My option trades

Discussion in 'Options' started by ryanpatrick, Nov 21, 2011.

  1. You're welcome.

    I can't imagine any prob with the written 630P here. I'd be surprised if we touched 640 tomorrow. My projected range is 646.00-657.50.
     
    #1461     Apr 13, 2012
  2. My goal will be to prudently minimize any losses tomorrow... so i really hope it drops to 640. :D
     
    #1462     Apr 13, 2012
  3. I´ve been puzzling about being able to SELL some options and buy back after they collapse.

    I´ve played with it on paper. Don Bright was always saying SELL. Actually I can see at least one trade a week, in which at the end of a short trend, the inflated premium collapses for 7 or 8 hours.

    How to SELL is my problem. Don obviously has a big account and so SELLING for him is okay, he has the margin. But for me a small retail novice I can only SELL if I put on a spread of some type. This doesn´t work out to well.

    Say you have a short UP trend and the CALLS become inflated. When the trend stalls, you want to SELL the CALLS. I tried to search for a way to do this, but cannot find anything satisfactory, within my limited knowledge. There is a CREDIT SPREAD, there is a DEBIT SPREAD, there is HORIZONTAL, or CALENDAR SPREAD. All of these require that you also are going to remain LONG CALLS, if you SELL using them, and then in a few hours close the SOLD side out, to buy back cheaper. If you closed the SOLD part of the SPREAD on a buy back, what you are left with is CALLS that are going to lose money as well, because the trend has reversed, and is no longer going that direction anymore.

    I´m stumped on this obvious way of making a trade, by selling swollen premium and buying back when it reverses and collapses. You get left with LONG OPTIONS from one side of the spread.
     
    #1463     Apr 13, 2012
  4. Out of the GOOG calendars at 4.30 average.
     
    #1464     Apr 13, 2012
  5. I totally guessed wrong on direction but still made a small profit on my MAY 660/680/700 fly.
     
    #1465     Apr 13, 2012
  6. I just bought the 15/35/55 APR20 fly at 7.00 risk to open a position.
     
    #1466     Apr 13, 2012
  7. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    This is what happens when you have a "second job."
    Still in the monthlies. Surprized by the selloff - I think it rallies back.
     
    #1467     Apr 13, 2012
  8. ammo

    ammo

    sell the box,20 30 call sprd ,20 30 put sprd,10 dollar box,always worth 9 3/4 10 1/4...leg out with the trend..have to pay commish....take off early part of exp week to avoid assignment
     
    #1468     Apr 13, 2012
  9. Was working 5.00 and would've gone there, but I went to 4.30 when the stock fell below 647. 4.60 mid when I filled at 4.30.
     
    #1469     Apr 13, 2012
  10. Yeah, I think we trade to 44.00.
     
    #1470     Apr 13, 2012