I’m really shocked that I haven’t made a trade since July options expiration. That was just over a month ago and is the longest I’ve gone without making a trade in this account since I started blogging in April 2007. The main reason for my lack of trading was that I couldn’t find something I…
Tag: DIS
Rolled DIS June Naked Put
I missed opportunities through most of last week to roll my DIS naked put while DIS was below my strike, but I figured I’d gain more on the underlying stock’s growth through the intrinsic value than I’d lose in extrinsic value drop of the new option. Based on the way I ended up making the…
Rolled DIS and IWM Naked Puts
We spent most of last week in New York (Manhattan) for spring break. It felt good to get back at my desk and find some normalcy in my daily routine yesterday. I made it back to my account this morning and rolled a couple of options that were set to expire this coming Friday. I…
Selling, Buying, Opening, Closing Options
It’s always an interesting day when we see stocks and bonds both moving lower. The day started off pretty boring. Not a lot was moving and so I placed some orders and went out to run some errands. When I got back, not much had changed, but within a couple of minutes, my orders started…
Sold DIS and IWM Naked Puts for April
I had some time to look over my holdings yesterday and really think about what I wanted to do next. I only have two February puts expiring (FB and BA) and both are far out of the money. I also have 700 shares of TLT that I’m short with three more TLT February $130 calls I’m…
Sold DIS March Naked Put
I’ve been a steady fan of Disney (DIS) for a while and would have done better over the past year by buying shares rather than selling naked puts. However, I know that the stock will stumble along its way higher again, as it did when I was assigned a put in October 2014. So, I decided…
Options Expiration – January 2015
I had more option contracts make it all of the way to today’s expiration than I’ve had in a very long time. Coming into the day, I had one DIS January $90 naked put ($285.51 profit), two UWM January $73 naked puts ($1,160.09 profit), two UWM January $75 naked puts ($1,598.24 profit), one BABA January $110 naked put…
Rolled DIS and BABA Options
A few days ago, I entered a limit order to close my DIS put that I sold near the bottom of the stock’s recent correction. Within the first two minutes of trading today, my order hit and while DIS was trading at $90.34, I bought to close my one DIS December $82.50 put for $0.30…
Sold DIS December Covered Call
Disney ($DIS) is almost back up to my entry point at $90 and I decided to go ahead and plan my exit. While DIS was trading at $89.16, I sold one DIS December $92.50 covered call for $1.01 and received $100.51 after paying $0.49 in commission. If DIS breaks high above $93.50, I might second-guess…