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On this page you will find the Ten Year Trading Formula Trade History back to June of 2013 broken out by each type of trade. The trades go from latest closed to oldest.
Covered Call Positions
MBI: In June '16, we sold the Jan $7 covered call for a credit of $1.00. This expired for full profit and they took our shares.
MBI: In Jan '16, we sold the Aug '16 $7 call for $1.00 with 2 contracts on our shares of MBI. This went to full expiration and the shares were taken from us.
NR: In June 2015, we sold the December '15 $7.50 call for a credit of $1.15 on our 100 shares. this expired for full profit.
PLNR: In June 2015, our covered call trade filled selling the Dec '15 $5 call for $.70. PLNR merged with another company, so the stock no longer exists and we credited the full amount in our account of $6.58 and the credit for the call.
ZU: We originally sold the April $25 put for a credit of $1.50 with 2 contracts and made money on our defense. ZU finished at $18 after selling to QVC. We had let ourselves get put the stock and sold the Oct '15 $19 call for a credit of $1.25. WE sold our shares for a nice profit in addition to our call credit after the sale to QVC.
UNXL: In May 2015,we bought back our $6 call we sold in March for a credit of $1.15 for pennies. We sold the Oct $4 call for $.70 on 100 of shares. In total, we made $2.50 from our put and call trades.
UNXL: I March 2015, we sold the July '15 $7 covered call for $1.15 on our other $100 shares. UNXL finished at $3.50 after a nasty drop in May. Our call acted as great defense and we are right in range of breakeven on overall costs basis for these shares. We bought this back for $.10 and sold another
CLR: We got our CLR Jan 105/110/60/50 Iron Condor for a credit of $1.34. CLR ended the week at $113.61. We already got out of our bottom side for about $.28. We then turned around sold another put spread for the 80/75 strikes and picked up $.80. We made $1.77 on this trade factoring our the purchase of our first put and our defense. The week of 9-29, we bought back our 105/110 for $2.30 and then turned around sold the Jan $120/125 for $1.00. After this, we were positive on this trade by about $.45.We rolled this out to the $135/140 January strike for a debit of $1.40. We let this trade expire and lost $90.
CRR: We finally sold our CRR Call. We sold the Jan $75 for a credit of $5.05. CRR ended the week at $114.87. Our shared were taken from us at $75 giving us almost $1500 overall profit on the trade.
HLF: We purchased 100 shares for $37.42 and sold the May $42.50 call for a credit of $4.20 (11%). Our costs basis was $33.22 ($37.42-$4.20). We cleared this trade for a $585 profit.
JCI: We sold another $29 call for July for a credit of $1.80. our cost basis on our shares is now $24.55 ($26.35 from our previous call + $1.80). We let this trade expire for a full profit.
UNXL: In Jan '15, we sold the July $6 call for a credit of $1.10 on 100 of our shares. This closed in July for a full profit.
MBI: In June '16, we sold the Jan $7 covered call for a credit of $1.00. This expired for full profit and they took our shares.
MBI: In Jan '16, we sold the Aug '16 $7 call for $1.00 with 2 contracts on our shares of MBI. This went to full expiration and the shares were taken from us.
NR: In June 2015, we sold the December '15 $7.50 call for a credit of $1.15 on our 100 shares. this expired for full profit.
PLNR: In June 2015, our covered call trade filled selling the Dec '15 $5 call for $.70. PLNR merged with another company, so the stock no longer exists and we credited the full amount in our account of $6.58 and the credit for the call.
ZU: We originally sold the April $25 put for a credit of $1.50 with 2 contracts and made money on our defense. ZU finished at $18 after selling to QVC. We had let ourselves get put the stock and sold the Oct '15 $19 call for a credit of $1.25. WE sold our shares for a nice profit in addition to our call credit after the sale to QVC.
UNXL: In May 2015,we bought back our $6 call we sold in March for a credit of $1.15 for pennies. We sold the Oct $4 call for $.70 on 100 of shares. In total, we made $2.50 from our put and call trades.
