As I mentioned last week with my TWM trade and in my $SPX chart on Sunday, I’ve grown more bearish lately and I made some more changes today. I started with a basic sell to lighten my overall exposure to the markets. I sold 200 shares of SSO for .88 and received ,375.01 Read More
Posts Tagged ‘SSO’
Stock Investment :Shifting Risk with MVV, SSO and TBT + A Trading Model Change
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Stocks Investments :Options Expiration – August 2011
Posted 03 Sep 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Not that it’s a surprise to anyone, but this is not a good options expiration Friday for my account. All of my naked puts finished in the money and all of my covered calls finished out of the money. These are the 11 options I was short going into the day. CSX – 1 August [...] Read More
Stocks Investments :Added More Large Cap Exposure
Posted 04 Jul 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
While the markets were on a steady slide lower since the beginning of May I let my overall equity exposure slip away some. This was nice on the way down, but with what I see as limited downside remaining I’ve started to build my exposure up again with shorter dated options. Read More
Stocks Investments :Current Portfolio – February 11, 2011
Posted 23 Feb 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I’ve intentionally not traded this week. Since I’ve been selling so many longer term options lately I thought I should take a step back, let the dust settle and see how (a little) time affects my current portfolio. With volatility currently so low compared to the past Read More
Stocks Investment :2010 Stock Picks Contest – Q1 Review
Posted 06 Apr 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I’m starting off the 2010 Stock Picks contest better than I did last year. For pretty much all of last year I was in the bottom two places out of our small group of financial bloggers. This year has started out better as I’m in the top third of the group, but with Read More
Stock Investments :Options Expiration – March 2010
Posted 06 Apr 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
After what started off shaky for some of these positions ended up being a boring finish for March options expiration and that’s what I like. It’s nice having all of my positions finish out of the money with no option assignments. It gives me the freedom to reassess Read More