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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) Put Options

3/26/2014

sold (to open) 1 April 2014  $114 put for $1.66 (credit)
(cash received = $166)


4/15/2014

rolled April 2014  $114 put to June 2014  $114 put for $1.97 (new credit)
(cash received = $197)

 
6/5/2014

bought (to close) June 2014  $114 put for $1.28 (debit)
(cash spent = $128)


TOTAL NET PROFIT:  $210.85


NOTES:
On 3/26/2014, IWM was trading between $114.65 and $117.68.  
Let's suppose you had bought 100 shares of IWM at $116.16 (average price) instead of selling a put option like I did.

On 6/5/2014, when I closed my PUT OPTION for a PROFIT, IWM was trading between $112.09 and $114.88.  If you had sold your IWM shares on 6/5, you would have locked in a LOSS of $128 - $407, depending on what price you actually received.

This is a perfect example of why SELLING PUT OPTIONS is BETTER than just buying (long) a stock (or ETF).  When you SELL PUT OPTIONS, you're selling "time," so you will make money even if the stock/ETF goes down.

Check out my FREE lessons on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/moneyandlilia) and learn to SELL PUT OPTIONS!

It's easy, fun and most importantly, PROFITABLE!

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

SPY May Put Options

3/11/2014 (RD)

sold (to open) 2 April 2014 $186 puts at $2.73
(received $546)

probability of success:  55%


4/11/2014 (Fri)  Rolled to May

bought (to close) 2 April 2014 $186 puts
sold (to open) 2 May 2014 $186 puts
New credit:  $1.24 (received $248)


5/14/2014 (Wed)

bought (to close) both May puts at $0.04 ($8.00 debit)


NET PROFIT:   $765.36  (2.057% return in 2 months)

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SPY May Put Options

3/11/2014 (FP)

Sold (to open) 1 April 2014 $183 put at $1.81

probability of success:  67%


4/15/2014 (Tue)  Rolled to May

Bought (to close) 1 April 2014 $183 put
Sold (to open) 1 May 2014 $183 put
New credit:  $1.94


5/14/2014 (Wed)

Bought (to close) May put at $0.02


NET PROFIT:  $362.66


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Gold (GLD) May Put Options

Watch video: "Selling Gold Put Options Trumps Buy-and-Hold Strategy"


3/25/2014

Sold (to open) 2 May 2014 $123 puts at $1.60

Probability of success:  66%


5/14/2014 (Wed)

bought (to close) both puts at $0.05


NET PROFIT:  $301.39

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

SPY May 2 2014 Put Options

Watch on YouTube:  How I managed these put options, which went "in-the-money."

3/19/2014

Sell (to open) 2 May 2, 2014 SPY $183 puts at $2.12

Cash received:  $424

Probability of success:  60%


5/1/2014 (Thu)

buy (to close) both put options at $0.02

NET PROFIT:   $410.44

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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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Sample videos at www.youtube.com/user/moneyandlilia.




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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one-on-one training with Lilia (moneyandlilia888@gmail.com)
sample videos at www.youtube.com/user/moneyandlilia