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calendar call spread
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury / TBT http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/ProShares_UltraShort_20%2B_Year_Treasury_%28TBT%29[/private_monthly] Current Strategy: long calls Trade entry date: Mar 30 Price at trade entry: $37.89 Price at this post: $25.36 Current Po...
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calendar call spread
Stock / Symbol: Johnson & Johnson / JNJ http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/JOHNSON_%26_JOHNSON_%28JNJ%29 Option Strategy: calendar call spread w/ protective call Trade Entry date: Aug 10 Price at trade post: $61.28 Price at this post: 63.69 Reasoning: Re-running the risk graph, it looks like we're act...
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calendar call spread w/ protective call
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]American Express / AXP http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/American_Express_Company_%28AXP%29 [/private_monthly] Option Strategy: calendar call spread w/ protective call Trade entry date: Aug 15th Price at trade entry: $45.87 Price at this post: $45 Current Position: [p...
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diagonal call spread
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]United States Oil Fund / USO http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/United_States_Oil_Fund_%28USO%29[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $33.60 Option Strategy: diagonal call spread Max Risk: $910 Max Reward: $356 or 39% by Sep 2011 expiration Profit Range: $31.30 + Max ...
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butterfly put spread
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Priceline.com / PCLN http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Priceline.com_%28PCLN%29[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $518.30 Option Strategy: butterfly put spread Reasoning: We've going to take advantage of the volatility surrounding [private_monthly]PCLN's [/private...
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bull put spread
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]S&P 500 INDEX / SPX Price at trade post: $1272.67[/private_monthly] Option Strategy: bull put spread Reasoning: This trade has a 89% probability of success and reaches full profit potential this Friday. We're using a day limit order. Max Risk: $940 Max Reward: $60 ...
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Covered Strangle
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Cheniere Energy / LNG [1] [/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $9.61 Option Strategy: covered strangle Reasoning: We've been looking for a play on Natural Gas and believe we've found a good one in [private_monthly]LNG [/private_monthly]. We're using a covered s...
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diagonal call spread – trade adjustment
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Peabody Energy / BTU[/private_monthly] Original Option Strategy: diagonal call spread New Option Strategy: calendar call spread Price at trade entry: $59.54 Prece at this adjustment: $55.70 Adjustment: This trade has gone a bit against us and we want to mitigate ou...
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New Trade visual
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Amex SPDR Energy Select Index / XLE[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $75.49 Option Strategy: put spread Reasoning: We're going to hedge our long energy positions with a put spread on [private_monthly]XLE[/private_monthly] Max Risk: $206 Max Reward: $394 or 91%...
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New Trade – put spread
Stock / Symbol: [private_monthly]Amex SPDR Energy Select Index / <a ticker="NYSE%3AXLE" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Select_Sector_SPDR_Fund_-_Energy_Select_Sector_(XLE)" target="_blank" articletitle="WExF_0" articletype="company" class="wikinvest-suggestion-link">XLE</a>[/priva...
