CRWD
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock
stock NASDAQ

CrowdStrike has been eating a lot of Palo Alto's lunch. PANW is one of the most expensive security products out there. I understand the whole ecosystem part but companies don't have money to invest in an end-to-end product and those who do are afraid of single point of failure. CRWD's EDR is still way ahead of Cortex for example. On the contrary, they are catching up very fast to Prisma Cloud. CRWD doesn't make a network firewall and probably won't but beyond that I think they continue to shine in the endpoint security market and have significantly affected both PANW and Cisco's business.

nice progress, especially with that premium goal! your CSP strategy is solid, and those LEAPS gains are wild! AMZN and CRWD really came through for you. love to see it. tbh, hitting a half million sounds ambitious but totally doable, especially with consistent contributions like yours. how you feeling about the market with all the drama around Iran? could definitely shake things up... stay sharp!

I will post a separate comment with a link to the detail behind each option sold this week.
After week 12, the average premium per week is $817 with an annual projection of $42,460.
All things considered, the portfolio is down $73,579 (-16.32%), on the year. Additionally, the trailing 1-year performance is up $51,718 (+15.88%). This is the overall profit and loss and includes options and all other account activity.
All options sold are backed by cash, shares, or LEAPS. I do not sell on margin, nor do I sell naked options.

All options and profits stay in the account with few exceptions. This is not my full time job, although I wish it was. I still grind on a 9-5.

I contributed $600 for the 11th Friday in a row.

The portfolio is comprised of 100 unique tickers, unchanged from 100 last week. These 100 tickers have a value of $339k. I also have 184 open option positions, up from 178 last week. The options have a total value of $44k. The total of the shares and options is $383k. The next goal on the "Road to" is Half a Million.
I'm currently utilizing $37,750 in cash secured put collateral, up from $35,750 last week.

**2025 through 2028 LEAPS**
In addition to the CSPs and covered calls, I purchase LEAPS. These act as collateral to sell covered calls against. You may have heard of poor man's covered calls (PMCC).
See r/ExpiredOptions for a detailed spreadsheet update on all LEAPS positions including P/L for each individual position.

LEAPS note 1: the 2025 LEAPS expired 1/17/25. They were up $36,440 overall with a 233.74% increase. The major drivers were AMZN and CRWD.
LEAPS note 2: After holding for 2 years, I exercised an AMZN $80 strike from 2023 up +$11,395 (+463.21%) and CRWD $95 strike from 2023, up +$21,830 (+663.53%)
LEAPS note 3: Purchased 1/16/26 CRWD LEAPS for $8,230.03 on 1/17/24. I sold this LEAPS on 6/5/25 for $21,659 for a realized profit of $13,428.97 (+163.18%)

**Total premium by year:**
• 2021 $7,013 in premium
• 2022 $7,745 in premium
• 2023 $23,132 in premium
• 2024 $47,640 in premium
• 2025 $68,319 in premium
• 2026 $9,435 YTD

**Premium by month (2026):**
• January $3,334
• February $3,791
• March $2,311

**Annual results:**
• 2023 up $65,403 (+41.31%)
• 2024 up $64,610 (+29.71%)
• 2025 up $111,496 (+34.52%)
• 2026 down $73,579 (-16.32%YTD)

I am over $163k in total options premium, since 2021. I average roughly $30 per option sold. I have sold over 5k options. I have been able to increase the premiums on an annual basis and I will attempt to keep this upward trend going forward.

**Strategy:**
The underlying strategy is buy and hold. I also use simple 1-legged options to supplement that strategy. Options have somewhat of a learning curve, but I believe that most people can supplement their investments using simple options with careful risk management.
I sell options on a weekly basis. I prefer cash secured puts and covered calls. Sometimes I'm ahead of the indexes and sometimes I'm behind. My goal is consistency in option premium revenue. I am building an income stream that will continue long into retirement.

**Spreadsheets:**
Unfortunately, I no longer provide spreadsheets. I received too many follow ups about formatting, pivot tables, compatibility etc. I think tracking is very important, but I post to discuss investing and options, not to provide tech support for Excel.

**Software:**
I captured the screen shots from a proprietary software platform I built to track, analyze, and manage my options strategies.

**Commissions:**
I use Robinhood as a broker and they do not charge commissions. There is a an industry standard regulation fee of about $0.03 per contract. Last year I sold just over 1,400 contracts which is just over $40.00 in fees paid in 2024. In 2025, the contract fee is $0.04, which would push the fees up to around $60 based on current projections. The fee has been lowered to .02 per option contract.
The premiums have increased significantly as my experience has expanded over the last three years.
Make sure to post your wins. I look forward to reading about them!

What they said about CRWD to when they had a bug in system. Congrats.
-Warren Buffet “Buy when there is blood in the street”
-Mr Scary “I’ll buy when it’s at ATH and HODL for ever as I watch my portfolio dwindle to the depths”

Cyber - CRWD Panw
Microsoft below $400

Bought today: VOO, VXUS, IGV, ANET, CRWD, DT