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In 2026, I’m leaving my 9–5.

My main source of income? Premium from selling options.

The goal: generate steady income without giving up long-term capital gains from holding great stocks.

Here’s how I’m doing it with $HOOD 🧵

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I love $HOOD and I already own it.

I don’t plan to sell, but after a 360% run since April, it’s no longer as cheap as it used to be.

So I sell a covered call → I commit to selling 100 shares at a price I choose and get paid while I wait.

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A covered call works like this:
• You own 100 shares of a stock (the “cover”).
• You sell a call option on those shares, earning a premium.
• If the stock stays below the strike → you keep both the shares and the premium.
• If it goes above the strike → you sell your shares at that price.

🔥🧵 THREAD: The $60 Line in Silver Isn’t “Just a Number.” It’s a TRIGGER.

Thanks to @DarioCpx for kick-off

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Silver is doing something important right now:
It’s compressing under a key level while the physical world keeps tightening.

That level is $60.
And if we break it… things can accelerate fast. 🥈🔥

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Why $60 matters: options positioning.
On Jan-26 silver futures options, there’s heavy open interest at:

$60 calls: ~1,800 OI
$65 calls: ~1,131 OI

That’s not retail noise.
That’s a meaningful wall of bets above the market.

There are, in fact, quite a number of Westerners who have escaped the "unelected EU bureaucracy" over the past four years to embrace true liberty in Russia, and I took it upon myself to document their stories.

Welcome to "Vatnik FAFO Stories", the definitive edition!🧵

A Vatnik's Guide to the Galaxy

In May 2023, having had enough of the decadent LGBTQ EU, a Slovak man, whom I shall name Flipper for a very particular reason, decided to deal a severe blow to the Western world by moving to the promised land, Russia.

Sometimes, all it takes for a vatnik to have a change of heart is as little as walking across 5 borders, swimming across a river into Russia, running into FSB, spending some time in the Russian penal system, and getting extradited. This will be a grand epic of FAFO and redemption.

Flipper is a trained musician skilled in playing the cello and piano and composing operas and symphonies, a talent he put to good use by creating timeless pieces of art such as "Long Live Russia" and several "Odes to Putin".

Possibly unaware that Russia has an embassy in Slovakia and is quite happy to legally welcome dumbasses such as him, Flipper made his way across Europe on foot and eventually reached Estonia, where he figured swimming across the half frozen Narva River is his best bet.

Shortly after stepping foot on Russian territory, hypothermic but excited, he took off his floating ring and attempted to impress the FSB agents who picked him up by showing them his pro-Russian songs. Presumably unimpressed, they proceeded to beat him to a pulp. confiscate his phone, accuse him of being a Western spy, and quickly throw him in jail.

He would write in his prison diary, with much surprise: "They arrested me and put me in a cell with 60 people. The toilet was a hole in the ground, like an open sewer. I used to put cotton wool in my ears so that the bugs wouldn't get in, we even had rats in some of the cells and the prison authorities never did anything about it."

Fortunately, Flipper would only spend 2 months in Russia as the Slovakian diplomacy was able to bring their dumb prodigal son back home. Reflecting on his time in the Russian prison, he expressed his empathy for Ukrainian prisoners, believing that they must suffer immensely. He criticized the treatment they receive, describing it as barbaric.

The Vatnik Manifesto

In 2014, a Texas man decided to leave his comfortable US life behind and crowdfund his way into Donbas on a "fact-finding mission". His "mission" will take a decade to complete but I'm happy to let you all know it appears to have just now been concluded, after having found those "facts".

Born in the 60s, this lone red cowboy flirted with the idea of socialism since his teenage years. Later on, just as all of Cuba was trying to get into the US, he was trying to get into Cuba, which he eventually succeeded in doing.

Having seen firsthand the level of poverty and lack of even the most basic of freedoms in the country, he ditched socialism and became an outright full-fledged communist.

Upon his return to the US, after a very failed attempt at becoming a US Senator, he did what any good Marxist would and started a drug smuggling and distribution business. His little enterprise went about as well as communism did, and will end with him being convicted to 5 years and 3 months in prison.

After spending about 5 years and 2 months in prison and with just about a month left before his release, he took a cold hard look at the math of his dilemma and decided to escape. He will go on to spend almost 9 years as a wanted fugitive, mostly because nobody really bothered to look for him. He will eventually get caught in 2007 and will be sent away to serve the remaining month.

