Terra Incognita's Live Trading Diary

2025-09-08

WW36 2025 Trade Journal: The Calm Before the Storm? 🌪️

TL;DR: From Chaos to... Less Chaos 📊 After weeks of emotional roller coaster rides swinging between +$10k to -$10k weekly P&L, this week delivered something I haven't experienced in months: boredom. With just a -$469 loss, I'm not sure if I should be relieved or concerned that my portfolio has gone from Netflix thriller to watching paint dry. 🎭 📈 The Big Picture: August Reality Check August 2025 just became the second unprofitable month this year with a brutal -5.24% drop (-$23.6K), while Mr. Market decided to throw a party without me: 📊 S&P 500: +1.91% (showing off) 💻 Nasdaq: +0.85% (rubbing salt in wounds) 😤 My Portfolio: -5.24% (learning humility) Current Stats That Matter: 🎯 YTD Performance: +38.34% (peaked at +46.55% - those were the days) 🏆 Still beating S&P by: +27.9% (s

WW36 2025 Trade Journal: The Calm Before the Storm? 🌪️

Terra_Incognita

2025-09-17

WW37 2025 Trading Journal: From Chaos to... Recovery 📊

Welcome to another episode of "How Not to Trade Like a Pro" - where we document the messy reality of retail trading with brutal honesty and just enough humor to keep us sane.TL;DR: The Phoenix Rises from Three Weeks of Ashes 🔥➡️🚀After three consecutive weeks of taking losses like a champ (or a chump?), we're back to profitability through the ancient art of... actually cutting losses when they hurt. Revolutionary, I know.📈 The Numbers That Actually Matter🚀 Weekly P&L: +$6.7k (feels like winning the lottery after recent weeks)🎯 YTD Performance: +43% (peaked at +46.55% - we'll get there again)🏆 Beating S&P 500 by: +30% (the strategies work when I follow them)💰 Current Leverage: 0% (sleeping soundly for the first time in weeks)💧 Cash Position: 30% (up from 20% in August - September sur

WW37 2025 Trading Journal: From Chaos to... Recovery 📊

Terra_Incognita

2025-09-17

Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&A with an Actual Options Retail Trader

💬 Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&A with an Actual Options Retail Trader Saturday, 20th September | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Tiger Brokers Singapore HQ (One Raffles Place Tower 2, Floor 35, Singapore) Get your burning questions answered by someone who's been in the trenches Hear real-world experiences, wins, and lessons learned Discover what it's really like to trade options as a retail investor Network with fellow aspiring options traders ✅ Receive a special gift pack: 📘 Options Notebook + 🐯 Tiger Plushie 👥 Limited to 40 participants — first come, first served!

Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&A with an Actual Options Retail Trader

