Weekly Trading Report: September 28, 2026 – October 2, 2026

MetricValue
Weekly Net P/L$4,209.64
Weekly Return on Base Capital3.50%
Closed Trades10
Win Rate90.00%
New Positions Opened9
Ending Open Positions15
Ending Open Defined RiskUnavailable (Max Loss not in export)
Ending CSP Notional Exposure$0.00 (no open cash-secured puts)

Market Context

The S&P 500 closed the week at 7,722.72, down 0.27% from the prior Friday’s 7,743.41 (a figure I computed from the two closes). S&P 500 futures were down about 0.6% early Monday as WTI jumped more than 4% to a session peak of $96.44 and the 10-year yield rose to roughly 5.23% after Trump rejected Iran’s peace proposal. Tuesday’s Conference Board consumer confidence reading of 81.9 was the lowest since 2014, and the S&P 500 fell that day. The Nasdaq rose Wednesday as PCE inflation came in below expectations. The S&P 500 closed Thursday at 7,666.45, and it gained 0.73% Friday after September payrolls rose only 29,000 against roughly 90,000 expected, which cut the priced odds of an October Fed hike to 16% from 64% a week earlier. Crude futures finished the week down 1.53% after the G7 agreed to coordinate a 100 million barrel release from emergency reserves, with the November WTI contract settling Friday at $91.26. The VIX closed Friday at 15.31, down 1.08 points on the day, and the 10-year yield ended the week at 5.28%, up from 5.18% the prior Friday.

Combined Growth Snapshot

  • Calculated Combined Account Value: $151,989.31 ($120,266.00 base + $31,723.31 Combined Dataset Realized Gain)
  • Combined Weekly Net P/L: $4,209.64
  • Weekly Return on Base Capital: ($4,209.64 / $120,266.00) = 3.50%
  • Combined Defined-Risk ROC: Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)

Travel Fund

  • Calculated Account Value: $65,461.54 ($46,493.00 base + $18,968.54)
  • Weekly Net P/L: $4,010.60
  • 2026 Realized Gain — Available Data: $18,968.54. Figures represent realized P/L contained in the available dataset and may not represent complete calendar-year results.
  • Progress Toward $10,000 Goal: ██████████ 189.69%
  • Required Weekly Velocity: $0.00 (goal exceeded by $8,968.54)

IRA Fund

  • Calculated Account Value: $86,527.77 ($73,773.00 base + $12,754.77)
  • Weekly Net P/L: $199.04
  • 2026 Realized Gain — Available Data: $12,754.77. Figures represent realized P/L contained in the available dataset and may not represent complete calendar-year results.

<h3>Portfolio Risk & Heat Map</h3>

Risk Threshold Flags

  • High Defined-Risk Entry (Travel > $2,300.00, IRA > $5,000.00): Not determinable, because abs(Max Loss) is not in the export.
  • Cash-Secured Put Exposure: 0 open positions.
  • Undefined Max Loss Structure: 12 open short strangles.
    • Travel (6): 499383707, 501746754, 504046884, 508764101, 509880309, 510617209
    • IRA (6): 501746352, 501914897, 504046603, 506773692, 507404742, 508798705

Portfolio Exposure Breakdown

  • Weekly Defined Risk Deployed: Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)
  • Current Open Defined Risk: Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)
  • Current Notional Assignment Exposure: $0.00. Notional assignment exposure is not a capped maximum loss and is not broker margin.
  • CSP Notional to Base Capital: 0.00% ($0.00 / $120,266.00)
  • Defined Risk to Base Capital: Unavailable

Capital Requirement: Not determinable from the CSV because broker Buying Power data is unavailable.

