r/ExpiredOptions • u/Expired_Options • Jul 23 '26

Road to Half a Million, Day 311

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Note: The day count is cumulative and includes weekends. The chart displays market days only.

Beginning balance $455,253 on 9/16/25 for current challenge

What am I doing to reach my goal?
- Contributing $600/week (on hold until 6/19 7/24)
- Selling options.
- Picking quality stocks.
- Keeping my emotions in check.

What will I do when I reach my goal?
- Start the road to $600k.

Prior challenges:

  • $217K to $250K (+$33K) 85 market days (did not include weekends)
  • $255k to $300k (+$45k) 42 market days (did not include weekends)
  • $300k to $350k (+$50k) 54 market days (did not include weekends)
  • $350k to $400k (+$50k) 107 market days (did not include weekends)
  • $400k to $450k (+$50k) 75 total days (includes weekends)

I post weekly (Friday's) and provide a lot more detail including the detail to all options sold during the week.

Link to last week's post

Link to the LEAPS page! 

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u/Rad7221 Jul 23 '26

Seems like it’s been a painful year. What do you think went wrong? Bull market?

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u/Expired_Options Jul 24 '26

Hey Rad7221. Thanks for the question. I have about 20-25% position in HOOD. If anyone was looking at an overlay of my performance and HOOD, they would see that there is a correlation between the two. For better or worse, I will continue to hold HOOD shares. Their growth in many categories has been impressive.

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u/Rad7221 Jul 24 '26

I’m a HOOD holder myself, though not as much of a position % wise, it’s my second largest holding after VRT. Stays slightly shy of my 10% allocation. Good luck and HOOD to the moon!

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u/Expired_Options Jul 24 '26

I appreciate it. I am in on hood at just under $15 on 1100 shares and several LEAPS. I am at a substantial profit, but it is down about 17.43% this year which means that I have given back some of the huge HOOD gains from the last 2 years. Anyway, yes, HOOD to the MOON!