Trade for Jul 13, 2023

 SOLD 1 AAPL Aug11'23 185 PUT @ 2.57
Naked PUT - Currently $AAPL is trading at $190.40 when I opened this position.  If $AAPL dips below $185, I would be assigned 100 shares with an average cost of $182.43.  If $AAPL trades above my strike price of $185, I would keep $257 in premiums. DTE:  29 days

SOLD 1 ROKU Jul14'23 81 CALL @ 0.26
Covered CALL - Most likely ROKU will not surpass $81 by tomorrow and I collect $26 in premiums.

SOLD 300 CHE.UN TSE @ 8.72 (Capital Loss:  $1,614)
Held for more than a decade buy in price of $14.10/share.  Received dividends of $30 per month, but on Mar 30, 2023 - decreased to $15 per month)

Trade - July 12, 2023

BTC = Buy to Close

BOUGHT 1 NVDA Sep15'23 235 PUT @ 0.37

Profit:  USD 1,043.68

Days held 62 days.

Commission:  0.81+1.51

Trades for July 11, 2023

It's been a while since I've been posting anything. I need to hold myself more accountable for my trades so I'm going to post my daily trades. I'll start posting my gains/losses as I close them out or let my options expire. 

 Disclosure: My trades are not analytical. I just play the stocks that I like or think they have potential. Please do not follow my trades unless you do your due diligence.

Update for 2020

Interactive Broker Non-Registered Account

New Start: 2020

Near the end of 2018, market was taking a major dive.  All the paper gains, I previously held were diminishing before my eyes.  I panicked and sold off most of my holdings in my IB Margin account.  That proved to be my worst downfall to date.

For 2019, I was like a walking zombie literally as I had a young colicky baby who woke up every 2-3 hours each night and a rumbustious toddler to test my patience.  I was not active in the market at all.  I missed out on a stellar market rally.

Boohoo, this is my sad stock story.  But I am determined to start a fresh and get back into the swing of things.  My RRSP (27.64%) and TFSA (38.07%) has been growing steadily as I have left most of my stocks alone.  IB Margin (-32.85%) is in the negative (OUCH) as I have withdrawn cash to fund other commitments.

Could 2020 be a record year again?  Or could it deflate again and I can catch my footing again?

Time will only tell.

BOUGHT 1 $MSFT Jan18'19 110 CALL @ 5.88

My IB portfolio has been pretty volatile from day to day since the beginning of October.  One day gains have been wiped out by the next day or two.  I shouldn't be looking that closely to it.  I haven't really adjusted any of my short PUT options, but some are ITM like short 2 PUT on $TD.TO.  I wouldn't mind getting assigned and selling covered calls on them.  But of course, I would be buying them at almost 52 weeks highs.

I need to be more active in the markets to make more money.  Usually, I sit on the sidelines just watching... yesterday, I was very well tempted with making a play for $NFLX earnings.  But of course, I hesitated and didn't make an option play. 

Today, I am itching for a play.  A play that hopefully will double my money.  I bought a long CALL on $MSFT before their earnings on October 24th.  Hopefully, my bet will be a good one and I can reap some rewards in it.  Of course, I usually sell prematurely on my CALL plays... I hate losing my premiums and want to lock in my gains.  

ACB.TO & APH.TO down today, Oct 16, 2018

This may be done prematurely as I currently have PUTS expiring on both stocks for Oct 19, 2018, but they are OTM for now.

 ACB.TO & APH.TO were down today.  So I decided to sell some more PUTS on them.

SOLD 2 APH TSE Nov16'18 13 PUT @ 0.5

SOLD 3 ACB TSE Nov16'18 9.5 PUT @ 0.4