Money and Finance
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 just that. I had purchased 45 shares of AFL back in February and would like to increase my stake in AFL some more but at some better prices than are currently available in the market, so I sold a put option to effectively set a limit order and get paid while I wait.
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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
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 Transactions
Well yesterday I sold 2 more call options on HAL, my ESPP shares. On Monday HAL announced earnings for 1Q 2013 and the results were quite positive and the shares in turn made a nice move up. With HAL continuing the increase Tuesday and trading back...
- 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...
- Option Buyback?
Back in the beginning of February I sold a call option for HAL with a strike price of $42 for $1.60. The option expires on July 20th. Based on the sale if the option expired I would have earned $151.97 over about 5 months. This would have been a total...
Money and Finance
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 just that. I had purchased 45 shares of AFL back in February and would like to increase my stake in AFL some more but at some better prices than are currently available in the market, so I sold a put option to effectively set a limit order and get paid while I wait.
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
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 Transactions
Well yesterday I sold 2 more call options on HAL, my ESPP shares. On Monday HAL announced earnings for 1Q 2013 and the results were quite positive and the shares in turn made a nice move up. With HAL continuing the increase Tuesday and trading back...
- 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...
- Option Buyback?
Back in the beginning of February I sold a call option for HAL with a strike price of $42 for $1.60. The option expires on July 20th. Based on the sale if the option expired I would have earned $151.97 over about 5 months. This would have been a total...