Archives for August 2011

Trade Update: diagonal call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Freeport-McMoran / FCX [/private_monthly] Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Original Trade entry date: Apr 19th Price at original trade entry: $51.68 Price at this post: $42.81 Position:[private_monthly] Long 1 FCX Nov11 50 [Read More …]

Position Updates

Updates for positions with legs expiring today. More to come. [private_monthly] Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Cheniere Energy / LNG [/private_monthly] Option Strategy: covered strangle Trade entry date: July 18th Price at trade entry: $9.85 Price at [Read More …]

Trade Adjustment : diagonal call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Pan American Silver / PAAS [/private_monthly] Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Trade entry date: March 18th Price at trade entry: $34.81 Price at this adjustment: $30.57 Current Position:[private_monthly] Long 2 PAAS Oct11 [Read More …]

Closing Trade : Market Hedge

Stock / Symbol: iPath S&) 500 VIX Short-Term Futures / VXX Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Trade entry date: Mar 24 Price at trade entry: $30.66 Price at this post: $32.50 Current Position: Long 1 [Read More …]

New Trade : calendar call spread w/ protective call

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]American Express / AXP [/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $45.87 Option Strategy: calendar call spread w/ protective call Reasoning: [private_monthly]AXP[/private_monthly] is fundamentally sound and has recently moved off of it’s lows. We [Read More …]

New Trade : diagonal call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]United States Oil Fund / USO[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $33.60 Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Max Risk: $910 Max Reward: $356 or 39% by Sep 2011 expiration Profit Range: $31.30 + [Read More …]

New Trade : calendar call spread + protective call

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Johnson & Johnson / JNJ [/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $61.62 Option Strategy: calendar call spread w/ protective call Reasoning: [private_monthly]JNJ[/private_monthly] does not historically have drastic moves, and has weathered a series [Read More …]

Trade Adjustment : calendar call spread

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Walt Disney Co / DIS[/private_monthly] [private_monthly] Option Strategy: calendar call spread Trade entry date: Jun 7 Price at trade entry: $39.82 Price at this post: $31.93 Adjustment: We’re going to roll our [Read More …]

Fill / Trade Report

Closed Trade : calendar call spread Stock / Symbol: Microsoft / MSFT Price at trade entry: $25.31 Price at trade exit: $24.91 Report: Got filled today for $0.68 per contract @ 3:46:33 PM EST Max [Read More …]

Trade Adjustment

Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Fifth Third Bancorp / FITB[/private_monthly] Opening Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Trade entry date: April 1 Price at trade post: $14.04 Current Position:[private_monthly] Long 4 FITB Nov11 13 Calls at an effective [Read More …]