DiplomaticTrade

My diplomatic trading strategy update: Don't be a permanent bull/bear and keep it simple to generate enough gains to replace my income. I sell Call options against $TSLA & $SPCX shares. I sell Put options against cash on the sidelines. The cash on the sideline is then invested in high yield $JEPQ ETF to double dip for extra 11% gains.

Stocks are ripping on an AI and chip rebound. S&P 500 +1.6%, Nasdaq Composite +2.2%, SPY +1.6%, QQQ +2.9%. Dow is only up about 0.4%. CoreWeave jumped on its earnings outlook, Nvidia bounced about 5%, and Micron is up more than 13%. VIX dropped to 17.4 from 19.5. The 10-year yield is about 5.00% (bond market closed today). Tuesday's hot CPI has traders leaning toward a Fed hike next month, and Governor Bowman said there is "still work to do" on inflation.

Trading conditions 11/11/2026 for @Tesla & @SpaceX: $TSLA: Tesla traded up $1.73 or 0.46% yesterday to close at $379.78. Tesla added 20 more Model Y robotaxis to its Texas registrations as of Nov 10, bringing the total to 1,302 (729 Model Y + 573 Cybercab) and edging past Waymo's 1,297. Finland also became the 11th EU country to approve Tesla Assisted Driving. $SPCX: SpaceX traded up $1.02 or 0.72% yesterday to close at $143.09. SpaceX signed a deal with Germany's Singulus for a turnkey solar cell line (first line over €60M, delivery in 1H 2027) to support Starmind satellite production in Bastrop, TX. The FCC also accepted SpaceX's application to buy 546 800 MHz licenses from Grain Management for Starlink Mobile. Macro update: Oil last traded at $87.24, up $1.20 or 1.39%. The 10-year Treasury is at 4.98%, up 12 bps, with the bond market closed today for Veterans Day. The Dow last traded at 52,231.89, down 0.30%, the Nasdaq at 25,065.87, down 0.74%, and $SPY at $757.16, up 0.97%.

October CPI came in hot and stocks faded. SPY closed $749.92, down 0.37%, and QQQ closed $674.76, down 0.68%. The 10-year yield settled at 4.983%, up 12 basis points after tagging 5.021%. VIX closed at 19.46 after a spike to 21.61. CPI rose 0.4% versus 0.3% expected, and core rose 0.3% versus 0.2%. Waller said he was leaning toward a 25 bp December hike and that 50 bp should be considered if core printed 0.3% or higher. Logan called for at least two more 25 bp increases. Bowman said inflation remains the priority and today's CPI suggests pressures may persist. Treasury sold $42 billion of 10-year notes at a high yield of 5.02% in a soft auction. $NVDA Nvidia closed down 5.5%. Tomorrow is Veterans Day: stocks are open, bonds are closed.

TSLA is at $377.42, flat on the day and stuck right under its EMAs. It recovered the whole CPI gap from this morning's $370.43 low and tagged $379.42 around 1:50 PM CT. That was just under the 21-day EMA ($379.28), and it backed off. Price is now sitting on VWAP at $377.04.

Family wants Chicken Gumbo for dinner so it means cooking starts at 10am.

Selling covered calls is all about repetition & consistency. Same with selling puts on a stock you actually want to own. It starts small, but it adds up fast: $100/week = $5,200/yr $500/week = $26,000/yr $2,000/week = $104,000/yr $5,000/week = $260,000/yr Stay consistent. Let it compound.

The most entertaining outcome is the most likely. 👀

Trading conditions 11/10/2026 for @Tesla & @SpaceX: $TSLA: Tesla traded up $19.83 or 5.54% yesterday to close at $378.05. Robotaxi went unsupervised in San Antonio and Austin's zone grew to about 443 square miles, taking Texas coverage to roughly 1,194 square miles. Tesla also stopped taking Cybertruck Premium AWD orders and raised the Cyberbeast $7,500 to $109,990. Jefferies cut its $TSLA target to $375 from $400 and kept its Hold rating. $SPCX: SpaceX traded up $7.80 or 5.81% yesterday to close at $142.07. SpaceX filed plans for a roughly $24 billion gas power plant and supercompute facility at Starbase with 35 turbines and 748 MW, with a tax break hearing set for December 9. Starlink is also raising Residential Max to $156 a month in congested U.S. areas. Macro update: Oil last traded at $84.74, down $2.11 or 2.43%. The 10-year Treasury is at 4.90%, up 4 bps.

Trading results from @SpaceX & @Tesla covered calls the last 8 weeks: Week 38: $5,994.55 Week 39: $4,080.00 Week 40: $2,300.00 Week 41: $3,876.73 Week 42: $1,980.32 Week 43: $3,118.10 Week 44: $2,550.61 Week 45: $1,059.17 Total: $24,959.48 Almost didn't make 4 figures for Week 45 from the USA election results termoil. So far this week its looking brighter. LFG!

Don’t sleep on @tesla_semi potentials. I don’t think Wall Street is giving enough attention to how transformative @Tesla will be in trucking. Truck production, charging infrastructure, and FSD drivers all exclusive to Tesla. This will be the industry killer. Full stack of commercial trucking in one house !! BOOM 💥 !!

Here we go! Let's trade!

Market calendar for the next two weeks (all CT): 11/10 October CPI 7:30 AM 11/11 Veterans Day, stocks open, bond market closed 11/13 October PPI 7:30 AM 11/17 October retail sales 7:30 AM 11/18 FOMC minutes 1:00 PM 11/20 Monthly options expiration