Month of October This month’s numbers was mixed up with the September post because that post was done later than expected. But nonetheless the overall effect is the same. The direction of market these few weeks are quite volatile without a clear uptrend or downtrend. So basically it’s a wait and see type of market. Stocks I have been selling weekly stock options as a means to get some money when I have no idea where the market will be heading. Apple seems like a cool option to be looking into with big open interest and an acceptable premium. While it seems like a good idea, one must always take note on what the worst case scenario can be (like having too many contracts without sufficient margin to hold those contracts). Using this method

Net Asset Value
	December 31, 2014	September 23, 2015
	Total	Long	Short	Total	Change
Cash	3,840.72	8,955.55	0	8,955.55	5,114.83
Stock	7,429.46	0	0	0	-7429.46
Options	0	0	-73.06	-73.06	-73.06
Interest Accruals	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11,270.18	8,955.55	-73.06	8,882.49	-2,387.69
Time Weighted Rate of Return					-21.19%

Open Positions
Symbol	Quantity	Cost Price	Cost Basis	Close Price	Value	Unrealized P/L
Equity and Index Options
NFLX 23OCT15 93.0 P	-1	0.9590452	-95.9	0.7306	-73.06	22.84
Total			-95.9		-73.06	22.84

Here are the contracts which I have done since 25^th Aug......