual rise in share price meant that my unrealised losses were increasing and I was starting to face liquidity issues because of that. Coupled with my falling short of 200 Nvidia shares in my 3 SELL CALL … Continue reading I Hedge On My Nvidia Bearish Positions & Gained USD7,094.50 (SGD9,592.34)
My Nvidia Time Bomb (-USD141.5k Unrealised Loss & Counting) | Why You Should Never Sell Naked CALL | The Danger Of Short Selling
I used to own 300 shares of Nvidia back in 2023 but I sold Covered CALL on them at the worst possible time when Nvidia had reached its bottom at $100+ in early 2023. My breakeven price was around USD263, and my strike price was around USD200 but the premium was not high as Nvidia … Continue reading My Nvidia Time Bomb (-USD141.5k Unrealised Loss & Counting) | Why You Should Never Sell Naked CALL | The Danger Of Short Selling
Trading Review Feb 24 ($7,735 Profits)
February 2024 has been a good month for me thanks to the rapid rise of a few stocks such as Nvidia and Coinbase. The summary table of profit/ loss is as follows: Crypto and AI chip makers have been the darlings of the stock market as EV stocks take the back seat. Seasonality told us … Continue reading Trading Review Feb 24 ($7,735 Profits)
Getting Liquidation Warning | Why I am Getting Liquidation Warning & What You Can Do If You Get Liquidation Warning
Recently I started getting a liquidation warning about my account not having enough funds and is at the risk of being liquidated. So, I called my brokerage (IBKR) to ask why I was getting these liquidation warnings despite having cash in the account. The agent told me that there were some positions that high on … Continue reading Getting Liquidation Warning | Why I am Getting Liquidation Warning & What You Can Do If You Get Liquidation Warning
Why I Am Buying CALL Options Again In 2024 | USD5.6k Profits In Feb 24 | Bullish Options Strategies 2024
After cutting huge losses in Dec 2022 when many of my LEAPS contracts lost much of their value, I didn't think that I would be buying options again. The SOP strategy that worked really well for me in 2023 is about selling PUT options, rather than buying CALL options. However, I was inspired by my … Continue reading Why I Am Buying CALL Options Again In 2024 | USD5.6k Profits In Feb 24 | Bullish Options Strategies 2024
Trading Review Jan 24 ($3,737 Profits)
The US stock market got off to a good start in 2024 as the S&P 500 gained 1.6% in January. It was also my 4th consecutive profitable since Oct 2023. See other months' reviews here:Trading Review Dec 23 ($6,840 Profits)Trading Review For Oct (+2.8k) & Nov 23 (+2.55K) Summary Table of Profits/ Loss This is a summary … Continue reading Trading Review Jan 24 ($3,737 Profits)
How I Achieved 14x Return In One Trading Day
This is more of a lottery bet as I bought a CALL contract just before earnings and hope that a great earning result would cause the stock to go to the moon and it happened exactly. This stock is Meta, which beat analyst expectation on earnings and announced its first dividend payout, and it rose … Continue reading How I Achieved 14x Return In One Trading Day
Review Of 2023 + Reveal Of Investment/ Trading Portfolio For 2024
I started 2023 with renewed hope that it will be a better year than 2022. After great gains in 2021 and heavy losses in 2022, I reached the breakeven point in my investment and options trading journey, as my total gain in 10 years of investing and options trading covers the losses suffered in both … Continue reading Review Of 2023 + Reveal Of Investment/ Trading Portfolio For 2024
My “Profitable Trades” Collection
As investors or traders, we yearned for this ultimate outcome: that is, to turn our time, efforts, and capital into something more than what we originally had. But it is not always the easiest outcome to achieve. 3 years into options trading and 11 years into stock investing, the learning curve is still steep as … Continue reading My “Profitable Trades” Collection
Learning Investment With Jason Cai 