InvestingWithBrandon

Retail investor: I only do 0DTE options on $Q It's the INDEX man. Way safer than doing it on some random stock.
Me: Zoom this chart into one day for me. What do you see?
Retail investor: Just... noise. Up in the morning, dumped in afternoon. kinda random and depends on the day...
Me: Right. Pure noise. Nobody on earth can predict it. Not the hedge funds, not the algos, & definitely not us. So walk me through how the "safe index" helps you when the TIMEFRAME is the problem?
Retail investor: I mean... $Q won't crash 40% like a meme stock...
Me: Doesn't matter. Your contract expires in 6 hours. A

Retail investor: Made $11k in premium this year on cash secured puts. Pretty happy with it.
Me: How much cash is securing them?
Retail investor: About $120k
Me: & what's the market done this year?
Retail investor: Last time I checked the nasdaq $Q is up 17% YTD.
Me: So your $120k sat out of that. Call it $20k+ of gains it never caught... to earn you $11k in premium.
Retail investor: ...I'm behind where doing nothing would've put me.
Me: The trades were fine. The collateral was the problem. Mine are secured by $VOO + $Q + Elite companies, so I collect the same premiums AND my money rides the ma

Here's something that'll blow your mind about long duration options.
Everyone thinks selling a 2 year portfolio secured put means your money is stuck for 2 years.
Look at this trade. I sold NVDA $145 puts expiring January 2028. Collected $29,714 up front... day one, cash in the account to be reinvested.
Then $NVDA ran & the fear died down. That contract collapsed in value.
So on July 20th I bought it back for $15,360 & kept $14,353.97 in profit...
...with a YEAR & A HALF still left on the contract.
Didn't wait for expiration. Didn't need to. The trade did most of its job early, so I took the m

Retail investor: Remember when $UNH got cut in half last year? I panic sold the bottom.
Me: I remember. That's the week I made both of these trades. (screenshot)
Retail investor: You were selling puts then??
Me: Everyone dumping meant fear was at max... & fear pays. I sold 10 puts at the $230 strike, 2 years out. Someone paid me $42,393 that day for the "promise"
Retail investor: & if it kept crashing?
Me: Then I buy a great company at a great price & keep the $42k. I win either way. & no, nothing sat in cash... my $VOO & $Q secured it & kept compounding.
Retail investor: Ok... what's the seco

Someone paid me over $18k to agree to buy their $NVDA shares at $180... 2 years from now
Say that out loud. It sounds fake
They handed me $18k, instantly, for a PROMISE
A promise to buy a company I already love, at a price I'd be thrilled to pay
If $NVDA never drops there? I keep the $18k for nothing.
If it does? I buy a great company at a discount... & STILL keep the $18k.
& my base portfolio secured the whole trade, so no cash drag like CSP
This is the power of the portfolio secured put

Since 2018 to right now, my true ROI has been crushing the SP500.
No gambling option strategies
No day trading or chasing the "hot" stock
No guessing
No worrying about market crashes
Just a simple and proven system for over a DECADE
(honestly longer than a because cause thesis very similar to what Warren Buffett does)
Keep in mind, this ROI was through legitimate BEAR markets & BULL.
If I started this from the bottom of 2022 like most "gurus" do, my ROI would be MUCH higher.
(but I don't because making money only in a bull market doesn't say much... everyone does)
The true test is how you do i

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 that Bollinger band VWAP RSI that!