🔥 This Week in the RUMble Machine – Real Trades, Real Profits This is a full recap of how I operated the Machine this week. Nothing flashy. No moonshots. Just strategic covered calls, micro-trims, and disciplined use of margin to stack weekly premium. 📅 Daily...

🏁 Make Your Own Machine Part 15: How This Strategy Fits Into the Bigger Picture (FIRE, Freedom & Building a Life That Doesn’t Need Babysitting) You made it. You learned how to: Buy your first stock Sell your first covered call Avoid getting called away (or roll...

🤖 Post 14: How to Automate the FIRE Engine (So You’re Not Babysitting It All Week) Let’s be honest: You didn’t start this strategy because you wanted another job.You started it because you wanted freedom. Passive income. Simplicity. So here’s the good news:...

🎤 Make Your Own Machine Part 13: How to Deal With Doubters (And Why Most People Stay Broke) By now, you’ve: Bought real stock Collected real money Rolled a few calls Hit 200 shares or more And now you’re feeling good. Confident. Capable. Then someone comes along and...

🏗️ Make Your Own Machine Part 12: You Hit 200 Shares — Now What? (Scaling the FIRE Engine Like a Pro) You did it. You stacked your way to 200 shares. Maybe you bought them with your own money.Maybe you reinvested premium until you hit that second block of...

This week, I had to make a move that I never plan for… but always prepare for. I sold 40 shares of RUM at $8.60 to pay some bills. 💡 Why Am I Sharing This? Because too many people on these finance pages only show you: Their wins Their green...

🪙 Make Your Own Machine Part 11: What If I Don’t Have Enough for 100 Shares? (How to Use Cash-Secured Puts to Build In Like a Boss) So maybe you’re following the FIRE Engine strategy, but you’ve hit a wall: “I don’t have enough for 100 shares yet… Can I still play the...

📊 Make Your Own Machine Part 10: How I Track My Trades and Calculate ROI (Without a Finance Degree) Let’s talk numbers — not Wall Street numbers.Real-life, “what’s actually happening in my account” numbers. Because if you're running the FIRE Engine, you should be...

🔄 Make Your Own Machine Part 9: How to Roll a Covered Call (And Why You Might Want To) Let’s be honest for a second. You’ve probably been thinking: “If this strategy really works… why don’t more people do it?” That was my question too. And here’s the answer: Because...

🔄 Make Your Own Machine 8: How to Reinvest Premiums to Grow Your Share Count Alright — by now you’ve: Bought a stock Sold a covered call Collected your first premium (🎉) Maybe even had shares called away and lived to tell the tale Now it’s time to unlock...

📊 Make Your Own Machine Part 7: Why I Chose RUM (And What to Look for If You Pick Your Own) You’ve learned how to buy a stock. You’ve seen how covered calls generate cash. You even know what happens if your shares get called away. Now the big question is: “Why RUM?...

It’s been a full week in the RUMble Engine, and while the stock price took a dip, my confidence didn’t move an inch. Let’s break it down. 📉 RUM Dropped This Week — Good. RUM started the week up around $8.92, and slowly dropped throughout, closing Friday at...

🧯 Make Your Own Machine Part 6: What Happens If My Shares Get Called Away? So you’ve sold your first covered call. You collected a nice premium. Life is good. But then — boom 💥 — the stock price jumps and you see a notification: "Your option was exercised." Cue the...

💸 Make Your Own Machine Part 5: How Covered Calls Actually Make You Money (with Real Numbers) Now that you know what a covered call is (aka renting out your stock like a boss), it’s time to break down what this looks like in real life — and more importantly…...

💰 Make Your Own Machine Part 4: What Is a Covered Call? (Plain English Edition) Alright, now we’re getting to the good stuff. You’ve got a brokerage account. You’ve bought your first stock (maybe even RUM). You’re feeling like a grown-up investor. Now it’s time to do...

Why I’m Not Worried Even Though RUM Dropped This Week (Thanks to the Greeks) June 13th Let’s cut straight to it:RUM is down this week. The stock price slid from $8.92 to $8.65 — and if you just looked at the share price, you might think: “Uh oh — isn’t that bad?...

💸 Make Your Own Machine Part 3: How to Buy a Stock (Without Screwing It Up) So you’ve got your shiny new brokerage account (hopefully through Robinhood, because hey, free stock). Now comes the moment of truth: “How do I actually buy a stock without...

🏦 Make Your Own Machine Part 2: What’s a Brokerage (and How Do I Pick One?) Alright, so now you know what a stock is. You’re not buying magic beans — you’re buying a slice of a real business. But here’s the next question: “Where do I actually buy stocks? Can...

🔧 Make Your Own Machine: Part 1: What Even Is a Stock? Let’s start at the very beginning. You’ve heard people say “I bought some stock,” and maybe you nodded like you knew what they meant… but deep down you were thinking: "Is that like buying a piece of paper? Or...

🔥 RUMble #1: Starting the Engine Alright, let’s light this thing up. This is the first official entry in my FIRE Engine journey — where I document every trade, premium, mistake, and milestone as I try to build a passive income machine one covered call at a...

🔥 The F.I.R.E Engine How I’m Building a Passive Income Machine (One Covered Call at a Time) Let me be straight with you: I’m not a financial guru.I don’t own ten rental properties.And I’m not here to pitch you a course that promises freedom while I secretly make money...