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Here's what happened when I thought I could outsmart cruise ship momentum. 🏖️ Trading While Sipping Latte (Spoiler: Bad Idea) Last week I was supposedly \"on vacation\" - you know, that thing normal people do where they actually disconnect? Yeah, that's not me. I kept trading and posting Trade Feeds because, let's be honest, market addiction is real. The result? Proof that you can't half-ass trading. Either you're in or you're out. Trying to do both leads to expensive mistakes. Wi","listText":"The Brutal Truth Up Front 💀 The Damage: -$13.2K across two weeks The Silver Lining: Still maintained 75% win rate with 53 positions The Reality Check: Stock picks got massacred (-$21.4K) but options trading kept me breathing (+$8.2K) Sometimes the market serves you a $36K reality sandwich with a side of humble pie. Here's what happened when I thought I could outsmart cruise ship momentum. 🏖️ Trading While Sipping Latte (Spoiler: Bad Idea) Last week I was supposedly \"on vacation\" - you know, that thing normal people do where they actually disconnect? Yeah, that's not me. I kept trading and posting Trade Feeds because, let's be honest, market addiction is real. The result? Proof that you can't half-ass trading. Either you're in or you're out. Trying to do both leads to expensive mistakes. Wi","text":"The Brutal Truth Up Front 💀 The Damage: -$13.2K across two weeks The Silver Lining: Still maintained 75% win rate with 53 positions The Reality Check: Stock picks got massacred (-$21.4K) but options trading kept me breathing (+$8.2K) Sometimes the market serves you a $36K reality sandwich with a side of humble pie. Here's what happened when I thought I could outsmart cruise ship momentum. 🏖️ Trading While Sipping Latte (Spoiler: Bad Idea) Last week I was supposedly \"on vacation\" - you know, that thing normal people do where they actually disconnect? Yeah, that's not me. I kept trading and posting Trade Feeds because, let's be honest, market addiction is real. The result? Proof that you can't half-ass trading. Either you're in or you're out. Trying to do both leads to expensive mistakes. Wi","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b01464061e8af673b9dfd4f2a33a2c08","width":"1170","height":"1511"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/eb903adc29d56d37b8b8763ea2c26a52","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/897bdfb8c027ea04ce71e212f7059081","width":"946","height":"2048"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":54,"commentSize":4,"repostSize":7,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/474575722401792","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":4854,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"3579788727995257","authorId":"3579788727995257","name":"Westango","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3a4b1fc2fb23b33fff900b71df70c49f","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3579788727995257","authorIdStr":"3579788727995257"},"content":"honest and valuable insights. been through the emotional ride before, to understand the lesson. best to follow a trading plan for a good or bad outcome. i.e. exit when wrong, take profit when target met. 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With 52 open positions delivering a 73% win rate, my focus now shifts to managing position sizing and correlation risk. The HIMS and UNH situations highlight how sector concentration and news risk can quickly overwhelm technical analysis. Focused on cutting dead weights and reduce my portfolio value by taking real profits. S&amp;P was up 0.94% and Nasdaq100 by 0.43% on yet another all time high record week before some small profit taking on Fri. SoFI continue to be my top consistent performer while positions in healthcare stocks UNH and HIMS were hurting. I also have large short position on RCL and this position will likely hurt me in the f","listText":"Summary Read: Week 33 delivered steady progress with $1.6k gains, driven by strong options performance (+$3.2k) and offset by stock positions (-$1.6k). With 52 open positions delivering a 73% win rate, my focus now shifts to managing position sizing and correlation risk. 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I also have large short position on RCL and this position will likely hurt me in the f","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/1a7d0d1f6d198e3d21587b4c0f19d6ae","width":"1536","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/e88210d582d90b0304c25c21132f6c70","width":"1080","height":"720"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/379f6c912bc045538e78c8f5a69c2859","width":"1170","height":"1511"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":44,"commentSize":5,"repostSize":5,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/469576623665480","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":7284,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"4093561479903300","authorId":"4093561479903300","name":"SPACE ROCKET","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/5f9c495dd9f776573648d60f1476fdab","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4093561479903300","authorIdStr":"4093561479903300"},"content":"You're awesome and an inspiration to many! ❤️❤️ I hope to trade as well as you one day! 💪🥰 Thank you for sharing your journal and learning points! 🔥🚀","text":"You're awesome and an inspiration to many! ❤️❤️ I hope to trade as well as you one day! 💪🥰 Thank you for sharing your journal and learning points! 🔥🚀","html":"You're awesome and an inspiration to many! ❤️❤️ I hope to trade as well as you one day! 💪🥰 Thank you for sharing your journal and learning points! 🔥🚀"}],"imageCount":10,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":466696063111608,"gmtCreate":1754977126506,"gmtModify":1754979451702,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"Lost $13.1k on WW #32 2025. Which Trades Bombed?","htmlText":"Lost $13.1k for the trading week of 4th to 8th Aug 2025, trimming the gains made from the prior week. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. “Mistakes are the portals of discovery” - James Joyce Summary Read: Lost $31.9k from stocks and made $18.8k from option trades. Overall, many of my large position trades on SMCI, HOOD, VXX, GDX, GFS and APP didn’t work. I’ve since fully took loss on HOOD, while the rest of the counters still have exposure so they could either draw further losses, or rebound to recover some value. S&amp;P is up 2.43% and Nasdaq100 is up by 3.73% erasing the losses from last week with Nasdaq making new all time high again. As the result, my short positions on HOOD, VXX, GDX, APP and PLTR suffered losses. Poor earnings on 2 major position SMCI","listText":"Lost $13.1k for the trading week of 4th to 8th Aug 2025, trimming the gains made from the prior week. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. “Mistakes are the portals of discovery” - James Joyce Summary Read: Lost $31.9k from stocks and made $18.8k from option trades. Overall, many of my large position trades on SMCI, HOOD, VXX, GDX, GFS and APP didn’t work. I’ve since fully took loss on HOOD, while the rest of the counters still have exposure so they could either draw further losses, or rebound to recover some value. S&amp;P is up 2.43% and Nasdaq100 is up by 3.73% erasing the losses from last week with Nasdaq making new all time high again. As the result, my short positions on HOOD, VXX, GDX, APP and PLTR suffered losses. Poor earnings on 2 major position SMCI","text":"Lost $13.1k for the trading week of 4th to 8th Aug 2025, trimming the gains made from the prior week. