GLD Covered Calls: How to Create Passive Income From Gold in an Inflationary Market

Have you ever wanted to own gold?

A lot of people do. Gold feels “solid.” It feels like something that can hold value when the world gets messy. The problem is, physical gold isn’t always practical. You have to ...

Stop Letting Headlines Control Your Money: A Systematic Covered Call Plan for Fear Markets

Right now, the financial media is running wall-to-wall coverage designed to make you do one thing: be afraid.

Fear sells. Panic sells even better.

But fear is also one of the most reliable wealth transfe...

Red Market Playbook: Fortress Covered Calls, Bearish Watchlist, and Bullish Setups

When the market turns red, a lot of traders try to be heroes. They try to pick bottoms. They guess. They hope.

That’s usually how people get hurt.

In this update, Mark Yegge walked through what he showed his fri...

Tariff Refund Chaos and Market Volatility: A Clear Way to Think About Your Portfolio

$166 billion. That’s about how much U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collected from a set of tariffs that courts have now said should be refunded. (AP News)

Here’s the wild part: CBP told the court they...

Insider Tips — March 09, 2026

In this week's Insider Tips, I’m calling it straight: the market has flipped risk-off. My dashboard is showing four red lights, and the tape is behaving like it—major indexes are breaking down under key moving averages, volatility is rising into “panic” territory, and ...

There’s a time of day most traders don’t respect enough: the first 45 minutes to an hour after the market opens.

Some call it “amateur hour.” Not because you’re dumb—because the structure of the open is emotional, messy, and dominated by players with deeper wallets, better tools, and more patien...

Oil is pushing higher. War headlines are flashing. Tariffs are kicking in. Open any financial news app and it’s easy to feel like the sky is falling.

Most investors respond the same way: they do nothing. They sit on cash, refresh headlines, and wait for someone to say it’s safe.

In a recent mar...

A few weeks ago I ran a “10K DARE” challenge: five nights in a row showing how covered calls can produce serious income (depending on account size).

After the challenge, a student emailed me. He said he ran seven positions in stocks (like Nvidia, Philip Morris, and Micron) and finished the week ...

It’s a rough day on Wall Street.

Major indexes are sharply lower. The Dow dropped roughly 850 points at one stage. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ are down close to 2%. Fear is rising. Selling pressure is broad.

But here’s what’s interesting:

Given the geopolitical backdrop, markets are not down as muc...

Insider Tips — March 02, 2026

In this week's Insider Tips I’m staying cautiously optimistic because the market is green, but a lot of tech still doesn’t feel healthy. My core message is risk management: protect your account with “circuit breakers” (stops/defensive rules) so one ugly move doesn’t wr...

Insider Tips — February 23, 2026

In this week’s Insider Tips, I walk through why the market can stay in an uptrend longer than most people expect: when you “follow the money,” you can see liquidity supporting asset prices even when headline shocks hit (like the court decision on tariffs that briefl...

Insider Tips — February 16, 2026

Market Strength… But Watch Technology

In this week’s Insider Tips, I walked through the broader market landscape and showed why, despite some sharp red candles and rising volatility, the overall trend remains green. My primary market indicator continues to show ...