Mel

Hi, I’m Mel. 👋 I just traded my corporate title for "Full-Time SAHM". But I’m not just managing the household, I’m managing a portfolio. My goal is to generate $25,000/yr in supplemental income through options. 📉📈 I don't gamble on short term call options. I’m a premium seller at heart. My core strategies: • The Wheel (CSP/ CC) • Poor Man's Covered Call • Credit Spreads & Iron Condors • Risk management > Everything else This account is my raw, unfiltered journal. I’ll be posting my weekly/monthly P&L, my mistakes (there will be many), and the reality of trading while juggling kids' school schedules, prepping home cooked meals and sticking to my workout regime. If you’re a parent, a trader or just building a side income... let’s connect. 🤝 Follow along to see if I hit the $25k goal this year! 😊

Friday home-cooked lunch for the kiddos. Simple moments like this is exactly what I traded my corporate title for. The best ROI I’ve ever seen isn’t on a chart. 🍲❤️

@pepemoonboy Yeah always keep some dry powder to deploy on red days.

This market is an absolute nightmare to navigate right now. Nothing is stable. Nothing is predictable. One day everything is calm…the next we’re striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Then it cools off…then tensions spike again. Then it looks like we’re close to resolution…and boom, another escalation, another strike, another headline that sends everything into chaos. It’s constant whiplash. Oil is ripping, supply chains are getting hit, and the risk of global economic slowdown is rising fast. At the same time, AI is accelerating faster than anyone expected. Jobs are quietly starting to disappear. Companies are figuring out how to do more with less people. Most people still haven’t processed what’s coming. And then you look at the economy… Credit card debt at all time highs. Inflation still sticky and getting pushed higher by energy prices. Rates still elevated. Housing still unaffordable. Job losses starting to show up in the data. Everything is tightening at once. This isn’t a normal environment. And trying to trade or invest through this without acknowledging what’s actually happening around you is how you get smoked. Be careful out there folks. Make sure you have some cash ready at all times in case of emergencies or to deploy into the markets on deep red days!

@ElijahColeman21 We are all investing geeks here. Who doesn't look at it everyday?! 🤣

FinX tells you not to look at your portfolio every day, but I do anyway, especially when I built this shit from scratch without a handout over the last three or so years. It’s motivation to keep stacking and investing for a better future. In particular, being a prime example for when I have a family. I need to be that example and break the cycle. I’m not doing this for fun. I’m doing it for a purpose.

@GuyTalksFinance You can absolutely outperform it. Just not consistently over 30 years.... 😅

The best investors in the world can’t outperform the S&P 500. What makes you think you can do it?

@theducksayshi Congrats! I just started, i don't know how long it'll take. 😂

it's official. i'm monetized. in 3 months 🥹. thank you.

@valerijatrades1 Looking great for a good harvest this week. 💪

Portfolio down a bit today. Was a super volatile day for me, but will be a great options expiry day for me tomorrow. They all look great so far $cifr $bmnr $sofi $eose

@gottlebee Congrats! Always awesome to have another side income. 👏

DAY 43! Woohoo! 🎉🥳🎉🥳 Grateful for all the blessings. Journey update: I’ve started a remote side hustle recently in medical billing while doing my 9-5. Income there will be fully invested. So I will be just living off of my 9-5 salary. It’s not as passive as I’d like it to be, it’s actually a little stressful coz it’s tedious but I’m focusing on the end result which is the extra income to build my passive-preneurship goals. Wish me luck guys! 🙏🍀 As always, thank you for your friendship and support. 🤍🤍🤍 You guys are the best!

@NotA_Bull 3) -> 2) -> 1)

Rank these in order of importance for 2026… 1) High Salary 2) Zero Debt 3) Large Stock Portfolio

@cmsinvests Wow, great going! 💪

10 days of showing up on X. Results: • 500+ followers • 200k impressions • Close to monetization Consistency compounds.

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." — Winston Churchill TGIF my friends! Hope you have a very good Friday. Every red day is just tuition for a future green one. Don't let a bad trade steal your vision. Keep your head up and your risk managed. We're playing the long game. 💪

@LEAPTRADER_ Great analogy and explanation. The premiums increase as the price per share increases.👍

🚨Options Selling Hack: Your ROI on Premiums SOARS as Stock Prices Rise! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀: You buy a rental property for $150K, renting it for $1.5K/month = 12% ROI💰 Over time the property value jumps to $300K, rents increase to $3K/month Still based on your $150K investment, ROI skyrockets to 24%! Same with $TSLA - premiums at 200/share vs. 400/share? Night and day!

