Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]calendar spread[/private_monthly]; Price at trade entry: $920; Price at this adjustment: $931; Current Position:[private_monthly] Long 1 RUT Mar13 900 put Short -1 RUT FebWk4 900 put Long 1 RUT Mar13 940 call Short -1 RUT FebWk4 940 call Reasoning: Up about 20% on the call calendar […]
Stock / Symbol: Herbalife / HLF Option Strategy: diagonal put spread Trade entry date / price: Feb 15 @ $42.70 Price at this post: $39.40 Reasoning: HLF is down 8% from our trade entry, and our position is up around 20%. Even if HLF doesn’t pop on earnings, there’s the near certainty that volatility will […]
Stock / Symbol: Herbalife / HLF Price at trade post: $42.70 Option Strategy: [/private_monthly]diagonal put spread[/private_monthly] Reasoning: Thinking that the street’s reaction to Carl Ichan’s disclosed 12.98% state in HLF is over blown to the upside, I’m going to put on a downside directional bet using a [private_monthly]diagonal 42.5/40 put spread[/private_monthly]. With HLF announcing earnings […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]calendar spread[/private_monthly]; Price at trade entry: $920 Price at this adjustment: $926 Reasoning: Upside site hit. The trade’s greeks are currently : -17 delta, -2 theta, and 62 vega. To adjust, I’m going to add a [private_monthly]940 call [/private_monthly]calendar spread. The addition of the 2nd calendar […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]calendar spread[/private_monthly]; Price at trade post: $920 Reasoning: Because I’m expecting a bit of a pullback in the market and an increase in volatility, I’m putting on a [private_monthly] put calendar spread[/private_monthly] on RUT. In case I’m wrong, I’m setting a fairly tight upside stop at […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR DOW Jones Industrial Avg ETF / DIA Option Strategy: [private_monthly]double calendar[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $140.20 Reasoning: I’m putting on a [private_monthly]double calendar here on DIA. [/private_monthly]This is a delta neutral trade with a delta of 3.8, a positive theta of 4 and a positive vega of 65. With volatility very […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR S&P 500 ETF / SPY; Option Strategy: [private_monthly] iron condor[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date: Jan 14; Price at trade entry: $146.70; Price at this post: $151.85 Current Position: Short -3 SPY Feb13 153 calls Long 3 SPY Feb13 155 calls Short -6 SPY Feb13 138 puts Long 6 SPY Feb13 135 puts […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]iron condor[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date: Jan 11; Price at trade entry: $880; Price at first adjustment: $884 Price at 2nd adjustment: $895.65 Price at 3rd adjustment: $907 Price at 4th adjustment: $904 Price at 5th adjustment: $906 Price at 6th adjustment: $901 Price at this post: […]
Stock / Symbol: Netflix / NFLX Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bear call spread[/private_monthly]; Price at trade post: $182; Reasoning: Although the standard deviation calculation for March expiration puts NFLX in an upward range to [private_monthly]$217, I think that NFLX is going to stall out for a while as it’s now up over 68% since it’s blow-out earnings […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]iron condor[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date: Jan 11; Price at trade entry: $880; Price at first adjustment: $884 Price at 2nd adjustment: $895.65 Price at 3rd adjustment: $907 Price at 4th adjustment: $904 Price at 5th adjustment: $906 Price at this adjustment: $901 Current Position: [private_monthly] short […]