InvestingWithBrandon

The day job is a means to an end.We all started out trading time for moneyBUT Eventually you will realize you are losing money working the day job vs investing and building your business.Opportunity cost!

If you’re serious about building wealth, don’t ask what car someone drives or how big their house is. Ask how they manage RISK. Ask how they INVEST. Ask how they THINK. Everybody wants the lifestyle, but few want the discipline that creates it.

Making money with money is the ultimate life hackYou’re taught to trade your time for money and then trade your money for materials.But you could trade your money for more money instead

The biggest issue I see a lot of people when they start making more money, or come into money suddenly is.Celebrating too earlyUpgrading their lifestyle too quicklyInstead of using that new income as a tool to keep you earning and growingDon’t celebrate too early, but still find the balance to live life.

Valuations don\'t matter. UNTIL THEY DO.Retail investors forget this.

If your investments don\'t allow you to sleep peacefully at night, you aren\'t investing, you\'re gambling. Does your strategy pass the sleep test?

The best investment strategy?Not overcomplicating it. 🥊

There will be a point in your life where you realize. Going to work at your day job is actually costing you money to be there. You\'ll realize your time is much more valuable than your hourly rate and you can produce MUCH more money investing or simply doing something else.

Stop selling covered calls on things you are super bullish on!
You are betting against yourself...
CCs cap upside...
You will get burned 1 time with a huge gap up & never do it again.
Owning shares = Bullish
Selling calls = Bearish
You are both at the same time with CCs...
TRAP

Selling longer duration puts secured with your base portfolio, NOT CASH, is this biggest investing hack known to man.
CSP sucks.
If you are selling puts, you are bullish...
Why would you wanna sit in that much cash then...
You wouldn't.
Some key things to understand:
Only sell puts on companies that have a moat, pricing power, durable competitive advantage, & are trading near intrinsic value.
Always keep ratios in check of sold put assignment value vs your base portfolio.
Do this and there will never be an issue taking assignment int he rare event you would get assigned.
There will be no bear

🔴MAJOR problem with retail investors that have a day job.
(Many screw this up)
Most retail investors have a day job. Yes.
So, if you wanna make more money at your day job, what do you do?
- Pick up OT.
- Work harder.
RIGHT!
So they carry that logic to the investing world.
They correlate more work = more money
They correlate more trades = more money.
(couldn't be further from the truth)
This is why 95%+ of ppl underperform the SP500 in the long term... No surprise...
Instead, do this to beat the market in the long term:
- Build base portfolio.
- Sell portfolio secured puts (not cash secured)

Your 9-5 will almost never make you rich.
It's designed to keep you comfortable enough to stay, but stressed enough to never leave.
Break the cycle.
Learn to invest with Stocks & Options in a way that leaves you sleeping well every night!
No NOT do crazy day & swing trading.
You work hard for your money, that is gambling most of the time.

Cancelling Netflix for $15/month isn't going to help you.
Making your own coffee to save $5 isn't going to help you.
Income must be INCREASED.
Cash flow must be INCREASED.
Don't cut back on basic life necessities so you can pretend you're doing something good.
Make more money, spend within reason.

THE MARKET WILL TEST YOU:
You’ll feel euphoric at the top.
You’ll feel sick at the bottom.
BUT!
If you can sit through both without losing your mind, you’ll be wealthier than 99% of people.
THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF INVESTING IS VERY UNDERRATED.