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Emojis brighten up any message or document. They also serve as excellent methods for testing whether your application handles strings appropriately. (This can be a lot of fun.) 🤭 I constantly obsess with efficiency and shortening the time and effort ... [More] required to get my work done. I noticed that I could type short text emoticons like :) and ;) so much faster than I could use emojis. This simply would not do. [Less]

Every new trader in the stock market must wade through a myriad of tools, platforms, and websites that claim to have the best stock market research around. Some are free, some are not, and some cost so much that they eat into plenty of your profits. ... [More] This post rounds up all of the best research options out there that you can have for free (or almost free). I’m sure I missed a few, but these are the ones I rely on most often. [Less]

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading. If you are new to options trading, you may want to start with some of my earlier posts. After writing my original blog post about selling options contracts in the stock market, I received ... [More] some feedback saying that the post jumped over too many steps and used too much terminology. I went back, re-read the post, and found lots of room for improvement. [Less]

After the recent snow apocalypse that swept through Texas followed by widespread power crisis, I realized that my UPS monitoring strategy needed improvement. One had batteries that were near death and my other two had loads that were not well ... [More] balanced. I have a few CyberPower UPS units and an old APC UPS. Although CyberPower does offer relatively expensive monitoring cards that puts the UPS on the local network, none of them worked with my 1350/1500VA units. [Less]

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading. If you are new to options trading, you may want to start with some of my earlier posts. You did your research. You waited for a good time to sell a put option. You received a decent premium ... [More] for your option trade. Now your trade has turned into a loss. What can you do now? There are good choices for these situations, but there’s something important to remember. [Less]

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading. If you are new to options trading, you may want to start with some of my earlier posts. You did your research. You waited for a good time to sell a put option. You received a decent premium for your option trade. Now your trade has turned into a loss. What can you do now?

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading. If you are new to options trading, you may want to start with some of my earlier posts. One of my sports coaches in high school used to say: “It’s not the tool, it’s the fool.” This was his ... [More] reminder that when something goes wrong in the game, it’s usually the fault of the person and not the equipment. [Less]

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading. If you are new to options trading, you may want to start with some of my earlier posts. You know your terminology, you know your max loss, and you are ready to start. Now you’re faced with ... [More] the difficult question all new options traders face: How do I choose which option to sell? At first, you learn to look for the trades that are right for you. [Less]

🤔 This is another post in a set of posts on options trading on the blog. If you are confused on terminology, go back and start with the first post and the series and work your way to this one. My options trading journey started back in September 2020 ... [More] and I learned a lot in a short amount of time. This post covers some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way. [Less]

This is the third post in a series of posts on options trading. You can read this one out of order since it applies to almost everything you do in the stock market, including buying shares of stock. What is “max loss” The maximum loss on a trade is ... [More] the worst outcome possible. Knowing this number helps you protect your account from huge losses and avoids terrible situations such as margin calls. [Less]