March 5th, 2010. Posted by ThetaTrader
4.55 (-1.10)
03/19/2010 – ThetaOptions IRA Portfolio – Palm May10 Adjusting Spread – Bearish
Well that didn’t work out so well, our original spread PUTs us in the stock at $5. After PALM’s horrible earnings report last night, I’m not sure PALM will be around next year or not. Therefore we’re going to take our lumps (loss) now & flip this trade into a Bearish spread. I’ll be really disappointed if the stock rises above our hard stops by MAY! Read the rest of this entry »
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February 23rd, 2010. Posted by ThetaTrader
17.50 (-0.28)
02/23/2010 – ThetaOptions IRA Portfolio - VLO JAN11 Dividend Position Inititiated
The IRA Portfolio is going to initiate a small dividend play on VLO today buy purchasing the stock @ 17.50 and selling the JAN11 LEAP. If the stock continues to drop, we will convert this position into a Buy/Write by selling the JAN11 15 PUT for credit. If VLO finishes the year above 17.50, then the trade will make 15%. In addition, we have approx 15% downside protection until we began to accumulate a loss. Once again, this is the power of using options within a portfolio to increase your profit & reduce the risk. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 12th, 2010. Posted by ThetaTrader
25.00 (-0.19)
02/12/2010 – ThetaOptions IRA Portfolio – AT&T JAN11 Div Initiated
We’ve been waiting to make a nice dividend play on AT&T since the beginning of the year & today we finally took the plunge. This position is designed to make 10% even if the stock falls down to 22.50, that’s 10% below today’s price of 25.0. That’s right, you heard that correctly…WE WILL MAKE 10% IF THE STOCK DROPS 10% by the end of the year. In addition, AT&T pays a qtr dividend of 0.42 cents per share, which means we’ll take 5% right there alone. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 2nd, 2010. Posted by ThetaTrader
56.44 (+1.15)
03/29/2010 – ThetaOptions IRA Portfolio - Morphing back to APR/JUN Calendar Spread
The IRA has changed our AMED diagonal back into a Calendar spread once again. However, this time we’ve decided to lower the JUNE caller by ONE strike. Hopefully AMED expires at 60 by April’s OpEx. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 20th, 2010. Posted by ThetaTrader
CAT – 51.42 (+0.02)
02/05/2010 – ThetaOptions IRA Portfolio - CAT Diagonal CLOSED - Profit $92
We decided to cash out the CAT diagonal this morning. The IRA managed to make $92 from $500 risk within (15) days. That’s 18% return on investment in a IRA account within (15) days. We think that’s a pretty good return. Read the rest of this entry »
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