Stock Symbol: FaceBook / FB Option Strategy: [private_monthly]long puts[/private_monthly] Price at this post: $20.77 Reasoning: [private_monthly]With some 270 million shares coming un-locked on Thursday, we’re expecting some significant selling pressure on FB. So, we’re putting [Read More …]
Trade Adjustment : MCD
August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: McDonalds / MCD Option Strategy: calendar call spread Trade entry date: Jun 28 Price at trade entry: $87.88 Price at Jul 13 adjustment: $92.20 Price at this adjustment: $88.10 Current Position: [private_monthly] [Read More …]
New Trade : SPX
August 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: S&P 500 Index / SPX Price at trade post: $1404.67 Option Strategy: bear call spread Reasoning: With low volatility and the market looking quite toppy, we’re going with a bear call spread [Read More …]
Trade Adjustment : CSCO
August 6, 2012 By 2 Comments
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Cisco Systems / CSCO[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: calendar call spread Price at trade entry: $16.70 Price at previous adjustment: $16.00 Price at this adjustment: $16.76 Current Position:[private_monthly] Short -6 CSCO Aug12 17 calls [Read More …]
Trade Adjustment / Closing Trade : X
August 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: US Steel / X Option Strategy: [private_monthly]diagonal call spread[/private_monthly] Trade entry date: Mar 26 Price at trade entry: $29.66 Price at Apr 27 adjustment: $28.32 Price at Jun 12 adjustment: $18.20 Price [Read More …]
Closing Trade : PAY
August 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: Verifone Systems / PAY Option Strategy: bull put spread Trade entry date: May 31 Price at trade entry: $35.48 Date / Price at 1st adjustment: Jun 12 / $31.30 Price at this [Read More …]
New Trade : CSTR
August 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock Symbol: [private_monthly]CSTR[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: bull put spread Price at this post: $47.54 Reasoning: CSTR beat the street’s earnings estimates but investors were obviously looking for better guidance. We think that this was a [private_monthly] [Read More …]
Trade Adjustment / New Trade : NBR
July 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: Nabors Industries / NBR Option Strategy: calendar call spread, converting to diagonal call spread Trade entry date: Apr 4 Price at trade entry: $16.60 Price at this post: $14.50 Current Position:[/private_monthly] Long [Read More …]
Trade Closed : RUT
July 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT Option Strategy: iron condor Trade entry date: Jul 17 Trade exit date: Jul 30 Price at trade entry: $799 Price at trade exit: 798.57 Analysis: Our GTC order [Read More …]
Trade Closed : SPX
July 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stock / Symbol: S&P 500 Index / SPX Option Strategy: iron condor Trade entry date: Jul 11 Trade exit date: Jul 27 Price at trade entry: $1342.70 Price at trade exit: $1383.50 Update: Our GTC [Read More …]
