http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/ Investing in Stocks Through Options Sun, 20 May 2012 05:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/#comment-5778 Alex Fotopoulos Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:41:20 +0000 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/?p=1921#comment-5778 Sean, One of the more common hedges is to buy a put or call at a farther out of the money strike as a hedge. Here's an example of what I did on SSO a couple of weeks ago - http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/02/25/changed-sso-position/ Sean, One of the more common hedges is to buy a put or call at a farther out of the money strike as a hedge. Here’s an example of what I did on SSO a couple of weeks ago – http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/02/25/changed-sso-position/

]]> http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/#comment-5775 Sean from US Medical Supplies Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:22:13 +0000 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/?p=1921#comment-5775 Alex, thanks for clarifying. When dealing with puts and calls, is there anything you can do to offset the risk of catastrophic losses as a result of a stock crashing (if you're writing a naked put) or exploding with value (if you're writing a call)? Alex, thanks for clarifying. When dealing with puts and calls, is there anything you can do to offset the risk of catastrophic losses as a result of a stock crashing (if you’re writing a naked put) or exploding with value (if you’re writing a call)?

]]> http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/#comment-5772 Alex Fotopoulos Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:15:22 +0000 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/?p=1921#comment-5772 Sean, Most of my trades are short term focused, but with a long term horizon if that makes any sense. When I sell a naked put I plan to make a quick profit, but if it goes against me I typically stay in for a longer term hold. Selling naked puts just gets me in cheaper. Selling covered calls gets me out at a higher exit price. When I wrote this I wasn't bullish for the reason that I'd rather wait for a better entry point to make a long term move. Had I gotten out of my long-term bullish stance 15 months ago and paid more attention to shorter term (< 1 year) trends I'd have more money now. At this point I don't mind not selling at the peak and not buying at the absolute bottom. I believe there's plenty to be made in between those extremes. Sean, Most of my trades are short term focused, but with a long term horizon if that makes any sense. When I sell a naked put I plan to make a quick profit, but if it goes against me I typically stay in for a longer term hold. Selling naked puts just gets me in cheaper. Selling covered calls gets me out at a higher exit price.
When I wrote this I wasn’t bullish for the reason that I’d rather wait for a better entry point to make a long term move. Had I gotten out of my long-term bullish stance 15 months ago and paid more attention to shorter term (< 1 year) trends I’d have more money now. At this point I don’t mind not selling at the peak and not buying at the absolute bottom. I believe there’s plenty to be made in between those extremes.

]]> http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/#comment-5764 Sean from US Medical Supplies Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:17:43 +0000 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/?p=1921#comment-5764 Hello, I'm new to your blog but I'm finding a great deal of useful information here. I have to agree, you've done very well this year-to-date by only losing 2.33%. You mentioned that much of your assets had returned to cash and your bearish stance makes you hesitant to put that money back into play. I have to ask: are you only interested in short-term investing strategies? I would think that for any long-term stocks that you would want to be in, you would be bullish because almost everything is undervalued right now. Hello, I’m new to your blog but I’m finding a great deal of useful information here. I have to agree, you’ve done very well this year-to-date by only losing 2.33%. You mentioned that much of your assets had returned to cash and your bearish stance makes you hesitant to put that money back into play. I have to ask: are you only interested in short-term investing strategies? I would think that for any long-term stocks that you would want to be in, you would be bullish because almost everything is undervalued right now.

]]> http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2009/03/02/end-of-month-summary-february-2009/#comment-5738 Steve Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:11:25 +0000 http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/?p=1921#comment-5738 It's been a tough year for sure. Best of luck in the coming month. It’s been a tough year for sure. Best of luck in the coming month.

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