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. “Mistakes are the portals of discovery” - James Joyce Summary Read: Lost $31.9k from stocks and made $18.8k from option trades. Overall, many of my large position trades on SMCI, HOOD, VXX, GDX, GFS and APP didn’t work. I’ve since fully took loss on HOOD, while the rest of the counters still have exposure so they could either draw further losses, or rebound to recover some value. S&P is up 2.43% and Nasdaq100 is up by 3.73% erasing the losses from last week with Nasdaq making new all time high again. As the result, my short positions on HOOD, VXX, GDX, APP and PLTR suffered losses. Poor earnings on 2 major position SMCI","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/6f7c1453da09044e4fbcebc9c09ce329","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/bf0e8a327d063554e24248ef5047d804","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/57ee8fb6edfd680d1b14c27c4442ccbd","width":"1812","height":"787"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":26,"commentSize":5,"repostSize":8,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/466696063111608","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":23607,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"10000000000010931","authorId":"10000000000010931","name":"JackQuant","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/529965026567a58deacbc19e2270c9d2","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000010931","authorIdStr":"10000000000010931"},"content":"Thanks for sharing your precious experience!","text":"Thanks for sharing your precious experience!","html":"Thanks for sharing your precious experience!"},{"author":{"id":"10000000000010955","authorId":"10000000000010955","name":"Porter Harry","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6b5dd5252a1bca34909f191e8c9ba404","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000010955","authorIdStr":"10000000000010955"},"content":"Very detailed record. I will learn this trade habit.👍","text":"Very detailed record. I will learn this trade habit.👍","html":"Very detailed record. I will learn this trade habit.👍"}],"imageCount":7,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":464348526867256,"gmtCreate":1754391223576,"gmtModify":1754450500299,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"Profited $15.6k on a Bear Week #31 2025. Which Trades Worked?","htmlText":"Profited $15.6k for the trading week of 28th July to 1st Aug 2025. Top 5 Individual Ranked Trader and Top 5 Team in Tiger’s Trade to Win Challenge. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. Summary Read: Made $19.3k from stocks and lost $3.7k from option trades. Overall, another good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Market sold down late on Fri 1st Aug mostly likely attributed to poor Non-Farm Payroll numbers and broad-based US tariffs took effect. As the result, many of my short trades like on RCL, VXX, MSTR, HOOD and TSLA turned profitable for the week. Of the 49 counters with open trades, 19 counters were profitable and 30 were unprofitable. Many of the long trades were unprofitable matching market movement. The top most profitable trades and unp","listText":"Profited $15.6k for the trading week of 28th July to 1st Aug 2025. Top 5 Individual Ranked Trader and Top 5 Team in Tiger’s Trade to Win Challenge. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. Summary Read: Made $19.3k from stocks and lost $3.7k from option trades. Overall, another good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Market sold down late on Fri 1st Aug mostly likely attributed to poor Non-Farm Payroll numbers and broad-based US tariffs took effect. As the result, many of my short trades like on RCL, VXX, MSTR, HOOD and TSLA turned profitable for the week. Of the 49 counters with open trades, 19 counters were profitable and 30 were unprofitable. Many of the long trades were unprofitable matching market movement. The top most profitable trades and unp","text":"Profited $15.6k for the trading week of 28th July to 1st Aug 2025. Top 5 Individual Ranked Trader and Top 5 Team in Tiger’s Trade to Win Challenge. Let’s find out which of my trades worked and which trades didn’t. Summary Read: Made $19.3k from stocks and lost $3.7k from option trades. Overall, another good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Market sold down late on Fri 1st Aug mostly likely attributed to poor Non-Farm Payroll numbers and broad-based US tariffs took effect. As the result, many of my short trades like on RCL, VXX, MSTR, HOOD and TSLA turned profitable for the week. Of the 49 counters with open trades, 19 counters were profitable and 30 were unprofitable. Many of the long trades were unprofitable matching market movement. The top most profitable trades and unp","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/fbc05a44764a0678f379570989d32ac6","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8bcc847ab1c42a0476b205b2d638e68b","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/cf03c1a54e3730c867a0e4852eef4e12","width":"946","height":"2048"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":91,"commentSize":8,"repostSize":9,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/464348526867256","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":6655,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"4144751444625622","authorId":"4144751444625622","name":"Pan the man","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/2fd53ef58442bc6a50658efeefc5e413","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4144751444625622","authorIdStr":"4144751444625622"},"content":"Thanks to the author for sharing the wonderful deal 📈 🙌 , full of dry goods, which benefits people a lot! 💡 👏","text":"Thanks to the author for sharing the wonderful deal 📈 🙌 , full of dry goods, which benefits people a lot! 💡 👏","html":"Thanks to the author for sharing the wonderful deal 📈 🙌 , full of dry goods, which benefits people a lot! 💡 👏"},{"author":{"id":"3576915603276232","authorId":"3576915603276232","name":"Purplet72","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/4720e36448f6726fcffb35b2658218c2","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3576915603276232","authorIdStr":"3576915603276232"},"content":"Need to learn from you liao bro 👍😊","text":"Need to learn from you liao bro 👍😊","html":"Need to learn from you liao bro 👍😊"}],"imageCount":7,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":461517128478888,"gmtCreate":1753693441308,"gmtModify":1753695447318,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"Profited $11321 for 2025 WW #30. Which Trades Works?","htmlText":"Profited $11321 for the trading week of 21st to 25th July 2025. Let’s find out which of my trades works and which trades were pulling me down. Summary Read: Made $11321 ($4364 from stocks and $6956 from option trades) in work week #30 2025. Overall, a good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Of the 50 counters with open trades, 34 counters were profitable and 16 were unprofitable. The top most profitable trades and unprofitable trades showcased in snapshots below. No major changes in my trading strategy for coming week and portfolio is gaining steadily. Stay bullish and greedy when the market tells me so. At the same time, keep an eye and foot on the exit by holding sufficient short hedge in overbought stocks, volatility hedge through VXX and GDX. Key trades that were up or d","listText":"Profited $11321 for the trading week of 21st to 25th July 2025. Let’s find out which of my trades works and which trades were pulling me down. Summary Read: Made $11321 ($4364 from stocks and $6956 from option trades) in work week #30 2025. Overall, a good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Of the 50 counters with open trades, 34 counters were profitable and 16 were unprofitable. The top most profitable trades and unprofitable trades showcased in snapshots below. No major changes in my trading strategy for coming week and portfolio is gaining steadily. Stay bullish and greedy when the market tells me so. At the same time, keep an eye and foot on the exit by holding sufficient short hedge in overbought stocks, volatility hedge through VXX and GDX. Key trades that were up or d","text":"Profited $11321 for the trading week of 21st to 25th July 2025. Let’s find out which of my trades works and which trades were pulling me down. Summary Read: Made $11321 ($4364 from stocks and $6956 from option trades) in work