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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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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Kraft (KRFT) July $52.50 Put Options

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6/12/2013

Sold 10 July 2013 $52.50 put options at $1.05

This option was slightly out-of-the-money.


6/13/2013

Surprise!  KRFT moved up 3% today, so I decided to buy back my put option at $0.60.

Net gain:  $434.50 (in ONE day!)

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Spiders $163 Put Option

5/31/2013

sold 4  6/7/2013 weekly $163 put options at $0.50


6/7/2013 (expiration)

buy to close at $0.03

Net gain:  $176.87  (in one week)

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Spiders $165 Put Option

5/20/2013 (Monday)

Sell 4 May 24, 2013 $165 put options @ $0.44

Probability of expiring ITM:  27%


5/24/2013 (exp. Friday)

SPY closed at $165.308 (that was close!)

Net gain:  $164.97  (in 5 days)

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Costco May Put Options

4/22/2013

sell 1 May 2013  $105 put option at $1.73

This option was "at-the-money."


5/17/2013 

Costco closed at $113.05.  My option expired perfectly.

Net gain:  $172.22

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Monsanto May Put Options

4/23/2013

sell 2 May 2013  $100 put options at $1.02

probability of expiring "in-the-money" =  30%


5/15/2013

buy to close both put options at $0.02

Net gain:  $188.42

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Put Option

4/5/2013

sell 10 IWM May 2013 $81 put options at $0.22

probability of expiring in-the-money:  7.80%


5/9/2013  (with 2 seconds remaining)

buy to close at $0.01.

Net gain:  $210  (on $8000 collateral, 4 weeks)

Something to think about.....if you had $8000 in a savings account, will you earn $210 in interest in 4 weeks?  No.

Buy-to-close......this was a tough decision.  With only 6 more trading days until expiration, I could have left it alone and let it expire, but I try very hard to be disciplined and close my profitable positions.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

iShares Russell 2000 ETF May 2013 Put Option

4/22/2013

sell 2  IWM  May 2013  $86 put options at $0.60


5/6/2013  

buy to close at $0.04

Net gain:  $100.42  (2 weeks)

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Spiders Feb wk 4 2013 151.50 put options

2/15/2013  (Friday)

sell 2 February week 4 2013  $151.50 put options at $0.62

These options were at-the-money.

2/22/2013 (expiration)

SPY closed at $151.89
My options expired perfectly!

Net gain:  $122.45  (1 week)

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