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2025 - A Year in the Trenches

2025 - A Year in the Trenches

This Option Strategy almost always beats a SPY or QQQ Buy-and-Hold

This Option Strategy almost always beats a SPY or QQQ Buy-and-Hold

This Option Strategy Made You >2.5x Buy-and-Hold in AAPL

This Option Strategy Made You >2.5x Buy-and-Hold in AAPL

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Feb

Day 99

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 99.
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24
Jan
A Narrow Train Track - Picture Credit - Me!

Day 98

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 98. What a week! Finally some volatility after a lukewarm start to the year!
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18
Jan
My daughter's subset of toy cars. Picture credit - me! A set of toy cars arranged like an aircraft. Also shown is Blackbird toy model - fastest aircraft I know of!

Day 97

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 97.
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10
Jan
A small aircraft flying up in the sky with a backdrop of tall trees below it

Day 96

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 96. Happy New Year 2026! Year 2 of this site begins!
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31
Dec
Tumalo Falls, Bend, Oregon, USA - Dec 29, 2020. Picture Credit - Me!

2025 - A Year in the Trenches

End of Year Review - 2025.
5 min read
26
Dec

Day 95

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 95. Merry Christmas!
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20
Dec
Picture of an old Victorian style house. Spooky - but a nice restaurant inside.

Day 94

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 94. This week: I close a few winners, fool around with a Zero DTE trade, and get a tad philosophical!
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14
Dec
Image generated using Gemini Nano Banana Pro. A male trader is looking at their computer screen. They have a single screen and a cup of coffee on their table.

Day 93

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 93. This week - I navigate a tricky low IV environment, deal with 2 consecutive week of losses, and deliberate over what a good bet size is for my current portfolio.
7 min read
06
Dec
View of a pond about a mile away from my house. There is a reflection of the sun in the lake. Picture credit - me!

Day 92

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 92.
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23
Nov
Fall 2025, Picture Credit - Me!

Day 91

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 91. This week volatility spiked and I closed 9 profitable trades while managing a losing META diagonal. Here's how I played both sides to scalp wins and cut losses in half.
5 min read