Eventually, he will be taken captive and meet his end at the hands of drunk Russian troops, the same Russian soliders he fought alongside since 2015. Following a decade of looking for Nazis in Ukraine, he will finally find them.

1/ Russia's decision to block Roblox and other popular apps will backfire on the government, a Russian warblogger warns. He asks why the state is willing to "antagonise HUGE swathes of a warring nation" by taking away its "last bit of joy". ⬇️

2/ 'SHAKESPEARE' writes:

"Our tight-knit "good state" blocked Roblox. I have no idea what that is. But it has over 18 million unique users in Russia .

Again: 18,000,000 of our people."

3/ And at the same time, the same "good state" started blocking VPNs. Currently, it's the three most popular protocols. People mainly use them to watch YouTube and torrent.

Just cause it's a big sale, doesn't mean you should forget about brand.

Every touchpoint (Black Friday or no) needs to always reinforce he company's brand.

This is done through education and experience.

Let's break down Tropicfeel's Black Friday 6 email series👇

Black Friday kicks off tomorrow

Focus: Driving early excitement and waitlist sign-ups

Why It Works:

✅ Minimalist layout directs all focus to the single CTA (“Join Now”)
✅ “Private Sale” language creates exclusivity and curiosity
✅ Strong hierarchy with bold headline and early access incentive

What Needs Work:

❌ Lacks a clear date or countdown to build urgency
❌ Could have used imagery showing the products in use for stronger lifestyle connection

1/ NATO can’t force the U.S. to send troops. Article 5 says each nation takes action as it deems necessary. That can mean sanctions, logistics, intel—not necessarily combat forces. Gabbard frames NATO as drafting American troops. That’s not how the treaty works.

https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1997381076566593693

2/ The U.S. doesn’t stay in NATO as charity. We stay because it prevents great-power war in Europe and keeps conflict off our shores. That’s why every bipartisan National Security Strategy for 75 years has supported it.

3/ 23 of 32 NATO members now meet or exceed the 2% defense benchmark. Front-line states spend 3–4%+. The idea that allies “won’t defend themselves” is a lie.

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HOW TO BE THE MAN SHE WANTS TO F*CK

When you first meet a woman and you both don’t know each other that well yet, you may be wondering… what kind of girl is she? Does she want a casual relationship, or is she looking for something serious?

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Is she open minded about having sex the first night, or does she have moral judgments about that sort of thing?

The good news is – she doesn’t know any of these things about you either.

So it is up to you to present yourself in the light that you want to be seen in… to set your very own relationship expectations... and to put the relationship in the context of your choice.

I found a guy who asks the most successful people in America how they got rich.

The wealthiest ones?

They all seem to say the same thing...

Here are the top 8:

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🧵 The argument for disbanding the Democratic Party and banning it from politics based on its historical record could be framed around several key points, rooted in its long and complex past.

The party, founded in the early 19th century, has a history that includes significant instances of corruption, racism, and civil rights abuses, particularly in its early years, which some might argue taints its legacy irredeemably.

First, the Democratic Party’s pre-Civil War stance was explicitly pro-slavery. It was the party of the Southern slaveholding class, defending the institution of slavery as a cornerstone of economic and social order.

The judgment in Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife and Dr Upton has been published.

We are pleased that Sandie Peggie has won her claim of harassment against NHS Fife, and that the hospital trust was criticised for its terrible handling of the complaint against her.

This is a long judgment and it will take time to analyse it fully.

judiciary.uk/judgments/sand…

We are disappointed the tribunal sought to reach a spurious “balance” between a woman’s right to undress with privacy & dignity, and the right of an employee w the PC of gender reassignment not to be discriminated against in employment.

The most misunderstood hormone on Earth:

Cortisol.

They let us believe it's just a stress hormone.

But didn't tell us it controls where you store fat, when you build muscle, and how long you live.

Here's what you need to know (& how to save yourself)🧵

Cortisol doesn't just respond to stress.

It regulates key aspects of your metabolism.

When cortisol spikes, your body switches from "build mode" to "survive mode."

Fat burning stops. Muscle building shuts down. Inflammation skyrockets.

Here's what high cortisol does to your body:

- Redirects fat storage to your visceral fat
- Breaks down muscle tissue for glucose
- Suppresses testosterone and growth hormone
- Disrupts sleep cycles
- Increases insulin resistance

The belly fat connection is brutal: