As part of the strategy I started implementing over the past week or so I added some EEM LEAPS this morning when my limit order hit as EEM dipped. The spreads on the VWO LEAPS were even bigger than the shorter term options, so instead of trying to mess around with it I went straight back…
Author: Alex Fotopoulos
Closed Part of UCO Position
A few days ago I entered a limit order to close my UCO January $10 naked puts and free up some potential margin. The bid/ask was $0.05/0.15, so I went in at the low end and placed my order to buy my 10 puts for a nickel each. Yesterday afternoon, after I left the house…
Sold SSO June 2011 Naked Put
As I mentioned a couple of days ago I’m off on a new adventure in rotating my account to longer term options (LEAPS). Technically LEAPS are defined as having a longer duration than nine months, so this trade today was just a basic option, but nearly six months out. While SSO was trading at $47.89 I…
Updating Trading Model
I’m tweaking my trading model a little bit for 2011 and started the shift today. I’ll be rolling this into my account gradually over the next few weeks (maybe longer). The short version is that instead of selling options only one to two months out I’m going to create a base of diversified index LEAPS (Long-Term…
S&P 500 Chart – 3 Year Weekly View
I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, December 17, 2010 when the index finished the week at 1,243.91.
Options Expiration – December 2010
I had a mixed options expiration for December with two of my options expiring while the underlying stock was trading above the strike and the other two finished below the strike. Here are the details: MDY December 145 naked put – This one finished far out of the money and allowed me to let it…
Current Portfolio – December 15, 2010
This is my list of what’s in my account right now. I only have four options left that are expiring this week and one of those is a covered call. The call is going to be assigned which means I’ll be selling my AVAV shares finally instead of rolling them again. This will end the series…
Dow Jones Chart – Still Running
I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after the markets closed on Friday, December 10, 2010 when it finished for the week at 11,410.32.
Sold VWO Naked Put
I decided to switch to using VWO instead of EEM for my international exposure. They both attempt to track the MSCI Emerging Markets index, but VWO has an expense ratio of 0.27% while EEM is nearly triple that at 0.72%. EEM’s yield is slightly higher at 1.33% compared to VWO’s 1.2%. EEM’s volume is more…