week #30 2025. Overall, a good harvest week with many trades swing to my favour. Of the 50 counters with open trades, 34 counters were profitable and 16 were unprofitable. The top most profitable trades and unprofitable trades showcased in snapshots below. No major changes in my trading strategy for coming week and portfolio is gaining steadily. Stay bullish and greedy when the market tells me so. At the same time, keep an eye and foot on the exit by holding sufficient short hedge in overbought stocks, volatility hedge through VXX and GDX. Key trades that were up or d","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/cf4dd00de4d8a1df1ed642f4538a4fb2","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/43da6314d69087db49114c7afbd6e43d","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ec4c7129556a5145192c81cb0fe8b476","width":"1760","height":"762"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":52,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":7,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/461517128478888","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":5370,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"9000000000000695","authorId":"9000000000000695","name":"BaronLyly","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2002537f0b7be973a9a9a72fea618459","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"9000000000000695","authorIdStr":"9000000000000695"},"content":"Wow, fantastic profit! Keep it up! [Great]","text":"Wow, fantastic profit! Keep it up! [Great]","html":"Wow, fantastic profit! Keep it up! [Great]"}],"imageCount":6,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":459404866490544,"gmtCreate":1753172000968,"gmtModify":1753184134691,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"Profit $4648 for week 29 (14th July to 18th July)","htmlText":"Summary: Terra Incognita profited $4648 for week 29 (14th July to 18th July). Let’s find out how. Breakdown profit of $5887 from options trading and took loss of -$1239 from stocks trading. Of the 49 stock counters traded, 27 were profitable and 22 were unprofitable.&nbsp; Analyze 3 key trades that impact trade performance in coming sections. Profit and Loss for WW29 2025 Top 10 Profitable Trades For the top 10 profitable trades, they range from $427 at #10 to $4956 for the most profitable trade.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. Netflix (NFLX) NFLX Daily Chart The most profitable trade was on NFLX at $4956. Below are some possible reasons why Netflix trades performed well this week.&nbsp;&nbsp; Netflix (NFLX) Weekly Performance Summary (July 14–18, 2025) Positions I owned on NFLX: 2 short calls at $1300 str","listText":"Summary: Terra Incognita profited $4648 for week 29 (14th July to 18th July). Let’s find out how. Breakdown profit of $5887 from options trading and took loss of -$1239 from stocks trading. Of the 49 stock counters traded, 27 were profitable and 22 were unprofitable.&nbsp; Analyze 3 key trades that impact trade performance in coming sections. Profit and Loss for WW29 2025 Top 10 Profitable Trades For the top 10 profitable trades, they range from $427 at #10 to $4956 for the most profitable trade.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. Netflix (NFLX) NFLX Daily Chart The most profitable trade was on NFLX at $4956. Below are some possible reasons why Netflix trades performed well this week.&nbsp;&nbsp; Netflix (NFLX) Weekly Performance Summary (July 14–18, 2025) Positions I owned on NFLX: 2 short calls at $1300 str","text":"Summary: Terra Incognita profited $4648 for week 29 (14th July to 18th July). Let’s find out how. Breakdown profit of $5887 from options trading and took loss of -$1239 from stocks trading. Of the 49 stock counters traded, 27 were profitable and 22 were unprofitable. Analyze 3 key trades that impact trade performance in coming sections. Profit and Loss for WW29 2025 Top 10 Profitable Trades For the top 10 profitable trades, they range from $427 at #10 to $4956 for the most profitable trade. 1. Netflix (NFLX) NFLX Daily Chart The most profitable trade was on NFLX at $4956. Below are some possible reasons why Netflix trades performed well this week. Netflix (NFLX) Weekly Performance Summary (July 14–18, 2025) Positions I owned on NFLX: 2 short calls at $1300 str","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c3213b7dc995d97a66b39d0c1858c75e","width":"926","height":"716"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/434678462467c635ba671a8d57109e10","width":"760","height":"1110"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/6fe8c5270f6d5655e137e04c45b07b2e","width":"752","height":"320"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":176,"commentSize":8,"repostSize":62,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/459404866490544","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":7193,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"10000000000011856","authorId":"10000000000011856","name":"JimmyHua","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/7f17d426377c791ac5cdfef91fbf8408","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000011856","authorIdStr":"10000000000011856"},"content":"These are interesting topics to watch! Great job!","text":"These are interesting topics to watch! Great job!","html":"These are interesting topics to watch! Great job!"}],"imageCount":6,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":458224799465552,"gmtCreate":1752908355443,"gmtModify":1753069216134,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"1st Half 2025 Trading Profit/Loss Review","htmlText":"Hello fellow traders on Tiger Broker’s platform. I’ve been posting most of my trades with brief trading notes onto Tiger Trade Feeds platformas part of my trading journal and hope to contribute my part to this trading community. Early on, Tiger Brokers provided some coins and trading voucher incentives to motivate trader to post more. I had since continued to post consistently regardless of incentives offered and strived to be a better trader through the journey of self-discovery. This latest posting features Terra Incognita’s trade performance between Jan to June 2025 and my 1st attempt into long form featured post so please bear with me as I learn better writing skills and level up. Hope you enjoy this and feel free to drop messages for conversations. 1st Half 2025 RoR vs. Nasdaq The 1st","listText":"Hello fellow traders on Tiger Broker’s platform. I’ve been posting most of my trades with brief trading notes onto Tiger Trade Feeds platformas part of my trading journal and hope to contribute my part to this trading community. Early on, Tiger Brokers provided some coins and trading voucher incentives to motivate trader to post more. I had since continued to post consistently regardless of incentives offered and strived to be a better trader through the journey of self-discovery. This latest posting features Terra Incognita’s trade performance between Jan to June 2025 and my 1st attempt into long form featured post so please bear with me as I learn better writing skills and level up. Hope you enjoy this and feel free to drop messages for conversations. 1st Half 2025 RoR vs. Nasdaq The 1st","text":"Hello fellow traders on Tiger Broker’s platform. I’ve been posting most of my trades with brief trading notes onto Tiger Trade Feeds platformas part of my trading journal and hope to contribute my part to this trading community. Early on, Tiger Brokers provided some coins and trading voucher incentives to motivate trader to post more. I had since continued to post consistently regardless of incentives offered and strived to be a better trader through the journey of self-discovery. This latest posting features Terra Incognita’s trade performance between Jan to June 2025 and my 1st attempt into long form featured post so please bear with me as I learn better writing skills and level up. Hope you enjoy this and feel free to drop messages for conversations. 