I have two legs of TLT September covered puts and decided I needed to roll some of them today. I meant to do this earlier, but have been focused on my work in client accounts more than my personal trading. While TLT was trading at $140.00, I bought to close five TLT September $132 puts…
Month: August 2016
Options Expiration – August 2016
I had no options expire today, but did roll one of my legs of TLT covered puts. I also considered selling covered calls on my long (MDY, IWM, and DIS) positions finally, but couldn’t pull the trigger. The upside potential is just too small for what I want right now. I think my brain is a little skewed…
End of the Month Summary – July 2016
I had another bad month in July. TLT was the main cause of my paper losses with $3,789.73 of lost value during July. DIS lost another $116.00 for me, but my IWM and MDY long positions returned more than $2,400 to help soften the blow. My TLT puts covered my TLT short interest and dividends,…