I had a mixed options expiration for December with two of my options expiring while the underlying stock was trading above the strike and the other two finished below the strike. Here are the details:
MDY December 145 naked put – This one finished far out of the money and Read More
This is my list of what’s in my account right now. I only have four options left that are expiring this week and one of those is a covered call. The call is going to be assigned which means I’ll be selling my AVAV shares finally instead of rolling them again. This Read More
I had a good options expiration this November as most of my positions went my way. Here’s the breakdown of how everything finished for me.
SPY – 112 Straddle (sold 1 put and 1 call at 112) – My put finished well out of the money and which means my covered call Read More
I only have a few options expiring today with mixed results. The rest of my portfolio is weighted to November’s expiration. If nothing drastic happens in the next few trading days, I’ll start working towards building up my options for December’s expiration and Read More
The biggest risk of using my trading model is in months like September. September 2010 was the best September since 1939 for the Dow. There’s no way an account with limited upside potential can compete with that. My trading model works best with smaller ups and downs and Read More
Just because the market’s volatility has slowed doesn’t mean it can’t come ripping back to life in an instant. I see the markets (particularly the S&P 500) at a tipping point. The 1130 level seems to be of key significance. The SPX made it up to 1131.38 Read More
As I mentioned in a post near the end of July, times seemed too good to last and I expected the July rally to fizzle. And fizzle it did along with my balance. I didn’t fall as hard as the broader markets, but certainly lost. I ended August with a combined balance of 8,954.79 Read More
Today’s option expiration finished somewhat differently than I thought it was going to as of a week ago. Here’s the breakdown of how it went down:
VXX, two August 24 Puts – I’ll be assigned 200 shares of VXX on Monday morning. Instead of trying to roll Read More
I haven’t made a trade yet in August. That’ll change this week with options expiration upon us as I adjust my option holdings. It’s not necessarily because I’ve been too busy to get to it, but more so that I couldn’t find anything I liked that I Read More
July was a very good month for me, as I’m sure it was for all investors who were long stocks. By the end of July my combined accounts balance was 2,122.50. I have my equity based assets with Interactive Brokers (0,777.73) and my debt based positions with TD Ameritrade Read More