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Weekly Market Report The Fed told us what we expected to hear (+75 Bps) and SPY declined -4.21%. The Fear index as represented by VIX was up about 8.88% to levels not seen since June of this year. On Friday we briefly exceeded 32. The 2 year rate is now trading over 4% while the … Read more
Weekly Market Report With SPY down -2.47% in the past week, below is a weekly view of SPY going back to 2017. We are still above the 200 day EMA (red line, 367) which is around the mid-June lows. GLD Seems to have bounced off the lows going back to June of 2020, and the … Read more
The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you’re beating the market but by whether you’ve put in place a financial plan and behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go. Benjamin Graham The Fed this week signaled further rates hikes to slow consumption and tame … Read more
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Entered a high probability trade against Oil using the USO ETF as my vehicle for shorting. Sell a April 14th, 105 call and purchase a April 14th 110 call for a $54 credit. It has a 76% chance of making 22$, with a max loss of $446. 3/9/22 Update – Yes, I think it was … Read more
The Money Vikings like this REIT and now may be the time to get into a short put strategy. Sold a 27.50 strike put in STOR out to April 14th for $74 in premium.
CLOSED – On Friday 2/25/22, the SMH Iron Condor trade hit 21 days until expiration (DTE) so I closed it, slightly below my profit target, as I opted for following the mechanics over attempting to squeeze out a few extra pennies.
Closing this GLD Iron Condor for a profit. Just 2% shy of my 50% profit target, we closed for a $52 debit, or a $48 profit per contract. 12% ROI in 17 days.
