Strategy Update (Apr 17): This week I’ve banked $685.6 in premium.
Notes for trading week Ending 4/17/26
- I opted for a weekly Call on the 10 options of Nike for a premium profit of $394.82
- I sold Puts on both OSCR and NKE for premium profits of $275 and $318 respectively.
- check the log for details
📊Strategy Update (Apr 10): This week I’ve banked $685.6 in premium.
Notes for trading week Ending 4/10/26
- I sold 10 options put options of Nike at $30 and the stock ended the week at $42.68 so I acquired 1000 shares.
- I already own 600 shares of Nike at a purchase price of $73
- Back on March 4, I used those shares to sell a covered call Nov 20 expire date at $2.93 premium.
- So now I can use the new shares to dollar cost average and maybe roll the original shares to an earlier date to free up some capital or I can sell calls on the new shares for next week at $43 and do this weekly until it catches up to the other shares in November.
- I will likely opt for the weekly premium income for the time being while the theta of the original shares continues to decay
The gauge shows my real time tracking progress vs last year. In 2025 I earned $78,767 in stock options premiums, can I bet that total in 2026?
For 32 years, I clocked into work to manage a P&L. Now, I clock into the market. As I recently discussed in my ESI Money Millionaire Interview, I sell stock options for premium income. Below is my Live Daily Trade Log. It’s the raw, unedited data of every covered call and cash-secured put I sell to manufacture my retirement ‘bridge income.’
Why I post this daily: Most financial ‘experts’ show you a curated version of their wins at the end of the year. I show you the ‘boring’ reality of a $150 daily target. You’ll see the wins, the rolls, and the ‘lame’ $0.75 premiums that stack up to pay for my life in early retirement.
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