$41,482 in realized profit from selling options in August. Stocks traded: $HIMS $PLTR $TMDX $ZETA $OSCR $ELF $CELH $TTD $PGY $PATH $ENPH Every trade was shared in real time with my coaching clients inside Discord.

$2,054 in collected premiums today Tickers traded: $ZETA

Option Selling Blueprint - Sell options on quality businesses - Focus on attractive valuations - Choose setups with favorable R/R - Use responsible position sizing - Avoid excessive risk and leverage - Be patient and disciplined - Stay consistent No need to chase every trade. The goal is to generate income while building positions in businesses worth owning and lowering your cost basis along the way.

$6,901 in collected premiums today Tickers traded: $ELF $ENPH $PGY All trades shared in the Discord.

I inherited an apartment from my mother, and my plan was to rent it out. But I'm starting to question whether that makes sense. At 4.8% gross rental yield, I'm estimating around 3–4% net after taxes, maintenance and vacancy. If property prices continue appreciating at 4% annually, that's roughly 7–8% total annual return. The S&P 500 has historically returned around 10–11% annually. And I could potentially do even better by investing in individual stocks and trading options, as I do with my portfolio today. So naturally, one has to ask: Why not just sell the apartment and invest the money in the market? Why deal with tenants, maintenance and vacancies for a potentially lower return? Two things are holding me back: 1. Flexibility. I might want to live in my hometown again someday. 2. Diversification. Having part of my net worth in real estate and earning rental income could provide a useful counterbalance to my stock portfolio. Selling might make more financial sense on paper, but keeping the apartment offers benefits beyond its expected return. The question is whether those benefits justify the opportunity cost.

Two things stood out during my first coaching call with a new client. 1. He didn't know how much capital he'd need if all his short puts were assigned. Before selling puts, know your total potential assignment obligation. Every position might look manageable individually, but together they can create a serious capital problem. 2. He struggled to understand why closing a LEAPS put at 50% profit after 3 months makes sense when it still has 1.5–2 years until expiration. If you can realize 50% of the max profit in a fraction of the time, freeing up capital for other opportunities can be the smarter move. Don't confuse a good trade with a trade you must hold until expiration.

Systematically trading options can dramatically reduce your cost basis. Here are a few examples from my portfolio: $ELF: $51.72 → -$56.36 $OSCR: $15.85 → -$0.17 $SOFI: $15.43 → $6.88 $CELH: $28.65 → $14.54 The goal isn't just to collect premium and generate income. It's also to drive your cost basis down, which can make even underperforming positions much easier to manage.

$40,639 in realized profit from selling options in October so far. Stocks traded: $PATH $RDDT $ENPH $CELH $HIMS $ZETA $ELF $PGY $NBIS $OSCR Every trade was shared in real time with my coaching clients inside Discord.

Everyone is a great investor in hindsight. They'll tell you exactly which stock you should've bought instead of the one that underperformed. But judging past decisions with today's information isn't investing skill. Like someone on X said: "Investing becomes incredibly easy when you are allowed to use tomorrow’s stock chart to make yesterday’s decisions."

Most people wait until they have more money to start investing. What they don't realize is how much of a difference time makes. Two people invest $500/month into the S&P 500. One starts at 20. The other starts at 30. At age 60: Started at 20: $240K invested → $3.64M Started at 30: $180K invested → $1.23M The person who started 10 years earlier invested just $60K more. But ended up with roughly $2.4M more. Same monthly investment. Same index. The biggest difference was time. Don't wait until you have more money to start investing. Start early and let compounding do its thing. $SPY $QQQ $IWM

$25,715 in collected premiums today Short Puts: $NBIS $HIMS $HOOD All trades shared in the Discord.

A $500k portfolio + the skill of selling options can change your life. You can easily generate $5k–$10k/month without taking a lot of risk. That's enough to cover the living expenses of most people.

The dangerous part about selling options aggressively isn't losing money. It's making a lot of money. You sell puts on the hottest stocks. Collect enormous premiums. Your account keeps going up. So you start believing you've figured it out. You increase your position sizes. Take more risk. Sell more volatile names. Until eventually, the market stops cooperating. And you discover that your returns weren't coming from some incredible edge. They were coming from risks you hadn't been forced to pay for yet. A good strategy doesn't just make money. It makes sense before, during, and after the trade.

$5,929 in collected premiums today Cash-secured puts: $RDDT Covered calls: $OSCR

You probably don't need another options strategy. You already know what a PUT is. You understand Covered Calls. You know what assignment means. You've probably made money selling options. The gap is probably somewhere else. You don't know if you're consistently choosing the best opportunities. You don't know if your position sizing makes sense. You don't know if your results are repeatable. And you don't have time to analyze 50 stocks every week. A structured process helps with that. It gives you rules, logic, and probabilities for deciding which opportunities fit, how much to allocate, and when to pass.

Everyone wants passive income. But most income streams come with a job attached. Rental properties mean finding tenants, handling repairs, and dealing with problems. Businesses mean managing people, making decisions, and putting out fires. Content means constantly creating and publishing. Consulting means finding clients, taking calls, and delivering work. Options selling can be different. Once you have a large enough portfolio and a systematic approach, you can potentially generate meaningful income from capital you already own. Not completely passive. But potentially low-maintenance. And for someone who already has a career, a business, and a life... Low-maintenance is a much better goal than passive.

$6,343 in realized profit from selling options in October so far. Stocks traded: $PATH $RDDT $ENPH $CELH $HIMS $ZETA Every trade was shared in real time with my coaching clients inside Discord.

I've been making some changes around my mom's apartment, including putting a regular bed back in the room where we had her hospital bed. My dad helped me assemble it. This room holds some memories I'll never forget. During her final two weeks, my sister and I would gather around her and watch her favorite show, Friends. On one occasion, my mom told me she'd never felt as safe as she did with us taking care of her. I'll always carry that with me. Today, as I make these changes around the apartment, I keep finding myself wanting to tell her about them, the way I would have before. She was the person I usually shared these little things with. Grief is strange like that. Sometimes it's the ordinary conversations you miss the most.

My onboarding calls are scheduled for 90 minutes. The other day, one turned into 3 hours. We went deep into my entire approach to selling options. We talked through some of his trades, his process, how he thinks about different situations, and why I make certain decisions. A lot of back and forth. A lot of questions. A lot of "what if this happens?" That's exactly how I like it. I'm not interested in clients blindly copying what I do. I want them to understand the thinking behind it.

$3,745 in collected premiums today. Covered Calls: $HIMS Took advantage of today's +10% move in $HIMS to close the $25 CSP we opened yesterday and we also sold a CC.

When you have a $20k portfolio, your biggest problem is usually capital. When you have a $500k portfolio, it's often something else. Decision-making. Which stocks? Which strikes? How much capital? How many positions? When do you take profits? When do you sit out? How do you manage assignment? At that point, you don't necessarily need more capital. You need a better process. And that's an important transition to recognize. The bigger your portfolio gets, the more expensive random decision-making becomes.