98% 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

1 Likes

Reward
1
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

14h ago

Most people lose money with options.
Here is the exact reason why.
They treat options as the strategy.
They buy weekly calls because something "looks good."
No thesis. No conviction. Just a gut feeling.
That is a magnified bet on a guess.
You are going to take a magnified loss. Every time.
Options are not the strategy.
Options are the multiplier.
You find a great company at good valuation with EPS growing.
High confidence it goes up over 1-2 years.
Then you layer options on top to multiply the return.
No confidence in the direction.
No option trade. Simple.
That is why I have a 94% win rate ov

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

15h ago

The first $100k is the hardest money you will ever make.
Not because you are doing something wrong.
Because compounding has not kicked in yet.
At $0. Every dollar is 100% you.
Your income. Your savings. Your effort.
At $100k and 20% returns.
Your money makes $20,000 a year without you.
At $500k.
$100,000 a year. Without you.
At $1M.
$200,000 a year. Without you.
The grind does not get easier because you get smarter.
It gets easier because your money starts doing the work.
Get through the first $100k.
Then the second comes faster.
Then the third.
Stop trying to skip the grind.
The grind is what

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

17h ago

Most CEOs are compensated with stock options.
They can exercise them when the stock hits a certain price.
So what does every CEO want?
Stock to go up.
EPS to grow.
Revenue to grow.
They are all incentivized to make the company more valuable.
And they do this in years... not months.
When you buy 1-2 year LEAP calls.
You are on the exact same side as the CEO.
They want EPS to grow.
So does your call option.
They want the stock higher.
So does your call option.
You are aligned with some of the most motivated people in the world.
People who have millions/billions of dollars personally on the line

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

19h ago

People always ask how the $30k a month actually works that I get from my investing system.
Here is the loop. Step by step.
1. Find a quality company at a good valuation with EPS growing.
2. Sell a 2 year portfolio secured put. Collect $5,000 to $25,000 instantly depending on the position size.
3. Take about 60% of that premium. Buy shares of the same company/ETF.
4. Take about 40%. Buy 2 year LEAP calls of the same company/ETF
5. Repeat this across multiple quality setups. Keep total assignment value under 40% of liquidity.
Now you have puts working. Shares compounding. LEAP calls magnifying.

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-30 23:02

The BIGGEST hack with selling portfolio secured puts is that you can technically make an unlimited ROI.
(not kidding)
Roll with me on this one, it will BLOW YOUR MIND!
So selling puts is a bullish strategy.
That's why I would never want to sell "cash secured puts", I sell "portfolios secured puts."
(cash sits there and does nothing, but portfolio secured works for you being invested)
Ok.
So when I sell portfolio secured puts and collect say $20k for example, I take that cash flow and buy $20k in shares of the company I am bullish on. (same one I am selling puts on)
I usually sell 1 year contra

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-30 20:32

Retail investor: Cash secured puts are the responsible way to do options. Even my broker's website says so.
Me: How much cash do you have parked securing them right now?
Retail investor: About $50k. That's just how the trade works.
Me: & what's that $50k earning while it sits there for a year?
Retail investor: Basically nothing. It's collateral, it has to be there.
Me: It doesn't though. That's the part nobody tells you. My puts are secured by the shares I already own. Same trade, same premium... but my $50k stayed in $VOO & $Q compounding the whole time.
Retail investor: Wait, so your collate

1 Likes

Reward
1
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-30 19:01

Retail investor: I sell weekly puts. Faster paydays, faster compounding.
Me: Real question. What's the stock doing next Tuesday?
Retail investor: How would I know that?
Me: Exactly. Nobody knows. Not you, not me, not the Fed. But your whole strategy is betting on the next 5 days... 52 times a year.
Retail investor: I win most weeks though.
Me: Everyone wins most weeks. Then earnings gaps down, some random headline hits, & one bad Friday takes back 2 months of wins. A 5 day trade has no room to be wrong. Zero cushion.
Retail investor: That already happened to me in the spring honestly. Gave bac

1 Likes

Reward
1
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-30 17:02

Retail investor: I run put credit spreads. Sell a put, buy a lower put for protection. Defined risk.
Me: The lower put you're buying... what is it actually?
Retail investor: My insurance if the stock crashes.
Me: It's the right to sell shares at an even LOWER price. On a company you supposedly like. Read that back to yourself.
Retail investor: I mean... it caps my max loss though.
Me: Ok but think about when that insurance pays. The stock crashes to some fire sale price... which on a great company below fair value is exactly when you'd WANT to be buying... & your protection is the right to dum

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-30 15:05

Walk into your bank & ask them to pay you interest on your savings... & then ask to ALSO use that exact balance as the deposit on a home, without moving a dollar.
The banker will smile & say no. "The money can earn OR it can secure. Not both."
But that's exactly what I do every single month.
My shares ( $VOO / $Q) sit there compounding ~11% a year. That's the interest.
Those SAME shares secure the puts I sell for another ~15%. That's the loan they said I couldn't have.
Same money. Two returns. Never on margin. Ratios always in check.
That's how 10% quietly becomes 25%.
And 25% is the differenc

Reward
like
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-29 22:59

This is a HEALTHY little dip in the market.
We disconnected from the fundamentals to the upside and this dip is NEEDED!
If you are panicking... you are a gambling speculator that doesn't know what you own, why you own it, & at what valuation level you bought.
Be greedy when others are fearful
Be fearful when others are greedy

1 Likes

Reward
1
Comment
Repost
Share

InvestingWithBrandon

07-29 20:34

THE 1987 CRASH WIPED OUT 23% OF THE MARKET IN A DAY:
Investors who sold locked in losses.
Those who held saw the market fully recover within two years.
So what's my point?
Volatility is opportunity!