For the month of May, my results were a nice gain of 11.71%!

This is following a nice double digit gain last month.

We had four trades this month:

SPX, the S&P 500 index
RUT, the Russell 200 Index
 AAPL, Apple Computer
 WMT, Wal-Mart.

I recorded double digit gains on three of these and a 9.5% gain on the SPX position.

Just another day at the office.

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One of my favorite habits is to reward myself after a positive month. To treat myself,  my wife and I go out to lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. Normally it is my favorite, On The Border. But this [...]

Had a good month in April.

Total return was a gain of 11.87%. I put on four trades and all four were winners. We had an Iron Condor on the RUT, a Credit Spread on POT, a not so naked Put on C, and a butterfly on USO.

I expect May will also be a good month. I’ve got three trades on already for May and two are already near the point where I am going to take them off for double digit returns.

My goal is to have a 10% return every month. So far I have come very close. But in the stock market things don’t always go your way. We cannot control the market, we can only adjust to what it does. This month I was fortunate that the market calmed down a bit. The last few months have been insane. As things settle and the VIX (Volatility) continues to [...]