Friday, September 19, 2025 -- $392,592.74 (+21,039.74, +5.66%)

Friday, September 19, 2025 -- $392,592.74 (+21,039.74, +5.66%)














Options expired today and my emotional (and nonsensical) INTC option purchase demonstrated the folly of poorly thought-out trades.  The 25 INTC $30 call options expired worthless for a complete loss of $4,250.  As for the remaining 60 INTC $24 options, I was business between 12:30pm (Pacific Time) and Robinhood sold me out of 55 of them because I did not have sufficient equity to cover the purchase of 6,000 shares of INTC.  At a few seconds before 1:00pm I got out of my meeting and tried to sell the remaining 5 options but only 1 executed before the market closed.  Because they are "in the money" they will auto exercise and the portfolio will show 400 shares of INTC.  The account history shows this.









Although it shows both the INTC $24 and INTC $30 call options as pending, the $30 expired worthless because INTC closed at $29.58.  Only the remaining 4 INTC $24 call option contracts, 100 shares each, will be exercised.

I would say that this has been a roller-coaster week, but it has not.  It has been all up.  I don't know when, but it is likely sooner rather than later, this portfolio with its extremely risky character is going to suffer a major downturn.  The market is a little like a road--you can't always turn right, eventually you are going to have to make a left turn.  I am going to try to enjoy this part of the ride, despite my justifiable fears that winter is coming, soon!  This time, I will try to avoid hiding under a rock when my fears come true.

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