Author: krugman25

Commodities vs S&P500

Posted on February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 by krugman25

Performance YTD P&L: -$350 Portfolio OverviewThis past week saw options selling as profitable for my portfolio but my buy and hold positions continue to be a drag. MMP had earnings last week in

You’re as cold as ice

Posted on January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 by krugman25

Performance:YTD P&L: UnchMTD P&L: UnchWTD P&L: Unch My blog title mainly has to do with how cold it could get next week where I live. Although, in a lot of

In the Teeth of the Rising Wedge

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by krugman25

Performance:YTD P&L: -0.8%MTD P&L: -0.8%WTD P&L: -1.72% Below are the key takeaways of my trading portfolio from last week Disappointed that my P&L is negative on the year with January

EURUSD – Bearish pinbar is forming off of bearish pennant

Posted on January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by krugman25

This is an old trade from last year…

QQQ – Bearish Rising Wedge – Ready to Drop

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by krugman25

QQQ – Ascending Triangle Failure – Bearish Bias

Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 by krugman25

OIL / USO / CL – Head & Shoulders Pattern

Posted on January 14, 2019January 16, 2019 by krugman25

Portfolio Strategy Rules

Posted on January 13, 2019February 8, 2019 by krugman25

Below is a summary of my portfolio strategy rules. The goal of my strategy is to find an appropriate balance between returns and risk. Rules will be added, removed, or

House Cleaning

Posted on January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 by krugman25

I did some house cleaning this week in more ways than 1. First I removed a covered call in ABBV due to a low liquidity options market with huge spreads.

Notes to Self

Posted on January 9, 2019January 11, 2019 by krugman25

Options market’s in my buy-and-hold’s are too thin. Find highly correlated underlying with more liquid options to sell calls in, as a proxy. Check portfolio correlation and per-position leverage. Keep