Archive for: December 2007

Today was my last day on my job at AT&T.  Luckily, I received an offer yesterday and accepted the position in writing before going in to the office to turn in my laptop, badge, etc.  Nothing like waiting until the …

Could it be that one of my worst trades of the year will work out for me?  I sold three naked puts a few months ago on DWA only to see it drop big.  During that fall …

Had I waited a few minutes I could have included this trade in my last post.  I keep coming back to NVIDIA (NVDA) and it keeps working, so let’s hope I’m not pushing my luck (skill?) with this order.

While NVDA was trading …

Yes, that was an intentional pun – sales/sails – maybe not as funny if I have to explain it. 

DSX was trading at 29.17 when I bought my December 30 naked puts …

I’m keeping this week’s Dow Jones Industrial Average (aka DJIA or $INDU) brief this week since it’s a holiday week.  The chart below tells the same story as last week, we’re still stuck in a trading channel.  What we can’t …

This morning I said I would NOT buy my DSX options back for a loss since it looked like it was ready to rebound.  It did – starting about seven minutes after I posted …

When I first started selling options I had a lot of questions about how the taxes worked with it.  At the end of my first year of selling options I asked a neighbor who was a financial advisor how I …

I’m short four DSX December 30 naked puts.  DSX is trading at 28.13 as I write this before 10:00 am on the last day to trade these contracts.  With as many stocks as I already hold long in my portfolio, I’d …

After today, I only have six more working days on my AT&T contract where I’ve been a project manager for more than four years.  I don’t have another job lined up yet and I’ve been looking forward to having a little time …