I did these Options trades today...will I be hurting or happy tomorrow? *note...they are realtime demo trading through OptionsXpress...all to simulate using only $2,000.00 oer each trade as would only have $2,000.00 to trade with: click here to see:
Symbol Description Stock Qty Cost Basis Total C/B Price Market Value Gain / Loss Action .QAANS AAPL FEB 95 Put $102.51 16 $1.16 $1,856.00 1.02 $1,632.00 ($224.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .BYONF BAC FEB 6 Put $6.89 25 $0.72 $1,800.00 0.66 $1,650.00 ($150.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .GEWNI GE FEB 11 Put $12.64 65 $0.29 $1,885.00 0.24 $1,560.00 ($325.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .IWMNT IWM FEB 46 Put $46.75 13 $1.39 $1,807.00 1.21 $1,573.00 ($234.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .QAVND QQQQ FEB 30 Put $31.50 40 $0.47 $1,880.00 0.41 $1,640.00 ($240.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .RFYBL RIMM FEB 60 Call $59.00 10 $1.82 $1,820.00 1.89 $1,890.00 $70.00 Trade | Roll | Notes .SZCNG SPY FEB 85 Put $87.10 10 $1.86 $1,860.00 1.67 $1,670.00 ($190.00) Trade | Roll | Notes .SZCNH SPY FEB 86 Put 10 $1.94 $1,940.00 2.01 $2,010.00 $70.00 Trade | Roll | Notes .UBONZ USO FEB 26 Put $28.25 30 $0.65 $1,950.00 0.58 $1,740.00 ($210.00) Trade | Roll | Notes
I think we are heading lower tomorrow in the morning..so, the late day SPY should be nice...comments on this and other trades?
If you want opinions, make the trades easy to read. Such as: Bot 5 XYZ Nov 45 puts @ 1.95 No one needs to wade through the rest of the stuff you posted. Mark
3:59PM(est) "diving board" trading...Stocks or Options...you do it?does anyone buy or sell stocks or calls and puts literally at around 3:59pm-EST...I am looking at doing this...did this today via papertrade...bought 10 SPY Feb 86 puts @ $1.94 @ 3:59ps-est today...
It's pretty dumb to take a positional bet before a potentially large market moving event. If you were to take a trade, it should have been some type of straddle. The market is liable to go in either direction but in a huge move.