Active Open Positions

IDAccountSymbolStrategyEntry DateDTEStructural Risk Outlay
499383707Travel/CLF7Short Strangle2026-08-2575Undefined Max Loss
501746754Travel/CLG7Short Strangle2026-09-02104Undefined Max Loss
504046884Travel/ESH7Short Strangle2026-09-09105Undefined Max Loss
508764101Travel/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-09-2359Undefined Max Loss
509156271Travel/ESH71-1-12026-09-24119Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)
509880309Travel/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-09-2856Undefined Max Loss
510617209Travel/ESH7Short Strangle2026-09-3090Undefined Max Loss
500944597IRA/ESH71-1-12026-08-3177Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)
501746352IRA/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-09-0277Undefined Max Loss
501914897IRA/CLF7Short Strangle2026-09-0275Undefined Max Loss
504046603IRA/ESH7Short Strangle2026-09-0990Undefined Max Loss
506773692IRA/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-09-1649Undefined Max Loss
507404742IRA/CLZ6Short Strangle2026-09-1746Undefined Max Loss
508798705IRA/ESH7Short Strangle2026-09-23105Undefined Max Loss
511370689IRAXSPLong Strangle2026-10-020Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)

DTE is measured from October 2, 2026 to the earliest leg expiration.<h3>New Position Openings</h3>

Entry Price is the net premium at open, before commissions and fees.

  • 509817786 | Travel | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $109.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-09-28
  • 509880309 | Travel | /ESZ6 | Short Strangle | DTE at Entry: 60 | Entry Price: $1,875.00 credit | Expiration: 2026-11-27
  • 509892964 | Travel | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $109.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-09-28
  • 509948098 | Travel | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $111.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-09-28
  • 510148767 | Travel | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $107.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-09-29
  • 510570287 | IRA | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $119.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-09-30
  • 510617209 | Travel | /ESH7 | Short Strangle | DTE at Entry: 92 | Entry Price: $2,600.00 credit | Expiration: 2026-12-31
  • 511307094 | IRA | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $108.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-10-02
  • 511370689 | IRA | XSP | Long Strangle | DTE at Entry: 0 | Entry Price: $114.00 debit | Expiration: 2026-10-02

Capital Requirement: Not determinable from the CSV because broker Buying Power data is unavailable.<h3>Weekly Performance & Strategy Leaderboard</h3>

Closed Trades

Entry Price and Exit Price are net premium received (+) or paid (−) at open and close, before commissions and fees. Net P/L includes all commissions and fees over the life of the position.

IDAccountSymbolStrategyOpenedClosedEntry PriceExit PriceNet P/L
488916132Travel/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-07-292026-09-28$2,487.50-$1,450.00$1,029.06
500043024Travel/ESZ6Short Put2026-08-272026-09-28$1,505.00-$612.50$888.28
509817786TravelXSPLong Strangle2026-09-282026-09-28-$109.00$207.00$95.52
493796167Travel/CLZ6Short Strangle2026-08-122026-09-28$1,500.00-$750.00$737.76
499954005Travel/ESZ6Short Strangle2026-08-272026-09-28$2,412.50-$1,200.00$1,204.06
509892964TravelXSPLong Strangle2026-09-282026-09-28-$109.00$207.00$95.52
509948098TravelXSPLong Strangle2026-09-282026-09-28-$111.00$63.00-$55.24
510148767TravelXSPLong Strangle2026-09-292026-09-29-$107.00$125.00$15.64
510570287IRAXSPLong Strangle2026-09-302026-09-30-$119.00$226.00$104.52
511307094IRAXSPLong Strangle2026-10-022026-10-02-$108.00$205.00$94.52

Strategy Leaderboard

RankStrategyClosed TradesNet P/L
1Short Strangle3$2,970.88
2Short Put (futures option)1$888.28
3Long Strangle6$350.48

Leaderboard total of $4,209.64 equals Combined Weekly Net P/L.<h3>”Under the Hood” Stats</h3>

Core Metrics

  • Profit Factor: 77.21 (gross wins $4,264.88 / gross losses $55.24)
  • Win Rate: 90.00% (9 wins, 1 loss, 0 breakeven)
  • Average Winning Trade: $473.88
  • Average Losing Trade: -$55.24

Efficiency Metrics

  • Expectancy Per Trade: $420.96
  • Average Days in Trade (DIT): 17.20 days (calendar days from Opened date to Closed date)
  • Premium Capture Ratio: 48.82% ($3,859.16 / $7,905.00). This covers the 4 credit-entry positions closed in the week. The 6 XSP debit-entry trades are excluded because no premium was collected.

