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Setting My Options Trading Goals
I have updated this article today (20 Nov 22) since I updated my financial planning. In addition to my retirement funds and other assets, I started in 2021 to do some investing and options trading. I want to raise additional income, especially for the period after my retirement. To do this correctly, I have to determine my goals. In 2021,…
Latest Journal Entries
Entry 5 August 23: Limiting the Number of Plays
In the past four weeks, I have been limiting the number of plays and again have been winning; I have recovered my losses since I started trading options last year….
Entry 8 July 23: Winning by Following Rules
In the past two weeks, I have been winning after stricter following the rules I set up for myself. With tastylive’s lookback engine I backtested at different time periods (all-time,…
Blog Posts
A Chat with ChatGPT on Volatility Trading Iron Condors
I had another chat with ChatGPT on volatility conditions for trading iron condors. In a book I was reading, The Options Traders Hedge Fund Framework by Dennis Chen and Mark…
A Chat with ChatGPT on Options Trading
I have been asking ChatGPT questions about options trading to help me on my odyssey to become a professional options trader. And I have to say I have been pleasantly…
Trading Earnings to Elevate Earnings
I want to elevate my earnings by trading companies’ earnings. Earnings season be an exciting and profitable time, and it often is a very volatile time. But it is also…
Are my Options Trading Profit Targets Realistic?
My options trading profit targets are – to say the least – ambitious. But are they realistic? How can portfolio allocation and RoC help? Profit Drivers The drivers of my…
My First Year of Options Trading and Goal Adjustments
In the first week of this new year, I will be looking back at 2022, my first year of options trading. What did I learn, which books did I read,…
Technical Analysis for Options Trading
In this blog post, I will describe how I use technical analysis to determine entry points for new option trades, adjustments for existing trades, and rules for closing positions. This…
