Trade Adjustment: AAPL

Stock / Symbol: Apple Inc / AAPL Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade entry: $543 Price at this post: $515 Reasoning: Stop level hit, closing current position to prevent further loss. [private_monthly]Then, entering in GTC order to enter a 440/430 bull put spread.[/private_monthly] Trade Details:[private_monthly] BTC -2 AAPL Jan13 460 puts STC 2 […]

New Trade : AAPL

Stock / Symbol: Apple Inc / AAPL Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $543 Reasoning: Going take advantage of it’s recent drop due to speculation that it’s margins won’t be as good in the future, and put a [private_monthly]bullish[/private_monthly] bet on AAPL. AAPL’s standard deviation calculations come in at [private_monthly]465[/private_monthly], so we’re […]

Closing Trade : DIA

Stock / Symbol: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average / DIA Option Strategy: bull put spread Trade entry date: Nov 16 Price at trade entry: $125.28 Price at this post: $129.22 Reasoning: Going to lock in an 8.4% pre-commission gain here. If I find a good trade, look for a new iron condor on DIA in […]

Closing Trade : IWM

Stock / Symbol: iShares Russell 2000 Index / IWM Option Strategy: bull put spread Trade entry date: Nov 16 Price at trade entry: $76.90 Price at trade exit: $79.12 Reasoning: Up 7.5% (pre-commission) one full day into the trade, have to take profits. May look at a new iron condor on IWM tomorrow. Closing Trade […]

New Trade : IWM

Stock / Symbol: iShares Russell 2000 Index / IWM Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $76.90 Reasoning: Between now and Decmber expiration, the standard deviation calculation for IWM puts it in a trading range between [private_monthly]72.5 to 82. Like I did with DIA, I’m going to start out with a bull put […]

New Trade : DIA

Stock / Symbol: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average / DIA Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bull put spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $125.28 Reasoning: Between now and Decmber expiration, the standard deviation calculation for DIA puts it in a trading range between [private_monthly]119 to 132. I think the market is oversold, so I’m going to start out with […]