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Blog Archive: August 2025

Week 21 / $98 Premiums, NVDA Volatility, and DOCU Position

As of August 29, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $8,504, what is another weekly increase of +1.81%  (+$150). While Year-to-date, our portfolio is +8.87%. Awesome! This week, we collected $98 from selling options, what is slightly above my goal to generate at least 1% weekly in options premium (1.15% this week). Our portfolio remains concentrated in NVDA stock, and this week proved especially volatile due to NVDA’s…

Week 20 / Tbilisi Life & NVDA Stock Update: Covered Calls Portfolio +0.9% This Week

Greetings from Tbilisi, Georgia! Today, we attended the open afternoon at the British International School of Tbilisi. Our kiddo is already in Year 3—time really flies! For the next academic year, the head teacher will be joining us from Wales. So instead of the usual leprechauns, we’ll now be surrounded by dragons and fairies. And with just a few more weeks left, summer will officially come to an end.Besides that, this week was quite turbulent…

Week 19 / $155 from NVDA & UBER Trades, Margin Debt Payoff in Sight

Greetings from Tsikhisdziri, Georgia! This week, we decided to extend our holiday with a five-day stay at a friend’s aparthotel on the Black Sea, near Batumi, after returning from Thessaloniki. Life is beautiful.Besides that, it was another great week for my covered call stock portfolio, with exotic Swedish SEB Bank, Finnish Neste, and BMY put options expiring worthless — bringing me back to trading NVDA options.As of August 15, 2025, our…

Week 18 / 40th Birthday in Thessaloniki: BMY Credit Spreads, and a Heineken Twist

Greetings from Thessaloniki, Greece! This week, I’m celebrating my 40th birthday surrounded by fine cuisine, a light sea breeze, and surprisingly good house wine. If there’s a hidden gem in Europe, Thessaloniki is certainly one of them. Travel brings inspiration—and new ideas. This week was one of those moments. I took a step back from my usual NVDA trades and instead opened new positions in Heineken and BMY. The result? Additional EUR…

Week 17 / Boring but Profitable: Weekly NVDA Credit Spread Expires Worthless, Again

As of August 1, 2025, our covered call stock portfolio stood at $7,810, what is a slight decrease of -0.4% if compared to previous week (-$31). While Year-to-date, we are still in positive territory with +1.69%. Awesome! To be fully transparent, our portfolio's value is also influenced by EUR/USD exchange rate fluctuations. With the U.S. dollar strengthening to 1.15 against the euro, we experienced a decline in value when measured in dollar…

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