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What a crazy options expiration day today was!  I took the opportunity to open four new positions as my old positions expired worthless.  The options for September were already available for SPY, GES, NDAQ and EEM and my July options were far (enough) out …

I mentioned earlier today that I had some more stocks I was eyeing for new naked puts.  NDAQ was one of those.  My last option strangle on NDAQ ended with my shares getting called away at $19.00.  I took a …

After operating in a daze the past couple of weeks I happened to notice the date today and saw April options expire tomorrow.  That got me to jump.  I started looking at each of my expiring options (NDAQ, INTC, T, …

When my February options were expiring I wrote that I planned to jump right back in on a few of my positions, but by the time Monday rolled around I started having second thoughts.  I entered a limit order to sell new …

I sold February INTC Puts last month and took a realized gain on the options this afternoon.  I considered buying my February puts back and leaving it at that, but decided I could take a …

I let this week slide by without making any real attempt to open any new positions.  The only order I entered was for ORCL March options, but left my limit price too high and ORCL only went up which left it …

I grabbed my list of current holdings as of the markets’ close yesterday, 1/20/10.  I haven’t made any new trades today, so this is what’s in my Interactive Brokers account right now.  I still have 460 shares of the bond ETF, …

For those of you who have been reading My Trader’s Journal for a while you know I have a hard time staying away from NDAQ for long.  It’s good about bouncing in a decent trading channel and I think the …

At the beginning of last year I joined a group of financial bloggers for a stock picking contest that would last for 12 months with no adjustments allowed.  We didn’t put any money on the line for the contest (luckily).  My picks had a …