At the risk of jumping in to this lengthy March rally too late into it, I decided to add S&P 500 exposure through the ETF SPY while it was down a little this morning. My thought process went something like this – I use the S&P 500 as my main benchmark to measure against my personal…
Author: Alex Fotopoulos
Option Selling Monday – EEM and KFT
I have to admit, I was psyched when I saw the futures were down this morning pre-market. With all of my options expiring worthless I was sitting on half of my account’s cash unspoken for and ready to buy in at lower prices. I hoped we’d get a pull back and that my Dow Jones…
DJIA Chart – Still In Up Trend
I charted the past three months of daily prices for the Dow Jones ($DJIA) after the markets closed on March 19, 2010 when the index finished the week at 10,741.98.
Options Expiration – March 2010
After what started off shaky for some of these positions ended up being a boring finish for March options expiration and that’s what I like. It’s nice having all of my positions finish out of the money with no option assignments. It gives me the freedom to reassess what I should be holding and either get…
Sold Naked Puts on ITRI and T
Since I made the decision to go back to my old trading model of splitting my account over the two front month options expiries I’ve increased my exposure a little each week. I still am not fully invested, but I’m almost there now. That’s going to change substantially in a few days when March expiration…
28 Dividend Paying Stocks
I’ve been collecting a list of dividend paying stocks and ETFs for the past few months as I broaden my scope not only for my clients, but for my own personal investing too. I’ve mentioned my draw towards dividend investing a couple of times over the past months and thought by posting my dividend stocks list some of…
5 Year S&P 500 Chart
I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, March 12, 2010, when the SPX closed at 1,149.99 for the week.
Opened UCO Put Calendar Spread
The stock market can make you laugh at yourself sometimes. UCO is playing its roll as the comedian today. In my post on Monday I mentioned that I was trying to work a calendar spread on UCO. I couldn’t get the limit order I wanted to work for me on a combined order so I broke it down and legged…
Penny Stock Trade
Occasionally when the markets are slow, like they’ve been recently, I mess around with a penny stock trade to try to make a little extra cash. The risks of complete loss are fairly high with these stocks compared to my normal trades so I don’t “play” with much. This is much more a game to play than…