Fixing Right to Left Text Issues on IPhone When Using TextExpander
If you use TextExpander with more than one language—especially languages that read right to left like Arabic or Hebrew—you may have run into a frustrating issue: snippets that look …
My Options DTE Calculator Explained
In today’s short video, I wanted to share a small but surprisingly useful tool I built for my own workflow: an options DTE (Days to Expiration) calculator. While this tool is used …
Winning Put Credit Spread
Here’s the video where I walk through closing this SPY put credit spread and explain why I was comfortable taking a smaller profit instead of holding longer.
My Reading Log Shortcut
Coming back to a YouTube channel after a long break is always a little strange. In this case, it had been about a year since I last uploaded anything to the Automation Maestro …
My Gold Spot Price Shortcut
If you follow gold at all—whether as an investor, trader, or simply someone who likes to keep an eye on precious metals—you already know how oddly inconvenient it can be to check …
State of the Portfolio (01 31 2026)
In this video, I take a step back and do something I think is just as important as placing trades: I review the current state of the portfolio and explain why I made certain …
Meltdown in the Markets Today
Today was one of those days where you log into your brokerage account and immediately feel that sinking feeling. The market was down, and while the headline number might not look …
I Opened Another SPY Put Credit Spread Today
One of the biggest mistakes new options traders make is jumping into trades without a repeatable system. Random entries, emotional exits, and no tracking usually lead to …
My 700% Options Trade Mistake
Every options trader eventually has a story about the trade that taught them the hard lesson. This is mine. In this post, I walk through a 700% paper-loss mistake on a put credit …
Finally Sharing My Options Trades
I’m finally back for real this time. Today marks the first day that I’ve posted a video since August of 2025. I wrote about why I haven’t posted much in my Why I’ve Been Gone blog …