Friends, I want to congratulate you on an incredible 2021 here at Option Strategies Insider!
There is no doubt 2021 was a challenging year… But we dug in deep, pivoted on our more aggressive approach, and I am proud to say we turned in one of the most profitable years on record.
Our portfolios have once again generated huge gains that trounce professional money managers.
The fact that you’re even reading this shows that you care about your financial well-being, which puts you well ahead of most people.
The majority don’t think about their long-term financial well-being, and after a lifetime of work, have barely anything to show for it.
They own their home if they’re lucky, but most people don’t try to build up a sizable retirement. Most folks are lucky to have a 401K that they rarely look at that might produce a return of 8-10% in the best cases.
But that is not how we define success at Option Strategies Insider.
You’re not going to generate long-term wealth by making 8% per year, especially when inflation is starting to run hot at a projected 7% rate next year.
So, our goal is to do much better…
Unfortunately, many people don’t understand how trading works. It would be great if every recommendation instantly exploded higher. Sometimes that happens, but that’s not how investing works for anyone.
It’s about making good choices, timing your trades, being patient, executing when the market moves in your favor, and adjusting when you need to.
You will undoubtedly produce massive results over time when you do all the steps above. And I’m happy to say we delivered on that again this year.
Take a look at all of our Executive trades in 2021:
Executive 2021 Results
Stock Symbol | Days Held | Profit / Loss $ | ROC % | Annualized ROC % |
AXP | 29 | 174 | 25% | 319% |
TMO | 22 | 280 | 18% | 302% |
AMZN | 29 | 200 | 38% | 484% |
EDIT | 33 | 60 | 20% | 221% |
MTZ | 22 | 210 | 32% | 536% |
FB | 6 | 200 | 31% | 1901% |
WMT | 26 | 120 | 26% | 366% |
XLV | 51 | 340 | 50% | 358% |
TRV | 6 | 246 | 23% | 1393% |
MSFT | 36 | 150 | 21% | 217% |
PHM | 23 | 255 | 29% | 465% |
INTC | 25 | 205 | 22% | 320% |
V | 34 | 210 | 45% | 480% |
QQQ | 42 | -540 | -100% | -869% |
AARK | 10 | -350 | -100% | -3650% |
COST | 9 | 400 | 98% | 3957% |
SU | 45 | 365 | 95% | 769% |
XLV | 16 | 348 | 32% | 739% |
CLX | 72 | -717 | -82% | -414% |
MO | 105 | 80 | 16% | 56% |
KBH | 13 | 244 | 62% | 1730% |
NFLX | 60 | 74 | 9% | 57% |
FSM | 36 | 350 | 74% | 747% |
MSFT | 2 | 270 | 56% | 10266% |
MSFT | 1 | 180 | 36% | 13140% |
ITB | 36 | 310 | 40% | 408% |
LMT | 2 | 250 | 49% | 8946% |
MDGL | 100 | -760 | -100% | -365% |
SPOT | 9 | 160 | 33% | 1352% |
STX | 34 | 250 | 29% | 307% |
CVS | 20 | 64 | 22% | 395% |
EXPE | 23 | 80 | 24% | 385% |
XLB | 9 | 345 | 70% | 2827% |
IWM | 2 | 215 | 51% | 9342% |
GE | 17 | 249 | 42% | 905% |
ALLY | 20 | 85 | 49% | 886% |
CLR | 20 | 270 | 25% | 456% |
AAL | 49 | 8 | 1% | 6% |
XOP | 70 | 90 | 20% | 104% |
GOOGL | 43 | 60 | 13% | 110% |
MSFT | 26 | 300 | 28% | 390% |
AMD | 8 | 210 | 50% | 2281% |
SQ | 16 | 445 | 103% | 2361% |
LRCX | 23 | 240 | 51% | 802% |
M | 61 | 285 | 59% | 355% |
FDX | 21 | 230 | 56% | 975% |
EXPD | 14 | 495 | 100% | 2607% |
WMT | 34 | 180 | 39% | 416% |
HSY | 6 | 255 | 33% | 2028% |
RHI | 22 | 195 | 34% | 568% |
$7570 Total | 30% Average | 1455% Average |
In 2021 our Executive portfolio closed out 49 positions, winning 45 and losing 4. This works out to be a 92% success rate, which is a huge accomplishment, and a testament to the time and effort we put into every trade… Especially when you consider the market choppiness, Covid variance, the FED, and the more aggressive pivot we have taken since Covid began.
Generally, the maximum amount of capital required for our Executive portfolio is never more than $3000 at any one time, oftentimes much less. But for the generalization of a return, if you had an account at the start of 2021 with $5000 in it and made our minimum trade recommendation, you would have generated $7865 in profits. That would be a 157% return for 2021.
When we look deeper into the statistics, we see our average return per trade was 30%, while our average annualized return was 1473%.
To give you some more perspective on our performance in 2021, think about this…
Peter Lynch, one of the most well known fund managers of our generation, ran the Magellan Fund from 1977 through 1990… beating 99% of other funds.
His average annual return over those years was at 29.7%.
You could say the same for George Soros.
George’s Quantum Fund produced an annual gain of 30% per year on average between 1970 and 2000.
Don’t forget Warren Buffett, who is widely considered the greatest investor ever?
After 55 years of running Berkshire Hathaway, his average annual return is 20% per year.
So we’ve outperformed all of those legends just this year alone and have done many, many times better since I started this site six years ago.
In 2021 alone, we’ve easily outperformed the average annual return of the S&P 500 looking back over years… along with the average annual returns of investing legends Soros, Lynch, and Buffett over their peak performance years.
Great work, right?
Obviously, I can’t guarantee we will see the same type of success every year.
But what I can assure is we will never stop trying to do the best job we can.
I want help as many people experience life-changing gains in anyway I can for as long as possible.
I really owe it all to you! I wouldn’t be able to publish what I consider to be the best-performing options trades anywhere without my loyal subscribers.