UNXL: I March 2015, we sold the July '15 $7 covered call for $1.15 on our other $100 shares. UNXL finished at $3.50 after a nasty drop in May. Our call acted as great defense and we are right in range of breakeven on overall costs basis for these shares. We bought this back for $.10 and sold another
CLR: We got our CLR Jan 105/110/60/50 Iron Condor for a credit of $1.34. CLR ended the week at $113.61. We already got out of our bottom side for about $.28. We then turned around sold another put spread for the 80/75 strikes and picked up $.80. We made $1.77 on this trade factoring our the purchase of our first put and our defense. The week of 9-29, we bought back our 105/110 for $2.30 and then turned around sold the Jan $120/125 for $1.00. After this, we were positive on this trade by about $.45.We rolled this out to the $135/140 January strike for a debit of $1.40. We let this trade expire and lost $90.
CRR: We finally sold our CRR Call. We sold the Jan $75 for a credit of $5.05. CRR ended the week at $114.87. Our shared were taken from us at $75 giving us almost $1500 overall profit on the trade.
HLF: We purchased 100 shares for $37.42 and sold the May $42.50 call for a credit of $4.20 (11%). Our costs basis was $33.22 ($37.42-$4.20). We cleared this trade for a $585 profit.
JCI: We sold another $29 call for July for a credit of $1.80. our cost basis on our shares is now $24.55 ($26.35 from our previous call + $1.80). We let this trade expire for a full profit.
UNXL: In Jan '15, we sold the July $6 call for a credit of $1.10 on 100 of our shares. This closed in July for a full profit.
Naked Put Positions
WAC: In March, We sold 5 Sept '17 $2 puts for $.35 each. After a nasty drop on earnings, we bought these back for $1.10. and exited the trade. We used the profits from our defense to get out for breakeven
AMBA: In December 2016, we sold the May $42.5 for $2.55 with an extrapolation order. We bought this back in February '17 for $.50.
INSY: In Oct '17, we sold the Feb '17 $7 put for $.75. INSY finished the week at $9.80 and we have defense on. This expired for full profit.
SWHC (Now AOBC): We sold the Mar '17 $22 for $1.35. We rolled this and close this trade for a full profit. See Feb '17 trades.
WAC: In Sept '17, we sold the Mar '17 $ $2 put for $.30 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put these shares as our cost basis is $0.
RIG: In Sept '16, we sold the Feb '17 $7 put for $.65. RIG finished the week at $13.35. We can buy this back for $.05. this expired for full profit.
MYGN: In Aug '16, we sold the Feb '17 $18 put for $1.30. We rolled this out to Aug '17 and picked up another $1.00 of credit. See Feb '17 trades.
MEET: In aug '16, we sold 2 Feb '17 $3 puts for $.40 each. MEET ended the week at $4.80 and we have a nice profit going. These expired for full profit.
OIL: In august '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put on OIL for $.60 with a GTC Order for 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
OIL: In July '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put on OIL for $.55 with a GTC Order for 2 contracts. This expired for full profit
BOFI: In July 2016, we sold the Jan '17 $12.5 put for $.85. We bought this back for $.20 in Nov 2016.
MBI: In June '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put for $.60 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
INSY: In June '16, we sold the Nov '16 $8 put for $.85. We bought this back in early Nov for $.10
CIT: In June 2016, we sold the Jan $25 put for a credit of $1.50 using a GTC order. We bought this back in Nov 2016 for $.30.
RIG: In June '16, we sold the Jan '17 $6 put for $.73. We bought this back for $.10 in October.
SWHC: In June '16, we sold the Dec '16 $18 put for a credit of $1.10. We bought this back in Sept. '16 for $.15 locking in a great profit months ahead of time.
PLUG: In April, 2016, we sold the Sept '16 $2 put for $.32 with 4 contracts. We let ourselves get put the shares and held them until May 2017. We sold our shares for $2.25.
INSY: In April 2016, We sold the Nov '16 $10 put for a credit of $1.30. We exited this trade for $.75 in early Nov 2016.
GPRO: In April '16, we rolled our GPRO $25 put out to the Jan '17 $25 strike for a credit of $80. Our breakeven is at $21.80 as of this rollout. See April '16 trades in the newsletter.
NR: In March '16, we sold the Sept '16 $2.5 put with 4 contracts for a credit of $.50 each. We bought 2 of these back for $.05 each in Aug '16 and let the rest expire for full profit.
