InvestingWithBrandon

I make about $30k a month with options.
NO Day trading
NO Swing trading
NO Covered calls
NO Cash secured puts
NO BS
INSTEAD, I DO THIS:
Build base portfolio
Sell portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)
Buy LEAP calls with the premium from sold puts
BUY shares with the premium from sold puts
Be patient through volatility
(all 1+year option contracts)
I can explain it to a 12 year old & I will likely outperform 95% of people that read this.
Simple wins.

If you put $2,000 into Micron $MU in 2010, you would be rich today.
Well...
Let’s play it out if you somehow did nothing & held until right now.
You would have about $3,250 by the end of 2015
and did nothing
Then watched that $3,250 climb to about $13,200 by the 2018 peak
and still did nothing
Then watched $13,200 get cut almost in half to about $7,300 in the late 2018 crash
and still did nothing
Then watched $7,300 rip to about $21,400 at the November 2021 peak
and still did nothing
Then watched $21,400 collapse to about $11,600 at the September 2022 bottom
and still did nothing
Then watched

The 4 needle movers I watch every single day.
1. The economy.
2. Interest rates.
3. Earnings per share growth.
4. S&P 500 / Nasdaq valuation.
That is it.
Everything else falls into one of these buckets eventually.
Labor market data goes into economy.
Fed decisions go into rates.
Earnings reports go into EPS.
PE ratios and forward expectations go into valuation.
If a number is not feeding into one of these.
I do not care about it.
Most retail investors drown in noise because they do not have a framework.
Build the framework. Filter everything through it.
Same 4 buckets. Every cycle. Forever.

Monthly puts vs 2 year puts.
The math that ends the argument.
Market gets cheap.
I sell one 2 year put. Collect $20,000.
You sell monthly puts on the same company.
$1,000 per month average.
To match my $20,000 you need to hit 20 trades in a row.
But here is the problem.
As the market recovers from the dip each monthly put becomes less compelling.
Less undervalued. Less premium. Less margin of safety.
You are forcing trades as the opportunity shrinks.
Meanwhile I deployed $20k at peak fear.
Took that premium. Bought LEAPS.
Bought shares.
Done.
One trade at the right time beats 20 trades at the

One day you will remember this pic & wish you didn't waste so much time and energy day/swing trading.
Yes, I trade stocks
Yes, I trade options
But I do EVERYTHING in terms of 1 to 2 year time horizons.
That's where the big money is.

The S&P 500 has never once failed to hit new all time highs after a crash.
Not after 1987.
Not after 2000.
Not after 2008.
Not after 2020.
Not after 2022.
Every single time the experts said it was different this time.
Every single time they were wrong.
The crash feels like the end when you are in it.
Then you look back 5 years later & realize it was the best buying opportunity of your life.
The people who panicked out locked in permanent losses.
The people who had structure & stayed in made a killing.
Volatility is not the risk.
Permanent decisions made out of temporary fear is the risk.

This can be the BIGGEST financial mistake of your entire life.
(Almost $135b for Warren Buffett)
Warren Buffett is worth about $150b now.
If he would have took all of his Berkshire Hathaway stock when he turned 65 and put it into a bond that yields 4%, guess how much money he would have now...
Scenario A: Stay all in BRK
Scenario B: Convert to bonds at 4% at age 65
Think about this for a minute...
BRKs average annualized return is about 20% per year.
We are comparing to a bond assuming 4% annually.
Scenario A: $150b
Scenario B: $15b
That's a difference of 10x...
That's a difference of $135b
Ru

Most retail investors sellingmonthly puts think they are going to win...
Here is the math that ends that argument.
Market gets cheap.
I sell one 2 year put.
Collect $20,000 ish.
You sell monthly puts on the same company.
$1,000 per month average.
You make money in the up months.
You lose in the volatile months.
You have to sell at the top when it is not compelling.
After 8 months you made $8,000.
I made $20,000 in one trade when the market was cheap.
Took the premium.
Bought shares.
Bought calls.
Sat back.
4 months later the market rebounded.
I closed the 2 year puts at 75% profit.
I held