1st Half 2025 RoR vs. Nasdaq The 1st","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/27ed32beee1c0d20e2da60c697a75f88","width":"751","height":"790"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/7b187bcdd3573edb66c3e461fd3fcd4a","width":"759","height":"540"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/de99d30438b96bc79039d8b8934c5b70","width":"778","height":"496"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":88,"commentSize":11,"repostSize":14,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/458224799465552","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":17825,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"3527667618821228","authorId":"3527667618821228","name":"MillionaireTiger","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/dc558bf32e48ad6ed6d057026ef55af7","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3527667618821228","authorIdStr":"3527667618821228"},"content":"Congrats on crushing the market with a +35.8% RoR and 83% win rate! Keep the trade journals coming—we’re learning (and cheering) from the sidelines! 📚👏","text":"Congrats on crushing the market with a +35.8% RoR and 83% win rate! Keep the trade journals coming—we’re learning (and cheering) from the sidelines! 📚👏","html":"Congrats on crushing the market with a +35.8% RoR and 83% win rate! Keep the trade journals coming—we’re learning (and cheering) from the sidelines! 📚👏"},{"author":{"id":"10000000000010978","authorId":"10000000000010978","name":"EVBullMusketeer","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/aa81eb03f6e378be121421944911f239","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000010978","authorIdStr":"10000000000010978"},"content":"Sharp returns mate - reckon you'll cover $.IXIC next?","text":"Sharp returns mate - reckon you'll cover $.IXIC next?","html":"Sharp returns mate - reckon you'll cover $.IXIC next?"}],"imageCount":8,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":439925105504888,"gmtCreate":1748412008801,"gmtModify":1748938871076,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/RCL 20250919 200.0 CALL\">$RCL 20250919 200.0 CALL$</a> sharing wins to earn 50 coins.&nbsp; This one on RCL, after doing as low as $164 on 7th April, the lowest point for many stocks amidst the uncertainty of tariffs wars erupted in 2nd April.&nbsp; It had since moved up 55% for the past 7 weeks to close at $255.&nbsp; Picked up this call at the money at around $200 and it's still currently profitable. Will hold for few more weeks to see if the stock can break new high around the $275 peak before the theta decays escalates.","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/RCL 20250919 200.0 CALL\">$RCL 20250919 200.0 CALL$</a> sharing wins to earn 50 coins.&nbsp; This one on RCL, after doing as low as $164 on 7th April, the lowest point for many stocks amidst the uncertainty of tariffs wars erupted in 2nd April.&nbsp; It had since moved up 55% for the past 7 weeks to close at $255.&nbsp; Picked up this call at the money at around $200 and it's still currently profitable. Will hold for few more weeks to see if the stock can break new high around the $275 peak before the theta decays escalates.","text":"$RCL 20250919 200.0 CALL$ sharing wins to earn 50 coins. This one on RCL, after doing as low as $164 on 7th April, the lowest point for many stocks amidst the uncertainty of tariffs wars erupted in 2nd April. It had since moved up 55% for the past 7 weeks to close at $255. Picked up this call at the money at around $200 and it's still currently profitable. Will hold for few more weeks to see if the stock can break new high around the $275 peak before the theta decays escalates.","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/d995e5a2a9ed0dc5250d2a93a9762742","width":"972","height":"1631"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":35,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":22,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/439925105504888","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":5723,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"9000000000000675","authorId":"9000000000000675","name":"BlithePullan","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/63628df5dc89c97600c23240f5960480","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"9000000000000675","authorIdStr":"9000000000000675"},"content":"Wow, great strategy and impressive gains! [Applaud]","text":"Wow, great strategy and impressive gains! [Applaud]","html":"Wow, great strategy and impressive gains! [Applaud]"}],"imageCount":1,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":439197697573336,"gmtCreate":1748244485410,"gmtModify":1748939041329,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/NFLX 20250523 1200.0 CALL BUY 1 | NFLX 20250606 1200.0 CALL SELL 1\">$NFLX CALENDAR 250523/250606 CALL 1200.0/CALL 1200.0$&nbsp;</a>NFLX: collect 1.75% premium for this short call on NFLX with strike at $1200.As it stands on Fri 23rd May, expiring short call will likely be worthless as NFLX trades below $1200.&nbsp;Since Mon 26th June is holiday, decided to close the expiring one early without waiting for expiry, and sold a new one expiring in 2 weeks on 6th June with same strike at $1200.So far the strike price has been challenged once in 21st May but not closed above it, so the resistance level still stands.&nbsp;Will continue to trade against this level till it break then will manage new trades from there.&nbsp;","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/NFLX 20250523 1200.0 CALL BUY 1 | NFLX 20250606 1200.0 CALL SELL 1\">$NFLX CALENDAR 250523/250606 CALL 1200.0/CALL 1200.0$&nbsp;</a>NFLX: collect 1.75% premium for this short call on NFLX with strike at $1200.As it stands on Fri 23rd May, expiring short call will likely be worthless as NFLX trades below $1200.&nbsp;Since Mon 26th June is holiday, decided to close the expiring one early without waiting for expiry, and sold a new one expiring in 2 weeks on 6th June with same strike at $1200.So far the strike price has been challenged once in 21st May but not closed above it, so the resistance level still stands.&nbsp;Will continue to trade against this level till it break then will manage new trades from there.&nbsp;","text":"$NFLX CALENDAR 250523/250606 CALL 1200.0/CALL 1200.0$ NFLX: collect 1.75% premium for this short call on NFLX with strike at $1200.As it stands on Fri 23rd May, expiring short call will likely be worthless as NFLX trades below $1200. Since Mon 26th June is holiday, decided to close the expiring one early without waiting for expiry, and sold a new one expiring in 2 weeks on 6th June with same strike at $1200.So far the strike price has been challenged once in 21st May but not closed above it, so the resistance level still stands. Will continue to trade against this level till it break then will manage new trades from there.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":433,"commentSize":4,"repostSize":199,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/439197697573336","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":22568,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":439194018300400,"gmtCreate":1748243960224,"gmtModify":1749938372038,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/VXX 20250613 70.0 CALL\">$VXX 20250613 70.0 CALL$&nbsp;</a>VXX: collect 3.2% premium for these short calls with strike at $70.Contract expires in 3 weeks on 13th June. Took opportunity for the spike in volatile to sell few batches of VXX at various strike value and time frame to spread out the risk, all with the intention to collect premium and hope to avoid assignments as these are naked calls. Looking for the volatility to come back down once the trade deals with the few other major US trading partners are completed. If it doesn't, the market would be crashing anyway so the loss is guaranteed.","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/VXX 20250613 70.0 CALL\">$VXX 20250613 70.0 CALL$&nbsp;</a>VXX: collect 3.2% premium for these short calls with strike at $70.Contract expires in 3 weeks on 13th June. Took opportunity for the spike in volatile to sell few batches of VXX at various strike value and time frame to spread out the risk, all with the intention to collect premium and hope to avoid assignments as these are naked calls. Looking for the volatility to come back down once the trade deals with the few other major US trading partners are completed. If it doesn't, the market would be crashing anyway so the loss is guaranteed.","text":"$VXX 20250613 70.0 CALL$ VXX: collect 3.2% premium for these short calls with strike at $70.Contract expires in 3 weeks on 13th June. Took opportunity for the spike in volatile to sell few batches of VXX at various strike value and time frame to spread out the risk, all with the intention to collect premium and hope to avoid assignments as these are naked calls. Looking for the volatility to come back down once the trade deals with the few other major US trading partners are completed. If it doesn't, the market would be crashing anyway so the loss is guaranteed.