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Friday, November 11, 2011

LNKD Dec 2011 $50 put

11/9/2011

Sell one Dec 2011 $50 put @ $1.25

Made $125

Initial investment amount: ZERO!

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

LNKD Oct 2011 $100 call

9/20/2011

Sell to open one call at $1.30


10/6/2011

Buy to close at $0.05


Net profit: $125 in 17 days

Initial investment amount: ZERO!!!


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New classes start soon.

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GS October 2011 $75 put and $80 put

TRADE #1

9/9/2011
Sell to open one put at $1.15

10/17/2011
Buy to close at $0.14

Net profit: $101

Initial investment amount: ZERO!!!

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TRADE #2

9/9/2011
Sell to open one put at $1.70

10/13/2011
Buy to close at $0.27

Net profit: $143

Initial investment amount: ZERO!!!

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AAPL Nov 2011 $300 put

TRADE #1

10/4/2011

Sell to open one put at $3.90

10/18/2011
Buy to close at $0.24

Net profit: $366 in 11 days

Initial investment amount: ZERO!!

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TRADE #2

10/4/2011
Sell to open one put at $4.50

10/19/2011
Buy to close at $0.30

Net profit: $420 in 12 days

Initial investment amount: ZERO!!!

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New classes start SOON!

To register, please visit www.moneyandlilia.com

Friday, August 26, 2011

Goldman Sachs Sept 2011 $70 Put

8/23/2011

Sold two GS Sept 2011 $70 puts @ $0.83.


Credit: $166

This is NOT a recommendation.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

LINKED IN Nov 2011 $65 Put

I sold two LNKD Nov 2011 $65 puts at $7.90.

I made $1580.

Investment amount: ZERO!

LINKED IN Nov 2011 $50 Put

I sold four LNKD November 2011 $50 puts at $3.50.

I made $1400.

Investment amount: ZERO!

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This options trader teaches at LILIA's INVESTING ACADEMY.

New classes start soon!

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Gold Nov 152 Put

I sold one Nov 2011 $152 put at $1.13.

I made $113.

Investment amount: ZERO!


Friday, August 5, 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

"OMG! PROFITS!"

I received this email from one of my Level 4 options students!

Congratulations, MH, and thank you for sharing your success story with us!

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Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 8:57 AM

"Okay, Lilia - I am shocked!! at having made so much money this month, and may even double it by weeks end/mo end??

I sold RIG 5/5, and started really trading in my Roth IRA.

Started at that time with about 11.5K, and after selling positions today, am at just under $19K!!!

Looking to sell PCLN and AMZN this week, but in less than one month so far, I've made over $8K!!

This is crazYY.....Especially with a "sell-in-May" poopy market!"

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

AMZN July 2011 $175 Put

5/23/2011

Sell one July 2011 $175 Put @ $2.44

Gross profit: $244

Investment amount: ZERO!!!!

THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION!

This options trader teaches at Lilia's Investing Academy. For more information, click here.




AMZN Oct 2011 $150 Put

5/24/2011

Sell four AMZN October 2011 $150 puts @ $3.45

Gross: $1380

Investment amount: ZERO !!!!

THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION!

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8/26/2011

Buy to close at $2.45

Reason for trade: approaching resistance

NET PROFIT: $400

TOTAL INVESTMENT AMOUNT: ZERO!!!


This options trader teaches at Lilia's Investing Academy.

For more information, click here.


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Silver (SLV) Oct 2011 31 Put

5/18/2011:

Sell to open 2 Oct 2011 $31 puts at $2.22


10/21/2011:

Options assigned. Buy 200 SLV at $31.


11/11/2011:

Sell 200 SLV at $33.72.

NET PROFIT: $988.00 in 6 months (15.94% return in 6 months) !!!

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This options trader teaches at LILIA's INVESTING ACADEMY.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Silver (SLV) May week 1 2011 $48 Put

Congratulations to John for this lovely trade!

4/28/2011
Buy to open SLV $48 put @ $1.78

5/5/2011
Sell to close @ $12.65 !!!!

EXCELLENT TIMING!

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John is in the advanced options class at Lilia's Investing Academy.
For a schedule of upcoming classes, click here.

Monday, May 9, 2011

Weight Watchers (WTW) Call

I received the following email from our fellow classmate, Sarah.

Congratulations!


"Bought this morning to open 10 June 72.50 calls for 5.00 ea.

Stochastics were low, the delta was around 85% at the time (I think), earnings were last Friday and though good, there was a sell-off immediately after, but today things were looking rosy.

Sold today well before market close at $8.50 after rapid run-up.

Profit after fees was $3469.43."

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

GLD $115 PUT

Sold one GLD May 2011 $115 put @ $1.21.

Made $121.

Reason for trade: GLD trading below the "20" mark of slow stochastics
Short-term bearish, intermediate term bullish

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

MCD Covered Call Timeline

10/29/2010

Buy 100 shares of McDonald's (MCD) @ $77.78
Sell to open one Jan 2011 $80 call @ $1.14

Net profit: $114


Reasons for this trade:

- P/E = 17.10
- good earnings released on 10/21/2010
- Beta = 0.60
- 50 EMA and 200 EMA trending up
- $0.61/share dividend payable on 12/15/2010 (ex-div 11/29/2010)

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12/15/2010

Dividend: $0.61/share

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1/21/2011

Jan 2011 call expired. No assignment.

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2/14/2011

Sell to open June 2011 $80 call @ $0.97

Net profit: $97

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3/15/2011

Dividend: $0.61/share

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5/18/2011

Buy to close June 2011 $80 call @ $1.61
Sell to open Dec 2011 $80 call @ $4.00

This is a "spread" trade, one commission

Net profit: $239

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This options trader teaches at Lilia's Investing Academy. For more details, click here.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Gold Covered Call

Sold a gold covered call today. Made $327.00.
Premium: $3.27 (sell to open)

GLD was purchased at $129.24/share.

On Dec. 1, 2010, I "rolled" this Dec 2010 $130 call into a Jan 2011 $129 call.
This order was placed as a "spread".

Premium: $7.85 (sell to open)
Premium: $5.80 (buy to close)

The math:

($3.27 + $7.85) - ($5.80) = Net $5.32 per share


Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Sold Silver Covered Call

I recently sold two covered calls for Silver. I received $132 (gross).

Today (11 am, 10/5/2010), silver was up 3.48%, but the silver call option was up 53.85% !!!

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UPDATE (expiration Friday, 11/19/2010):

SLV closed at $26.74 today. The call option is in-the-money => automatic assignment.

The call option closed at $4.70 today.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

This call option traded as high as $6.70 (11/9/2010) during its life!!!!!!!!!!

Remember......the BUYER of this call option paid only 66 cents per contract (10/4/2010).

Just one month later (on 11/9/2010), this same contract was worth $6.70!!!!! That is a return of 915% in four weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another way to look at this:

An initial investment of only $660 (10 contracts) was worth $6700 on 11/9 !!!!!!!!

This is the reason I love options! :-)

(you can learn all about options trading in my Level 4 class.....see www.moneyandlilia.blogspot.com for details)