Notes and articles from NVDA.
This week produced the highest options premium income since I started tracking the portfolio.While the portfolio gained a relatively modest 0.36%, the underlying trading activity was considerably more interesting. A sharp rally in NVIDIA,…
Portfolio Value: $12,323Weekly Change: +0.86%YTD Return: +16.51%Options Premium Collected: $89As of May 8, 2026, the stock and options portfolio increased by 0.86%, reaching a total value of $12,323.On a year-to-date basis, the portfolio is…
Portfolio Value: $12,218Weekly Change: +0.97%YTD Return: +15.48%Options Premium Collected: $58As of May 1, 2026, my options portfolio increased by 0.97%, closing the week at $12,218.While many investors dislike seeing their holdings decline, this week…
Portfolio Value: $12,101Weekly Change: -0.72%YTD Return: +15.38%Options Premium Collected: $67As of April 24, 2026, the portfolio declined slightly by -0.72%, closing the week at $12,101.Since the portfolio is sensitive to movements in the euro,…
Portfolio Value: $12,189Weekly Change: +2.6%YTD Return: +15.33%Options Premium Collected: $46As of April 17, 2026, the options income portfolio increased by +2.6%, closing at $12,189. This was the first time the portfolio crossed the $12,000…
Portfolio Value: $11,880Weekly Change: +3.38%YTD Return: +13.69%Options Premium Collected: $55Greetings from Riga International Airport.I'm writing this update while waiting for a flight to Berlin after spending a productive week in Latvia working on our…
Portfolio Value: $11,491Weekly Change: +2.76%YTD Return: +11.14%Options Premium Collected: $68As of April 3, 2026, the options income portfolio increased by 2.76%, closing the week at $11,491.The trading week was shortened ahead of Easter, while…
Portfolio Value: $11,183Weekly Change: -0.24%YTD Return: +8.50%Options Premium Collected: $66As of March 27, 2026, my options income portfolio declined slightly by 0.24%, closing the week at $11,183.The decline was largely caused by currency fluctuations…
Portfolio Value: $11,210Weekly Change: +0.62%YTD Return: +7.69%Options Premium Collected: $171.20As of March 20, 2026, the stock and options portfolio increased by 0.62%, closing the week at $11,210.On a year-to-date basis, the portfolio is now…
Portfolio Value: $11,141Weekly Change: -0.63%YTD Return: +9.09%Options Premium Collected: $77As of March 13, 2026, our options income portfolio declined by -0.63%, closing the week at $11,141.This marked the second consecutive week of declining portfolio…
Portfolio Value: $11,211Weekly Change: -1.16%YTD Return: +8.00%Options Premium Collected: $99.90As of March 6, 2026, our options income portfolio was valued at $11,211, representing a weekly decline of -1.16%.The decline was driven primarily by currency…
As of February 27, 2026, the portfolio closed at $11,343, gaining a modest 0.27% during the week.The year-to-date return now stands at 7.29%.This was NVIDIA earnings week, and as expected, NVDA had an outsized…
Portfolio Value: $11,312Weekly Change: +2.20%YTD Return: +6.91%Options Premium Collected: $21.90As of February 20, 2026, the portfolio gained 2.20%, closing the week at $11,312.Trading activity was relatively quiet this week, but the portfolio continued to…
As of February 6, 2026, our covered-call stock portfolio increased by +0.51%, closing at $11,106.While the portfolio posted a modest gain, the broader market environment was anything but calm. Technology stocks came under pressure,…
As of January 23, 2026, our covered-call stock portfolio has dipped slightly by -0.43% and closed at $10,788.The previous week was highly turbulent. As the market opened on Tuesday, NVDA briefly dipped below my…
Greetings from Tbilisi. After more than three weeks in India, we are finally back—welcomed by temperatures below 0°C and already missing Goa and its +31°C.Last week, we also held our annual office party (Caucasus…
Greetings from Mumbai, India. For the past three years, we’ve spent our winter holidays in India, usually traveling to Goa via New Delhi. This time, however, we arrived and departed through Mumbai and had…
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…
Greetings from India. This holiday season we’re in South Goa, staying near Palolem Beach — our third year in a row returning here. With temperatures above 30 °C and Kingfisher beer under $2 per…
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…