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":230,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":55,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/439194018300400","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":11300,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":439191624327208,"gmtCreate":1748242829337,"gmtModify":1748939056019,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL\">$SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL$&nbsp;</a>SoFI: Collected the premiums in full for this covered call when they expired worthless on 23rd May.&nbsp;SoFI traded as high as $14.78 on 14th May but never threatened the strike all these while.&nbsp;Long term bullish on SoFi so will continue to sell fresh covered calls on them till my holdings were cleared.&nbsp;As it stands, I have active open sold puts at $12 to collect more if it drops, and sold calls at $14.5 to cash out as those are above my holding average cost.&nbsp;","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL\">$SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL$&nbsp;</a>SoFI: Collected the premiums in full for this covered call when they expired worthless on 23rd May.&nbsp;SoFI traded as high as $14.78 on 14th May but never threatened the strike all these while.&nbsp;Long term bullish on SoFi so will continue to sell fresh covered calls on them till my holdings were cleared.&nbsp;As it stands, I have active open sold puts at $12 to collect more if it drops, and sold calls at $14.5 to cash out as those are above my holding average cost.&nbsp;","text":"$SOFI 20250523 15.0 CALL$ SoFI: Collected the premiums in full for this covered call when they expired worthless on 23rd May. SoFI traded as high as $14.78 on 14th May but never threatened the strike all these while. Long term bullish on SoFi so will continue to sell fresh covered calls on them till my holdings were cleared. As it stands, I have active open sold puts at $12 to collect more if it drops, and sold calls at $14.5 to cash out as those are above my holding average cost.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":50,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":35,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/439191624327208","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":4323,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":439188143935784,"gmtCreate":1748242352977,"gmtModify":1748939063475,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/GILD\">$Gilead Sciences(GILD)$&nbsp;</a>GILD: sold GILD at $105 for breakeven as part of my covered call that expired in the money on 23rd May.&nbsp;The underlying shares were purchased on 9th May as part of cash secured put expired in the money at $105 as it went as low as $95.30, on 8th May and in just 2 weeks back to close higher at $107.37 above my call price.&nbsp;While the stocks are breakeven, I've collected both the cash secured puts and covered calls premiums in full upon contract expirations making this a successful wheel strategy cycle completion and retrieved back capital to support other trade margins.&nbsp;","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/GILD\">$Gilead Sciences(GILD)$&nbsp;</a>GILD: sold GILD at $105 for breakeven as part of my covered call that expired in the money on 23rd May.&nbsp;The underlying shares were purchased on 9th May as part of cash secured put expired in the money at $105 as it went as low as $95.30, on 8th May and in just 2 weeks back to close higher at $107.37 above my call price.&nbsp;While the stocks are breakeven, I've collected both the cash secured puts and covered calls premiums in full upon contract expirations making this a successful wheel strategy cycle completion and retrieved back capital to support other trade margins.&nbsp;","text":"$Gilead Sciences(GILD)$ GILD: sold GILD at $105 for breakeven as part of my covered call that expired in the money on 23rd May. The underlying shares were purchased on 9th May as part of cash secured put expired in the money at $105 as it went as low as $95.30, on 8th May and in just 2 weeks back to close higher at $107.37 above my call price. While the stocks are breakeven, I've collected both the cash secured puts and covered calls premiums in full upon contract expirations making this a successful wheel strategy cycle completion and retrieved back capital to support other trade margins.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":92,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":38,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/439188143935784","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":7463,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"10000000000011028","authorId":"10000000000011028","name":"DeltaDrift","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/11d675a610354289230d3a2f6c6e4c88","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000011028","authorIdStr":"10000000000011028"},"content":"What’s your net profit trading this stock?","text":"What’s your net profit trading this stock?","html":"What’s your net profit trading this stock?"}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":438037667598456,"gmtCreate":1747977115714,"gmtModify":1748939069433,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL\">$WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$&nbsp;</a>I opened <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL\">$WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$&nbsp;</a> ,WOLF: collect 10% premium with these covered calls with strike at $2.5. Contract expires next Fri on 30th May. News on WOLF broke out that they will be filing for bankruptcy in coming week and WOLF dropped 60% on 21st May as the result to as low as $0.82 before stabilising above $1. Still I've already mark this counter as total loss and won't worth selling whatever left in a panic mode. Stock actually rebounded &gt;100% from bottom of 0.82% to $1.71 now reflecting the extreme volatility at the moment. Even the sold call was drawing up to 10% premium just for 1.5 weeks. If stock close above strike","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL\">$WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$&nbsp;</a>I opened <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL\">$WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$&nbsp;</a> ,WOLF: collect 10% premium with these covered calls with strike at $2.5. Contract expires next Fri on 30th May. News on WOLF broke out that they will be filing for bankruptcy in coming week and WOLF dropped 60% on 21st May as the result to as low as $0.82 before stabilising above $1. Still I've already mark this counter as total loss and won't worth selling whatever left in a panic mode. Stock actually rebounded &gt;100% from bottom of 0.82% to $1.71 now reflecting the extreme volatility at the moment. Even the sold call was drawing up to 10% premium just for 1.5 weeks. If stock close above strike","text":"$WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$ I opened $WOLF 20250530 2.5 CALL$ ,WOLF: collect 10% premium with these covered calls with strike at $2.5. Contract expires next Fri on 30th May. News on WOLF broke out that they will be filing for bankruptcy in coming week and WOLF dropped 60% on 21st May as the result to as low as $0.82 before stabilising above $1. Still I've already mark this counter as total loss and won't worth selling whatever left in a panic mode. Stock actually rebounded >100% from bottom of 0.82% to $1.71 now reflecting the extreme volatility at the moment. Even the sold call was drawing up to 10% premium just for 1.5 weeks. If stock close above strike","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":109,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":53,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/438037667598456","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":7864,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"10000000000010968","authorId":"10000000000010968","name":"Tiger_CashBoostAccount","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/ae2d4002ef9664aba005cb3020f416f5","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000010968","authorIdStr":"10000000000010968"},"content":"It's great to see the detail in your trading plan . Cheers to more successful trades! 