Capital Performance

  • Weekly Return on Defined Risk, Travel Fund: Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)
  • Weekly Return on Defined Risk, IRA Fund: Unavailable (Max Loss not in export)

<h3>Portfolio Change During Week</h3>

MetricStart of WeekEnd of Week
Active Open Positions1615
Current Open Defined RiskUnavailableUnavailable
Notional Assignment Exposure$0.00$0.00
Undefined Max Loss Strangles1312

<h3>Risk & Execution Assessment</h3>

  • Active open positions fell from 16 to 15 (Travel Fund 9 to 7, IRA Fund 7 to 8).
  • Undefined Max Loss strangles fell from 13 to 12 (Travel Fund 7 to 6, IRA Fund unchanged at 6).
  • Two short strangles were opened in the Travel Fund (/ESZ6 at 60 DTE, /ESH7 at 92 DTE) for combined opening credit of $4,475.00. Three short strangles and one short put were closed.
  • Opening credit on the 12 ending open short strangles totals $24,850.00, against $26,775.00 on the 13 at the start of the week.
  • /ESZ6 and /ESH7 strangles account for 8 of 12 ending open short strangles (8 of 13 at start). /CLF7, /CLG7 and /CLZ6 strangles account for 4 of 12 (5 of 13 at start).
  • Seven XSP long strangles were opened at 0 DTE with total debit of $777.00. Six were closed in the week, and one (511370689) was open at the end of the dataset.
  • CSP Notional to Base Capital is 0.00%. The Defined Risk to Base Capital ratio is unavailable.

<h3>Tactical Lesson</h3>

Of the six closed XSP long strangles, the three closed within 51 minutes of entry (509817786, 509892964, 511307094) returned $285.56 combined. The three held 4 hours or longer (509948098, 510148767, 510570287) returned $64.92combined, including the week’s only loss (-$55.24), on a position that settled at expiration. Six trades is too small a sample to set a rule. A predefined time or profit exit on 0-DTE XSP entries would test this next week. Separately, 12 open short strangles carry Undefined Max Loss, and 8 of them sit in /ESZ6 and /ESH7.<h3>Data Notes</h3>

  • The uploaded files are Tastytrade transaction histories. They have no ID, Opened, Closed, Status, Setup, Max Loss, or Notes columns. I rebuilt positions from the transactions, with ID set to the opening Order #, option legs matched first-in-first-out by contract, Opened and Closed taken from transaction timestamps, and Strategy derived from leg structure.
  • Please confirm the fund mapping before publishing. I assigned the file with margin debit interest and individual-stock option history to the Travel Fund. I assigned the file holding the 2026-05-26 sale of roughly $72,311.00 in BIL and SGOV to the IRA Fund, since that is close to the IRA base. If the mapping is reversed, the Travel and IRA figures swap.
  • Realized Gain — Available Data is the sum of Net P/L (after commissions and fees) on positions with a Closed timestamp. It excludes dividends, interest, and BIL/SGOV share sales, since their cost basis is not in the export.
  • Defined-risk metrics, High Defined-Risk Entry flags, and Weekly Return on Defined Risk are unavailable because Max Loss is not in the export. The $0.00 CSP exposure comes from inspecting legs: no short equity-option puts were open at either date.
  • Position 511370689 expires October 2, 2026, and the export has no expiration record for it, so it is counted as open.
  • Positions are keyed by opening order, so a position with a leg rolled in a separate order carries its full lifetime P/L into the week of final close (for example 488916132, whose put leg closed before the week).