My MON July 80 call (MONGP) is expiring out of the money today, so I decided to go ahead and sell another call today to increase my chances for profit over the series of trades. While MON was trading at $75.29 I sold to open one August 75 covered call (MONHO) for $3.20 and received $309.25 after commissions. …
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Moved MON and SLB Options to July Expiration
I only had three options finish in the money today (one on MON and two on SLB) and made changes to both positions to give me more downside cushion and increase my chances for a bigger profit by the end of the series of trades. I could’ve exited both positions with a little profit today, but decided…
Closed MON Long June 80 Put
For the third day in a row I sold a Monsanto (MON) option. Today it was to close the only long put I had. While MON was trading at $78.62 my limit order hit and I sold to close one MON June 80 long put (MONRP) at $3.60 and received $349.25 after commissions. That gave…
Bad Timing on Monsanto
After selling a naked put on Monsanto (NYSE: MON) yesterday they lowered earnings estimates for the year to the bottom of the previous estimate. If they can hit that number I still feel MON is a good stock to work, but it did take the wind out of their sail some. It dropped almost 6% from…
Easing back into MON with a Naked Put
After my long (for me long is over 3-4 months) run with Monsanto (NYSE: MON) ended over 30 days ago I decided to give it another look. MON is up a few bucks from where it was when I got out, but I was able to take a loss on the underlying shares while finishing…
MON and JOYG Option Updates
I was on a good role with picking the direction of Monsanto (MON) for the past few months, but seem to have lost my touch lately a little. With that in mind I decided to end my long run with MON for now, take my loss on the stock and move to another position. While MON…
Closed SSO Put Spread & Other Options Expiration Updates
As of the close of yesterday I thought I had my SSO put spread for a full profit, but that changed quickly this morning. Instead the S&P fell and I lost. I watched SSO most of the day, along with my other positions. With 10 minutes to go in the trading day I closed my…
Sold New MON Naked Put
After buying back my Monsanto (MON) naked put on Friday, I spent some time trying to pick my strike for a new naked put. I decided to keep my risk lower although it reduced my potential profit decently. While MON was trading at $110.20 within the first minute of trading today my limit order hit and…
Sold MON Naked Put
This is turning into a recurring theme for me. Instead of finding new stocks to trade on, I’m going back to previous winners and trading again. This time I came back to Monsanto (MON) to try to squeeze out another profitable trade. I sold June 110 naked puts on MON last time. Before that I…