Since I no longer think QQQ is going to drop much, if any, I decided to close my long puts on QQQ and keep the short puts. I’m exposing myself to a lot more risk by leaving the puts that I sold uncovered or matched with long puts, but don’t expect a selloff to take…
Month: July 2017
Options Expiration – July 2017
I came into today with two options left to expire for July. At the open, my order for ADI hit. While ADI was trading at $79.55, I bought to close my one ADI July $80 naked put for $0.39 and sold one ADI September $80 naked put for $3.24 and received $284.30 after paying $0.70…
Closed August TLT Vertical Call Spread
I closed my TLT August 129/132 vertical call spread for a profit today. While TLT was trading at $123.33, I bought my six short TLT August $129 calls for $0.14 and sold my six long TLT August $132 calls for $0.04. The net spread purchase was for $0.10 and I paid $72.71 including $12.71 in…
SPY Chart – July 7, 2017
The chart below shows the daily prices for the past three months on SPY, the SPDR ETF that tracks the S&P 500 Index, after closing the week at $242.11, on July 7, 2017. SPY retreated 2.0% from its intraday high of $245.01 set on June 9 before having a slight recovery and then dropping again. Even while setting a…
End of the Month Summary – June 2017
I eked out another small gain this past month. June wasn’t a stellar month for the S&P 500, but it gained 0.48%, which is good after the gains of the first five months. I finally got closer to being fully invested and have some decent gains I could make by the end of July and…