Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 415

NWN:
Utility... distributer of Nat Gas.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=NWN+Profile
Recession resistant:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&...q=l&c=&c=%5EDJI
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&...l=on&z=l&q=l&c=

Trade:
Sell the March '12 40 put and buy the March '12 35 put for a net of $35.
Yield = 35/465 = 7.5% in 209 days or 13.1 % annualized.
This is an' intend to be put' trade. If put NWN yields a dividend of 4.1% and a 45 covered call can augment that dividend by an additional 3.5% giving a net yield of 7.6%
You could sell the 40 put plain and get 4.8% in the same 209 days or 8.5% annualized....but of course the spread has a higher yield because it has a much lower margin requirement because of the limited risk.

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 415

just to let you know I am not here for advice... just to have a place to post my trades on line. If you reply I will just add you to my ignore list as I did for the last poster.

Registered: Jun 2009
Posts: 888

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Quote from danshirley:

just to let you know I am not here for advice... just to have a place to post my trades on line. If you reply I will just add you to my ignore list as I did for the last poster.

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Your thread doesn't fit the description of an internet forum where "members can post discussions and read and respond to posts by other forum members". Perhaps a blog is what you need since a blog "is usually written by one user". EliteTrader is an INTERNET FORUM.

Registered: Aug 2011
Posts: 145

+1

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 415

Note:neither this nor any posting on this thread is meant as a recommendation to make a trade. It is simply my exploration of possibilities for my own use.

GOOG:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GOO...l=on&z=l&q=l&c=


Sell the GOOG Jan 320 put and buy the GOOG Jan 310 put for a net credit of $61
Yield = 61/939 = 6.5% in 151 days or 15.7% annualized
(Probabilities from OptionsXpress)
Prob = 93%
Expectation = .93(61) - .05(939) - .02(469) = 56.7 - 47 - 9.4 = .03

That spread is being offered at $50 as of closing today which would have a negative expectation. We need to get at least $61 for that spread for the expectation to be barely positive.

Probably not worth the effort.

Registered: Jun 2011
Posts: 57

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Quote from danshirley:
just to let you know I am not here for advice... just to have a place to post my trades on line...

...exploration of possibilities for my own use...

...I have to confess something else: A major reason I have for posting trades is to keep track of the trades that are available. I move about during the day and it's helpful for me to be able to look on line and remind myself of a certain trade... it's like an on-line notebook for my own trading. So I may identify a trade in the middle of the night and then later in the day when the market is open I am reminded of the trade and can decide to actually make it... or not....

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