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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Exxon Mobil Sept Put Options (XOM)

8/7/2013

sell (to open) 2 Sept 2013 $87.50 put options at $0.62

Probability of success:  77%


9/17/2013

buy back both put options at $0.10

Net profit:  $100.89

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Russell 2000 ETF Options (IWM)

8/5/2013

sell (to open) 10 Sept. 2013 $99 put options at $0.70

probability of success:  73%


9/16/2013

buy back all 10 options at $0.04

Net profit:  $651.99

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Russell 2000 ETF Options (IWM)

7/24/2013

sell (to open) 2 Sept. 2013 $98 put options at $1.20

probability of success:  75%


9/16/2013

buy back both options at $0.04

Net profit:  $220.40

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Friday, September 13, 2013

McDonald's Put Options (MCD)

7/29/2013

sold (to open) 4 Sept. 2013 $95 put options at $1.05

probability of success:  67%


9/13/2013 (Friday, 6:35 am PT)

buy to close at $0.10.  Success!

Net profit:  $373.79

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Pepsico Put Options (PEP)

8/2/2013

Sold (to open) 2 Sept. 2013 $80 put options at $0.64

Probability of success:  76%


9/13/2013

These put options had been in-the-money since 8/21, so I decided to buy them back today and break even.  PEP was just slightly above my strike price when I closed my position this morning.

I bought back my options for $0.54.

Net gain:  $0.98  (breaking even is better than losing money)

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Spiders (SPY) Ratio Put Spread

8/23/2013

buy to open 1 Sept. 2013 week 1 $166 put option
sell to open 2 Sept. 2013 week 1 $165 put options
net credit:  $0.70 x 1 x 100 =  $70.00 (received)


9/6/2013 (expiration)

SPY closed at $166.04!!!!  Wow!


Net profit:  $70.00 (in 2 weeks)

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A ratio put spread, such as this one, has the highest probability of success.

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Kraft (KRFT) Put Options

8/5/2013

sell to open 4 Sept. 2013 $55 put options at $0.90
Received $360


8/28/2013 (roll to October)

buy to close 4 Sept. 2013 $55 put options at $3.53
sell to open 4 Oct. 2013 $55 put options at $4.18
net credit:  $0.65

Observations:
On 8/28, when KRFT was $51.57, I received $0.65 credit for my roll.
On 9/6, when KRFT was $53.50, the roll would have given me a credit of $0.85.


Cash received so far:
$0.90 +  $0.65 =   $1.55 x 4 x 100 =  $620


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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Pepsico (PEP) Put Options

8/2/2013

sell to open 4 Sept. 2013 $82.50 put options at $1.27

cash received:  $508


8/28/2013 (roll)

buy to close 4 Sept. 2013 $82.50 put options at $3.66
sell to open 4 Oct. 2013 $82.50 put options at $4.11

cash received so far:  $688

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Diamonds (DIA) "Iron Condor"

7/5/2013

buy 10 August 2013 $154 call options at $0.98
sell 10 August 2013 $153 call options at $1.35
sell 10 August 2013 $149 put options at $2.19
buy 10 August 2013 $148 put options at $1.87

Received $690.

8/16/2013 (expiration)

DIA closed at $150.50!  Sweet!

Gross profit:  $690

Return on capital:  690/1000 =  approx. 69% in 6 weeks!

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Spiders August Iron Condor (SPY)

7/16/2013

SPY was trading between $167 - $168

buy ten August 2013 $171 call options
sell ten August 2013 $170 call options
sell ten August 2013 $165 put options
sell ten August 2013 $164 put options

Credit received:  $0.62 ($620)


8/16/2013 (expiration)
SPY closed at $165.83     SUCCESS!

Gross profit:  $620
 
Return on capital:  $620/$1000 =  62% in one month!!

(If you put $1000 in a one-month CD, will you receive $690 in interest?)

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) Put Option

7/22/2013

sell one August 2013 $102 put option at $0.79


8/14/2013

buy to close the $102 put option at $0.05


Net profit:  $63.19

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Google "Earnings Play"

7/17/2013

Google earnings:  7/18 after market close

buy 10 July 1005 call options
sell 10 July 1000 call options
sell 10 July 835 put options
buy 10 July 830 put options

Net credit:  $0.45 ($450)

7/19/2013 (expiration)

GOOG closed at $896.598
All options expired "worthless"

Gross profit:  $450 (in 2 days!).....  9% return on capital in 2 days

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Apple Iron Condor

6/3/2013

all July options

buy 10 $525 call
sell 10 $520 call
sell 10 $390 put
buy 10 $385 put

Credit received:  $0.58 ($580)


7/19/2013 (expiration Friday)

AAPL closed at $424.95, so my iron condor options expired "worthless"

Gross profit in 7 weeks:  $580

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

SPDR Utilities ETF (XLU) Put Options

5/20/2013

sell (to open) 5 XLU June 2013 $40 put options at $0.61

probability of success:  51%


6/21/2013 (expiration Friday)

XLU closed at $36.54, so I got assigned


7/18/2013

sell my 500 shares of XLU at $39.42

Net loss:  $9.19

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Kimberly Clark (KMB) June Options

5/13/2013

sell (to open) 5 June 2013  $100 put options at $1.40


6/21/2013 (expiration Friday)

KMB closed at $95.78, so I got assigned


7/11/2013 (12:55 pm PST)

sell my 500 shares of KMB at $99.64

Net profit:  $498.27

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Walmart (WMT) June Options

5/21/2013

sell (to open) 2 June 2013 $77.50 put options at $1.18
(these put options were at-the-money)


6/21/2013 (expiration Friday)

WMT closed at $73.51, so I got assigned


7/11/2013

sell my 200 shares of WMT at $77.50


Net profit:   $217.17

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Friday, July 5, 2013

Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) August 2013 Put Options

6/26/2013

sell 10 August 2013 $89 put options at $1.05

Probability of "success" =  77%


7/5/2013

buy back all 10 put options at $0.35

Net profit:  $684.50 (in 9 days!)  SUCCESS!!!!

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Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) July Options

6/4/2013

sell 10 July 2013 $89 put options at $0.76


7/5/2013

buy back all 10 puts at $0.05


Net profit:  $702.00 (in 1 month)

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Google June 2013 Put Spread

5/15/2013

-1 June 2013 $865 put option at $9.59  (22% probability of expiring ITM)
+1 June 2013 $860 put option at $8.59 (20% probability of expiring ITM)

credit collected:  $1.00  (i.e., $100)

6/18/2013

close entire spread at $0.11 debit

  Gross profit:  $89  (17% return on capital in one month)

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Kellogg's (K) June 2013 Put Options

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5/2/2013

sell 4 June 2013 $62.50 put options at $1.20


6/18/2013

buy to close at $0.05

Net gain (after fees):  $446.82  (in 6.5 weeks)

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