InvestingWithBrandon

If you sell cash secured puts, just know that you are making a MASSIVE mistake.
Selling puts means you are BULLISH on a company, yet you wanna let a bunch of cash sit there and do nothing...
Why not use the cash to buy shares of the company you are bullish on...
Secure the trade with that.
& guess what, you will not be on margin.
No margin interest.
Simply securing the puts with your portfolio, not cash.
Cause guess what, shares can be sold for cash if you gotta take assignment.
Many will say this is risky.
But you are simply wrong.
Keep your ratios in check.
Quality companies.
Quality valuati

Your HORRIBLE strike price is why you get smoked with options...
(how to fix it right now)
Most retail investors sell puts with a strike price 5% ish below the current market price to "build a margin of safety"
They usually do this with monthly contracts.
Here's the BIG problem.
5% is not a good enough margin of safety, especially with a 1 month contract where you have no tailwinds of growth behind you.
(as EPS climbs, the stock will follow that up)
The solution is to sell 1+ year portfolio secured puts.
You can pick a strike price 20% below the money, get great premium, build a MUCH better ma

Cancelling Netflix for $15/month isn't going to help you.
Making your own coffee to save $5 isn't going to help you.
Income must be INCREASED.
Cash flow must be INCREASED.
Don't cut back on basic life necessities so you can pretend you're doing something good.
Make more money, spend within reason.
Funnel the difference to your brokerage account.

EPS is the number one thing that moves the price of a stock in the long term
Short term volatility is simply opportunity to capitalize.
Zoom out and capture the big move.
Do NOT let short term volatility stress you out.
EPS up and to the right = stock will follow that if you be patient & get in at a good valuation level

Warren Buffett became one of the richest people on earth by compounding at an annual growth rate of 19.9%.
What does this tell you?
Why aren't day/swing traders all billionaires?
Why do we see all of their wins?
Why do we not see their losses?
One word.
CONSISTENCY
Warren compounded at 19.9% since 1965.
Anyone can get great returns in bull markets (like right now since 2022)
But most will simply not survive the bad times...
That is what makes investors great.

I have over $2 MILLION bucks in the stock market in $VOO and $Q.
That will average 11% annually int he long run.
I’ll make $220k a year for doing nothing
This doesn't even account for the $25k+/mo I make with 1+ year portfolio secured put options
Fibonacci that!

Sometimes, the best move to make in the stock market is to DO NOTHING.
Every headline doesn't need to be reacted to.
Every dip doesn't justify being bought.
Every pump doesn't justify to sell.
Sometimes you just need to sit and wait.
This is one of the hardest things for most retail investors to do.
Don't fall victim.

This is why most people get DESTROYED with call options.
It's very simple...
Stock options are simply a way to magnify an expected return.
The problem?
Most people have zero clue what way a stock is likely to go.
So they not only buy shares with the hopes of it going up... they buy calls too.
(major problem)
So... if you have no clue what direction a stock is going to go, you should never buy shares to start & for sure not take a leveraged/magnified bet on that by buying calls...
Options are ONLY for ultra high conviction plays.

Market volatility is not your enemy.
It’s what creates opportunity.
A 20% correction may feel crappy in the moment...
But it’s simply a discount to buy the dip on quality companies and use options to magnify returns!

Hating 5 days out of 7 of your life and then spending 2 days dreading going back to restart those 5 days every week
Is no way to live your life.
Investing is your way out.
Key word, "investing"
Not trading.

People underestimate how much $1 can grow.
$1 invested at 11% annual returns turns into:
- $8.94 in 20 years
- $238 in 50 years
(brainless SP500 returns here)
BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR YOU TO GET 20% PER YEAR...
$1 invested at 20% annual returns turns into:
- $53 in 20 years
- $20,283 in 50 years
(my CAGR in last 10 years is 24% FYI)
Now think about this:
Every dollar you spend on things you don’t need isn’t just a dollar lost today...
IT'S THOUSANDS LOST IN THE FUTURE...

Selling 1+ year portfolio secured put options retired me.
If done correctly, it can retire anyone.

🔴It's now 2026.
For 95%+ of retail investors:
- Day trading still doesn't work.
- Swing trading still doesn't work.
- Cash secured puts still suck.
- Covered calls still suck.
- Spreads still suck.
The problem for retail "investors"?
They will continue to do the same thing & expect a different result.
Me?
- I will continue to build my base portfolio
- Sell portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)
- Buy leap calls when it makes sense
- Keep ratios in check
- Do all 1+ year option contracts
- Continue to capitalize in volatility
- Be patient & outperform 95% of all retail investors in the long