InvestingWithBrandon

🔴It's now 2026.
For 95%+ of retail investors:
- Day trading still doesn't work.
- Swing trading still doesn't work.
- Cash secured puts still suck.
- Covered calls still suck.
- Spreads still suck.
The problem for retail "investors"?
They will continue to do the same thing & expect a different result.
Me?
- I will continue to build my base portfolio
- Sell portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)
- Buy leap calls when it makes sense
- Keep ratios in check
- Do all 1+ year option contracts
- Continue to capitalize in volatility
- Be patient & outperform 95% of all retail investors in the long

5 CRITICAL Things I Need Before I Invest In A Company:
1. Macro/Economic thesis must be good.
2. Company must be near intrinsic value.
3. Company must have a moat.
4. Company must have pricing power.
5. Company must have a durable competitive advantage.
If all 5 tests pass, I will allocate in a bullish way.
- Buying shares.
- Selling 1+ year portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)
- Buy LEAPS calls.
Then what?
I sit and be patient.
I let the company work for me.
I let the EPS climb.
I let the valuation bounce back to where it should be.
Once I capture the "majority of the expected move" I wi

The BIGGEST hack with selling portfolio secured puts is that you can technically make an unlimited ROI.
(not kidding)
Roll with me on this one, it will BLOW YOUR MIND!
So selling puts is a bullish strategy.
That's why I would never want to sell "cash secured puts", I sell "portfolios secured puts."
(cash sits there and does nothing, but portfolio secured works for you being invested)
Ok.
So when I sell portfolio secured puts and collect say $20k for example, I take that cash flow and buy $20k in shares of the company I am bullish on. (same one I am selling puts on)
I usually sell 1 year contra

I'd rather own 5 ULTRA high conviction stocks vs 50 garbage companies that are pipe dreams...
What I Look For:
- Good Valuation
- Moat
- Pricing power
- Durable Competitive Advantage
- Ok To Hold For Long Run
- All 1+ year option contracts
You work hard for your money, stop gambling like most retail "traders" do.

The reason most people think options are “dangerous” is because the only version they’ve seen is pure gambling...
Zero clue on valuation.
Zero clue on the actual business.
Zero clue if the business will even be around in 5 years.
All they know is weekly lotto tickets essentially.
& then they wonder why their returns are crappy over the long term...

🟢THIS IS HOW TO INVEST $100,000 RIGHT NOW:
(works on any amount though)
$35k $VOO
$35k $Q
$15k individual companies
$10k $BLV
$5k leap calls
(A little more conservative now cause valuations are on the high side)
Then for the magic part:
Sell 1 year puts portfolio secured, not cash secured on companies that meet this criteria:
1. Must be below intrinsic value.
2. Must have a moat.
3. Must have pricing power.
4. Must have a durable competitive advantage.
5. I must be ok to hold for the long run. In the event I get assigned shares, I can use the wheel strategy & patiently "get rid" of the shares

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I have been selling portfolio secured puts for the last 10 years & have been assigned a total of 4 times.
Think about that.
Just 4 times.
& every time I got assigned, I made money still.
This is the power of selling portfolio secured puts on great companies at good prices with 1+ year expiration dates.
Keep it simple.
Stop over trading & under performing.

If your entire “plan” is:
- Sell covered calls on everything
- Sell cash secured puts on whatever’s trending
- Repeat weekly
You don’t have a plan. You have a treadmill that is more work & will not even beat the SP500 in the long run.
My system is brutally simple:
- Build the base portfolio
- Sell portfolio secured puts when great companies go on sale
- All option contracts are 1+ year in duration
- Buy shares & calls funded by the sold put premium
- Beat the market in the long run
DONE.

The fastest way to spot a retail investor with no system?
Look at their trade history.
500+ trades a year. Constant stress. Constant “adjustments.” Underperforming the SP500 in the long term... All for what?
The actual truth...
There are not 500 "table pounder" opportunities a year. There are a few dozen usually... & I’d rather go big on those with longer duration option contracts & actually beat the market in the long term.

If your options strategy needs the stock to move in the next 3 to 5 days to make money... you don’t have a strategy.
You have chips on the casino table...
& eventually, the house will win.
(yes I know corny analogy, but true!)
This is why I only do 1+ year options contracts. I only need to be right over time, not by Friday at 12:17pm.

Everyone wants the 10x overnight.
Nobody wants the 25% - 35% CAGR over a decade that actually makes you rich.
Longer duration options on great companies at good prices are boring to the dopamine crowd... but that boredom is exactly why they work.

People ask why I don’t love spreads.
Simple.
Spreads are you betting against yourself.
You’re literally saying, “I think I’m right... but not too right.”
One hand you are bullish
The other hand you are bearish
Retail investors love them, but retail also does not even outperform the SP500 in the long run...

Covered calls and cash secured puts are sold to retail traders as “safe income strategies.”
Until you have a "bad beat"
Covered calls cap your upside on the few big winners that actually move the needle.
Cash secured puts park you in dead cash.
Portfolio secured puts let you stay fully invested while still generating premium. This is where the big money is made.

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