I decided to take the plunge and let AI run my first put credit spread. It looked at a few options from the latest report and I picked EFA. The AI “suggestion” was to buy the $85 Put and sell the $92 put for a max profit of 6% on the trade on EFA. I…
How I Get Paid To Wait To Buy Stocks At Discount
I don’t like paying full price for anything and stock equities get no exception so I’m going to share with you how I buy equities at a discount and get paid to wait. Selling Cash Secured Puts The image below shows cash secured puts I sold at the start of April. I like to “ladder”…
New App: Bull Put (Credit) Spreads
I continue to invest time and energy in AI to help me build apps to optimize my investments. I finally got around to building a bull put credit spread app to scan data and find the best opportunities for returns or safety. Below are screen shots of the first run on April 17, 2026. I…
What’s Your Breaking Point?
Everyone has a breaking point and the trigger can be anything but I think for most people it’s usually money related. Perhaps the cost of food at the grocery store? Or maybe insurance costs for health, home, or auto? Or maybe property taxes or HOA fees that don’t seem to relent? For me, right now,…
Volatile Market, AMZN Collars To The Rescue
Warren Buffett’s two rules of money are simple. #1 Don’t lose money, #2 See rule #1. To that end, it’s been an extremely volatile market to say the least. There is a non-war war going on, oil infrastructure has been destroyed and there may be more to come. Since I don’t like losing money, I…
AI Saved Me $1700 In Taxes (Correction Post)
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about how I owe Uncle Sam $10000 and I normally file my taxes the first week of April to leave time for rejections/corrections and payment processing. I opened up TurboTax again and something just didn’t feel right about the whole tax situation. What bothered me the most…
AI: Entry Points For JEPQ
With the help of AI, my investment portfolio is starting to fire on all cylinders. As I approach retirement, income generation and capital preservation are two key things that are the most important thing to me. I have a small position in JEPQ for it’s excellent yield however my position is small because I don’t…
Happy Easter!
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Zepbound: My Health Journey – March Year 3
I completed the 12.5 ml dose and started the 15 ml. I have lost a few pounds and lost my appetite. It honestly feels like when I first started Zepbound from the very beginning. The downside is I am now having more severe side effects. For starters, I seem to get a mild headache whenever…
How I Research A Trade (Now With AI)
Back in the pre-AI days which I’ll now refer to as B.AI. I would spend hours searching the internet for articles on particular topic that caught my interest. For example, let’s say I read an article about the shortages of corn. We know corn is used as a food source but also an input into…