💰 Welcome to open a CBA today and enjoy access to a trading limit of up to SGD 20,000 with upcoming 0-commission, unlimited trading on SG, HK, and US stocks, as well as ETFs. Find out more here. Other helpful links: How to open a CBA. How to link your CDP account. Other FAQs on CBA. Cash Boost Account Website.","text":"It's great to see the detail in your trading plan . Cheers to more successful trades! 💰 Welcome to open a CBA today and enjoy access to a trading limit of up to SGD 20,000 with upcoming 0-commission, unlimited trading on SG, HK, and US stocks, as well as ETFs. Find out more here. Other helpful links: How to open a CBA. How to link your CDP account. Other FAQs on CBA. Cash Boost Account Website.","html":"It's great to see the detail in your trading plan . Cheers to more successful trades! 💰 Welcome to open a CBA today and enjoy access to a trading limit of up to SGD 20,000 with upcoming 0-commission, unlimited trading on SG, HK, and US stocks, as well as ETFs. Find out more here. Other helpful links: How to open a CBA. How to link your CDP account. Other FAQs on CBA. Cash Boost Account Website."},{"author":{"id":"10000000000010969","authorId":"10000000000010969","name":"Kristina_","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/390bb094fc9bb64af7414f37cde534ff","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"10000000000010969","authorIdStr":"10000000000010969"},"content":"Such comprehensive analysis[Applaud][Applaud]","text":"Such comprehensive analysis[Applaud][Applaud]","html":"Such comprehensive analysis[Applaud][Applaud]"}],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":437294920110792,"gmtCreate":1747797262900,"gmtModify":1749996716999,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/VXX 20250613 50.0 PUT\">$VXX 20250613 50.0 PUT$&nbsp;</a>VXX: collect 3.8% premium on these cash secured puts with strike at $50. Contract expires in 4 weeks next Fri on 13th June. Took the chance of lower volatility last week to close some shorts and it's time to accumulate some long positions if possible at lower strike of $50 or below. Selling multiple contracts with different time frames to spread assignment dates for smoother capital allocations should these sold puts goes into the money on expiration or early call by counter party. Monday volatility went up possibly due to the weekend US bond downgrade though it recovers later in the market and went down again.","listText":"<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/OPT/VXX 20250613 50.0 PUT\">$VXX 20250613 50.0 PUT$&nbsp;</a>VXX: collect 3.8% premium on these cash secured puts with strike at $50. Contract expires in 4 weeks next Fri on 13th June. Took the chance of lower volatility last week to close some shorts and it's time to accumulate some long positions if possible at lower strike of $50 or below. Selling multiple contracts with different time frames to spread assignment dates for smoother capital allocations should these sold puts goes into the money on expiration or early call by counter party. Monday volatility went up possibly due to the weekend US bond downgrade though it recovers later in the market and went down again.","text":"$VXX 20250613 50.0 PUT$ VXX: collect 3.8% premium on these cash secured puts with strike at $50. Contract expires in 4 weeks next Fri on 13th June. Took the chance of lower volatility last week to close some shorts and it's time to accumulate some long positions if possible at lower strike of $50 or below. Selling multiple contracts with different time frames to spread assignment dates for smoother capital allocations should these sold puts goes into the money on expiration or early call by counter party. Monday volatility went up possibly due to the weekend US bond downgrade though it recovers later in the market and went down again.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":257,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":40,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/437294920110792","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":6045,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"essenList":[{"id":476120937918464,"gmtCreate":1757268084562,"gmtModify":1757300210883,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"WW36 2025 Trade Journal: The Calm Before the Storm? 🌪️","htmlText":"TL;DR: From Chaos to... Less Chaos 📊 After weeks of emotional roller coaster rides swinging between +$10k to -$10k weekly P&amp;L, this week delivered something I haven't experienced in months: boredom. With just a -$469 loss, I'm not sure if I should be relieved or concerned that my portfolio has gone from Netflix thriller to watching paint dry. 🎭 📈 The Big Picture: August Reality Check August 2025 just became the second unprofitable month this year with a brutal -5.24% drop (-$23.6K), while Mr. Market decided to throw a party without me: 📊 S&amp;P 500: +1.91% (showing off) 💻 Nasdaq: +0.85% (rubbing salt in wounds) 😤 My Portfolio: -5.24% (learning humility) Current Stats That Matter: 🎯 YTD Performance: +38.34% (peaked at +46.55% - those were the days) 🏆 Still beating S&amp;P by: +27.9% (s","listText":"TL;DR: From Chaos to... Less Chaos 📊 After weeks of emotional roller coaster rides swinging between +$10k to -$10k weekly P&amp;L, this week delivered something I haven't experienced in months: boredom. With just a -$469 loss, I'm not sure if I should be relieved or concerned that my portfolio has gone from Netflix thriller to watching paint dry. 🎭 📈 The Big Picture: August Reality Check August 2025 just became the second unprofitable month this year with a brutal -5.24% drop (-$23.6K), while Mr. Market decided to throw a party without me: 📊 S&amp;P 500: +1.91% (showing off) 💻 Nasdaq: +0.85% (rubbing salt in wounds) 😤 My Portfolio: -5.24% (learning humility) Current Stats That Matter: 🎯 YTD Performance: +38.34% (peaked at +46.55% - those were the days) 🏆 Still beating S&amp;P by: +27.9% (s","text":"TL;DR: From Chaos to... Less Chaos 📊 After weeks of emotional roller coaster rides swinging between +$10k to -$10k weekly P&L, this week delivered something I haven't experienced in months: boredom. With just a -$469 loss, I'm not sure if I should be relieved or concerned that my portfolio has gone from Netflix thriller to watching paint dry. 