Options trading
Why I Stopped Selling Put Options on Micro Gold Futures (MGC)
As a seasoned trader and CEO of Terramatris crypto hedge fund, I have explored various trading strategies over the years. One strategy I have experimented with is selling put options on Micro gold…
How To Sell Covered Calls with Solana on ByBit
ByBit is my new favorite crypto trading platform, I switched from Deribit to ByBit around August 2023, with the launch of TerraMatris crypto hedge fund. I like trading on Bybit because, unlike…
I'm making $0.21/daily* by selling covered calls on Solana coin
It has been several days since I'm playing again with crypto options, more precisely selling covered calls with Solana coin on the deribit trading platform.Disclosure: This article …
Buying Amazon stock on margin (NASDAQ:AMZN) before stock split to sell covered calls
On March 17, 2022, I assisted in buying 1 share of AMZN stock for my fiancee. She paid USD 3,101.99 for 1 share.Our goal is to have 5 shares by June 6, 2022. My fiancee is having her birthday on June…
7 Dividend Stocks To accumulate while selling Put options for extra income
In today's article, I'm going to talk about 7 dividend stocks I don't mind having in my portfolio and how I'm generating additional semi-passive income by selling put options (or credit spreads) on…
I'm earning $3.19/daily* by trading crypto options and I want more!
This is a quick follow-up post to my original idea of experimenting with writing crypto covered calls on Ethereum and Bitcoin, I started at the end of November 2020This is not the first time I'm…
My First Iron Condor Trade - Lessons Learned
This article has been in the blog's draft section for a couple of months and as it still bears some useful information I decided to publish as it is with little comments at the end.On August 13, 2019…
My First Option Trade: FTR Aug16'19 2 Put @0.45
Now, this is exciting - in the late evening of March 28th, 2019 (GMT) I made my first options trade (s).To get to this point it took me a couple of months and a lot of reading, talking and…
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Mumbai & Goa / India Trip
It has already become something of a tradition for us - escaping the cold during our daughter’s winter school break and trading grey skies for warmth, color, and a slower rhythm of life. Each year, we carve out about three weeks to leave Tbilisi behind and head somewhere sunnier. And more often than not, that “somewhere” turns out to be India.Our…
Backtesting Ethereum: How Often Does ETH Drop 5% in a Day?
While working with the TerraM trading bot, I conducted a backtest to quantify the frequency of significant daily drawdowns over the past 365 days (May 4, 2025 – May 3, 2026). Specifically, I analyzed how often the daily price change exceeded -5% or more. The results are notable.The dataset is based on historical price data sourced from…