Hows your return relative to buy and hold .I'm assuming you are not short puts in a size thst exceeds your notional??
Like I said, I'm learning slowly and taking baby steps. I will show my ignorance and say that I don't know what you mean by put size exceeding my notional. If you mean exceeding my means, the answer is no. Or if you refer to margin, it's a cash account. I have about 61% of my account in longer-term holds, which average in excess of 5% in dividends, about 11% in uninvested cash, and 28% in short-term treasuries(less than 30-day maturities). As to how my return is relative to buy and hold, I can't answer that, but since April 2020, I'm up about 165%, and I appear to be on track to grow at around 15 to 20% a year. It's not exactly spectacular, but some might say that's not too bad for someone who knew nothing about the stock market 3 1/2 years ago. Anyway, I want to find ways to do better. Thanks for any help you would care to offer.
Ignore what Taowave is saying. if you are up 165% over 4 years and tracking 20%/year on that asset allocation then your returns are unbelievably excellent.
I saw him say that you said that cash secured puts were dangerous. But in proper ET fashion i didn't read anything before the last page.