I continue to be extremely concerned about the over valuation of stocks but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to make risk free money. So far, I have net credit collars on GLD, IWM, IBIT, and recently added more NVDA. Mechanics of Trade Here’s a walk through of the trade. The net credit here…
Category: Investments
Locking 15% to 25% Return On Gold Miners
Even though I’m in Asia, it doesn’t mean I’m not trying to make money. Gold continues to go to the moon and it’s a great time to profit from all the momentum and speculation. I’ve written about my first gold collar on GLD here and so far so good, it’s risk free money. I also…
Sold My Foreign Currencies Today
After approaching nearly 10% return on my foreign currencies, I decided to sell them today. The inflation data is looking ominous and it may lead to the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates at a time that everyone thinks interest rates are primed to go down. If inflation does spike and the Fed raises rates, it…
Update On Foreign Currency Hedges
Back in November I wrote a couple of posts on Euro and Swiss currency to hedge my investment portfolio. These positions weren’t huge but they were intended to hedge and possibly profit from volatility against a falling stock market and falling US Dollar. So how are those positions doing now? My Euro currency trade is…
Short Term vs Long Term Capital Gains
One costly mistake you don’t ever want to make with an investment move is ending up with short term capital gains tax instead of long term capital gains. The difference of 1 day can cost you a great deal of money. Short Term Capital Gains Generally speaking, short term capital gains occur when you have…
ETF: CPSM – 1 Year Later
Last year in April I wrote two posts about a new ETF CPSM. The first was a brief description of how it’s supposed to work and the second was the actual purchase of this ETF. The premise of this ETF was that it would “guarantee” the core invested amount but yield a maximum of 9…
Market Chaos & Update On IWM Collar Strategy
I am traveling and while I am away, I am not oblivious to what’s been happening with the stock market. I checked in this morning to see the status of my IWM collar. In case you missed it, here is a post from March 11 about how I planned on protecting my portfolio with an…
NVIDIA Covered Calls
The S&P is officially in correction territory down 10% and while many people are panic selling, I am nibbling at the market. This isn’t financial or trading advice so do your own due diligence and invest in the way that meets YOUR goals. I bought 100 shares of NVDA at around $116.50 and I sold…
Risk Management Is The Theme for 2025
I haven’t had time to write too many posts because I am fighting fires set by this new crazy administration. Last year, I wrote a post entitled, “Diversification is 2024 theme: Banking, Health, Tech, Everything” and that was based on all the cyber security and related incidents throughout the year. This year, it seems every…
Portfolio Risk Management & Collar Strategy
I have been concerned about the economy for a while now but the growing volatility I’ve seen in the market the past few months coupled with the new administration policies lead me to believe that now is a good time to shift to different options strategies. I’ve written about my ladder covered call strategy here…