Blog Archive: January 2026

Week 39 / Road to $25K: Rolled Up and Forward NVDA Covered Call, Adjusted Credit Spread

2 January, 2026 | | 16 seen

Greetings from South Goa, Palolem Beach, India. I hope you had a great New Year’s party - we certainly did.

As of January 2, 2026, our covered-call stock portfolio has decreased slightly by -0.84% and closed at $10,607. For the sake of transparency, it’s worth noting that the slight decline is due to USD/EUR exchange rate movements. The U.S. dollar appreciated modestly against the euro, which reduced the total value when expressed in EUR and back.

This marks the first options week of 2026; however, all position adjustments were made back in 2025.

One of our short- to medium-term goals is to grow the portfolio to $25k using options trading alone. With a systematic approach — and some persistence (plus a bit of luck) — reaching that level in 2–3 years is realistic. See: Road to a $25,000 Stock Portfolio with Options Trading.

This week, we adjusted our NVDA covered call, rolling the April $115 strike out to June while slightly increasing the strike to $116. We’ve been in this position since March 2025.

At the start of the week, I also adjusted our NVDA bull put credit spread, rolling it down and forward to next week’s…