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November 19, 2010

Options Expiration – November 2010

Filed under: Account Summary,Finance,Stock Picks - 19 Nov 2010

I had a good options expiration this November as most of my positions went my way.  Here’s the breakdown of how everything finished for me.

SPY – 112 Straddle (sold 1 put and 1 call at 112) – My put finished well …

November 17, 2010

Rolled UCO Covered Calls

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 17 Nov 2010

Just a week ago UCO traded as high as $11.99.  This afternoon (so far) it has traded as low as $9.97.  That’s the kind of volatility that makes selling options fun when you can time it right or at least close …

September 28, 2010

Sold MSFT Option Strangle

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 28 Sep 2010

As I alluded to yesterday I decided I was getting tired of my position on MSFT with just being long 200 shares and thought I should add some options to bring in some more cash for me.  It’s been somewhat of a …

June 18, 2010

June Options Expiration

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 18 Jun 2010

I ended up making a few option trades today, but not exactly as I planned to yesterday.  I started off this morning with CVS.  I traded CVS a while ago and been waiting for another good entry point.  They’ve been …

June 17, 2010

JPM Option Assignment

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 17 Jun 2010

I’m actually surprised this didn’t happen sooner.  My JPM June 48 naked put was more than $10 in the money as far back as May 20th.  Finally the inevitable happened and option was exercised and I was forced to pay …

April 20, 2010

Option Selling Tuesday – INTC, MSFT, MS

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 20 Apr 2010

After my April options on Intel (INTC) expired worthless I planned to get right back in. I think INTC has a strong run left in it. With a forward P/E ratio of only 12.22 INTC has room for error without …

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