$WDC 20261002 407.5 CALL$ Sold 0dte at 407.5 for a tidy profit. Covered call within 4 hours earning 1.4k usd in total from stock gain and premium. Not bad for a fish bottom trade. More like casino than trading. Haha
Cash-Secured Puts From Scratch — Including The 100 Contracts I'm Currently Getting Wrong
Mathematical Money | October 3, 2026 A few people have asked me to explain how I actually sell puts, so this is the whole thing from the beginning — what it is, how I choose strikes and dates, how to place the order without giving money away, and a live mistake of mine that illustrates the one rule everybody breaks. If you already sell premium regularly, the first section will be familiar. Skip to the ordering mechanics, because that's where most people quietly lose a chunk of their edge. What you're actually agreeing to Selling a cash-secured put means promising to buy 100 shares of something at a set price, by a set date, in exchange for cash today. You set aside the money to honour that promise — that's the "cash-secured" part — and the cash you receive is yours whatever happens. Two ou
$ORCL 20261023 195.0 CALL$ Bought the leap a few weeks ago. Up and down and back to range. Now selling the short call leg to get back some coffee money. Same time can cover abit of the theta decay of the leap
$MARA 20261023 13.0 CALL$ Have approximately 50 contracts expiring above 14 today. Selling covered call in advance since it is not gonna be cross that strike today, not possible.
$Western Digital(WDC)$ Bought the stock intra day trying to fish for bottom. News from Toshiba expanding may be overblown. Liquidation taking place throughout the day flushing all the leveraged holders.
$AVGO 20261023 400.0 CALL$ Opened the leaps a while ago. Left it hanging hoping to time it correctly. Who knows it keeps going back and forth in this range. Decided to just open the short leg of the call option, hence forming a poor man covered call. The leap will act like the stock itself but now just gotta be careful that it doesnt get assigned if it crosses the strike of short call.