Your sanity is not in question at all.
You took a calculated risk with a small portion of your IRA.
It sounds like you know your business and I applaud making the move.
If volatility wasn’t built in to current options (at VERY high levels) i would be dabbling with them.
As it is, ETFs that move faster than the underlying market right now present a nice risk/reward ratio.
you sound like you know what’s up and I hope you make even more $$
You know yourself and respect your strengths and weakness. Most people only respect their strengths. However, our strengths seldom get us in trouble, while our weaknesses always do.
I have learned to respect my longer term weaknesses and now seldom entertain opportunities to let them control circumstances. Unfortunately, temptation can introduce other weaknesses.
May we both seek to continually glorify God in our lives. That positive action greatly reduces temptation and releases us from Satan’s power.
We truly live in those times.
I believe you are a single man. How do you stay properly disciplined in your walk? I was single for almost 40 years and continue to be happily married in the intervening years. Having my wife in my life helps me to continually remember that my actions impact her AND me.
I was active in my church and that greatly helped me. It is my hope you have a similar healthy tether.