Money and Finance
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 much it had changed over the week. I had to pay a total of $133.98 to buy back the put option. I received $40.01 when I sold the option so to close out the position it cost me $93.97.
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- 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 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...
- 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...
- Options Update
With Intel closing on Friday at $23.13 my September 22 2012 $25 put option was exercised. You can see the details and thought process of my selling the put option here. By selling the put option I received $52.01 in premium. In order to calculate...
- 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 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 much it had changed over the week. I had to pay a total of $133.98 to buy back the put option. I received $40.01 when I sold the option so to close out the position it cost me $93.97.
Read more »
- 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 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...
- 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...
- Options Update
With Intel closing on Friday at $23.13 my September 22 2012 $25 put option was exercised. You can see the details and thought process of my selling the put option here. By selling the put option I received $52.01 in premium. In order to calculate...
- 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...