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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Spiders (SPY) Nov 185 Put Options

9/24/2014 (8:57 am, PT)

sell to open 10 November 2014 $185 put options at $1.07

I GOT PAID $1070 up front!

Why did I place this trade on 9/24?  See my other SPY trades (below).


11/17/2014 (12:27 pm, PT)

buy to close all 10 puts at $0.01

NET PROFIT:  $1051.98   SUCCESS!!




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Monday, November 17, 2014

Spiders (SPY) Nov 191 Put Option

9/24/2014 (9:18 am, PT)

sell to open 1 November 2014 $191 put option at $1.82
I GOT PAID $182 up front!

Why did I place this trade on 9/24/2014?
  • SPY was touching its 50 EMA (see chart)
  • bottom of stochastics (see chart)
  • probability of success = 73%

On 10/15/2014, SPY hit a low of $181.92 (see chart).  My put option was in-the-money by $9.08.  

YIKES!!


However, I was not at risk of early assignment because there was plenty of "extrinsic" value remaining in my put.  So.... I left it open and hoped for a recovery.  After all, what goes down must come up, right?


11/17/2014
buy to close my put option at $0.03

NET PROFIT:  $177.43   SUCCESS!



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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Spiders (SPY) Nov 192 Put Options

9/24/2014 (9:03 am, PT)

sell to open 5 November 2014 $192 put options at $1.94

I received $970 immediately!

WHY did I place this trade on 9/24/2014?
  • SPY had come back down to its 50 EMA (see chart)
  • bottom of stochastics (see chart)
  • probability of success was 70%

On 10/15/2014, SPY dropped all the way down to $181.92 (see chart)

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However, I was not at risk of early assignment because my put option still had plenty of "extrinsic" value remaining.  So, I left my position open.  What goes down must come up, right? 



11/13/2014 (10:41 am, PT)

buy to close all 5 puts at $0.09
WHY?
  • top of stochastics
  • take profits!
NET PROFIT:  $903.23   SUCCESS!



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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Spiders (SPY) Nov 188 Put Option

10/1/2014 (11:59 am, PT)

sell to open 1 Nov 2014 $188 put option at $2.54

I received $254 CASH immediately!

WHY did I place this trade on 10/1/2014?
  • SPY dropped 1.36% (when the underlying goes down, put prices rise)
  • "bottom" of stochastics (see chart)
  •  probability of success:  67%
Note:  SPY broke through its 50 EMA on 10/1/2014, so it may continue to drop (bad)

On 10/15/2014, SPY hit a low of $181.92 (see chart), so my Nov $188 put option was $6.08 in-the-money (bad).  However, I was not at risk of early assignment because there was a lot of "extrinsic" value remaining in my option.  

So.... I left my position open.  After all, what goes down must come up, right? 


11/10/2014 (7:14 am, PT)

buy to close my put option at $0.05 

NET PROFIT:  $241.18     SUCCESS!



By leaving my put option open, I was able to take advantage of SPY's recovery (see chart).

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) Put Options

9/18/2014 (9:57 am) (FP)

sell (to open) 2 November 2014 $107 puts at $1.13

probability of success:  80%


11/10/2014 (7:07 am)

buy (to close) both puts at $0.05

NET PROFIT:  $206.44


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Diamonds (DIA) Put Options

9/24/2014 (9:46 am) (FP)

sell (to open) 1 Nov 2014 $166 put at $1.74

probability of success:  69%


11/11/2014 (7:08 am)

buy (to close) at $0.05

NET PROFIT:  $160.23



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Friday, November 7, 2014

IWM Put Options

3/5/2014 (RD)

sell (to open) 2 April 2014 $118 puts at $2.36

IWM was trading between $119.47 and $119.96 on 3/5/2014.

IWM dropped after I sold (to open) my puts, so I had to roll them FIVE times!  I was finally able to close the position on 11/7/2014 with a $769.58 profit on 11/7/2014.



The lesson:
Selling (to open) put options gave me a profit of $769.58.  If I had bought 200 shares of IWM instead on 3/5/2014, I would still be sitting on a loss of approximately $600 on 11/7/2014.  Selling put options is better than buying long a stock/ETF.

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QQQ Nov 2014 Put Options

10/9/2014 (11:47 am, PT) (RD)

sell (to open) 1 Nov 2014 $93 put at $1.18 (I got paid $118)

probability of success: 70%


11/7/2014 (6:30:02 am, PT)

buy (to close) at $0.05 (see chart)

TOTAL NET PROFIT:  $104.23 


The lesson:

On 10/9/2014, QQQ was touching the 50 EMA (possible support) and it's at the "bottom" of the stochastics, so it's a good time to SELL put options (see chart).

On 10/15/2014, QQQ dropped all the way down to $90.24 (see chart), so my put option was ITM.  However, I was not at risk of early assignment because there was a lot of extrinsic value remaining, so I left my option open (i.e., I didn't buy it back for a loss).

As always, I have a GTC, buy-to-close, limit order of $0.05 in place.  This order filled at the Opening Bell on Friday, 11/7/2014 (see chart).  Hallelujah!

The bottom line.....  instead of panicking on 10/15 and closing my trade at a loss, I left it alone and came out with a PROFIT!



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