Swing trading 3 week expiry date Calls and Puts on major stocks (Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia) and Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum) typically $25k-$35k per trading batch, 2 stocks at a time max. Taking profit on a Thursday before the week of expiration to avoid too much Theta decay.
Had a couple batches of Bitcoin ETF Puts dated 3 Weeks out, kinda lucked out with the timing of the huge tank down to low $80s.
Entries based on RSI, MACD, MA50 & MA200, Bollinger Bands and Ichimoku Cloud for partial confirmation. News plays a part as well sometimes, but usually by the time we're hearing most things the Insiders and MMs already have made most of their moves on that information.
Take profits were based more on timing to avoid Theta Decay, or when big move to the upside occurred. Had some Stop Losses set at 50% but only a couple smaller, less confident plays ended up hitting them.
The Portfolio Value Dip of \~$90k was me withdrawing partial profits to invest in my next Raw Land Development project.