2019 U.S. Investing Champion (Options) | Grew up poor, quit corporate at 34. Follow to discover how to build wealth & passive income w/ options & index funds.
Idaho, USA
Joined December 2009
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As far as I know, I'm the only person on the planet who can teach people how to achieve these returns while trading only 2 minutes per month and 10 minutes once a year to rebalance the portfolio.
ALT Enhanced buy-and-hold performance as of 10-29-26
Hold up. @DJW2028 why you on socials when you should be in class paying attention? 🤦🏾♂️. Fine, you get a one time pass since you gave me flowers. 🤪 Just teasing. Carry on…
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🥹Ahhh thanks son! A pleasant surprise. Now I'm off to go cry, as I didn't know you would do this, LOL.
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34 minutes.
That's how much time my portfolio takes per year.
2 minutes once a month to place a trade. 12 months = 24 minutes.
10 minutes once a year to rebalance.
What those minutes do:
1. Sell SPX credit spreads 6-12 months out. One trade, 2 minutes.
2. Hold S&P shares (SPY) and a LEAP call as the core.
3. Hold LEAP put insurance (a long-dated put option) so a crash can't wipe me out.
4. Rebalance once a year. Then leave it alone.
Zero losing credit spread trades so far this year, despite the correction.
My strategy (EBHI, enhanced buy-and-hold + income): 13.7% vs the S&P's 8.8% as of 11-8-26. No contributions, only investment performance. I'll post my EBHI vs S&P numbers again at the end of each month.
Why so little time works: fewer trades mean fewer chances for fear and greed to get triggered. Fewer clicks, fewer mistakes. Strategies rarely sink people. Head trash (fear and greed) does.
You don't need hours a week to beat the market. Reply with the hours you spent on your portfolio last month and your year-to-date return vs the S&P.
ALT EBHI vs. S&P 500 (13.7% vs 8.8% as of 11-8-26)
Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
Thanks Travis. LEAPS are definitely tricky right now, but on core holdings you don't mind owning that can make sense. Very selectively, unlike last year which was a free for all.
Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
Today was the worst market decline since the last one you don’t remember or care about anymore.
As I often say, focus on facts, not feelings. Fact: my accounts are down $250k +\- today. Focusing on that fact did not help me 😆. Jokes aside, focusing on the facts below is how I've survived the schizophrenic market for nearly 30 years.
I find attitudes like this extremely common among extremely successful people. Not all successful people, but many of them. 🤔
I paid no attention to the election. Watched exactly 0 minutes of news coverage in the last 2 years. Did the same thing in 2024.
I learned long ago that these elections are meaningless, necessary evils, as if a choice between slicing off my thumb or my big toe is a choice, and that's how this crap works. There is no choice, only the illusion of choice.
Not one politician gives a f*ck about me, so I don't give a f*ck about them. Voting for which deck chair to throw off the Titanic will not stop the inevitable sinking.
In the US, celebrating or mourning political outcomes is fools errand. My life today is exactly the same as yesterday.
Control what you can. Your health. Your family. Your happiness. Your mental sanity. Inviting politics in your life is like inviting in a pack of rabid hyenas in your home... protect your home.
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Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
If you invested $10,000 in the U.S. stock market 10 years ago you would have $42,043 today.
The same investment made 50 years ago would be worth over $3.7 million.
The magic of compounding, in one chart…
Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
"Buy the dip" sounds like great advice.
Until the dip becomes a correction.
And the correction becomes a bear market.
Buying weakness can be a valid strategy.
But without a plan for what happens if prices keep falling, you're not managing risk.
You're hoping.
Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
The U.S. stock market has recovered 100% of the time from every pullback, correction, drawdown, bear market, crash, recession, and depression that has ever been thrown at it
Emotionally weak people rarely become massively wealthy in the stock market!
Tip: Cap your losses at a small amount, and you'll be surprised by how gains and strong performance happen automatically.
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Handle the current market environment by focusing on facts, not feelings.
Working out will make you "feel" weak, but it's actually making you stronger.
Learning new things will make you "feel" dumb, but it's actually making you smarter.
Enrolling in an options course and investing in yourself will make you "feel" poorer, but it's actually making you rich (assuming you implement what's taught).
Facing your fear and staying invested during a market crash will "feel" terrifying, but it's actually making you braver. Focus on facts, not feelings.
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For nearly 30 years, no one has believed me when I tell the truth about what I do. I don't want to manage money; I only want to help others achieve the same. What do you think? Should I accept that the world will never be ready for my truth, or is there something else I should do beyond what I've already done (sharing this secret in my books)?
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Trader Travis Wilkerson retweeted
Many investors have no clue about the 2008 crisis.
I didn’t even understand what was happening then, and my mind simply became numb.
Warren Buffett and Howard Marks bought very heavily during that period. It’s not that they knew the future. Their logic was simple: if you buy bargains during a bad period, you create a fortune during a good period.
If it is the end of the world, it doesn’t matter whether you buy or don’t buy. So better to take a chance and buy, because the world comes back from every doomsday scenario.
During bad times, it is difficult to believe that good times will come again.
During good times, we think they will last forever.
The reality is that everything in this world, including markets, is cyclical.
I’m not even asking you to buy anything.
Don’t redeem mutual funds or sell stocks in panic.
Good times will definitely come again. It can take a few months to a few years. No one knows.
But don’t convert paper losses into real losses, thereby completely destroying your capital.
For the record, I'm one of the people who think those ETFs are "trash," but I'm highly biased because my investment approach delivers the same yields as those funds, and my account goes up. A win/win.
People love to trash YieldMax ETFs.
"Your NAV is going to zero!"
"You're just getting your own money back!"
"Those yields aren't sustainable!"
Meanwhile, some investors are using the distributions to pay bills, buy more assets, and build additional income streams.
The critics focus on total return.
The supporters focus on cash flow.
Who's actually right?
And can BOTH sides be right?
Oh wow! How awesome. This pumps me up! Our little secret club of 10-minute investors who beat the market. 😄 Congrats, Tom. I wish you much more success.
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