Money and Finance
Well the third Friday of April finally rolled around so it was option expiration day and I had two open put options expiring. With both Intel and Bank of America closing above their respective strike prices on the puts I sold, I got to keep the full premium less commission/fees from when I sold them. Let's look back to see how these put options worked out.
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- Expiration Friday
The third Friday of July came and went meaning it's option expiration time. Three different options expired on Friday with my 2 call options on Halliburton (HAL) being in the money and my put option on Clorox (CLX) expiring out of the money. So...
- Recent Option Transaction
I went ahead and sold another put option on Cisco (CSCO) this morning. This time it was a $21 strike expiring next Friday on May 18th. I sold the put for $0.55 and after commission and fees received $47.01 in option premium. Cisco was trading around...
- 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
Today I decided to go on and buy back my $7 Jan 18 2014 Put option on Bank of America. I bought to close the option for $0.89 plus $7.98 in commission/fees. It cost me a total of $96.98 to close out the position. I originally sold the put back on...
- Intel Put Option
With Intel currently trading at $25.60 it looks like my put option that I sold on Intel is going to expire today. It's a good and bad thing because I wouldn't have minded getting Intel at the $25 strike less the premium. But I got a pretty good...
Money and Finance
Option Expirations
Well the third Friday of April finally rolled around so it was option expiration day and I had two open put options expiring. With both Intel and Bank of America closing above their respective strike prices on the puts I sold, I got to keep the full premium less commission/fees from when I sold them. Let's look back to see how these put options worked out.
Read more »
- Expiration Friday
The third Friday of July came and went meaning it's option expiration time. Three different options expired on Friday with my 2 call options on Halliburton (HAL) being in the money and my put option on Clorox (CLX) expiring out of the money. So...
- Recent Option Transaction
I went ahead and sold another put option on Cisco (CSCO) this morning. This time it was a $21 strike expiring next Friday on May 18th. I sold the put for $0.55 and after commission and fees received $47.01 in option premium. Cisco was trading around...
- 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
Today I decided to go on and buy back my $7 Jan 18 2014 Put option on Bank of America. I bought to close the option for $0.89 plus $7.98 in commission/fees. It cost me a total of $96.98 to close out the position. I originally sold the put back on...
- Intel Put Option
With Intel currently trading at $25.60 it looks like my put option that I sold on Intel is going to expire today. It's a good and bad thing because I wouldn't have minded getting Intel at the $25 strike less the premium. But I got a pretty good...