Money and Finance
On Monday, February 25th I sold a put option on Microsoft. I chose the $27 strike price since it offered a compelling premium return combined with giving a execution price that is over a 14% discount to my fair value calculation. I sold the April 20th put option for $0.58. After commission and fees of $7.99 I had received a total of $50.01.
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- 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
Yesterday I sold another call option on some of my shares of HAL, my ESPP shares. I'm currently way overweight my employer's stock. I have just over 184 shares from the first purchase that went through that has already reached LTCG treatment...
- 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
Yesterday I sold another put option on Intel. I sold the $25 17 Aug 2012 put for $0.46. Less commission I received a total of $38.01 in premium for a total return of 1.52% which is annualized to 21.75%. I figured that since I want to add to my Intel position...
- 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
Recent Transaction
On Monday, February 25th I sold a put option on Microsoft. I chose the $27 strike price since it offered a compelling premium return combined with giving a execution price that is over a 14% discount to my fair value calculation. I sold the April 20th put option for $0.58. After commission and fees of $7.99 I had received a total of $50.01.
Read more »
- 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
Yesterday I sold another call option on some of my shares of HAL, my ESPP shares. I'm currently way overweight my employer's stock. I have just over 184 shares from the first purchase that went through that has already reached LTCG treatment...
- 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
Yesterday I sold another put option on Intel. I sold the $25 17 Aug 2012 put for $0.46. Less commission I received a total of $38.01 in premium for a total return of 1.52% which is annualized to 21.75%. I figured that since I want to add to my Intel position...
- 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...