$568 profit in January

themoneyloaf
11 hours ago
3 min read

Happy Sunday!

Before sharing January's update, a quick reminder that the link to indicate your interest in my 2nd options course of 2026 will be going out next week!

I'll also share all the important dates and details, so look out for that. There's also an FAQ page for more general information about the course.

For the update this week:

$568 realized profit across 5 trades in January

$568 profit in January

Stats for January:

Starting open trades: 6
New trades: 5
Trades closed for profit: 5
Ending open trades: 6
Trades ending in losses: 0
Margin calls or liquidation events: 0

You can click on any of the highlighted trades for their individual reports.

New trades in January:

#159 - BBY - still open
#160 - DKS - still open
#161 - MSFT - still open
#162 - ABBV - still open
bonus trade - MCD - still open

Older trades:

With January done, here's the running total of realized profits since the course's inception:

Year One (Sep 2022 - Aug 2023) - $3,422
Year Two (Sep 2023 - Aug 2024) - $6,292
Year Three (Sep 2024 - Aug 2025) - $9,833
Sep 2025 - $622
Oct 2025 - $412
Nov 2025 - $982
Dec 2025 - $1,100
Jan 2026 - $568

This brings the total for the last 41 months to a realized profit of $23,231 or a running monthly average of $566.

If you're familiar with options and want to follow along the trade updates, you can join my private community which is priced at $49/month.

i.e. on average, each month you would pay $49 and potentially make $566, or 11.5x the subscription fee.

Every trade I share is from my real portfolio, which means if the trade isn't making money, I'm not making money either.

Do note none of these are recommendations - I'm just sharing trade updates within my own portfolio which may or may not be right for you.

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Closing thoughts & useful links

January was a bit of a slow month, but we also saw a bit of volatility towards the end of the month, especially in the tech/AI space.

It'll be interesting to see if this carries over to February and beyond!

Have a good weekend!

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