InvestingWithBrandon

I make about $29k a month with options.
NO Day trading
NO Swing trading
NO Covered calls
NO Cash secured puts
NO BS
INSTEAD, I DO THIS:
Build base portfolio
Sell portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)
Buy LEAPS with the premium from sold puts
BUY shares with the premium from sold puts
Keep ratios in check
I can explain it to a 13 year old & I will likely outperform 95% of people that read this.
Simple wins.

Retail investor: Oil’s back over $100 & they’re hitting tankers in Hormuz again. I’m thinking about going to cash till it calms down
Me: When does it calm down?
Retail investor: idk... when the war’s over?
Me: Brent oil hit around $118 back in March when the strait shut down. Everybody was saying exactly what you’re saying...
Retail investor: & what happened?
Me: Nasdaq made a new all time high a few weeks later and now up over 30% from that point.
Retail investor: with all this still going on??
Me: Yep. The market doesn’t wait for the all clear. It moves as soon as it figures out earnings are

Retail investor: "AI is a bubble bro. This is 2000 all over again"
Me: What do you think the Nasdaq 100 was trading at in March 2000?
Retail investor: idk... like 30 times earnings?
Me: Around 100 times forward earnings
Retail investor: ok & now?
Me: About 22... Look at the chart below that shows both times.
Retail investor: wait that can’t be right
Me: It is. Back then you had companies with zero profits going public & doubling on day one. Today the biggest AI names are some of the most profitable businesses on the planet... & S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow 20%+ this year & next
Retail

The market is NOT crashing right now.
The SP500 is within 2% of ATH.
If you are getting smoked, its because your gambling… not investing.
$VOO

2026 so far...
The US went to war with Iran & the Strait of Hormuz got shut down. Oil ripped to $118
The Fed HIKED rates for the first time since 2023
The 10 year treasury blew past 5% for the first time since 2007
A report came out that OpenAI’s revenue is almost $20 BILLION less than people thought
& yesterday morning inflation came in hot at 3.7%
Every one of those days my timeline was full of people saying sell everything & wait for the crash...
Want to know what I did?
Nothing most of the time... & actually capitalized more in the fear.
The S&P 500 hit an all time high a few days ago. Sam

I don't day trade.
I don't sell covered calls.
I don't sell cash secured puts.
I don't buy weekly options.
I don't run spreads.
I don't watch screens all day.
I don't trade on the news.
I don't care what the market does day to day.
What I do:
$3M+ in:
$VOO + $Q + Elite companies that never gets sold.
1+ year portfolio secured puts on great companies below fair value, secured by that base.
Every premium goes back into the base.
Ratios in check so a 50% crash can't force my hand.
$25k+ a month on average. 10 minutes a day. Don't complicate it.

“The stock market is crashing”
But at the same time up 19% YTD for the Nasdaq $Q
This is NORMAL, HEALTHY, & JUSTIFIED volatility now and honestly… it’s not even bad.
Just another day.
Don’t over complicate it and let people online make you panic.
Buy great companies at great prices with ratios in check and only do durations over a year.
This is where the money is at.
Keep your pants on!

Here's something that'll blow your mind about long duration options.
I sold a 2 year put. Collected a huge premium up front.
4 months later, the market ran, the contract collapsed in value, & I closed it at 75% profit.
75% of the money... in 17% of the time of the contract.
Everyone thinks long duration means locked up for years. It doesn't.
It means a FAT premium up front to reinvest when the company is compelling & the option to close it whenever it makes sense.
Compare that to a weekly seller. 52 tiny "paychecks," selling puts when it's not compelling... forcing trades.
I made one decision.

Retail investor: Nike $NKE just hit a 52 week low. That's gotta be a steal at these prices right?
Me: Maybe. Let's actually check instead of guessing.
Retail investor: It's Nike. Everybody knows Nike.
Me: Brand recognition doesn't matter... Pull up the earnings. Are profits growing or shrinking over the last few years?
Retail investor: ...I don't actually know.
Me: That's the whole question. A falling price with growing profits is a dip. A falling price with falling profits is a company in trouble...
Retail investor: So a 52 week low means nothing by itself?
Me: Nothing. It's a price, not a va

Retail investor: This is the dot com bubble all over again. I’m not selling puts or buying calls into this.
Me: How are the valuations now?
Retail investor: The market is at all time highs, that’s all I need to know.
Me: In March 2000 the Nasdaq 100 traded around 100x forward earnings.
Retail investor: & now?
Me: About 22x.
Retail investor: ...that’s not even close.
Me: Right... Of course the market will experience volatility, but just saying the market is at ATHs does not mean much... ESPECIALLY since earnings growth has been at a similar pace as the market going up.
Retail investor: so would

Retail investor: I got destroyed selling weekly puts on $Q in April 2025.
Me: What happened?
Retail investor: Tariffs... & I kept selling them right below the market price. Every week it dropped more.
Me: Q fell about 23% in 7 weeks from the February high.
Retail investor: yeah & I kept rolling & getting assigned.
Me: Then what?
Retail investor: by then I was scared so I sold everything.
Me: Within a month of the April 8th low, Q was up 17%.
Retail investor: ...don’t remind me.
Me: That’s weeklies for you... no time to recover, so you end up selling at the bottom. With a 2 year put, April 2025

I just realized $73,038 in profit on $META.
5 long duration portfolio secured puts
3 long duration calls.
All expiring in 2028.
Sold Puts: +$31,215
Bought Calls: +$41,822
Was it smooth? No. META closed at $539 on July 30th, below my $550 strike.
Did I panic? No. I had over 2 years on the clock.
Short duration options would’ve had most sweating that dip with days or weeks left. Long duration gave the thesis time to play out & the company time to grow into its value.
This is the power of having a SOLID thesis & trades that actually give it time to play out.
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