Archive for: August 2007

After writing about Apple, Inc (AAPL) yesterday, I sold one October 120 naked put (QAAVD) on it this afternoon while it was trading at 131.07. I received $419.25 after commissions, a decent bit less than I could have made yesterdy, but now with a much …

I’m not invested in Apple (AAPL) again yet, but I’m starting to watch it again. The AAPL chart is interesting and will be telling within the next couple of days.  You can see on the chart I’ve …

The following is from one of my regular readers, Kadena.  Kadena is in the US military overseas and trades after he’s off duty, during his nights.  If you want to share your trade stories with everyone, you can email me with …

I sold four covered calls on three stocks today, the first day after expiration.  In my IRA I covered my positions with October calls on BAM, BA and NYX.  I sold BAM out of the money (OTM) and BA and NYX …

While looking at my blog’s incoming links on Friday I noticed that an article from The Wall Street Journal’s online edition linked back to my write-up on the VIX.  I thought that was really cool and worth sharing.

Anyway, I was excited …

Nothing like a Fed discount rate cut to help the banks.  Although it doesn’t do much for the consumer, the trickle through should help the markets in a sane world.  Although there’s still a lot of nay sayers who don’t …

I’m taking some serious losses on paper this week.  When this happens I go back and review what I have and where it is in a profit/loss view.  Do I have room to handle the roller coaster or not?  In …

This morning, like every morning, I ate breakfast with my 3 1/2 year old son.  He’s at the stage where he has to win at everything, including the first to finish breakfast.  Of course, being 33 years older I eat faster, …

This market can be more than a little disheartening for those who are somewhat new to options side of investing and aren’t used to this recent volatility in the markets.  I took a look at the VIX chart on Yahoo! Finance …