Trade Updates – Page 34

Update – $GM: Closing Jan Put ButterFly

January 4, 2016 by CC • Trade Updates

On December 1st we got a glimpse at a nice November auto sales print that was inline with expectations. That got us looking at General Motors which had seen a really nice rally from both …

Trade Update $PYPL: Closing Call Calendar for a Gain

October 16, 2015 by Dan • Trade Updates

Back on Sept 11th we expressed a bullish leaning trade in PayPal (PYPL). The calendar financed the purchase of longer dated with the sale of ones expiring today (here). To refresh, here was the trade:

Trade Update – $XLP: Closing Nov Calls for a quick gain

October 9, 2015 by CC • Trade Updates

I guess it is safe to say that you could have thrown a dart to buy any stock (save AAPL) or sector (save Biotech) in the U.S. market this past week and made money. We …

Trade Update – Closing $QQQ Sept Put Spread for a Gain

August 21, 2015 by CC • Trade Updates

We’ve had a short position on in the QQQ for some time now. Initially it was a naked put and just yesterday we turned that into a put spread. Here’s how we got here. On July …

Trade Update $MSFT: Closing Put Calendar for a Gain

August 21, 2015 by CC • Trade Updates

Back on Aug 4th we legged into a bearish position in MSFT, financing the purchase of longer dated puts by selling shorter dated ones. To refresh, here was the trade & rationale:

Trade Update $XOM: Closing July Weekly Puts

July 31, 2015 by Dan • Trade Updates

Yesterday (read below) I made the case that options prices on a directional basis were just too low heading into this morning’s Q2 earnings print for XOM. I expressed that view in a one day …

Trade Update – Spreading $SLB puts

July 24, 2015 by CC • Trade Updates

Last week, into Schlumberger’s earnings (SLB), we placed a calendar put spread that looked to fade the earnings move but set up for further weakness afterwards if crude oil continued its decline. Here was the …

Considering Our Options: $MSFT July Call Fly

July 1, 2015 by Dan • Trade Updates

On June 16th we placed a trade that defined a range in MSFT over the coming weeks into July expiration (read the full trade idea here). To refresh here was the in the money call …

Trade Update – Closing Short Call in $BBRY Spread

May 11, 2015 by Dan • Trade Updates

Back in mid January we made a sort of “where there is smoke there is fire” trade in BBRY (read below). The stock is up 2.5% today on unconfirmed take-over rumors (here). To refresh here …

Friday’s Notable Options Activity: $AAPL, $GM, $PFE

May 4, 2015 by Dan • Trade Updates

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. PFE – total options volume ran more than 2x average daily with calls outnumbering puts almost 3 to 1. …

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