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YIELDSAFE

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 42

03-15-12 04:41 AM

Trade #7 (opened on 3/14/12)

Sold VXX Apr 21 2012 18.0 Put @ 0.54
Bought VXX Apr 21 2012 16.0 Put @ 0.14
Net Credit of 0.40

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YIELDSAFE

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 42

04-11-12 04:39 AM

Quote from YIELDSAFE:

Trade #7 (opened on 3/14/12)

Sold VXX Apr 21 2012 18.0 Put @ 0.54
Bought VXX Apr 21 2012 16.0 Put @ 0.14
Net Credit of 0.40

Trade #7 (closed on 4/10/12)

Bought to close VXX Apr 21 2012 18.0 Put @ 0.38
Sold to close VXX Apr 21 2012 16.0 Put @ 0.08
Net Debit of 0.30

Return = 0.10 (original credit of 0.40 minus debit of 0.30)
Return% = 0.10 / 1.60 = 6.25%

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YIELDSAFE

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 42

04-13-12 04:31 AM

Quote from YIELDSAFE:

Trade #6 (opened on 3/12/12)

Sold GLD Apr 21 2012 157.0 Put @ 1.24
Bought GLD Apr 21 2012 155.0 Put @ 0.92
Net Credit of 0.32

Trade #6 (closed on 4/12/12)

Bought to close GLD Apr 21 2012 157.0 Put @ 0.41
Sold to close GLD Apr 21 2012 155.0 Put @ 0.21
Net Debit of 0.20

Return = 0.12 (original credit of 0.32 minus debit of 0.20)
Return% = 0.12 / 1.68 = 7.14%

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YIELDSAFE

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 42

05-16-12 03:49 PM

Trade #8 (opened on 5/15/12)

Sold SPY Jun 16 2012 127.0 Put @ 1.39
Bought SPY Jun 16 2012 125.0 Put @ 1.06
Net Credit of 0.33

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starvingtrader

Registered: Aug 2008
Posts: 31

05-16-12 03:51 PM

Are you going to sell some more TLT call spreads with TLT near 120?

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YIELDSAFE

Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 42

05-17-12 07:34 AM

Quote from starvingtrader:

Are you going to sell some more TLT call spreads with TLT near 120?

Selling a bear call spread on TLT, selling June 126 and buying June 128, for a net credit of 0.30 or more would be a high probability trade.

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