🎭 📈 The Big Picture: August Reality Check August 2025 just became the second unprofitable month this year with a brutal -5.24% drop (-$23.6K), while Mr. Market decided to throw a party without me: 📊 S&P 500: +1.91% (showing off) 💻 Nasdaq: +0.85% (rubbing salt in wounds) 😤 My Portfolio: -5.24% (learning humility) Current Stats That Matter: 🎯 YTD Performance: +38.34% (peaked at +46.55% - those were the days) 🏆 Still beating S&P by: +27.9% (s","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/c86aa6ad3a630077a859d49b6da8bf8c","width":"972","height":"876"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/6b817455c9801ddcf5dc1c15e387ab9e","width":"946","height":"2048"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5dc0e02fa8e81a5635fc9ea017589f2","width":"946","height":"2048"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":206,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":14,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/476120937918464","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":4582,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"9000000000000143","authorId":"9000000000000143","name":"wubbie","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e8949243b5b991e5aaeac1e019f51299","crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"9000000000000143","authorIdStr":"9000000000000143"},"content":"Absolutely love your honesty and insights! 😅❤️","text":"Absolutely love your honesty and insights! 😅❤️","html":"Absolutely love your honesty and insights! 😅❤️"}],"imageCount":6,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":479548365132552,"gmtCreate":1758101418916,"gmtModify":1758175789457,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"WW37 2025 Trading Journal: From Chaos to... Recovery 📊","htmlText":"Welcome to another episode of \"How Not to Trade Like a Pro\" - where we document the messy reality of retail trading with brutal honesty and just enough humor to keep us sane.TL;DR: The Phoenix Rises from Three Weeks of Ashes 🔥➡️🚀After three consecutive weeks of taking losses like a champ (or a chump?), we're back to profitability through the ancient art of... actually cutting losses when they hurt. Revolutionary, I know.📈 The Numbers That Actually Matter🚀 Weekly P&amp;L: +$6.7k (feels like winning the lottery after recent weeks)🎯 YTD Performance: +43% (peaked at +46.55% - we'll get there again)🏆 Beating S&amp;P 500 by: +30% (the strategies work when I follow them)💰 Current Leverage: 0% (sleeping soundly for the first time in weeks)💧 Cash Position: 30% (up from 20% in August - September sur","listText":"Welcome to another episode of \"How Not to Trade Like a Pro\" - where we document the messy reality of retail trading with brutal honesty and just enough humor to keep us sane.TL;DR: The Phoenix Rises from Three Weeks of Ashes 🔥➡️🚀After three consecutive weeks of taking losses like a champ (or a chump?), we're back to profitability through the ancient art of... actually cutting losses when they hurt. Revolutionary, I know.📈 The Numbers That Actually Matter🚀 Weekly P&amp;L: +$6.7k (feels like winning the lottery after recent weeks)🎯 YTD Performance: +43% (peaked at +46.55% - we'll get there again)🏆 Beating S&amp;P 500 by: +30% (the strategies work when I follow them)💰 Current Leverage: 0% (sleeping soundly for the first time in weeks)💧 Cash Position: 30% (up from 20% in August - September sur","text":"Welcome to another episode of \"How Not to Trade Like a Pro\" - where we document the messy reality of retail trading with brutal honesty and just enough humor to keep us sane.TL;DR: The Phoenix Rises from Three Weeks of Ashes 🔥➡️🚀After three consecutive weeks of taking losses like a champ (or a chump?), we're back to profitability through the ancient art of... actually cutting losses when they hurt. Revolutionary, I know.📈 The Numbers That Actually Matter🚀 Weekly P&L: +$6.7k (feels like winning the lottery after recent weeks)🎯 YTD Performance: +43% (peaked at +46.55% - we'll get there again)🏆 Beating S&P 500 by: +30% (the strategies work when I follow them)💰 Current Leverage: 0% (sleeping soundly for the first time in weeks)💧 Cash Position: 30% (up from 20% in August - September sur","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/e03e48f7a3d33593fe9d8645d2032987"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/a84686f124b031781e40f4ae3d60b5b2"},{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/45cf6d86a72661ae90319c6bf856f254"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":11,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":1,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/479548365132552","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":5140,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":10,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":479531417928464,"gmtCreate":1758090557010,"gmtModify":1758296402499,"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"themes":[],"title":"Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&A with an Actual Options Retail Trader","htmlText":"💬 Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&amp;A with an Actual Options Retail Trader Saturday, 20th September | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Tiger Brokers Singapore HQ (One Raffles Place Tower 2, Floor 35, Singapore) Get your burning questions answered by someone who's been in the trenches Hear real-world experiences, wins, and lessons learned Discover what it's really like to trade options as a retail investor Network with fellow aspiring options traders ✅ Receive a special gift pack: 📘 Options Notebook + 🐯 Tiger Plushie 👥 Limited to 40 participants — first come, first served!","listText":"💬 Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&amp;A with an Actual Options Retail Trader Saturday, 20th September | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Tiger Brokers Singapore HQ (One Raffles Place Tower 2, Floor 35, Singapore) Get your burning questions answered by someone who's been in the trenches Hear real-world experiences, wins, and lessons learned Discover what it's really like to trade options as a retail investor Network with fellow aspiring options traders ✅ Receive a special gift pack: 📘 Options Notebook + 🐯 Tiger Plushie 👥 Limited to 40 participants — first come, first served!","text":"💬 Session 2: Options Demystified: Options Trading Q&A with an Actual Options Retail Trader Saturday, 20th September | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Tiger Brokers Singapore HQ (One Raffles Place Tower 2, Floor 35, Singapore) Get your burning questions answered by someone who's been in the trenches Hear real-world experiences, wins, and lessons learned Discover what it's really like to trade options as a retail investor Network with fellow aspiring options traders ✅ Receive a special gift pack: 📘 Options Notebook + 🐯 Tiger Plushie 👥 Limited to 40 participants — first come, first served!","images":[{"img":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/a84686f124b031781e40f4ae3d60b5b2","width":"533","height":"1080"}],"top":1,"highlighted":2,"essential":2,"paper":2,"likeSize":146,"commentSize":11,"repostSize":874,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/479531417928464","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":23280,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[{"author":{"id":"3581560330669557","authorId":"3581560330669557","name":"Terra_Incognita","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/b5e59779a1eaa1b3dc28886ab0efa184","crmLevel":12,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3581560330669557","authorIdStr":"3581560330669557"},"content":"Hi, you can scan the QR code in the poster and invited to join a new Telegram group. Tiger broker staffs inside the group will be able to assist you. Thanks for your intestest","text":"Hi, you can scan the QR code in the poster and invited to join a new Telegram group. Tiger broker staffs inside the group will be able to assist you. Thanks for your intestest","html":"Hi, you can scan the QR code in the poster and invited to join a new Telegram group. Tiger broker staffs inside the group will be able to assist you. Thanks for your intestest"},{"author":{"id":"4098172041344540","authorId":"4098172041344540","name":"Avocado32","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/290dedabf24adc551e8b9b10b1a30397","crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"4098172041344540","authorIdStr":"4098172041344540"},"content":"How to participate in the event?","text":"How to participate in the event?","html":"How to participate in the event?"}],"imageCount":1,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}]}