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December 16, 2011

Options Expiration – December 2011

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 16 Dec 2011

Every single one of my options closed with a profit this month.  I’ve been overdue for a month like this, but it’s not a perfect ending since two of them finish a penny or two in the money and I …

November 21, 2011

Shifting Risk with MVV, SSO and TBT + A Trading Model Change

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 21 Nov 2011

As I mentioned last week with my TWM trade and in my $SPX chart on Sunday, I’ve grown more bearish lately and I made some more changes today.  I started with a basic sell to lighten my overall exposure to …

November 18, 2011

Options Expiration – November 2011

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 18 Nov 2011

Options expiration finished pretty good for me on a few positions, but really bad on a couple of others that wiped out my gains on the good ones and then some.  This is how it shook out this month:

UCO – …

July 22, 2011

Sold Another MVV November Naked Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 22 Jul 2011

In my post from earlier today I mentioned that I had a limit order out for a new MVV naked put.  Since it had been sitting out there for an hour or more before I wrote my last post I …

March 28, 2011

Sold MVV November Naked Put

Filed under: Finance,Stock Picks - 28 Mar 2011

I noticed last week that MVV was trading November options now, but was too busy playing catch up with work after taking time off for my grandmother’s funeral to make a trade on it.  I also wanted to see how …

February 11, 2011

Current Portfolio – February 11, 2011

Filed under: Account Summary,Finance - 11 Feb 2011

I’ve intentionally not traded this week.  Since I’ve been selling so many longer term options lately I thought I should take a step back, let the dust settle and see how (a little) time affects my current portfolio.  With volatility …

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