An up week is perfect timing to step back - just sell a few stocks at profits to release margin pressure and scale back on sold puts
Portfolio News
In a week where S&P 500 rose 3.7% and Europe rose 3.1%, my pension portfolio rose 5.3% - makes up some of the drop from the week before. The double digit gains below show what worked especially in a few large uranium holdings with 8 holdings in US rising over $2k each.
Big movers of the week were Stroud Resources (SDR.V) (60%), Sunrise Energy Metals (SRL.AX) (55.4%), CleanSpark (CLSK) (55.2%), Elixir Energy (EXR.AX) (50%), Snow Lake Resources (LITM) (32%), Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK) (28%), Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) (27.4%), Titan Minerals (TTM.AX) (27.3%), Hecla Mining Company (HL) (25.7%), Cettire (CTT.AX) (24.4%), Pan American Silver Corp (PAAS) (24.3%), Web Travel Group (WEB.AX) (23.6%), Coeur Mining (CDE) (23.4%), Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp (WUC.CN) (23.1%), Sun Silver (SS1.AX) (22.6%), Advance Metals (AVM.AX) (22.1%), DevEx Resources (DEV.AX) (21.4%), West Coast Silver (WCE.AX) (20.7%), Myriad Uranium Corp (M.CN) (20%), Rush Rare Metals Corp (RSH.CN) (20%), Hercules Metals Corp (BIG.V) (17.9%), Ramsay Health Care (RHC.AX) (17.7%), Elevra Lithium (ELV.AX) (17.5%), Blue Star Helium (BNL.AX) (16.7%), Premier American Uranium (PUR.V) (16.7%), Standard Uranium (STND.V) (16.7%), Elevate Uranium (EL8.AX) (16.3%), Lightbridge Corporation (LTBR) (16%), Iondrive (ION.AX) (15.9%), Broken Hill Mines (BHM.AX) (15.8%), Reece (REH.AX) (15.8%), GoGold Resources (GGD.TO) (15.5%), Dateline Resources (DTR.AX) (15.1%), Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML) (14.8%), Peninsula Energy (PEN.AX) (14.4%), enCore Energy Corp (EU) (13.7%), Ora Banda Mining (OBM.AX) (13.7%), Alligator Energy (AGE.AX) (13.6%), Kogan.com (KGN.AX) (13.3%), Silex Systems (SLX.AX) (13.3%), IsoEnergy (ISO.TO) (13.2%), Grange Resources (GRR.AX) (13%), Denison Mines Corp (DNN) (12.8%), Energy Fuels (UUUU) (12.7%), Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) (12.6%), Panther Metals (PNT.AX) (12.5%), Anfield Energy (AEC) (12.4%), Mithril Silver and Gold (MTH.AX) (12.3%), Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) (12.1%), FMC Corporation (FMC) (12.1%), Ur-Energy (URG) (12%), Aurelia Metals (AMI.AX) (11.9%), Loop Industries (LOOP) (11.8%), VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX.AX) (11.7%), Largo (LGO) (11.6%), Resolution Minerals (RML.AX) (11.5%), Yunnan Tin Company (000960.SZ) (11.5%), Cameco Corporation (CCJ) (11.4%), Lodestar Minerals (LSR.AX) (11.1%), Alliance Aviation Services (AQZ.AX) (10.8%), Locksley Resources (LKY.AX) (10.7%), Global Atomic Corporation (GLO.TO) (10.4%), Builders FirstSource (BLDR) (10.4%), Gevo (GEVO) (10.3%), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) (10.3%), Uranium Royalty Corp (UROY) (10.1%), Paladin Energy (PDN.TO) (10.1%), Stanmore Resources (SMR.AX) (10%), Coronado Global Resources (CRN.AX) (10%)
A whopping 69 stocks in the big movers list - makes up for the week before. The big thmese are all here - from the top: gold/silver mining (19 stocks), rare earths (4 stocks), uranium (21 stocks), alternate energy (4 stocks), nuclear technology (2 stocks). Interesting to see a bunch of other ASX stocks (not commodities) and two coal miners.
