InvestingWithBrandon

Retail investor: I don't sell covered calls myself, I just buy the income ETFs that do it for me. Double digit yield, monthly payouts. Set & forget.
Me: You know what's inside those funds, right?
Retail investor: They hold the index & sell calls against it. Professional management, man.
Me: So look at this $Q chart. Now think about what selling calls against that every single month does... every big up month, the fund's upside is capped. Every down stretch, the CCs dont do much to help.
Retail investor: But the yield is huge...
Me: The "yield" is mostly them handing you back your own capped re

Someone paid me $22k to agree to buy their $GOOG shares at $290... 2 ish years from now.
Say that out loud. It sounds fake.
& here's the part people can't wrap their heads around... there are only 3 ways this ends:
It never drops to $$290? I keep the $22k. For nothing.
It drops there? I buy a company I already love at a price I already wanted... & STILL keep the $22k.
It drops halfway & recovers? Keep the $22k, sell the next one.
There is no fourth option. Every door is a win when you only make this promise on great companies below fair value.
The best part about it? This is portfolio secured.

Someone paid me $64,499 to agree to buy their $META shares at $550... 2 years from now.
Say that out loud. It sounds fake.
They handed me $64k, instantly, for a PROMISE
A promise to buy a company I already love, at a price I'd be thrilled to pay
If $META never drops there? I keep the $64k for nothing.
If it does? I buy a great company at a discount... & STILL keep the $64k.
& my base portfolio secured the whole trade, so no cash drag like CSP
This is the power of the portfolio secured put

Retail investor: $NVDA
is only up like 18% this year. It's done. Rotating out to find the next runner.
Me: The stock's up 18%. What are is the EPS doing?
Retail investor: ...I mean, earnings have been strong I think?
Me: Record revenue. Massive EPS growth. The BUSINESS is having a monster year... the STOCK is having a "quiet" one. Those are two different things.
Retail investor: So why isn't the price moving?
Me: Because it ran hard for years & the price got ahead of the fundamentals. Now the profits are catching up while the price gains slow down a little. That's what opportunity looks like

Just because YOU decided to be a big bad investor does not mean the market cares...
5 to 10% drops happen almost every year
10 to 20% drops happen almost every 3 years
20 to 40% drops happen almost every 8 years
40%+ drops happen almost every 25 years
What is my point?
Despite the volatility, every crash was opportunity to capitalize for the investor that kept ratios in check and knew what they owned and what hey owned it.
Those with emotions and ratios out of whack? SMOKED...
Please understand the market will be volatile going forward.
It's going to happen.
But the prepared investor will se e

97% of companies I go analyze.
I say no.
Not because I am being difficult.
Because most companies do not pass the filter.
Every company must check all 5 boxes:
1. Below intrinsic value
2. Has a moat
3. Has pricing power
4. Durable competitive advantage
5. OK to hold long term if assigned
Miss one. It is a no. Move on.
The name of the game is saying no.
Not finding reasons to say yes.
When something passes all 5.
That is when I allocate.
That is when I sell the put.
That is when I buy the LEAP.
That is when the position makes sense.
Most people are too eager to say yes.
That is why they lose mo

Retired at 31 selling options. No inheritance. No lucky coin flip. No rich parents.
I don't day trade. I don't read charts. I couldn't tell you what the market did this morning & I don't care...
I buy great companies for less than they're worth & use long duration options to magnify the most bullish setups
Then I sell portfolio secured puts & take the cashflow to buy more shares & calls
10 minutes a day
It's not complicated
It's just the opposite of everything they taught you
Fibonacci Bollinger Band VWAP that!

Buying shares
Selling 1+ year portfolio secured puts
Buying 1+ year calls
when a great company is trading below intrinsic value is the BEST way to make money in the stock market.
PERIOD.