Option Trades

Yesterday I sold 10 February 2016 Put Contracts (50 Strike) for MRK – to open a trade. *Premium Collected: $980.00 Here is my strategy breakdown […]

With the market falling – I need to add more equity exposure based on my Portfolio Rebalancing Rules.  Looking at which sectors of the market […]

I was getting frustrated – took three days to close my Wal-Mart trade.  I wanted to close for .05 cents per option ($50 bucks) – but […]

All the bad press Wal-Mart has received over the last few Months has created a buying opportunity. Today I sold 10 Put Contracts (57 Strike) […]

I Bought the 10 Put Contracts (50 Strike) for MRK for $100.00 – to close out the trade.  Profit: $650.00 excluding transaction costs. Pulled the […]

I Bought the 10 Put Contracts (54 Strike) for XLE for $200.00 – to close out the trade.  Profit: $850.00 excluding transaction costs. I wanted […]

As I stated in a previous post, was looking to increase my stock holdings given the modest pull back we have experienced – Energy seems […]

With Volatility High, I am looking to make another trade in Energy. According to my analysis below – the Energy SPDR ETF is trading at […]

On Friday, I sold 10 Put contracts on an old favorite – MRK (50 strike – expire on 10/17/2015).  Received $750.00 premium.  The last time […]

Just an update from a previous post – sold 10 Put contracts (55 strike) on XLE during the market meltdown on 8/24/2015 – collected $1,200.00 […]