I’m a day early on my options expiration post because I closed out my remaining September options today and figured I could wrap up my commentary sooner than later too. I might come back in to make another trade tomorrow, but doubt it based on the trades I made today and everything else I have…
Tag: DIS
Moving Forward – IWM, DIS & T
My account is at a high for the year and has some more room to move higher before next week’s options expiration. I have less than 1.5% to gain in my account over the next 5 2/3 months to hit my full year target. As I’ve been writing about for months, I’ve had a lot…
Back in with the Mouse
Disney (DIS) shares started running away from me after I went bullish in February. I’ve sold two sets of naked puts since then and have profited nicely on both, but could’ve done better by buying calls or even buying the shares. I started worrying that the price was getting ahead of itself recently. My thinking…
Rolled DIS Options Out and Up
The Disney (DIS) trade I made a couple of months ago for April expiration wasn’t quite aggressive enough. I sold those two DIS April $55 puts while the contracts were in-the-money by $0.05 and then saw DIS slide lower some. I didn’t sweat the dip, but didn’t take advantage of it either. Last year, I…
Opened New DIS Position
I exited my last Disney (DIS) position almost five years ago when DIS was trading for $31.94. I was smart to do so since DIS lost more than half of its value within a few quarters after I dumped it. However, if I had sucked it up and became a buy and hold investor (ick!),…