Week 45 (2025) - Summary
- Week 45 (2025 YTD) Summary
- Covered Calls - Last 4-5 weeks.
- MARA and RIOT
- AMD and AI bubble pop:
Week 45 (2025 YTD) Summary
Each week, I copy the transactions from my brokerage account into Excel. Then I use a pivot table to see what my trading results are:
This is trending in the right direction. Weeks #40 and #41 were unprofitable, which caused the October profit/loss to be near $500 (after removing dividend income). That is lower than the monthly average.
November P/L is already over $350 in just one week (#45).
Covered Calls - Last 4-5 weeks.
Markets move in cycles, and when trading using different methods, some things work better while others lag. The last month has been flat, and that explains why covered call methods are doing better. This week was down 1.5%, so I can add risk back into some of the covered calls by adjusting the strike price down.
Changing the FILTERS on the pivot table to 2025 and grouping based on Option Method, you can see that the bulk of my option trading profit are coming from Covered calls INCOME. I often use a Credit Spread (PUT) or Cash Secured Put to offset the risk on the PUT side of the trade. On some trades, I do have Call Credit Spreads or Iron Condors.
This data tells you that Assignment risk can be "removed" or reduced if the goal is to be LONG STOCK and use a covered call for extra gains. My goal is to use COVERED CALLS to reduce the overall risk and help produce income when markets are FLAT or range-bound.
In 2025, the SP500 is up over 15% a year. This shows that a covered call can be profitable without limiting the UPSIDE potential if you are willing to adjust the position (Rolling UP in Strike Price and OUT in Time). I use the profit/income on the PUT side to help offset or pay for the cost to do that adjustment.
MARA and RIOT
Going into the details, it is no surprise that MARA and RIOT have been good trading stocks:
MARA:
RIOT:
This week RED for Bitcoin price has helped with some of the ITM covered calls. In terms of 2025, both have been good areas to collect covered call income premiums.
AMD and AI bubble pop:
For AMD, the covered call has been poorly performing since AMD gained over $100/share recently. However, the PUT side of the trades has been working since the second quarter (April). The profits can be used to offset the COST of rolling the covered call UP in strike price and OUT in time.
Also, I hold NVDA and AMD for the long stock position. I don't worry about the price movement of the stock. I use options when I can (which I do not do on NVDA since I don't have 100 shares).
Have a profitable day!