I never do calendar spreads because they have too narrow a range of success. e.g. take WMT at 54.63:...
XEL: Trade 2 Sell the June 20 put and buy the June 17.50 put for a net credit of $60 .....................P/L 15...............(190)...
XEL: Xcel Energy is a large diversified utility. It pays 4.8% (next payment around Dec 24) and has a beta of just .39. It has a long history of...
I used to do these trades (they do mostly work) but the yield hardly seems worth the effort. e.g. WMT (54.63) is going to pay .29 in Dec. and...
e.g. MCD @ 64.45 Buy the Jan 65 call for 1.23, sell the Jan 65 put for 2.26 and buy the Jan 60 put for .56. Net = $44 credit....
re TBT: I stay away from doing options on the ultras because they use futures and do not track over longer periods of time. TLT on the other...
For the jan 2011 40/35 I get: ..............P/L 35........(445) 37.5 ....(197) 40........ 55 45.........55 ------------------------ Req:...
Nov expiration: MCD SSF covered call expired on Sat. Yield = 64/969 = 6.6% in 33 days or 73% annualized. found money :-)
GLD Inflation hedge Jan 2012: Sell the 100 put and buy the 90: .........P/L 80 ...(630) 90 ...(630) 100...370 110...370 120...370...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/stories/031209dnbusatthybrid.252391fe.html...
HP buying COMS for 7.90 cash:...
BAX is down a couple of points today. The reason is a story in the nut-job press that Baxter deliberately released viruses in the Ukraine so thay...
50/45::70/75 Exp..............Yield.............days............Annualized....Probability...
I would be interested to know if your loss is in one position or multiple positions. I had a recent similar loss on CVS but that was only one of...
MCD: Our current position in MCD SSF covered calls will expire in 9 days. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=MCD&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=...
BAX: Like JNJ BAX also reported rising profits on flat sales:...
JNJ: JNJ has been one of our recession resistant stocks and we currently hold a Jan bull put spread at 50/45. It's earnings were a mild...
TLT: After the Fed http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TLT&t=6m&l=off&z=m&q=c&c= http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0459508820091104...
TLT: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125720608076224113.html?mod=BOL_hpp_dc http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TLT&t=2y&l=off&z=m&q=c&c= Jan...
TEVA: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Teva-Pharmaceutical-3Q-profit-apf-231374664.html?x=0&.v=1...
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