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I have yet to meet my goal of hitting $50k profit. Now, I keep selling put options for this share =:$AAOI 20261002 100.0 PUT$ $AAOI 20261009 95.0 PUT$ and earn premium. If the option got exercise, I will sell call option and sell put option at the same time. It is a wheel strategy to earn passive income weekly.
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Options puppy generation biweekly$100 cash by selling options wheel strategy for gold Ers TigerTrade
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Bitcoin’s latest cycle has rewritten the old playbook. What looked like a classic post-halving hangover has instead delivered the shallowest major drawdown in the asset’s history, a truncated timeline, and a recovery that is already underway. The next boom is not a future event waiting for a new catalyst. It is unfolding in real time. Performance Snapshot Bitcoin peaked near $126,200 in early October 2025. By June–July 2026 it had bottomed in the $57,800–$60,000 zone, a peak-to-trough decline of roughly 50–55%. That is painful in absolute terms yet strikingly mild compared with prior cycles: the 2021–2022 collapse exceeded 75%, and the 2018 wipeout ran past 80%. The current recovery has carried the price back to the mid-$84,000s, a gain of approximately 40–45% from the lows and a market ca
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Wall Street walked into Friday with one set of assumptions, and walked out with another. A sharply weaker September jobs report forced traders to rethink the economy’s momentum and the Fed’s next move, and that shift in expectations sent equities higher. $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ : +1.19% $S&P 500(.SPX)$ : +0.73% Dow: +0.49% (+250 pts) Tech led the rebound, helping the Nasdaq lock in a winning week. The Dow and S&P 500 still finished the week slightly lower, but Friday’s tone was decisively risk‑on. A Jobs Report That Scrambles the Narrative Key details: Jobs Payrolls: +29,000 (vs. expectations for a much stronger gain) Revisions: July + August revised down by 60,000 Unemployment: 4.2% (up from 4.1%) Wage
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🌟🌟🌟The Singapore Exchange has just dropped a financial bombshell that completely levels the playing field for everyday retail investors. Starting Monday, 5 October 2026, SGD is officially smashing down its historic barriers, allowing investors to buy shares in tight, ultra accessible board lots of just 10 shares. This is down from its restrictive 100 shares limit. Before this structural revolution, if you wanted a piece of Singapore's most legendary dividend paying cash cows, you needed thousands of dollars upfront just to get your foot in the door. High priced premium stocks were an exclusive playground for big institutional funds. But overnight, the gates have been thrown wide open. By using Tiger Brokers' platform, this board lot reduction acts as a massive
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