Let's see how the "Cathie vs. Me" game is going today.  Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF: Me, sitting here working by mys...

Today's topic, same as in the last several infrequent posts, is Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) against me. It's a one-y...

 Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation fund, one year: Me, one year: follow me on Twitter: @grapeswhiz

 Apparently I don't blog enough.  I can't believe I missed the chance to post this gem back in June 2021.  What will this June hold ...

 ... about 40%, that's the difference. Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF performance last three months:  -35.82% Me, last three month...

In my July 29th blog entry I talked about spreads opened since May 5th, but didn't include the breakdown for each one.  Here they are, p...

I'm not even having the best summer possible, but you'll see that I'm a nose ahead of even the strong Nasdaq. And that's wit...

I admit, I can't resist creating my own money. I like writing the check to myself and letting other people sign it. Sign it over to me, ...

Let's look at a slice of time we will call May 5th through July 9th.  This represents eight weeks of short call spread management for wh...

Another one added to the bottom of the list, changing the totals: September 8, selling the Sept11th expiration: Short 25.50 calls at 1.71, l...

One of my strategies lately has been selling call spreads against UVXY.  Hunting for premium at, or preferably above, the current trading pr...

If anyone is curious about what I did with yesterday's trade, I walked it down the hill. Of course the sizeable gain on the short is tem...

Just kidding - nothing is free - and in this case what I gave up was a profit sitting there ready for the picking.  But I wanted to short th...

It was a nerve-tester yesterday and even today (see orange arrows for a few examples of un-fun moments):  But the end-of-day report was a go...

Ringing the register, closing the till.  Til next week.  Happy weekend to all fellow traders - may you celebrate your good trades, or forget...

I think of myself as someone who makes reasonable efforts to keep up, or who really just stays near the forefront effortlessly through my de...

Instead of combing the halls of Twitter for wit and wisdom, today I'll simply paste a copy of my doings that turned out to provide a lit...

The age-old question plaguing weary traders at the end of the day when all the coffee has been run through and the dreams have been dashed (...

Today's impression of the markets comes from Jeremy N (@jbergASU), hailing from the esteemed university of AS and also the university of...

As after-hours trading is a little elevated, Twitter pundit "D" (@FigureNyenterms) of the inscrutable handle and display name prov...