I was short an FCX April 14 45 Covered Call had the stock called away. It got me thinking. Why were my shares selected as opposed to someone...
PM goes ex div tomorrow. Closed @ 93 today. I've got the MAR 87.5's against it. Div is $1.25 Don't care either way, just curious.
I've got an ITM stock going Ex Div. I'm not sure how to ask this question. I do know that there's no free lunch. If a stock is ITM and going Ex...
20 Covered Call positions expiring this week. Some are well ITM. It's interesting to me how some that are so ITM, >25%, actually have a debit to...
What's going on with OXY options? Not being traded. Non standard options. Non sensible prices... Within the last 5 days or so.
A first for me. In the past, if it was ITM by a penny, it was gone. This one was .16 ITM. Hmph...
In my mind I've been thinking of over writing, or unbalanced covered calls... Say, having 300 shares @ 15 and write 5 20 calls, so you're short...
For the longest time, I've wanted to do this, attracted by some downside protection while banking the time premium. My underlying was OXY. I had...
Those dividends aren't sustainable, right?
Is there much difference between owning MO or PM, big picture, long term? Thank you, Arnie
I sold the Monthly SPX 2090 calls and got an email today that I was assigned. I thought the settlement was the open on Friday morning? The S&P...
Wow, what a fall...
... Sure wish I could do the same in my real account. I do ok, but I'm killing it in my paper account. Same strategies... Oh well...
Well, with my option trading I broke even for the year yesterday...mostly Bull Put Credit Spreads...the down days came when I got spooked and...
In another forum I participate in, last Friday a member wrote, "SPX Apr15 2000 Call sold 48 contracts @ 65. It was the most they would let me sell...
I've noticed this several times... There are Friday's when they're not traded, and Friday's when they are traded. Today, the Dec 22's...
I normally just write credit spreads on the S&P500, but I keep a casual eye on a few stocks, Ford being one of them. On a lark, I bought some...
I guess I should really say "Taking bigger positions". As my account has grown through dumb luck, but mostly automatic bi weekly deposits, I'm...
I inquired about moving my 457K Deff Comp to my broker's IRA a while back. I wanted to start trading options in an IRA. The national office had a...
I'm not sure which forum to put this in, but this seems like the best bet. I trade weekly option credit spreads on the S&P500, primarily deep...
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