Money and Finance
I tweeted about all these trades as they were executed but am just now getting a chance to get official write-ups going. On Tuesday, May 21st I sold 2 put options one on Cisco and one on Clorox. And yesterday May 22nd I bought to close the put option I had sold on Aflac. I'm excited about the 2 new positions since they will allow me a solid return if the markets continue on their merry way or entry prices that I'd be very interested in making a purchase at. The closed option was more of a play to lock in solid profits and free up some extra capital.
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- Lots Of Options
No this post isn't about all the great investment opportunities that Mr. Market is giving us, it's about all of my recent option trading/selling activity. There's been a lot more activity on this front than I expected to be reporting. My...
- Recent Option Transaction
Yesterday Lorillard (LO) traded 2% higher early in the day and that provided a good opportunity to close out the put option that I had sold. I love when I get opportunities to close out puts early for a solid profit. I had originally sold to open...
- Recent Transactions
I have two more option trades to report from yesterday. I recently bought to close the $39 call option that I had sold on HAL that was expiring in April for a nice little profit. Since this freed up 100 more shares to sell a covered call on I did...
- Recent Transaction
With today being expiration Friday, I figured we'd revisit the call options that I sold on 200 shares of Bank of America back in mid-August. I originally performed a buy-write of 200 shares which involves purchasing the shares and simultaneously...
- Recent Transaction
Yesterday I bought back the $42 Hal 07202012 Call option that I sold in early February. When I originally sold the option I was hoping that it would just expire since I didn't want to have to deal with the extra taxes due to the shares being bought...
Money and Finance
2 More Options Transactions and a Closed Put
I tweeted about all these trades as they were executed but am just now getting a chance to get official write-ups going. On Tuesday, May 21st I sold 2 put options one on Cisco and one on Clorox. And yesterday May 22nd I bought to close the put option I had sold on Aflac. I'm excited about the 2 new positions since they will allow me a solid return if the markets continue on their merry way or entry prices that I'd be very interested in making a purchase at. The closed option was more of a play to lock in solid profits and free up some extra capital.
Read more »
- Lots Of Options
No this post isn't about all the great investment opportunities that Mr. Market is giving us, it's about all of my recent option trading/selling activity. There's been a lot more activity on this front than I expected to be reporting. My...
- Recent Option Transaction
Yesterday Lorillard (LO) traded 2% higher early in the day and that provided a good opportunity to close out the put option that I had sold. I love when I get opportunities to close out puts early for a solid profit. I had originally sold to open...
- Recent Transactions
I have two more option trades to report from yesterday. I recently bought to close the $39 call option that I had sold on HAL that was expiring in April for a nice little profit. Since this freed up 100 more shares to sell a covered call on I did...
- Recent Transaction
With today being expiration Friday, I figured we'd revisit the call options that I sold on 200 shares of Bank of America back in mid-August. I originally performed a buy-write of 200 shares which involves purchasing the shares and simultaneously...
- Recent Transaction
Yesterday I bought back the $42 Hal 07202012 Call option that I sold in early February. When I originally sold the option I was hoping that it would just expire since I didn't want to have to deal with the extra taxes due to the shares being bought...