US Markets wanted a reason to get happier leading into a holiday and a month end - what a difference a week makes.
Crypto Edges Back
Bitcoin price pushed higher finishing the week 4.3% higher than the open with a peak to trough range of 9%. Still below that resistance level
Ethereum price pushed higher for a while but finishing the week 0.3% lower than the open with a trough to peak range of 11.2%.
Basic Attnetion Token (BAT) got a bid with a pop of 54% - native token for Brave browser which I use.
Waves (WAVESBTC) also got a bid popping 48% but giving half away. Small holding in Gate.io account - converted all that to Gate Token (GT)
Nuclear Energy Holdings
One sale and one auto-invest in nuclear holdings and a 9.8% jump in valuations - what a difference a week makes.
Mix of holdings sees one change with Silex Systems (SLX.AX) moving up one place into slot 5 even after the sale there.
Holdings by stage sees Producing go up 0.6 points as the largest change driven off increase in Cameco Corp (CCJ)
Note: There might be some differences in balances between the charts this week and last after reverse engineering the mix data for the week before.
Alternate Energy Holdings
One set of sales in alternate energy holdings and a 6.3% jump in valuations
Mix of holdings sees some changes - with top holding Jinko Solar dropping over 3 points. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (CHPT) moves up two places into slot 4. Invesco Solar (TAN) is in slot 5. Sigma Lithium (SGML) risies two places into slot 6. Slots 9 and 10 change places. Maybe by next week, I will have fixed the data issues.
Bought
No purchases other than in ASX portfolios below
Sold
Silex Systems (SLX.AX): Uranium Enrichment. Closed out part of holding in personal portfolio to fund new SPP share placements - locks in 165% profit since May 2025.
Arafura Resources (ARU.AX): Rare Earths. Closed out part of holding in personal portfolio to fund share placements for 224% blended profit since September 2018/July 2019. There is a share placement closing December 9 priced at 1.8% premium to price sold at - better to buy shares on the market - will skip this one.
Running a bit tight on margin - closed out a few positions in pension portfolio
Credit Agricole (ACA.PA): French Bank. 1.55% loss since August 2025.
Volkswagen A (VOW.DE): Europe Automotive. 3.7% profit since September 2025
Invesco Solar ETF (TAN): Solar Power. 2.4% profit since November 2025
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT): US Treasuries. 0.27% profit since November 2025
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK): Europe Index. 0.7% profit since November 2025
ASX Portfolio
The segment reports trading in ASX fractional share portfolio. Trade entries are made based on stock screens looking for undervalued stocks (price to book, price earnings, price to sales) that are showing technical signs of breaking a downtrend. Exits are made at 35% profit or 25% if 52 week high is lower than 35% advance. New buys are in $500 lots. Scale ins and top ups in $250 lots
Auto-Invest
Orpheus Uranium Limited (ORP.AX): Delayed completion of monthly lot for the week before.
Top Ups
Australian Clinical Labs Limited (ACL.AX): Healthcare. Dividend Yield 4.20%
Chart shows price making a 2nd big fall since the previous entry - maybe this time price will reach a 52 week high target and exit around the broker target (the green ray)
Woolworths Group (WOW.AX): Retail. Dividend Yield 3.10%
Chart shows a somewhat rocky journey with price failing to hold two downtrend breaks - maybe this time. Little doubt that cost of living pressures are affecting supermarkets.
Sold
Sims Ltd (SGM.AX): Steel. Closed out at 52 week high profit tareget for 25.6% blended profit since December 2023/February/August/September 2024 - all tranches profitable.
Chart does suggest that some entries were not true breakouts - the last one was - exit is well over 45% for that trade alone.
Shorts
Fluor Corp (FLR): Engineering Services. Broker closed out short position for 11.5% profit since options expiry - good trading error outcome
Income Trades
Covered Calls
Stayed away from covered call writing with only 18 written in one portfolio (UK 2 Europe 2 US 14)
Naked Puts
No new sold puts - got margin issues to consider.
Credit Spreads
No new credit spreads
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November 24-28, 2025