Stefano Starkel

I run a seven-figure, leveraged portfolio as a self-directed operator — no advisor, no fund — and founded Incomestead to put institutional-grade governance around a single investor's book. My focus is the unglamorous machinery that keeps leverage safe: margin discipline, allocation drift, and options income (covered calls and cash-secured puts) as a repeatable process rather than a bet. I speak from the seat of someone who carries the risk, not one who advises on it.