I am feeling very bullish about Baidu and Alibaba. To my mind, both appear to have a maturing bottom and a W pattern. Would this be a good time to purchase a call on either or both? Thoughts, please!

Friends, I came across a great video on how to setup your dividend portfolio. The guy recommends below portfolio allocation to earn a 10% annual dividend yield (4k per month on a 500k invested) - 30% in SCHD (4% yield) - 20% in SPYI (12% yield) - 15% in QQQI (14.5% yield) - 15% REITs (6% yield) - 10% in BTCI (28% yield) - 10% in SPY (lower yield but for long term growth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdd0TSJQWow

Since AVGO is releasing earnings today, I sold OTM puts making about 4.5k. Post earnings the stock is going up, yayy, will pocket the 4.5k tomorrow I thought of doing safer strategies like Iron Condor, Calendar Spreads, Iron Butterfly, Strangle etc.. but went with my bread and butter puts and it paid off.

I met with a friend recently who told me they’ve gone all-in on a few covered call ETFs. The appeal is clear — they can generate steady monthly income by writing options on top of a stock or index position. For income-focused investors, that regular cash flow looks attractive, especially in sideways or choppy markets. Just wondering if others here have looked into this or are doing the same? Right now I’m focused more on growth, but I like learning about new strategies so I can potentially allocate a portion of funds toward it later when it makes sense. My friend is reinvesting everything back as he's still young --- but with a good account size, I heard this can really be a great option for those who want to be hands-off.

All, In the interest of transparency I would like to share my income from options trading in August. Total August Income: 32734$ - 10k from selling 0DTE and 1DTE QQQ puts 2-3% OTM before market close - 8.3k from selling weekly 25% OTM MSTR puts - 5.2k from buying a QQQ call - 6k from selling dash and nvda puts before earnings - Market neutral trades (Broken Wing Butterflys, Iron Condors etc) 3.2k This is my 3rd month starting options trading. First month I made like 5k and lost it all on a IPO stock. I got frustrated and closed my option trading account. Then I took my time off spent time learning and started again in August. From this month, I will be trading differently. I'm already up 3.7k for this month - I will keep the core QQQ 1DTE puts, stay away from 0DTE puts as they are risky - MSTR puts I will size them down and use put spreads instead of naked puts to cap tail risk - Will focus more on earnings trades as they are very profitable. I'll post a detailed separate thread on my earnings trades but in short I am placing a iron condor with shorts outside the expected move. - Will focus more on selling VRP (variance risk premium, the gap between IV and HV) - Will focus more in delta neutral trading, BWB, Calendars etc - Will follow better risk management strategies (no more than 2% risk on a single trade etc) - Also will include Call debit spreads with a lower allocation as the returns are huge