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Thursday, April 24, 2014

SPY Jan 2015 Synthetic Long Stock

Watch my YouTube video:  How to use options to simulate a long stock position (Synthetic Long Stock).


4/10/2014

buy (to open) 1 January 2015 $184 call option at $9.07
sell (to open) 1 January 2015 $184 put option at $10.36

I received $129.

Reasons for placing this trade:  SPY had been "oversold."
This is a "double bullish" trade.  Both options are at-the-money.


4/24/2014

sell (to close) the call option at $10.65
buy (to close) the put option at $8.64

I received another $201.

NET PROFIT:  $312.82 (in 2 weeks)

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

XLI May Put Options

3/27/2014

sell (to open) 2 May 2014 $51 put options for $1.00

Probability of success:  53%
Reasons for placing the trade:  ETF has been "oversold" and is touching "support"


4/23/2014

buy (to close) both puts for $0.19

Reason for closing position:  ETF is approaching "overbought" condition

NET PROFIT:   $144.88

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

$IWM April 2014 Put Options

3/26/2014

sell (to open) 1 April 2014  $114 put at $1.66
(I received $166)


4/15/2014 (roll to June for another credit of $1.97)

buy (to close) 1 April 2014  $114 put 
sell (to open)  1 June 2014  $114 put
(I received another $197)

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$SPY April Put Options

3/11/2014 (FP)

sell (to open) 1 April 2014  $183 put option at $1.81
(received $181)


4/15/2014 ("roll" my April put to May for $1.94)

buy (to close) 1 April 2014  $183 put 
sell (to open) 1 May 2014  $183 put
(received another $194)

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

$SPY April Put Options

3/5/2014

sell (to open) 1 April 2014 $185 put at $2.50

probability of success:  60%


4/2/2014

buy (to close) put at $0.60

NET PROFIT:   $174.43

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

$IWM May Put Options

4/1/2014 (8:58 am PT)

sell (to open) 10 May 2014 $115 puts at $2.22

probability of success:  59%


4/1/2014 (12:42 pm PT)

buy (to close) 10 May 2014 $115 puts at $1.88

NET PROFIT (in 4 hours):   $324.47


Note:
I don't normally close my short positions this quickly, but the profits were too attractive to pass up.

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Monday, March 31, 2014

$SPY May Put Options

3/19/2014 (Wed)

sell (to open) 10 May 2 2014 $183 puts at $2.09

probability of success:  65%


3/31/2014 (Mon)

buy (to close) all 10 puts at $1.45


NET PROFIT:  $617.47  (ROC = 1.71% in 12 days using margin)

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Friday, March 21, 2014

$QQQ March Put Options

2/24/2014 (Mon)

sell (to open) 10 March 2014 $83 puts at $0.11

probability of success:  94.04%


3/21/2014 (expiration)


QQQ closed above $83.  Success!


NET PROFIT:   $95.25

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$SPY March Put Options

2/11/2014

sell (to open) 10 March 2014 $171 puts at $0.77

probability of success:  85%


3/21/2014 (expiration)

SPY closed above $171.  Success!

NET PROFIT:  $755.24  (ROC 2.885% in 5.5 weeks)

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$IWM March Put Options

1/29/2014

buy (to open) 2 March 2014 $107 puts at $1.62
sell (to open) 4 March 2014 $106 puts at $1.41


3/21/2014 (expiration)

IWM closed above $106.  Success!

GROSS PROFIT:  $120

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$IWM March Put Options

2/19/2014 (Wed)

buy (to open) 1 March 2014 $115 put at $2.34
sell (to open) 1 March 2014 $114 put at $1.94
sell (to open) 1 March 2014 $113 put at $1.60


3/21/2014 (expiration)

IWM closed above $113.  Success!


