I only had options on TLT left to expire today after rolling my July FEZ and SPY options yesterday. Both of the legs of my 10 TLT July $121/124 vertical call spread expired worthless and I logged a realized gain of $638.60 from the difference in the premiums I took in and paid out in mid-June. Since TLT…
Month: July 2015
Rolled SPY and FEZ Naked Puts
I just noticed that I haven’t made a trade in this account in nearly a month, since the June option expiration Friday. I didn’t believe it when I saw it and actually ran another activity download into Quicken to make sure I didn’t miss a trade. I knew I didn’t have much I wanted to…
SPY – 6 Month Chart
The chart below shows the daily prices for the past six months on SPY, an S&P 500 Index ETF, after closing the week at $207.31 on July 2, 2015. The trend line of higher lows that started in February wasn’t the only indicator that came into play this week. The 200-day moving average coincided with the trend line to provide a…
End of the Month Summary – June 2015
We reached the halfway point of the year in a weird spot. Stocks are basically flat for the year to date, but with some worrisome headlines messing with the mindset of investors. I don’t think the issues in Greece or Puerto Rico will be big enough to hurt the US stock market for more than…