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Every single one of my options closed with a profit this month.  I’ve been overdue for a month like this, but it’s not a perfect ending since two of them finish a penny or two in the money and I …

My biggest bullish move of the day was not selling covered calls on any of my long shares today.  For years, that’s been my typical move the first trading day after options expiration, but I’m staying patient on these as …

October has been a good options expiration for me.  Six out of seven positions are closing for a profit.

NFLX – Bear $130/140 Call Spread – This one worked even better than planned.  I could’ve been more aggressive, but am happy …

After taking option assignments on a few positions at August’s option expiration I’ve stayed long with no covered calls on any of my newly acquired stocks.  That changed today.  QCOM is getting close to my purchase price and while I …

Two days after I posted my plans earlier this week for my expiring options Aflac (AFL) got spanked and lost 6% after issuing poor guidance.  This morning I took an option assignment a day early on my AFL May $55 …

When options expired in February I said I planned to sell April puts on Boeing (BA) once they were posted because the downside looked limited.  If I had followed through on that plan I might have caught BA close to …

Today ended up being an easy options expiration for my taxable portfolio.  I only had three separate options expire today on VXX, VNQ and BA.  This is how they each played out along with my next steps:

One VXX February 22 …

I’ve intentionally not traded this week.  Since I’ve been selling so many longer term options lately I thought I should take a step back, let the dust settle and see how (a little) time affects my current portfolio.  With volatility …

I had a mixed options expiration for December with two of my options expiring while the underlying stock was trading above the strike and the other two finished below the strike.  Here are the details:

MDY December 145 naked put – …