DVN: In March '16, we sold the Oct $15 put for $1.20. We bought this back for $.15 in June '16.
RIG: In March '16, we put in an extrapolation order to sell the Aug $6 put for $.60. We bought this back for $.10 in June '16.
WAC: In March '16, we rolled the Mar '16 $10 puts we had sold and gotten $.90 credit for to the June '16 $10 puts for $.85. Our breakeven is now $8.25.
INSY: In February '16, we took advantage of the volatility and sold the Aug '16 $10 put for $1.50. We bought this back for $.15 locking in a nice profit in July '16
PAYC: In February 2016, we sold the Aug '16 $15 put for a credit of $1.25 with an extrapolation order. We exited this in April 2016 for $.20 locking in some great profit months ahead of expiration.
USO: In February '16, we sold the July '16 $7 put for $.70. We bought this back for $.10 in March '16 closing it months ahead of time for a nice profit.
AMBA: In January '16, we rolled the Feb '16 $55 put to the Aug '16 $55 put for a credit of $4.45. Our breakeven went to $43.80. In early August '16, we bought this back for $1.00 locking in some great profit.
RIG: In January '16, we sold the Aug '16 $7 put for $.75 with 2 contracts. We bought these back in July for $.04.
MBI: In January '16, we sold the Aug '16 $5 put for $.70. We closed this in June '16 buying it back for $.10
FIT: In January '16, we sold the May '16 $17 put for $1.20. We rolled this out in May '16 locking in this credit.
WAC: In January '16, we sold the June '16 $7 put for $.75. We rolled this out. in June '16. See June '16 trades.
CRUS: In January 2016, we sold the June '16 $23 put for $1.50. We closed this trade in March 2016 by buying it back for $.25.
OIL: In December '15, we sold the June '16 $7 put for $.75. We let ourselves get put the stock and are now going to sell calls on it.
OIL: In December '15, we sold the June '16 $6 put for $.75. We closed this out in June for $.10.
INSY: In December '15, we sold the May '16 $13 put for $1.05. INSY finished the week in May at $14.09 allowing this to expire for full profit for us.
WAC Rollout: In October '15, we sold the Mar '16 $10 put for $.90 with 2 contracts. In March '16, we closed this for full credit and rolled it out for more credit. see March 2016 trades.
VDSI Rollout: In February '16, we rolled our VDSI Dec $20 put that we placed in July '15 to the Mar '16 $20 put for $1.35. This gives us full profit from out first trade ($1.60) and another $1.35 making breakeven down around $17. In March '16, we rolled this out to Sept '16 picking up more credit, giving us full credit on this trade, and reducing our costs basis. See February 2016 trades.
RIG: In November '15, we sold the May '16 $8 put for .$80. We are closed this in April '16 for $.10 locking in some great profit.
WAC: In November, 2015, we sold the Mar '16 $7 put for $.60 with 2 contracts. WAC finished the week at $7.31 and this expired on OPEXin March 2016 for a full profit..
PLUG; In Oct '15, we sold 3 Mar '16 $2 puts for $.37 each. PLUG finished the week at $2.07 and these expired in March 2016 on OPEX for full profit.
EMES: In Oct '15, we sold the Mar '16 $7.50 put for a credit of $1.85. Our defense helped giving us about $85 in extra credit. As of now, our breakeven stands at $4.80. We let this expire for full profit and get put the stock since we are so far above breakeven. We will sell calls on it.
AMBA: In Oct '15, we sold the Feb '16 $37.5 put for $2.20. We closed this by buying it back for $.40 locking in a great profit in December months ahead of time.
CRUS: In Sept '15, we sold the Mar '16 $23 put for a credit of $1.40 with a GTC order. We exited this trade 2 months ahead of time for an almost full profit.
AMBA: In Sept '15, we sold the Feb '16 $55 put for a credit of $4. We rolled this out and got a credit credit. See January 2016 trades
RIG: In Sept '15, We sold the $8 Feb '16 put with 2 contracts for a credit of $.90. We closed this for $.34, locking in a nice profit months ahead of time.
VDSI: In Aug '15, we setup an extrapolation order and sold the December '15 $15 put for $1.25. We closed this for $.25 locking in a nice profit over a month ahead of time.
