Craig Hada

Stocks, options, dividends and crypto investor. Retired software engineer and outdoor enthusiast.

[Craig Hada @hadabear]

2026 Trading Account Goals
👉Shoot for 35% growth in account balance from Dec 31, 2025 balance of $872,838.68 which would result in an ending balance of $1,178,332.22

👉Remain calm when an equity goes below the cost basis and refrain from selling CC at a strike below the cost basis

👉Don’t enter trades just to be trading. If it doesn’t feel right just refrain from trading.

👉Credit spreads are valuable for raising cash but also balance out trading with cash secured puts and covered calls.

👉Don’t roll ITM CC just to save a stock. Evaluate the situation to make sure that the time element of rolling makes sense.

[Craig Hada @hadabear]

@Nickym49 It's a secret so don't tell everybody!

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@_HalalTrader_ @grok Are there indications that the SpaceX IPO is oversubscribed?

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@ai_hyperbull 6.96%

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@SmartStrikes004 Thanks and I hope we have a relief rally or else several of the PCS that expire next week are already in trouble.

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Trades for June 5
I went into the day with 3 put credit spreads that I needed to close due to expiration. Two of the three looked like they might be profitable but the market had a different idea and opened red and never looked back. In the end my $13k profit turned into -$9k for the week on closed options.

👆Spreads (closed) - total loss $22,840
20 x $104/$99 $INTC PCS exp 6/5 loss $5,440

20 x $375/$370 $GOOGL PCS exp 6/5 loss $8,680

20 x $425/$420 $MSFT PCS exp 6/5 loss $8,720

👆Spreads (opened)
20 x $275/$270 $VRT PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,500
Entry parameters
short credit $2.32
short delta 0.1603
long debit $1.57
long delta 0.1176

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@Stephanie_Link Time to get used to the bar being too high clear and joining the Nvidia camp.

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Trades for June 4
The Nasdaq started the day dep red after $AVGO and $CRWD ER did not satisfy investors. Luckily some some stocks I had bets on were not affected much and I was able to close several credit spreads.

👆Spreads (closed) - total profit $8,210
20 x $605/$600 $META PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,420
ROC 14.20%
Potential realized 92%
Collateral used $10,000

10 x $925/$915 $COST PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,570
ROC 15.70%
Potential realized 98%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $88/$83 $ASTS PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,220
ROC 12.20%
Potential realized 94%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $285/$280 $VRT PCS 6/5 exp 6/5 profit $1,420
ROC 14.20%
Potential realized 93%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $465/$460 $AMD PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,280
ROC 12.80%
Potential realized 96%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $540/$545 $AVGO PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,240
ROC 12.40%
Potential realized 95%
Collateral used $10,000

👆Spreads (opened) - total premium collected $5,600
20 x $98/$93 $INTC PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,300
Entry parameters
short credit $1.25
short delta 0.1565
long debit $0.80
long delta 0.0859

20 x $90/$85 $ASTS PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,440
Entry parameters
short credit $1.73
short delta 0.1495
long debit $1.01
long delta 0.0955

20 x $605/$600 $META PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,360
Entry parameters
short credit $2.78
short delta 0.1552
long debit $2.10
long debit 0.2337

20 x $470/$465 $AMD PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,500
Entry parameters
short credit $4.80
short delta 0.1533
long debit $4.05
long delta 0.1332

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Trades for June 3
Submitted trades to close put credit spreads and no bites so I decided to go on a bike ride. I came back and a few trades were executed.

👆Spreads (closed) - total profit $2,760
20 x $140/$135 $RDDT PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,420
ROC 14.20%
Potential realized 95%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $435/$430 $AMD PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,340
ROC 13.40%
Potential realized 96%
Collateral used $10,000

👆Spreads (opened) - total premium collected $2,380
20 x $202.5/$197.5 $NVDA PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,080
Entry parameters
short credit $1.36
short delta 0.1672
long debit $0.82
long delta 0.1062

20 x $540/$545 $AVGO CCS exp 6/5 collected $1,300
Entry parameters
short credit $6.49
short delta 0.2057
long debit $5.84
long delta 0.1880

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@Bill12022 Seems safe on the surface but with big IPO's coming there may be selling of Mag 7 to raise cash.

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Trades for June 2
Going into the market open I thought I could close a couple of put credit spreads for nearly 100% profit but the underlying started to fall and the trade didn't execute. I'll try again tomorrow and hope for better market action.

👆Spreads (opened) - total premium collected $2,860
20 x $425/$420 $MSFT PCS exp 6/5 collected $1,260
Entry parameters
short credit $1.66
short delta 0.1592
long debit $1.03
long delta 0.1031

10 x $900/$890 $MU PCS exp 5/12 collected $1,600
Entry parameters
short credit $17.80
short delta 0.1757
long debit $16.20
long delta 0.1610

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@SmartStrikes004 Not sure why $MSFT went down!

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Trades.for June 1
I managed to close 2 credit spreads early on the day and also enter 2 new ones on a day when megacaps were selling off.

👆Spreads (closed) - total profit $2,480
20 x $126/$121 $PLTR PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,260
ROC 12.60%
Potential realized 95%
Collateral used $10,000

20 x $395/$390 $MSFT PCS exp 6/5 profit $1,220
ROC 12.20%
Potential realized 96%
Collateral used $10,000

👆Spreads (opened) - total premium collected $2,630
20 x $465/$460 $AMD PCS exp 6/5 collected $1,400
Entry parameters
short credit $4.02
short delta 0.1593
long debit $3.32
long delta 0.1353

10 x $905/$895 $COST PCS exp 6/12 collected $1,230
Entry parameters
short credit $3.45
short delta 0.1559
long debit $2.22
long delta 0.1083

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@SmartStrikes004 @_TraderLarry Let's put some burritos in that bag.

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@_TraderLarry The stock is very cheap and I still eat there although some complain that the quality and portion size have gone down.

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@StephenRLong1 @jimcramer About $11 billion of NVDA stock sold in the last 10 minutes to meet MSCI index weights.

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With the loss of $800 the cumulative closed options profit stands at approximately $58k.

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Trading account update for the week ending 5/29
The good news is that the account balance increased by $17,745 on a crazy week. I had many issues that I was dealing with and 1 I had to research to understand it more fully. This is the first week in a while that my portfolio actually was positive on a Friday - meaning the balance increased from the Thursday close. See the bar chart in the below spreadsheet.

On the long equity side of things there was a gain of $19,262. All of long positions other than $NVDA and $SYM were up for the week. $NVDA was clearly up heading into the close but in the last few minutes $11 Billion worth is stock was sold into the bell for MSCI rebalanceing. I spent many hours asking Grok questions about MSCI and why am announcement on May 12 had to execute in the final minutes. In short they want index funds to all be similar in performance by selling simultaneously and for the same price. I used the word collusion when asking Grok but the answers all came back with coordinated sell. $HOOD and $ZETA were stellar with both above 20% gain for the week.

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With the ~$18k gain the account is ~$29.5k below the break even point and hasn't been at this level since the end of January. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that at the halfway point of the year that the account balance will be positive.