http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options Investing in Stocks Through Options Sat, 10 May 2008 19:53:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am recharting the DJIA ($DJI) this week using a slighty different angle for the upward trending line of higher highs.  I'm doing this for two reasons.  One is to show that picking the exact points on a chart can change the story if you are a little bit off ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/10/dow-jones-djia-chart-may-9-2008/ I pulled this from "In Play" on Yahoo! Finance today. They referenced this press release from overstock.com's Web site.  (I watch In Play throughout the day to get the short story on what's moving the markets.) 9:08AM Overstock.com issues press release related to Reg. SHO (OSTK) 20.15 : Co announces that "yesterday marked the ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/08/fascinating-read-on-deepcapturecom/ In my hunt for stocks to sell options on, I started treking back through previous trades I've made and came upon AA Tuesday morning.  I think AA won't fall much, if at all and put a limit in to sell naked puts a few dollars out of the money.  AA ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/07/sold-alcoa-aa-naked-puts-again/ I think this is cool.  I've been writing for a little over a year now and my Google Page Rank is now 4.  I haven't done much social networking since I started my new job and don't see much more in my near future, so having a higher page rank ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/07/my-traders-journal-is-a-pr4-blog-now/ Once again I'm back in on Monsanto (MON).  I've sold multiple naked puts on MON over the past year and now that it has pulled back from its recent highs, I'm back in again with the hopes that it will help grow my account some more. While MON was trading at ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/06/trying-to-grow-with-monsanto-mon-again/ I got out too early last time around and now that Apple (AAPL) has gone up another $50, I'm back in.  While AAPL was trading at $183.24, I sold one AAPL June 170 naked put (APVRN) and received $449.25 after commissions. My reasoning was simple.  Earnings were already out and good ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/05/sold-naked-puts-on-aapl-again/ I'm back to charting the Dow Jones (aka "DJIA" or symbol "$DJI") today.  It finally broke above 13,000 and even stayed above it on Friday.  That put the DJIA above the line of resistance at 13k and since I last charted the DJIA, it broke the lower resistance around 12,700.  You ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/04/dow-jones-industrial-average-dji-chart-may-2-2008/ Is it bad form to quote myself?  When I wrote about SFLY a couple of days ago I said "I wouldn’t be too surprised to see SFLY below 15 by the end of the week."  It opened at 13.37 today, two days after my prediction.  Instead of selling calls, I should ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/05/01/shutterfly-sfly-misses-on-revenue/ I had another strong month in April.  I'm still unwinding some of the trouble I got in back in January (and earlier).  Although I'm taking some realized losses for those mistakes occasionally, I'm moving forward which is the entire point.  I stopped letting emotions play a roll in my investing ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/04/30/end-of-month-summary-april-2008/ So much for sitting on the sideline and watching.  My order for more SFLY naked calls hit this afternoon just before 3:00.  While SFLY was trading around 17.45, my order to sell two SFLY June 17.50 calls (QFYFW).  I received $308.50 after commissions.  I sold these at twice the price of the ... http://mytradersjournal.com/stock-options/2008/04/29/sold-more-sfly-naked-calls/