The Wheel Engine

Cash-secured puts, assignment, covered calls, repeat — the site's core options-income playbook running live.

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Starting Capital
$75,000
Currently Invested
$0
Unrealized Gain/Loss
+$0 (+0.0%)
Risk Tier
Moderate
Performance vs. S&P 500 (SPY)
This portfolio's performance history will appear here once it has traded for a few days. Its holdings and starting mandate are shown above in the meantime.
How This Portfolio Picks and Balances Stocks

Sells cash-secured puts on a fixed watchlist of quality large-cap/dividend names; on assignment, rotates into covered calls on the assigned shares until called away, then returns to cash-secured puts.


The exact rule, in full, as currently in effect (revision 1, effective Jul 15, 2026):

Universe: a fixed watchlist of quality large-cap/dividend-paying names. Entry: sell a cash-secured put, 30-45 days to expiration, targeting approximately 0.30 delta. On assignment: sell a covered call on the assigned shares, 30-45 days to expiration, targeting approximately 0.30 delta, until the shares are called away, then return to selling cash-secured puts. Position sizing: no more than 20% of capital committed to any single underlying at a time.

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Current Holdings

This portfolio hasn't opened any positions yet.

Trade Log

No published trades yet — every trade this portfolio makes will appear here with a plain-English explanation once it's reviewed and published.

At a Glance
Risk tier
Moderate
Starting capital
$75,000
Uninvested cash
$75,000
Benchmark
SPY
Inception
Jul 15, 2026