VEEV: In aug '15, our VEEV fired and we secured the Jan '16 $20 put for a credit of $1.20. We closed this in early November for $.40 locking in a nice profit.
CLR: In July '15, we sold the Jan '16 $30 put for $1.85. CLR finished the week at $34.37. We used our defense to make a nice profit and are sitting in a good spot now. We exited this for $.85 and nice profit.
VDSI: In July '15, we sold the Dec '15 $20 put for $1.60. VDSI finished the week at $18.12. We closed this and rolled it out getting full profit and picking up more credit on our rolled trade.
GBX: In June '15, we sold the Jan '16 $40 put for $2.80. We rolled this out for more credit. See January 2016 trades.
QLYS: In June '15, we sold the December '15 $35 put for a credit of $2.90. We closed this for $1.20.
PLNR: In May '15, we bought 100 shares of PLNR for $4.50. PLNR ended the week at $6.58. We sold a covered call on it. When PLNR merged in December '15, the stock price was $6.58, so we made over $200 on this penny stock trade.
MBI: In April '15, we sold the Nov $8 put for $.70 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put the 100 shares and are going to let it go up some and then sell calls on it.
ZU: April '15 $22 put for a credit of $1.45 in November of 2014. ZU ended its run at $18 after selling to QVC has made us profitable. Remember, our cost basis on this stock from previous trades was $18. We rolled this out to the Oct '16 $25 strike at a cost of $.20. We sold our shares for a nice profit.
AAL: In May '15, our extrapolation order fired and we sold the Nov '15 $40 put for a credit of $2.40. We bought this back for $1.80 making a small profit.
PLNR: In April 2015, we sold the Sept $5 put for $.70. We closed this for $.05 locking in a nice profit in August '15.
WAC: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $11 put for $1.25. We closed this for $.15 and close to full profit in August '15..
VEEV: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $22 put for $1.35 and we now have our defense on. We bought this back for $.40 locking in a nice profit in July '15.
NR: In April '15, we sold the Sept $7.50 for $.65. We rolled this out and picked up more credit. See Sept. '15 trades
LL: In march '15, we sold the Aug '$15 $18 put for $1.90. We exited this trade for $1.30 and a small profit ***Remember, the LL trade was trade done with our high risk money and falls outside our standard rules.
VDSI: In April 2015, we sold the Sept '15 $17.50 put for $1.40. We got more premium than 6% to take this risk as we are not selling a low as we would like, and we now have our defense on. We bought this back for $.15 in June '15 for a nice profit in just a couple months.
PLUG: From our rollout of our March $3 puts from the November cycle to the June '15 cycle, we received a credit of $.30 for each of our two remaining contracts. We let this go to expiration for full profit in June.
WAC: In August of 2014, we sold the Jan $20 put for a credit of $1.30. We rolled this to the June $20 put strike for a credit of $.70 and picked up more credit. That put our breakeven down in the $17-18 range. We waited patiently and finally got out of this trade with some great profit. We bought this back for $.70.
PLUG: In December 2014, we sold the June $2.50 put with 2 contracts for $.50. We exited one of our puts for a $.31 locking in a little profit before March earnings. The other expired for full profit.
GPRO: I April 2015, we sold the Oct '15 $34 put for $2.05. In early June GPRO was at $55.46 and we exited this trade for almost full profit buying it back for $.20 in just over a month
AMBA: In February 2015, we sold the August '15 $35 put for $2.55. We bought this back for $.15 locking in just about a full profit months ahead of time in early May 2015.
UNXL: In November 2104, we sold the Apr '15 $4 put for a credit of $.45 with 2 contracts. We already bought back one of our contracts for $.05 in early 2015 (see below)and let the last one expire for full profit in April 2015.
SLCA: In January 2015, we sold the June'15 $18 put for a credit of $1.65 and are already profiting. SLCA finished the week at 31.49 and we can already buy this back for $.30. We exited this in March 2015 for $.25 locking in a great a return of 5.5% in less than 2 months.
HAL: I December 2014, we sold the July '15 $20 put for $1.85. We closed this in March 2015 for $.15 locking in a return of 7% on risk in just 3 months.
