Money and Finance
This morning I bought to close the put option I had sold on Coca-Cola (KO) back in late January. Coca-Cola has had a pretty good run up along with the market since I originally sold the put option leading to the price of the put to decline. I bought back the option for $0.25 on a per share basis which after commissions cost me a total of $32.98. I decided to close out the put because there's still a little under 2 months left until expiration and this will free up the $3,750 that was securing the put.
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- Recent Option Transaction
Well the third Friday of October rolled around and that means that it's expiration day for those that dabble in options. I had originally sold a call option on 100 shares of HAL which I purchased through the ESPP program at work back in August....
- 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 Transaction
This morning I set a limit order to buy to close my put option on Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM). I was able to purchase the put option back for $0.33 or $33. I originally sold the put option in September at the $26 strike price and received after commissions...
- Recent Transaction
This afternoon I decided to buy back the September $26 put option. I was torn on whether to buy it back or not because I was getting a solid entry price the way it was set up. I should have let it go the way it was but I got a little caught up with how...
- 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
Recent Transaction
This morning I bought to close the put option I had sold on Coca-Cola (KO) back in late January. Coca-Cola has had a pretty good run up along with the market since I originally sold the put option leading to the price of the put to decline. I bought back the option for $0.25 on a per share basis which after commissions cost me a total of $32.98. I decided to close out the put because there's still a little under 2 months left until expiration and this will free up the $3,750 that was securing the put.
Read more »
- Recent Option Transaction
Well the third Friday of October rolled around and that means that it's expiration day for those that dabble in options. I had originally sold a call option on 100 shares of HAL which I purchased through the ESPP program at work back in August....
- 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 Transaction
This morning I set a limit order to buy to close my put option on Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM). I was able to purchase the put option back for $0.33 or $33. I originally sold the put option in September at the $26 strike price and received after commissions...
- Recent Transaction
This afternoon I decided to buy back the September $26 put option. I was torn on whether to buy it back or not because I was getting a solid entry price the way it was set up. I should have let it go the way it was but I got a little caught up with how...
- 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...