@MoonWalkerTrd Congrats! Way to go 💪

🌒🌓🌔 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT🌖🌗🌘 This is one of the most important posts of my entire lifetime on X‼️‼️ I was waiting until both of these were accomplished to post and here we are!! 500 verified 🎉🎉 900 total followers 🎉🎉 You are going to see a lot more of me to get my impressions up to get paid. Thank you all so so much. When I started, I thought getting to this spot was impossible. And that I would give up before ever making it. YET HERE WE ARE‼️‼️‼️ Only ramping up from here📈📈

It’s been a heavy week in the macro. My account is down -0.68% this week, but I’m thankful for that stability given the volatility. "Not losing" is a win for me. Today’s Harvest: ✅ Closed: $IWM, $MSFT 💰 Premium locked: +$180 New "Rent" Collection: Opened CSP: $NVDA (Selling the fear) Opened CC: $MSFT, $IWM (Lowering the basis) Opened PCS: $AAPL (Defined risk) 💵 Total Premium Collected: $651 I’m calling it a day. 2 hours at the screen is plenty. Now, I’m stepping away from the charts to enjoy the quiet night with the hubs. 🌙 Trading to live, not living to trade. Whether it's day or night for you, I hope you found some green in the noise today. 🥂

@DividendMil Agreed. Lots of good bargains for the long term plays.

If you’re not buying today, you’re not doing it right 🚨 Everyone wants the perfect entry Everyone waits for “confirmation” Meanwhile…long term investors are just stacking The market rewards consistency, not perfection Zoom out Think years, not days Build now. Thank yourself later 📈💰

$JPM vs $XLF Banks beaten down lately over private credit concerns. But $JPM is holding near that $280 line like a champ. Are we seeing a value play emerge? Or would u just go with the sector ETF $XLF?

@options_matrix Spot on. The put skew makes the hedge feel even more necessary right now. Appreciate the detailed breakdown!

Selling premium into event risk like FOMC can harvest elevated IV, but the real edge is in structure. A put credit spread expresses a view; a broken wing butterfly adds asymmetric hedge. The market's put skew (SPY 660 put IV ~24% vs call ~20%) suggests caution is priced in. Smart positioning.

With the FOMC coming up, decided to keep it light today. I’m not in the business of guessing what Jay Powell will say. Today’s Moves: - Small Put Credit Spread on $DIA - Put Broken Wing Butterfly on $XSP (acting as a semi-hedge) The beauty of selling premium? I don't have to be right about the direction to stay profitable. I just have to be right about where the market won't go. Just staying disciplined and let the probabilities do the work.

@b_co_co It is a frugal way of living. Or u can see it as you are prioritizing what's important to u now, in this season of your life.

@MelTradeOptions Thank you for the valuable feedback, Mel! Yes. We have a goal, but to make sure we have enough resources, we have to deny ourselves certain things. Although it doesn’t affect the quality of life. In your opinion, could this way of living be considered frugal?

How to build a $47,000 portfolio in a year with $3,200/month income? • No car • No frequent restaurants • Cheap rent (or none) • One vacation per year Is this frugalism?

Trading options pays for my daily life. Investing builds my family's future. I don't sell puts on "meme" stocks for a quick hit. I sell premium on high-quality companies I actually want to own... like $NFLX or $NVDA. The Strategy 👇 1. The Income: Collect premium while I wait for my price. 2. The Ownership: If I get assigned, I don't panic. I just became an owner of a cash-flowing asset. 3. The Compound: Sell calls to lower the basis while the underlying grows. The "big money" isn't in the premium I collected today. It’s in the discipline of using that premium to de-risk a position I plan to hold for years.

@HertzyTrades 😆 but most people with idle money don't see it as a problem. Or u mean... they don't have idle money that's why it's a problem? 😂

Most people have a spending problem. Some people have an income problem. Almost everyone has an idle money problem. That last one is the quietest wealth killer of the three.