InvestingWithBrandon

Every options strategy I've used in the last 10+ years, ranked worst to best.
7. 0DTE & weekly calls. Gambling. You need the direction AND the day.
6. Spreads. You collect $1,000 & spend $900 on the put under it. Bullish & bearish at the same time.
5. The wheel. You eat the drop, then cap the bounce.
4. Covered calls on stocks you're bullish on. Works until the stock rips & your shares get called away.
3. Cash secured puts. Right idea... but your money sits on the bench doing nothing.
2. 1+ year calls when you're ULTRA bullish on a great company below fair value. Time for earnings to grow, & y

PE ratio vs returns
(Current PE = 19)
1 year out = hard to say
10 years out = clear trend
Allocate to win REGARDLESS of what the market does in the short term.
Market up = I appreciation
Market down = I capitalize

POV: you sell weekly puts for "income" doing the wheel strategy
Stock is at $100. You sell 5 of the $97 puts every week.
Week 1: +$300. This is easy.
Week 2: +$280. Why doesn't everyone do this?
Week 3: +$310. Telling your coworkers about it.
Week 4: +$290. Looking up how to quit your job.
Week 5: +$300... then the stock drops 12% on earnings. Assigned 500 shares at $97. Stock's at $88.
Week 6: Selling covered calls at $92 to "get it back." +$150.
Week 7: +$150.
Week 8: +$150.
Week 9: Stock rips to $102. Shares called away at $92.
Final score after 9 weeks:
Premium collected: $1,930
Loss on th

2014 me: I'm going to get rich day trading.
2026 me: How's that going?
2014 me: I mean... I've had some good days.
2026 me: & the bad days?
2014 me: ...we don't talk about those.
2026 me: What else are you doing?
2014 me: Selling covered calls on everything. Free money.
2026 me: Until the stock rips & your shares get called away.
2014 me: ...yeah that already happened.
2026 me: Ok. Stop day trading. Build a base of VOO, Q & great companies & never sell it. Only sell puts on great companies below fair value, 1-2 years out. Let your shares secure the puts instead of cash. Use the premium to buy

This trade has 5 mistakes in it. How many can you spot?
"This stock ran 80% this month so I sold a 30 day put right at the current price. I've got $20,000 in cash sitting there to cover it. It's kind of a meme stock but the premium is HUGE."
Reply with how many you found 👇
Chasing. It already ran 80%. That's almost never below fair value.
30 days. That's a guess on where it is next month.
Right at the current price. Zero margin of safety. Any dip & you're underwater.
$20,000 in cash doing nothing. If you're bullish enough to sell the put, why is your money on the bench? Do portfolio secured i

Pick your move
You sold a 2 year put on a great company.
Strike 10% below the market price.
3 months later the whole market drops & your stock is down 25%.
Your put is showing -$8,000.
What do you do?
A) Close it & take the loss
B) Roll it out further
C) Sell your base shares to raise cash
D) Nothing
Reply with your letter BEFORE you read my answer 👇
My answer: D.
You still have 21 months on the contract. The company didn't change & its earnings are still growing. The only thing that changed is the price... & now it's even further below fair value.
A is what most people do. They lock in the l

🟢Keep your emotions in check.
Continue to DCA into quality stocks/ETFs at good prices.
When you find compelling set ups:
1. Sell 1+ year portfolio secured puts. (not CSP)
2. Take part of that cash flow to buy shares.
3. Take part of the cash flow to buy LEAP calls.
Then be patient and let the plays work.
Simple.

Retail investor: Portfolio secured puts sound great until you get assigned & don't have the cash.
Me: What do you think happens?
Retail investor: margin call? you get wiped out?
Me: Say my account is $1m & I'm on the hook to buy $100k of a stock. Worst case I get assigned & dont roll it. I then can sell $100k of something in my base, like bonds or $VOO, & now I own the company I wanted at the price I picked.
Retail investor: & if the whole market crashed first?
Me: That's why ratios matter. My total put obligations are always covered by my base portfolio even if the market falls DEEP.
Retail i

THE STOCK MARKET IS DOING THE UNTHINKABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
Estimated EPS Q3 growth 29.5% YoY
Forward PE of 19.0
Economy ok
Interest rates ok (but on radar as they drift higher)
This is not a "bubble" being propped up by hype
This is a market being driven by REAL earnings strength
When profits are this strong, prices HAVE a reason to go higher
That is how markets work
EPS is strong & share prices will follow that in the long run
Will we get pullbacks & volatility? Of course!
But the long term investor will continue to win...

Retail investor: I'm 45. Is it too late to start investing?
Me: How much could you put in a month?
Retail investor: Maybe $1,000 if I cut some stuff.
Me: Ok. $1,000 a month into the S&P 500 for 20 years. If it does its long run average of about 10% a year, that's around $760,000 at 65.
Retail investor: wait, seriously?
Me: Yep... Compounding is a pretty amazing thing
Retail investor: & if I'd started at 35?
Me: About $2.26 million.
Retail investor: ...dang.
Me: Yeah. 10 extra years almost triples it.
Retail investor: so I really messed up.
Me: You didn't start at 35. Don't be 55 asking me the