An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.
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Master the Art of Covered Calls: A Beginner's Guide
Covered calls are a popular options trading strategy that can help you generate income from your existing stock portfolio. In this beginner's guide, we'll cover the basics of covered calls, including how they work, the potential benefits, and the risks involved. Whether you're a new or experienced investor, this guide will help you understand the mechanics of covered calls and how to implement them in your trading strategy. I should note this…
Tbilisi's Booming Small Business Scene: Opportunities for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
During my stay in Tbilisi, I've explored various entrepreneurial ventures, ranging from launching a hostel, operating a black kitchen, or creating a Groupon-like platform. My current, and latest, investment project in Tbilisi real estate involves purchasing pre-construction real estate with the aim of reselling it for a profit upon completion. To gather more inspiring ideas, I've asked OpenAI machine learening to create a list of unique and…
January 2023 Blog Traffic And Income Report 25,001 Users / $231.63
Welcome to the latest edition of the blog traffic and income reports for January 2023. These reports help me keep track of my progress and give you a behind-the-scenes look at my blog's performance. I'm using OpenAI to help me write this article for better SEO. Blog Traffic in January 2023 The month of January saw an increase in blog traffic compared to December 2022, with 25,001 unique visitors visiting my blog. The increase in traffic…
Latest Stock Buy: Bought 2 AMZN shares at $107.50
On February 3, 2023, we bought an additional 2 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, paying $107.5 per share for our Partnership Fund. We are now holding 17 shares of AMZN in our Partnership Fund portfolio Using dollar-cost averaging our average cost per AMZN share is $106.17 83 shares to go once we will be able to start selling covered calls and generate extra income from AMZN stock. We are looking to get there by April / May 2023 using a…
Bitcoin 2023 Potential Golden Cross Forming
Yesterday (February 5, 2023), when checking my daily charts for Ethereum trading I noticed a potential golden cross forming for BTC/USD (also ETH/USD) charts for the 50/200 days Moving averages trading indicator. The golden cross is a popular technical indicator used in stock and crypto trading. A golden cross is a chart pattern in which a relatively short-term moving average crosses above a long-term moving average. The golden cross is a…
Latest Stock Buy: Bought 16 TLRY shares at $3.34
On February 3, 2023, I bought 16 shares of TLRY stock (NASDAQ: TLRY), paying $3.34 per share for my stock portfolio. I've been selling call-and-put options with TLRY since 2020. I remember days TLRY traded around $20 per share. I wouldn't mind seeing this stock trading there again. Also, TLRY is the first buy for my newly opened Interactive Brokers account, which I decided to build up gradually by investing and selling call options. TLRY -…
How To Fix Missing Portfolio Tab Interactive Brokers TWS Trading Platform
Interactive Brokers is a damn good brokerage account where you can trade stocks, options, and futures, I've been amazed by this brokerage account for years. Sometimes some glitch happens, but nothing too serious - one such glitch happening - is a missing Portfolio tab in Classic TWS. I should note I have faced this on my MacBook only - might be or not be related to the TWS versions, not sure. It happens when you log in to the TWS, there is no…
TerraM Crypto Hedge Fund Portfolio Update January 2023
On December 12, 2022, we minted 10,000 TerraM coins on the Solana network with an aim to raise $10,000 capital for options trades on Ethereum via the Deribit trading platform. We didn't raise the capital yet, but we did have quite an interesting month. It didn't go as planned, actually, it went totally wrong and despite ETH gaining more than 30% last January, the TerraM token actually lost -10.59% from the value it had at the end of December…
Sairme Pillars
The pillars of Sairme are a rock massif in the region of Racha - Lechkhumi, Georgia. The region of Lechkhumi is rich with remarkable natural and historical monuments. Among them is one of the natural monuments, the rocky massif- Sairme Pillars. I first learned about this place back in 2022, during our weekned trip to the region of Racha. I hired the local driver to take me here. I didnt hike here, just was flying DJI mavic air 2 around. The…
Top 16 Best Selling Laptops February 2023
Protect and attack, or yesterday I was playing chess with my 4-year-old daughter and we tried some new moves and combinations when I come up with - protect and attach plan, which actually should be rephrased more to defense/offense play. Anyhow, this morning I decided to check if such a strategy even exists - "protect and attack" - to find out, it is the core strategy for Lenovo company. At the heart of Lenovo’s growth in recent years has…
Top 10 Solana Ecosystem Tokens 2023
In mid-December 2022 I minted 10,000 TerraM tokens on the Solana network, and so far it is listed on the Raydium network only. In this article, I decided to take a look on what are the top 10 largest tokens/coins on the Solana network to get a better understanding and possible ideas for future TerraM token development. Without further ado: # Name Price Market Cap 1 Tether USDT $1.00 $67,336,101,947 2 Solana SOL…
Alpana Waterfall
Alpana waterfall is a small waterfall along the Alpana - Tsageri road in the Racha - Lechkhumi region of Georgia. I was taken here by our driver we ordered back in Ambrolauri, just shortly after visiting Sairme pillars during our weekend trip to Racha back in October 2022 Seems there is a little pool where some could go for a nice refreshments in a hot Summer day Quite pictursque place. worth to spend some 5 minutes here.
Buying Property in Tbilisi - EcoCity Samgori - January 2023 Update
My mom visited us in Tbilisi for about a 2-week stay. As it was already the end of January, and I have the plan to visit our construction site at least once a month, to document the progress, take some photos and enjoy a cup of coffee at the local Navthlugi market, I decided to take my mom with me and go for a short excursion to Samgori. Prior to that, after our second monthly payment to the Developer, I sent a message over WhatsApp asking what…
Defunct Tkibuli - Tskhrajvari Cable Car
During our latest (and yet first) Racha trip we discovered this quite awesome, but defunct Soviet cable car station near Tskhrajvari. Turns out, it has been the second largest Second longest aerial tramway in Georgia and Soviet Union with 3644 meters, height difference: 850 meters. The cable car station near Tskhrajvari is located at the top of the cliff - nowadays quite a popular tourist destination in the area. Despite being defunct - I see…
TLRY -> SPCE -> DB -> INTC -> AAPL Covered call writing
In this article, I will share my idea for growing back my stock portfolio by starting small. Long story short, after several years with a costly Dutch Lynx Broker (affiliated with Interactive Brokers), where I was paying high commissions for stock buys (sells) and options trades I finally closed it in mid-September 2022, closing all the positions and withdrawing funds. Because of some regulation, I was not allowed to open an Interactive…