Conservative Options Trades

Discussion in 'Journals' started by danshirley, Aug 21, 2011.

  1. F:
    http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowa...arish-as-you-think/?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo
    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-posts-best-u-december-143000055.html
    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=F

    Trade:
    With F at 14.76
    Sept 12/10 bull put spread for a net credit of $23
    Yield = 23/177 = 13% in 255 days or 19% annualized
    Prob = 80%
    Expectation = .8(23) - .05(177) - .15(89) = 18.4 - 8.85 -13.35 = -3.8

    Price.............Profit / Loss............ROM %
    7.50..............(177.00)................-88.50%
    9.60..............(177.00)................-88.50%
    10.00............(177.00)................-88.50%
    11.77.................0.00....................0.00%
    11.81.................4.10....................2.05%
    12.00................23.00..................13.00%
    14.02................23.00..................13.00%
    16.23................23.00..................13.00%
    18.44................23.00..................13.00%
     
    #901     Jan 5, 2015
  2. AMGN:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amgen-upgraded-strong-buy-portfolio-213009227.html

    http://www.investopedia.com/article...lions-just-few-drugs.asp?rp=y&partner=YahooSA

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.AMGN.NAS?symbol=AMGN&form=PRFISB

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui

    Trade:
    with AMGN at 157.99
    Jan '16 110/105 bull put spread for a net credit of $76
    Yield = 76/424 = 17.9% in 374 days or 17.5% annualized
    Prob = 86%
    Expectation = .86(76) - .11(424) - .03(212) = 65.4 - 46.6 - 6.4 = 12.4

    Price..............Profit / Loss...........ROM %
    75.00...............(424.00).............-84.80%
    100.00.............(424.00).............-84.80%
    105.00.............(424.00).............-84.80%
    109.24..................0.00.................0.00%
    110.00................76.00................17.90%
    125.53................76.00................17.90%
    150.00................76.00................17.90%
    175.00................76.00................17.90%
    200.00................76.00................17.90%
     
    #902     Jan 5, 2015
  3. TASR:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bull-day-taser-tasr-bull-060006642.html

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.TASR.NAS?symbol=TASR&form=PRFISB

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=TASR+Headlines

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=tasr

    Trade:

    Jan '16 10/5 bull put spread for a net credit of $45
    Yield = 45/455 = 10% in 372 days or 9.7% annualized
    Prob = 91%
    Expectation = .91(45) - .01(455) - .08(228) = 40.95 - 4.55 - 18.24 = 18.16

    Price...............Profit / Loss...........ROM %
    3.75.................(455.00).................-91.00%
    5.00.................(455.00).................-91.00%
    9.28...................(27.00)...................-5.40%
    9.55.......................0.00....................0.00%
    10.00....................45.00....................9.70%
    15.10....................45.00....................9.70%
    20.92....................45.00....................9.70%
    26.74....................45.00....................9.70%
    32.56....................45.00....................9.70%
     
    Last edited: Jan 7, 2015
    #903     Jan 7, 2015
  4. USO:

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=uso

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/number-us-oil-rigs-operation-184616613.html

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-...t-money-into-funds-in-4-years.html?cmpid=yhoo

    http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29643612

    http://constantvoyagermacro.tumblr.com/post/107404924673/why-the-oil-selloff-is-inducing-paranoia

    Trade
    With USO at 18.28
    Jan '16 16/20 bull call spread for a net debit of $210

    Price................Profit / Loss............ROI %
    12.00................(210.00)..............-100.00%
    14.50................(210.00)..............-100.00%
    16.00................(210.00)..............-100.00%
    17.12..................(97.90)................-46.62%
    18.10.....................0.00....................0.00%
    19.75..................164.70..................78.43%
    20.00..................190.00..................90.48%
    22.50..................190.00..................90.48%
    25.00..................190.00..................90.48%
     
    #904     Jan 10, 2015
  5. IPAR:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-inter-parfums-ipar-060006014.html

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.IPAR.NAS?symbol=IPAR&form=PRFISB

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=IPAR

    http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=IPAR Interactive#{"range":"2y","scale":"linear"}