UNXL: In November 2014, we sold the April 2015 $4 put for $.45 with 2 contracts. We bought back one of our contracts for $.05 in March 2015.
AMBA: In late January 2015, we sold the May $42 put for a credit of $2.75. We bought this back for $.50 in March 2015 locking in a nice profit in just over a month!
MBI: In October 2014, we sold the March '15 $8 put for a credit of $.60. We bought this back in early March '15 for $.11.
ANET: In February 2015, we sold the June '15 $45 put for a credit at a better price than we had put in the trade for, $3.40. We bought this back for $.80 in early March after just a couple weeks..
WAC: In October 2014, We sold the MAR '15 $17 put for $1.25. WAC finished the week at $20.88. We bought this back for $.95 making a small profit in March 2015.
WAC: In November 2014, we sold the MAR '15 $14 put for a credit of $1.10. WAC got the bounce we have been waiting for ended now back up over $20. We bought this back for $.50 locking in a nice profit in March 2015.
WAC: In November, 2014. We sold the MAR '15 $14 put for a credit of $1.10. WAC got the bounce we have been waiting for ended now back up over $20. We bought this back for $.50 locking in a nice profit in March 2015.
GBX: In January 2015, We sold the June '15 $40 put for $3,00 and are already profiting by almost $2.00. GBX finished the week at $58.65 and we now have our defense in place. We closed this for $.40 locking in a great profit in March 2015.
CLR: In December, 2014, we sold the CLR Jun '15 $20 put for a credit of $1.35. CLR ran to $47.36 in early February 2015. We bought this back for $.15 and locked in a great profit
AFSI: We sold the March '15 $32.50 put for a credit of $2.10. AFSI finished the week at $53.83 and we now have defense in place. We bought this back for $.25 locking in almost full profit in a few months.
CRUS: In December 2014, we sold the June '15, $15 naked put for a credit of $1.00. CRUS ended the week at $25.08 and we can already buy this back for $.15. We bought this back for $.15 locking in a nice profit
PLUG: In July 2014, we sold 4 January $2.50 puts for $.34 each. PLUG ended the week at $2.65. We bought one back for $.10 and another one for $.06 and the other 2 expired for full profit this week.
ZU: In September, we sold the Jan $24 put for a minimum credit of $1.45. We let ourselves get put the stock on ZU as it was in our breakeven range and it is at the low end of its 52 week price. We want to ride it up some and make money on calls.
UNXL: In September, we sold the Jan '15 $6 put for $.75 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put the stock. We are now going to sell calls on it.
AFSI: In November, we sold the June '15 $30 put for a credit of $3.80. AFSI ended the week at $50.78 and we have defense on from our other trades. We bought this back for $1.00.
DVN: We sold the July '15 $42.50 put for $2.55 and can already buy it back for 1.10. DVN finished the week at $61.31. We closed this after just a couple days for $1.00 locking in an over 50% profit on our credit.
AFSI: We sold the Jan '15 $27.50 strike for $1.90. AFSI ended the week at $54.82. We bought this back for $.15.
MBI: We sold the Dec $9 '14 put for $.60. MBI finished the week at $9.30. We have our defense in place and our cost basis is down around $8. We bought this back for $.05 locking in a nice profit.
OLED: We sold the Dec $21 put for a credit of $1.25 and we are already profiting. OLED finished the week at $28.06. We bought this back for $.05 locking in almost a full profit!
INSY: We sold the Nov $18 put for $1.30. INSY ended the week at $37.36. We are profiting on this trade and have our defense in place. We bought this back for $.25
QCOR: We sold the Oct $35 put for a credit of $.3.70. QCOR has now entered into a contract to be acquired and the stock is at $90. This sale of QCOR is final, so there is an adjusted stock setup for this trade. This expired with full profit.
ZU: We sold the Oct $30 put for $2.90. ZU ended the week at $38.51. We bought this back for $.10.
INSY: We sold the NOV $17 for a $1.15 credit and are covered by our other INSY defense for now. INSY finished the week at $42.28. We bought this back for $.15.
AMBA: We sold the Nov $19 put for a credit of $125.00. AMBA finished the week at $36.90. We bought his back for $.10.
