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Withdrawing Premium With KRE

The market was crazy today! Our international trade court ruled against Trump's Tariffs sending futures briefly north of 6,000 making us expect a huge open, which didn't materialize. The selling hit h

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Drilling For Premium With HAL

Looking to add a new stock to the portfolio today. Halliburton is off 44% on one year, has a dividend coming up and offers great premium right around our sweet spot, should be a good addition to the p

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Targeting Profit in TGT Through Earnings Ups and Downs

I was looking for a better earnings release from the retailer. Shares down this morning about 6%. I was previously assigned 100 shares at $118/share and since then through the volatility with tariffs,

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VLO +$1,300 in Premium +$300 in Capital Appreciation

This position on VLO is interesting. Below are all of my trades this year showing the profit of 1300 in premium and 300 in current share value for a total of $1,600 on roughly $,1800 capital requireme

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Market Surge - Taking Profit - Selling Calls

Whenever the market surges like this, I'm looking for places that I can take profit, usually in the form of closing short put options that have approached or exceeded around 80% profit and still have

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Banking Miles on AAL, Pinning Cash with Pinterest

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Opening Covered Strangle on NKE

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Capturing Volatility, +$1,057

When traders and investors see a huge spike in the VIX like this, they rush in to short it because it never lasts long. It is one of the most crowded trades in the market. But in order to profit from

Closing All Covered Calls on KRE

Of Course Tariffs Are Bad, But Maybe