Stock Symbol: ADBE Original Option Strategy: Call Back Spread Max Risk (Adjusted): $15 Gain on remaining long call: 30% Overall Gain on Trade: 83% Reasoning: On Oct 12, we closed out the 4 short calls [Read More …]
Archives for October 2010
New Trade – covered call
October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: [private_monthly]EGO[/private_monthly] Price at time of Trade: $16.95 Target Price: $18 Max Risk: $1,546 Uncalled Return: 3.82% Called Return: 3.82% Strategy: Covered Call Reasoning:This stock has strong fundamentals and is currently trading in the [Read More …]
New Trade – another Calendar Call Spread
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Las Vegas Sands / LVS[/private_monthly] Price at time of post: $41 Option Strategy: calendar call spread Max Risk: $652 Max Reward: $295 (at Nov expiration) Max Called Return: 45% Uncalled Return: 40% [Read More …]
New Trade – Calendar Call Spread
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Baidu / BIDU[/private_monthly] Price at time of post: $113.09 Option Strategy: calendar call spread Max Risk: $520 Max Reward: $318 (at Nov expiration) Max Called Return: 61% Uncalled Return: 43% Profit Range: [Read More …]
New Trade – ratio put spread
October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]ProShares Ultra S&P500 ETF / SSO[/private_monthly] Price at time of post: $42.48 Option Strategy: ratio put spread Max Risk: $3,689 Max Reward: $311 (at Dec expiration) Profit Range: $33.89 + Max Profit [Read More …]
Trade Analysis – BIDU
October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: BIDU Option Strategy: iron condor Date Entered: 10/21/10 Date Closed: 10/22/10 (Oct weekly options expired worthless) Profit: $92 Return before commissions: 22.55% Return after commissions: 19.38% Trade Details: Buy 1 BIDU OCT10 85 [Read More …]
New Trade – diagonal call spread
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: [private_monthly]CSTR[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Max Risk: $580 Max Reward: $361 (at Nov expiration) Profit Range: $44.32 + (at Nov expiration) Max Profit at: $50 Reasoning:Expect that [private_monthly]Coinstar – CSTR[/private_monthly] will move [Read More …]
New Trade – Iron Condor
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: [private_monthly]BIDU[private_monthly] Option Strategy: iron condor Max Profit: $97 Max Risk: $403 Max Return: 24% Profit Range: $89.03 – $115.97 Max Profit between: $90 – $115 Reasoning: This company reports earnings today after hours [Read More …]
Closing Trade – diagonal put spread
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: FCX Option Strategy: diagonal put spread Max Profit: $332 Max Risk: $405 Max Return: 82% Profit Range: $0 – $96.33 Max Profit at: $90 Reasoning: Well, the beauty of a diagonal spread is [Read More …]
New Trade – diagonal put spread
October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: [private_monthly]FCX[private_monthly] Option Strategy: diagonal put spread Max Profit: $332 Max Risk: $405 Max Return: 82% Profit Range: $0 – $96.33 Max Profit at: $90 Reasoning: We think Gold is pulling back here and [Read More …]