    Trade:
    with IPAR at 25.67
    Aug 30/35 bear call spread for a net credit of $45
    Yield = 45/455 = 9.9% in 219 days or 16.5% annualized
    Prob = 75%
    Expectation = .75(45) - .12(455) - .13(227) = 33.75 - 54.6 - 29.51= -50.36

    Price............Profit / Loss..........ROM %
    20.00...............45.00...................9.90%
    25.00...............45.00...................9.90%
    28.89...............45.00...................9.90%
    30.00...............45.00...................9.90%
    30.45.................0.00...................0.00%
    33.85............(339.60)...............-67.92%
    35.00............(455.00)...............-91.00%
    38.80............(455.00)...............-91.00%
    43.75............(455.00)...............-91.00%
     
    Last edited: Jan 13, 2015
    #905     Jan 13, 2015
  6. RIO

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-rio-tinto-rio-060006532.html

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.RIO.NYS?symbol=RIO&form=PRFISB

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=rio

    Trade:
    with RIO at 43.1
    Jan '16 50/52.5 bear call spread for a net credit of $50
    Yield = 50/200 = 25% in 363 days or 25.1% annualized
    Prob = 71%
    Expectation = .71(50) - .24(200) - .05(100) = 35.5 - 48 - 5 = -17.5

    Price.................Profit / Loss................ROM %
    30.00....................50.00.......................20.00%
    40.00....................50.00.......................20.00%
    45.44....................50.00.......................20.00%
    50.00....................50.00.......................20.00%
    50.50......................0.00.........................0.00%
    52.17.................(167.00).....................-66.80%
    52.50.................(200.00).....................-80.00%
    60.00.................(200.00).....................-80.00%
    65.00..................(200.00)....................-80.00%
     
    #906     Jan 16, 2015
  7. What is the source of these figures?

    Expectation = .93(61) - .05(939) - .02(469) = 56.7 - 47 - 9.4 = .03

    I assume the the first is the probability times the spread price. What are the other two?
     
    #907     Jan 17, 2015
  8. IBM:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-t...revenue-continues-sag-214654905--finance.html

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-fourth-quarter-profit-beats-212334923.html

    http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle...nings-bill-kreher-edward-jones.html?ana=yahoo

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.IBM.NYS?symbol=IBM&form=PRFIHQ

    http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=IBM Interactive#{"range":"2y","scale":"linear"}

    Trade:
    With IBM at 156.95

    Jan '16 200/205 bear call spread for a net credit of $40
    Yield = 40/460 = 8.7% in 360 days or 8.8% annualized
    Prob = 85%
    Expectation = .85(40) - .125(460) - .02(230) = 34 - 57.5 - 4.6 = -28.1

    Price..................Profit / Loss................ROM %
    117.71...................40.00........................8.70%
    144.30...................40.00........................8.70%
    172.29...................40.00........................8.70%
    200.00...................40.00........................8.70%
    200.28...................12.50........................2.50%
    200.40.....................0.00........................0.00%
    205.00................(460.00)....................-92.00%
    228.26................(460.00)....................-92.00%
    256.25................(460.00)....................-92.00%

    not a very good trade but the best I can come up with.
     
    Last edited: Jan 20, 2015
    #909     Jan 20, 2015
  9. T:
    (a retirement money trade)
    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=T Key Statistics

    http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=T Interactive#{"range":"10y","scale":"linear"}

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=T

    Trade:
    with T at 33.95
    Jan '16 25/23 bull put spread for a net credit of $15
    Yield = 15/185 = 8.1% in 360 days or 8.2% annualized
    Prob = 95%
    Expectation = .95(15) - .025(185) - .025(93) = 14.25 - 4.6 - 2.3 = 7.35
    Price......................Profit / Loss..............ROM %
    17.25......................(185.00)...................-92.50%
    22.08......................(185.00)...................-92.50%
    23.00......................(185.00)...................-92.50%
    24.85...........................0.00.......................0.00%
    25.00.........................15.00.......................8.10%
    27.17.........................15.00.......................8.10%
    32.26.........................15.00.......................8.10%
    37.35.........................15.00.......................8.10%
    42.44.........................15.00.......................8.10%
     
    Last edited: Jan 21, 2015
    #910     Jan 21, 2015