09-04-2020, 11:31 AM
It's been a very good week to be defensive. Port is down 1% the past few days and I am calling that a "risk adjusted" win.
Sold a lot of put contracts today with very good premiums due to rise in the VIX. "Had to" because I haven't had any new income this week, but still in boring stuff that dropped with the market like NEM-GOLD-SLV-WBA-BMY. Those can be fipped to tech if this market dives for real. Techs are only good for a trade here on this baby dip.
Would have grabbed some spec/tech puts but just couldn't type fast enough to catch them low enough. I think I will just add a few shares to my stocks that dropped since yesterday. My wild guess is I am 35% cash. Hope I get a chance to get more money in the market soon but I am not going to chase stocks with PEs 150% of historical. Most anything good is there and I'm not biting. Said I wouldn't touch retail but might sell a DG or DLTR put. That's been working for me and the dip is nice enough.
Sold a lot of put contracts today with very good premiums due to rise in the VIX. "Had to" because I haven't had any new income this week, but still in boring stuff that dropped with the market like NEM-GOLD-SLV-WBA-BMY. Those can be fipped to tech if this market dives for real. Techs are only good for a trade here on this baby dip.
Would have grabbed some spec/tech puts but just couldn't type fast enough to catch them low enough. I think I will just add a few shares to my stocks that dropped since yesterday. My wild guess is I am 35% cash. Hope I get a chance to get more money in the market soon but I am not going to chase stocks with PEs 150% of historical. Most anything good is there and I'm not biting. Said I wouldn't touch retail but might sell a DG or DLTR put. That's been working for me and the dip is nice enough.