GROSS PROFIT:  $120.00


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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

$IWM March Put Options

2/28/2014 (Fri)

sell (to open) 10 March 2014 $110 puts at $0.32

probability of success:  88.31%
maintenance required:  $16,252


3/19/2014 (Wed)

buy (to close) all 10 puts at $0.02

NET PROFIT:  $285.00

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

$SPY March Put Options

1/29/2014

sold (to open) 2 March 2014 $171 put options at $2.10

cash received:  $420.00
probability of success:  70%
reasons for placing trade:  SPY was "oversold"


3/18/2014

buy (to close) both put options at $0.02

NET PROFIT:  $404.40  (ROC 6.51% using margin)

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$SPY March Put Options

1/29/2014 (RD)


sold (to open) 1 March 2014 $171 put option at $2.10

Cash received:  $210.00
probability of success:  70%
reason for placing trade:  SPY was "oversold"


3/18/2014

buy to close put option at $0.02

NET PROFIT:  $197.19 (ROC 6.40% using margin)

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Monday, March 17, 2014

$IWM March Put Options

1/29/2014

buy (to open) 2 March 2014 $108 puts at $1.84
sell (to open) 4 March 2014 $107 puts at $1.61

reasons for trade:  IWM was "oversold"


3/17/2014

buy (to close) 2 March 2014 $107 puts at $0.03

Let the 107/108 debit spread expire on 3/21/2014

NET PROFIT:  $257.33

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Friday, March 7, 2014

$XRT Retail ETF Put Options

1/10/2014 (RD's acct)


sell (to open) 4 Feb 2014 $84 puts
credit: $0.96


2/3/2014 (roll)

buy (to close) 4 Feb 2014 $84 puts and 
sell (to open) 4 June 2014 $84 puts 
Net credit:  $1.44


3/7/2014

buy (to close) 4 June 2014 $84 puts
debit:  $2.00


TOTAL NET PROFIT:  $123.68


Lessons learned:  
  • 2/3 was a very bad time to roll out to June
  • this trade did not go as planned, so I decided to close the position and take my profits

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

$XRT Retail ETF Put Options

12/11/2013

sell (to open) 2 Jan 2014 $85 puts at $1.49

probability of success:  56%


1/8/2014 (roll)

buy (to close) 2 Jan 2014 $85 puts and
sell (to open) 2 Feb 2014 $85 puts
net credit:  $0.80


2/3/2014 (roll)

buy (to close) 2 Feb 2014 $85 puts and
sell (to open) 2 Jun 2014 $85 puts
net credit:  $1.30


3/5/2014

buy (to close) 2 Jun 2014 $2.54


TOTAL NET PROFIT:  $193.65

Comments:  This trade didn't go as planned, so I closed it for a small profit on 3/5/2014 to free up the capital (I went ahead and sold some SPY Apr 2014 puts instead).

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

$XLY Consumer Discretionary ETF Put Options

1/16/2014

sell (to open) 4 Feb 2014 $65 puts at $0.86

probability of success:  55%


2/3/2014 (vertical roll)

buy (to close) 4 Feb 2014 $65 puts at $3.54
sell (to open) 4 June 2014 $65 puts at $4.84


2/26/2014

buy (to close) 4 June 2014 $65 puts at $1.66


NET PROFIT:  $166.55

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Friday, February 21, 2014

$QQQ Feb 2014 Put Options

1/28/2014

sell (to open) 10 Feb 2014 $79 puts at $0.17

probability of success:  92.37%


2/21/2014 (Fri)

QQQ closed above $79.  Success!

NET PROFIT:  $155.25

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$SPY Spider Ratio Spread

2/3/2014
(SPY closed 2.25% lower....lots of selling..... GREAT time to SELL some PUT OPTIONS!!)

buy (to open) 1 Feb 2014 $170 put at $1.68
sell (to open) 2 Feb 2014 $167 puts at $1.13

probability of success:  77%


2/21/2014 (Fri)

SPY closed above $170, so all put options expired successfully.

NET PROFIT:  $48.66

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