Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Mumbai) International Airport

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the second-busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic after…

Gateway of India, Mumbai

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I first visited the Gateway of India at the end of December 2025, during our three-week trip to India. We spent only a few short days in Mumbai, and this stop was not planned in any deep or academic way. We arrived from The Lalit Hotel by Uber —…

Road to a $25,000 Stock Portfolio with Options Trading

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With the new year of 2026 fast approaching, I’ve decided to start another challenge.This one is deliberately smaller than my previous ambitions of building a $100K or even a $1M portfolio. Not because those goals are impossible, but because this…

Week 37 / NVDA & BMY: Portfolio Up +1.11% as We Head from Tbilisi to India

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As of December 19, 2025, our covered-call stock portfolio has grown by an additional 1.11% and reached $10,465. It’s genuinely exciting to be above $10K for the fourth week in a row. I was expecting to fall under $10K this week as volatility kicked…

Week 36 / Defensive Roll on SHELL, New NVDA Weekly Spread

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As of December 12, 2025, our covered-call stock portfolio has grown by an additional 1.12% and reached $10,350. It’s genuinely exciting to be above $10K for the third week in a row.Still, I’ve been in the stock market too long to rule out a possible…

Week 35 / NVDA Spreads + McDonald’s Buys: Covered-Call Portfolio Hits $10,235

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As of December 5, 2025, our covered-call stock portfolio has grown by an additional 1.65% and reached $10,235. It’s genuinely exciting to be above $10K for the second week in a row.Still, I’ve been in the stock market too long to rule out a possible…

Mziuri Tennis Club in Tbilisi

| Living in Georgia | 60 seen

Our family has been attending Mziuri Tennis Club in Tbilisi since September 2025, after several recommendations from our BIST community. We signed up our 7-year-old for the junior program, which costs 300 GEL per month. After a few months of regular…

Week 34 / Covered Call Portfolio Breaks $10K and Beats the S&P 500

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As of November 28, 2025, our covered-call stock portfolio has surpassed the $10K milestone for the first time, closing at $10,069 — a weekly gain of +2.64% (+$269 versus last week). We reached the $10K mark a few weeks earlier than expected.As…

Week 33 / How We Earned $166 in Options Premium This Week with NVDA and BMY Credit Spreads

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As of November 21, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio has slightly increased to  $9,810, what is another minor weekly increase of +0.77% (+$74 if compared to the previous week. $10,000 feels so close. With disciplined risk management, we…

Week 32 / Weekly NVDA Options Income: $75 in Premiums and a 2.32% Portfolio Rise to $9,735

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As of November 14, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio has slightly increased to to $9,735, what is a minor increase of +2.32% (+$220 if compared to the previous week. $10,000 feels within reach. With disciplined risk management, we should be…

Week 31 / NVDA Dip Trims Covered-Call Portfolio to $9,514

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As of November 7, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio has slightly dipped to to $9,514, what is a minor decrease of -1.07% (+$102 if compared to the previous week. The dip is mainly due to the retracement in NVDA’s price and our need to adjust…

Building a Deribit Options Scanner with Python and Streamlit

| Servers | 126 seen

Terramatris Deribit Options Scanner I’m still amazed at how capable ChatGPT has become - it’s honestly wild. Today I spent several hours refining and deploying a fully functional Deribit Options Scanner, and the results exceeded my expectations.This project is originally built for the…

Week 30 / NVDA, BMY and SHELL Options: $161 Premium, +4.65% Return

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As of October 31, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio has grown to $9,617, what is a significant increase of +4.65% (+$426) if compared to the previous week. The strong performance in our portfolio was driven by a rebound in BMY’s share price and…

Week 29 / Tbilisi Silk Road Forum & Weekly Portfolio Update: NVDA Options Roll, McDonald’s Purchase

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As of October 23, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio has grown to $9,190, what is a significant increase of +3.08% (+$272) if compared to the previous week. Besides our activities in the equity markets, last week I had the honor of…

Tsikhisdziri & Batumi Botanical Garden

| Living in Georgia | 67 seen

Embedded thumbnail for Tsikhisdziri & Batumi Botanical Garden After returning from our amazing trip to Thessaloniki, we decided to extend our holiday a bit longer — this time in beautiful Tsikhisdziri. Huge thanks to Eto for kindly offering her cozy apartments at Bambo Beach, where we enjoyed a full week of…