Thursday, September 25, 2025 -- $366,714.51 (-$23,788.66, -6.09%)

Thursday, September 25, 2025 -- $366,714.51 (-$23,788.66, -6.09%)Well, MU worked out spectacularly bad.  To avoid a margin call I sold all 595 MU shares for $156.28 for a loss of $6,847.16 for the position.  This loss was just from a single day!  This provides another clear example of the risks of day- or short-term-trading.  I still like MU and so I reduced my exposure, but increased my risk by using the proceeds, still on margin, to purchase  20 contracts of MU $150 call options that expire on 11/21/25.  Each share was $15.60, so in order to make a profit at the expiration date, MU will need to increase from its present price of $156.36 to $165.60, and if it closes below $150 at the expiration I could lose my entire investment if I still hold that position.  My MU trades are shown below.






Over all the portfolio had another very down day losing over 6% of its total value.  Today the big loser was QBTS which was down over 5% and it didn't help that INOD and FBTC were also down.  As a Bitcoin bull, I believe that this pullback in Bitcoin presents a buying opportunity.  If it drops below $100,000 I may increase my exposure.

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