I started the crypto options journal on August 23, 2023. The first week was small, which was exactly the point: start with real capital, make the decisions visible, and see whether an options approach can build a base over time.
By August 24, 2023, the portfolio showed $5.38 in income. It is not a number to celebrate too hard, but it is a real first entry. I was more interested in keeping the first step controlled than in forcing a larger result.
Market context
At launch, Bitcoin traded around $26,200 and Ethereum around $1,660. The market was relatively subdued over the August 23–24 reporting window, so the first result was driven by the recorded premium rather than a large move in either asset.
Where TerraM stood
The TerraM token was quoted around $0.86. Liquidity was very limited, so I treated that as a reference price, not as a price I could rely on for meaningful size. The token and this small trading portfolio are different things, and I want to keep them separate in the journal.
What comes next
The plan is simple: keep working with crypto options, collect premium only when the risk makes sense, and add each weekly update to the Performance journal. A first $5.38 does not prove much. It gives me somewhere honest to start.