My personal aggressive account has gone through some ups and downs this year, mostly due to the leverage associated with the account. It started the year about 970k, shot up to 1.35mil and plummeted to as low as—brace yourself–450k. The 450k valuation occurred when WNR was sucking wind in the $14’s. I sold some WNR on a slight recovery, but held many shares until the recent spike to $18-20. Coupled with the WNR recovery, I’ve had some triple digit and high double option wins in TZA, VMW and CLF, with minor gains in others.
In addition, I recovered some lost coin in TZOO and more recently in GSVC/GORO. At the present, the account value is about 950k, about flat for the year. This account was 100k last year, so I am still way up. However, most of those gains were in my FTK position, making more than 300% on that stock alone.
I do not recommend that you mirror this type of trading, for it makes no sense in the long term. Just to clarify a few things, regarding options, the account is very small. I do not take more than $25k in exposure at one time. Also, if a position goes against me, I am very quick to sell out, knowing the rapery that is attached to time value depreciation.
Typically, I wouldn’t bother with a micro-cap $55 mill company, like GSVC. However, this little stock is unique in that they are basically a publicly traded VC fund. I fucking love that model, especially while we are in the midst of an ipo boom. Check their portfolio and judge for yourselves.
With GOOG earnings beat, I like VCLK and maybe RLOC for a sympathy bounce. Maybe tech rebounds on these numbers. Either way, I am not a buyer, just yet.
Kind Regards,
Master Chef Fly
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