I started trading in stocks only in February 2022I have always wanted to buy stocks but I was concerned about the risk.Finally, after a lot of YouTube videos, there came the Russia Ukraine war, and stock prices plummeted. And I started my investment journey.The very first shares I bought were the ones I believe have the strong fundamentals and values. I was interested to do long term investment and mainly wanted to focus on Tech stocks as potential growth stocks because most businesses adopted digital transformation during Covid. And as a Software Engineer, I believe the IT industry will continue to grow My very first stock I bought on 24 Feb was $Alphabet(GOOGL)$because I trust its business. But the price was not cheap, I bought
$COF VERTICAL 260220 CALL 250.0/CALL 260.0$ Following Price Pattern. Low implied volatility to buy options, and with earnings upcoming, both implied volatility and stock price could go up. Plan to take Profit at 60% gain or Stop loss at 50%.
$DOW DIAGONAL 260102/251219 CALL 23.5/CALL 25.0$ Closed at a bit of loss when the stock went up. Betting for Bullish but the setup breaks, going below 23.5. Will reenter when the signal indicates bullish trend again.
$JNJ 20260220 220.0 CALL$ Take Profit although my target was 7 or 8 which it hit today, I wanted to get more cash to trade Memory Stocks for earnings play.
Honestly, I first signed up Tiger in April because of the welcome package of free shares. I was not very lucky. I got only $Pfizer(PFE)$and $SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$for free shares, through the roulette while my friend at that time got 1 free $Apple(AAPL)$share.Although I signed up for the free shares, I was amazed by the different features that Tiger offers, most importantly, the community tab. It's really nice to see different people sharing their opinions about the stock market. It gives me the idea of the market sentiment, as well as stock recommendations. I was really lost and did extensive online research for what stock to inve
$DAL VERTICAL 260116 PUT 68.0/PUT 70.0$ This was filled yesterday. Currently not so bad, still can profit based om latest price and IV crush, although guidance is weak.