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July 17, 2009

July 2009 Option Expiration

Filed under: Account Summary,Finance,Stock Picks - 17 Jul 2009

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 …

June 19, 2009

Moved MON and SLB Options to July Expiration

Filed under: Account Summary,Finance,Stock Picks - 19 Jun 2009

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 …

May 28, 2009

Closed MON Long June 80 Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 28 May 2009

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 …

May 27, 2009

Bad Timing on Monsanto

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 27 May 2009

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 …

May 26, 2009

Easing back into MON with a Naked Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 26 May 2009

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 …

April 17, 2009

MON and JOYG Option Updates

Filed under: Finance - 17 Apr 2009

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 …

March 20, 2009

Closed SSO Put Spread & Other Options Expiration Updates

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 20 Mar 2009

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 …

August 19, 2008

Sold New MON Naked Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 19 Aug 2008

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 …

June 27, 2008

Sold MON Naked Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 27 Jun 2008

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 …

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