2026 Week #5 Summary - Options Trading
- Week #5 Summary
- Multiple years of Profitable Trading Results
- 2026 Adjustments
- RIOT/Visa Option Trading - GREEN
- RTX/SKX Option Trading - RED
- 2026 Adjustments
Week #5 Summary
January 2026 comes to an end with FIVE weeks of option trading. For the month, we made about $1350 from option trading (minus $144 from dividends).
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We are "slightly" behind the quarterly average based on my historical trading pattern. I'm on target to hit between $4500 to $5000 in quarter 1 of 2026, based on the $1490 that I made for January.
Multiple years of Profitable Trading Results
I have been tracking my trading data since 2019, with 2020 being my first FULL year of data logged in a pivot table. Having over 28,000 rows of trades completed since 2019, I can use a pivot table to visualize the data. Here is what I see:
- Never lost money in a given FULL trading year.
- The last time I lost money in a trading QUARTER was "Quarter 4-2023"
- The last time I lost money in a trading Month was "January 2025".
- Covered Calls are "profitable" even when I rolled UP and Out for ITM underlying.
- Dividends are about $1K a month on average.
2026 Adjustments
The data can tell you all the Good things that are happening and also tell you the BAD things that are happening. I can see which ticker is profitable and which one is not.
Let's take a closer look based on this pivot table:
The data is based on the ticker symbol and grouped by quarters. This is only option trading (no dividends in this table) data.
RIOT/Visa Option Trading - GREEN
Riot is a Bitcoin mining company that adds about 350-400 Bitcoin per month to its balance sheet. This industry is also moving up because of some of the PARTNERSHIPS with AI data center demands. You can see I have all GREEN quarters trading RIOT. The option premium is higher than that of other boring dividend stock and this is a great company to trade around.
Visa is, on average, a good company to trade around. January 2026 was tricky because of the "10% one year Cap on Interest Rate" that Trump wants to sign into law. This caused the stock to drop, even after the good earnings released on Jan 29.
RTX/SKX Option Trading - RED
RTX has been a stable stock moving upward for the last 2 years. The reason why I been losing money is the ITM covered call, and I also lost on increased volatility that caused my CALL spread credit (selling) to be worth more.
SKX was a buyout at a price that was above my covered call's strike price. For me to exit that position, I just ended up closing the position and getting rid of the stock. I did make money since I followed SKX at under $40 a share.
2026 Adjustments Details
- Trade more around the Green Position and less around the Red Position.
For some positions, I will reduce my holdings like Ford. PLAY and UA might be "selling" the stock and moving on. - Adding more option risk in 2026. I'm trying to use ".11 to .20 delta" for many of my trades. This is a guideline, and not a "hard" rule for each position, because I'm always adjusting my option position/risk.
- Around 1000 option trades in 2026. The number of contracts will be between 3K and 5K units.
- Dividend Stock reduction --> Selling of stock and buying IBIT, QQQM, SMH, etc.