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Powell’s remarks at Jackson Hole were a clear dovish shift. By flagging rising downside risks to employment, he’s signalling that the Fed is prepared to pivot from a singular inflation focus to a more balanced stance. The adoption of a flexible inflation-targeting framework reinforces that message, effectively giving policymakers more room to cut without being boxed in by the old “make-up” approach. From a trading perspective, the market’s reaction was justified—equities and crypto ripping higher as September cuts are now seen as a 90% probability, with two reductions priced in by year-end. The real question is whether this momentum can sustain. If inflation cools further, the Fed has cover to ease and risk assets should continue to outperform. But if inflation stays sticky, the market may

Confirmed Profit Turnarounds & Earnings Beats Niu Technologies (NASDAQ: NIU) Q2 2025 Results: Reported revenue of RMB 1,255.7 million (+33.5% YoY) and a net profit of RMB 5.9 million, reversing a net loss of RMB 24.9 million in Q2 2024. Key Metrics: E-scooter volume jumped 36.7% YoY, with China sales up 53.6%; international sales declined 35.5%. Gross margin improved from 17.0% to 20.1%. Guidance for Q3 forecasts revenue growth of 40%–60% YoY. Market Reaction: Shares jumped approximately 6% on the announcement, despite some earlier references to a 30% surge. Summary: Niu’s domestic focus, operational efficiency, and strong guidance underscore a robust turnaround. It warrants close attention, particularly against macroeconomic variables and international recovery. --- Other Noteworthy E

$NIO 20250822 4.0 CALL$ NIO: Collected full premium on these covered calls when then expired in the money and shares were called away.  Take loss on the shares.  sold NIO at $4 for these 2500 shares. Had them for quite a while and price were mostly muted. Just this week, ahead of earnings on 2nd Sept, NIO price jumped almost 32% to close at $6.32. Since the sold price of $4 were due to covered call expiring on 22nd Aug, decided to not roll this up else risking price retracement and take up double losses. Capital recycled will be use to support other trade and time to move on from NIO. 

I’m proud to see Singapore leaders like Tan Su Shan and Forrest Li on Fortune’s list. Tan Su Shan’s 28th place is a big milestone, surpassing global heavyweights and showing Singapore’s influence in banking. With Helen Wong also featured last year, it’s clear our banking leaders are gaining global recognition. Jensen Huang’s rise to #1 is well-deserved given Nvidia’s role in powering the AI boom. Still, my top pick will remain Elon Musk. Despite controversies, he continues to disrupt multiple industries from EVs to space, proving his influence goes beyond just one sector. Musk’s boldness and ambition still set him apart from many of his peers. For me, Musk is the most influential leader because of his vision and execution. Lists like this are also useful for investors, as they highlight t

$VXX CALENDAR 250822/250905 PUT 40.0/PUT 40.0$ VXX: Losing trade management.  The expiring short put were in the money on 22nd Aug so decided to roll it further by 2 weeks for the same strike at $40 to buy some time and risk assignment.  VXX had been creeping slightly higher mid week only to sell off strongly on Friday with a 8.38% drop and closed at $35.98. The short calls were profitable while some of these short puts setup need trade adjustment to buy some time and avoid assignment.  Overall at counter level, it's a losing week based on the latest price movement. 

$IQ 20250822 2.5 CALL$ IQ: collected premiums in full for these covered calls when they expired worthless on 22nd Aug.  IQ broke out from its long term bear momentum and finally broke above its 200 days MA on 18th Aug.  The last time it did, was back in May 2024 which was a good 15 months ago.  IQ closed at $2.46 just few cents shy of my strike of $2.5 so they expire worthless.  still have another set of covered call also with same strike at $2.5 expiring on 19th Sept.

$RCL 20250822 290.0 PUT$ RCL: collected full premium on this short put when it expired worthless on 22nd Aug. Had wanted RCL to drop more and use these short put to cover my stock short positions.  But RCL moved up strongly for the week by a large 9.78% to close at $344.67. 2 of my commited short put were closed out this week and that freed up 200 shares uncommitted.  RCL is my largest portfolio drag this week and I look to cut loss if RCL hit $350 which seems likely on Monday. 

$NVO 20250822 45.0 PUT$ NVO: collected full premium on this short put when it expired worthless on 22nd Aug. NVO is up 8.72% this week and these short puts were save and collecting premiums as intended.  Still a long way to close the gap at $69 but NVO is making good upward progress for the 3rd consecutive week. Probably the temporary bottom is set for this round so my trades were setup on bullish bias. 

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  sold it before it really drop again .... 

good that I close this option before the speech. Happy weekend! $TSLA STRANGLE 250822 PUT 312.5/CALL 330.0$ 

$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ small win from a red pool.

$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$  Selling a covered call option with relative strike price higher than your cost price, shares calling off soon

$VXX 20250822 46.0 CALL$ collected full premium but volatility dropped to 52 weeks low.. lets see next week. might need to average down. 

$CMG 20250822 45.0 CALL$ collected the full premium. continue to wheel it next week while waiting price to raise back. 

$INTC 20250822 22.5 PUT$ collected full premium. stock rebounded after the softbank and us gov news. might continue to sell again next week. will see the risk and reward. 

$WOLF 20250822 1.5 CALL$ continue to sell next week to collect premium. lets go!