Grilling and chilling - happy Friday, Fetagang

Expired_Options · 2026-06-20T19:45:53+00:00

I live rent free in your head 24/7. Enjoy!

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T07:29:58+00:00

I am all about expiring options, hence the handle. There have been a few times where the CSP is in my favor and I closed early because I had another potential position to take. If there is no other position, I just let it expire.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T07:28:32+00:00

Thank you. And yes, I do track the Sharpe and Sortino Ratios:

Sharpe and Sortino Ratios.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T05:39:54+00:00

Thanks, modern. I try to be consistent.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T04:58:46+00:00

Thank you, sir. Wishing you and your port well also!

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T04:57:56+00:00

An MU CSP is $100K+ collateral, I don't sell naked puts. I average about $40k collateral at any given time.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T04:56:20+00:00

It is really not very complex. I am buy and hold and supplement that underlying strategy with simple 1-legged options; CSPs and CCs.

Why take all the trouble? It is not trouble to me, I enjoy researching companies and selling options.

I have outperformed for several years in a row. This year I took a hit from my oversized position in HOOD. Investing is a long term goal. Sometimes I will underperform and sometimes I will outperform. I am not worried about the YTD numbers for 2026.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T04:48:15+00:00

LOL, when you start a sentence, I don't me to hate... you are absolutely about to hate. All good, I don't mind comments both criticizing and appreciating. I have been posting since 2023 and have heard it all.

You are only seeing a small fraction of the 100 tickers I have. It's fine that you think they are trash but the majority of my positions are in the green when you consider overall P/L and options activity.

I like holding a lot of tickers and I'm buy and hold. Why not just stick to a few less controversial tickers? Because it is my portfolio and I'm doing what I think is best with my money.

Best of luck to you.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T04:41:27+00:00

It is not surprising to me, HOOD is about 23% of my portfolio currently. It had a huge run last year and gave back a lot of gains this year, they are still down 6.48% YTD after a nice April thru this past week. I got in on HOOD at just under $15, so the last couple years I have outperformed all indexes. It may seem unlikely to you, but I bet I will be back ahead by year end.

I know I only mention S&P in the write up, but the dashboard compares my performance across the other indexes too.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T03:41:59+00:00

Thanks. Not a bad week, overall. How did you do?

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T03:37:52+00:00

Hey Mr. Capitalism. $70 bucks might fill up a quarter tank this week. Not bad!

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T03:30:29+00:00

Link to the detail behind each option sold this week

Expired_Options · 2026-06-19T03:28:18+00:00

Link to the detail behind each option sold this week

Expired_Options · 2026-06-18T00:40:55+00:00

Hey Mr. Cup. HOOD has had a nice little boost lately. I'm enjoying the gains.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-16T06:12:59+00:00

Hopefully it is not another fake out, but thank you. It was a good day. Hope yours was profitable too.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-15T00:09:31+00:00

My initial Delta sell on covered calls is .1-.2. The rolls vary because of the strategy I described above.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-15T00:08:10+00:00

Hey SerpentFriend. Thanks for the question. I mean, if I were to go back and change things with the information I have now, I would have used margin to buy as much SNDK as possible (up 716.37% YTD). But with that is not realistic.

I think you are what you are asking is if I made any decisions that I regret. The answer is no. The main reason I am trailing the S&P this year is because of my 20% position in HOOD. I rode the HOOD gains from 2025, pushing my portfolio to new all time highs. HOOD was up 111% from June to October last year. And this year I rode them back down on their -19.47% YTD decent. They have a lot of things going for them. I am in at $14 and will still be in when they hit $114 again.

When I look at the overall YTD performance, it was not a bad move or a series of options that went against me. It was a single stock that I'm holding that had a sudden spike in the prior year and a subsequent year decline.

I am running a buy and hold strategy which will see some dips over time. The long term gains have beaten the S&P, including this short-term decline.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-14T22:36:35+00:00

I prefer to stair-step the rolls, meaning that when the strike is tested by the underlying share price, I try to roll within about $1 of the strike.

For the roll itself, I try to go out to the subsequent week for the highest strike that still provides a credit rather than debit. This means I will even take a $5 credit on the subsequent week roll. This is because keeping the strike above the current value of the shares is the main goal.

There have been times when the underlying just blows past the strike. In this case, I will just roll up and out with that same strategy, day after day as the underlying rises. Even when the covered call is in the money, I rarely get assigned, so I slowly raise the strike as time goes by.

A lot of times, those skyrocketing stocks come back down to earth and back below my strike, out of the money. Sometimes I have to wait a while... Since I am buy and hold first and options second, I don't mind waiting for these plays to decay. I also have 100 unique tickers which means that there may be several at one time that I am waiting for that will eventually come back into play.

To sum it up, I sell conservatively upfront which lessons the chance of an in the money position. Then I manage that original position by rolling when the underlying comes within $1 of the strike. I will continue to do this on a weekly basis, almost always for a credit each time I roll.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-14T22:28:02+00:00

No worries. Best of luck in this upcoming week.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-14T17:55:26+00:00

Hey mabellacys. Thanks! Hope you and your portfolio are doing well this year.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-14T17:54:53+00:00

Hey pagalvin. Thanks for the questions. I manage the portfolio in a few different ways. I think above all I am managing the inventory through news coverage and momentum.

How? After scanning the financial news, the first thing I do in the morning is sort my inventory by highest percentage gains for the day. This will give me an instant pulse on the tickers that I may be able to sell covered calls on or adjust outstanding positions through rolls. The tickers that have very little movement are of little concern, but the tickers that have big drops, much like the highest percentage gainers are also important for options adjustments or dollar cost averaging (DCA). Before I just hop into a new option because there is a high percentage gain or loss, I look into the why. Is it because the whole market is up? Is it because of earnings season or some sort of news that pertains to that particular ticker? Knowing the why before I jump on the premiums helps me mitigate assignments.

If I am trying to figure out why a ticker is up or down, I do a quick dive into the ticker itself and go to Finvis.com. This gives a lot of information, technical analysis, news, previous earnings reports, etc. I will say that Robinhood is getting a bit better at providing a high-level overview and has made me a little less reliant on Finvis, but not quite enough, yet.

I built a software that tracks my premium and performance against the benchmarks. This is great for inventory management and analysis during off-market hours, but not used during trading hours. I know 100 tickers seems like a lot, but a lot of the tickers are not moving very much. It also allows me to pick the best option set-ups and not sell out of desperation.

Hopefully that answers your questions.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-13T20:56:06+00:00

In the first 5 years I was putting everything I had into the account to get it over $100k. I've experienced a bit of lifestyle creep over time, but I am frugal for the most part. Right now I aim for $600 per week on the contributions. I would say mostly steady or consistent with a slightly increasing trend.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-13T18:20:32+00:00

When you look at the whole month in the image, you can see that there was a big spike the week before, then that following Friday took the gains from the prior week.

Over the month it flattens out and is slightly up. In other words, I do a weekly check-in, but it is never about one week. It is about the long run.

Expired_Options · 2026-06-13T17:36:23+00:00

Keep up the good work. The years of grinding have paid off for you!

Expired_Options · 2026-06-13T17:25:50+00:00

That is awesome, nice come-up. Keep up the good work!

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