Thursday, September 18, 2025 -- $371,553.00 (+$58,097.13, +18.53%)

Thursday, September 18, 2025 -- $371,553.00 (+$58,097.13, +18.53%)

Today was another extraordinary day!  The portfolio was up a record amount--over $58,000!  Not only did INTC have some good news (NVDA invested $5 billion) but INOD and QBTS each went up about 4%.  Strong positive market and portfolio moves can cause you to become giddy (i.e., irrational) and I succumbed to that and purchased 25 INTC $30 call options that expire on Friday (tomorrow) for $1.69 per share or a total of $4,225.






Given that INTC was already up over $6 per share at the time, this was probably a bad move, and in hindsight it has been, so far, as that trade has cost the portfolio $1,975.  Also, please note that I am pushing the limits of margin investing.  I have borrowed $101,345.98 and only have $176.99 margin remaining.  If the portfolio goes down tomorrow and I don't sell anything I could have a margin call.  However, both of my INTC option positions expire tomorrow so I will likely sell out of them before 12:30pm when Robinhood has indicated that they may automatically close those positions.  In general, you always want to be in control of your sales to meet your margin requirements.  When your broker performs an involuntary sale, they generally sell using a market trade and, depending upon the liquidity of the market in the security they are selling and the number of shares, the price you receive could be rather unfavorable.

Yet, even with the poor judgement I exhibited the portfolio gained almost $50,000!  In more scientific terms, the portfolio has gone "hyperbolic"--a term used to describe a stock that appears to gain steam and rise in a parabolic or exponential manner.  This can be better seen on the year-to-date chart below.



In this case, I can pretty much guarantee that this extreme run cannot continue, so I will have to settle for the mere 200% gain in 15 days!

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