The last of my TLT limit orders hit this afternoon and I am finally completely out of my long series of TLT trades. While TLT was trading at $121.40, I bought to cover 500 shares of TLT at $121.40 and bought to close five TLT December $130 covered puts for $8.94. The combined order sold…
Month: November 2016
Updates on TLT, IWM, and MDY Options
Last week I mentioned I was in the process of starting over with my allocation. I’m moving slowly, but moving forward nonetheless. At the open, when TLT was trading at $121.15, my limit order hit and I bought to close 500 short shares of TLT for $121.15 and bought to close five TLT December $131…
Options Expiration – November 2016
My only November option left to expire was the an IWM covered call. I could’ve let it expire and be called away. That inaction on my part would’ve saved me $2.38 in commission for this trade, but the data entry is easier this way in Quicken and I decided my couple of minutes saved is…
Account Cleaning, Starting with TLT
I had a bad run with my TLT options and short shares and then it turned in my favor, but I didn’t close (or at least roll) my covered puts in time to make up as much as I would’ve liked. I could push for a better gain by rolling my put strikes lower or…
End of the Month Summary – October 2016
As scary as October can be some years, I had another fantastic month this October. As the S&P 500 declined, my account balance increased. I’m making up for lost ground still, but months like this past one go a long way in helping me get there. The declines in my long shares were more than…