Archives for March 2011

Position Updates

Updates for positions with legs expiring today: Stock / Symbol: United States Oil Fund / USO Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Entry date: Jan 7th Exit date: Mar 16th Price at trade entry: $37.59 Price [Read More …]

Trade Updates

Stock / Symbol: United States Oil Fund / USO Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Date trade entered: Jan 7th Price at trade entry: $37.57 Current Profit / Loss: $423 or 59% Max Reward: $603 with [Read More …]

Trade Update – bear call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Exelon / EXC[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: bear call spread Price at Trade entry: $42.70 Update: [private_monthly] Got filled at $0.25 per contract Sell -6 EXC Apr11 44 Calls Buy 6 EXC Apr11 45 [Read More …]

New Trade – bear call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Exelon / EXC[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $42.40 Option Strategy: bear call spread Max Risk: $480 Max Reward: $120 or 25% by Apr 2011 expiration Profit Range: $0 – $44.20 Max Profit [Read More …]

New Trade – call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]First Solar / FSLR[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $145.90 Option Strategy: call spread Max Risk: $825 Max Reward: $175 or 21% by Apr 2011 expiration Profit Range: $133.25 + Max Profit at: [Read More …]

New Trade – calendar call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Pepsi / PEP [/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $64.67 Option Strategy: calendar call spread Max Risk: $498 Max Reward: $859 or 172% by Apr 2011 expiration Profit Range: $63.75 – $72 by [Read More …]

Closing Trade – Sprint bull put spread

Stock / Symbol: Sprint / S Option Strategy: bull put spread Price at trade entry: $4.53 Price at exit order: $5.00 Max Risk: $480 (at May expiration) Max Reward: $270 or 56% with stock over [Read More …]

Trade Adjustment – Altria

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Altria Group / MO [/private_monthly] Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Date of trade entry: Feb 1 Price at trade entry: $23.61 Price at 2nd adjustment: $25.40 Price at this adjustment: $25.07 Adjustment: [Read More …]

New Trade – iron condor

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Russell 2000 / RUT [/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $799.53 Option Strategy: iron condor Max Risk: $1730 Max Reward: $270 or 15.6% Profit Range: $700 – $890 Reasoning: On Feb 22, we [Read More …]

Trade Adjustment – bear call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund / FXI[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: bear call spread Trade entry date: Feb 10 Price at trade entry: $41.37 Price at this adjustment: $44.18 Reasoning: With [private_monthly]FXI[/private_monthly] trading [Read More …]