ZU: We setup an extrapolation order going into earnings. We sold the OCT $25 put for $1.90. Our cost basis is $23.00 and the stock is in the $37 range. We bought this back for $.25.
WAC: We sold the Sept $19 put for $1.15. WAC ended the week at $28.27. We can already buy this back for$.30. WE bought this back for $.20.
PLUG: We sold the AUG $3.5 put for a credit of $.60 with 4 contracts. PLUG finished the week at $5.92 and we can buy these back for $.08 right now. We bought one back and the others expired for full profit this week.
UNXL: We sold the Oct $5 put for a credit of $.70. UNXL finished the week at $7.50. We have our defense in place and we got our bounce. We bought this back for $.20.
ANAC: We sold the Aug $10 put for a credit of $1.00. ANAC ended the week at $16.67. We have our defense in place and are still way out of the money. We bought this back for $.10
FB: We sold the Dec $52.5 put for a credit of $3.00. We bought this back for $.48.
QCOR: We sold the July $30 put for $2.40. QCOR finished the week at $95. this expired for full profit!
AGNC: We sold the Sept $21 put for $1.60. AGNC finished the week at $23.10. Our cost basis is $19.40 without taking int account that almost $3 dividend this stock pays. We bought this back for $.40.
AFSI: We sold the Sept $27.5 put for a credit of $1.65. AFSI finished the week at $43.00 and bounced exactly as we thought it would. We bought this back for $.45 in just a few weeks.
AFSI: We sold the June $22.50 put strike for $1.85. AFSI finished the week at 36.44. We bought this back for $.15.
CRUS: On 2-3, we sold the June $15 put for a credit of $.95. CRUS ended the week at $22.53. We bought this back for $.05 locking in a nice profit.
UNXL: We sold the Apr $7 put for a credit of $.7o. UNXL finished the week at $7.19 and we were able to let this expire for full profit.
VXX rollout: We sold 3 VXX Dec 14 puts for $1.20 a piece. The VXX is at $44.74 with the split. We rolled these to the Mar $14 strikes and picked up $1.10 per contract. With our cost basis, our breakeven is sitting at $11.36 or about $45/share. We let ourselves get assigned the shares as we were above breakeven and we sold out of these when the VXX went up to $46 this past week.
VXX continued trade from earlier this year: From selling the $17 January call for $1.75, our cost basis is now $12.85! The VXX ended the week in the adjusted range of $10-12, but is showing around $44.74/share. We bought back the $17 for $.70 which put our cost basis at $13.55. We then sold the March $14 call for almost $1.90. This makes our cost basis $11.65. We sold our shares when the price got to $46 early in the week.
VXX: We bought 100 shares at $12.83 and we sold the Mar $13 call strike for $1.22. This makes our costs basis $11.63. We will sold the shares with the others at $46.
MYGN: We sold the May $22 put for a credit of $1.32. MYGN finished the week at $31.44. We bought this back last week for $.35 and closed the trade in less than 3 months for a about 5% return. That is annualized return of 20%!
QCOR: We secured an April 2014 $30 put for $2.15. QCOR finshed the week at $76.51. We can buy it back for $.50 right now. QCOR has earnings this week on Tuesday. We are going to get out of this for the lowest credit possible before earnings to take our profit off the table. We closed this trade for $.60.
VXX: We sold the Mar 2014 $11 put for $1.27. the VXX is currently around $43.74 and our cost basis is $9.63 or less than $40. We exited this for $.95 .
CRUS: We sold the Mar $17 put on CRUS for a credit of $1.15 and are already profiting as we can buy back the put for about $.60. CRUS finished the week at 19.67. We closed this down for $.60 right before earnings and it was great move.
UNXL: Sold the April $6 for $.68 on 9/13 with 3 contracts. After previously clearing 2 of ou contracts, we closed the last onefor $.25 giving us an over 50% return on our credit.
MYGN: We sold the February $19 put for a credit of $1.00. We closed ths trade down for $.30 locking in a over 50% profit in just a couple weeks!
MOS: We sold the Jan $50 strike for $3.15. MOS ended the week at $44.00. Our costs basis on MOS from our different trades was already at $39.66. We will let things go as our defense has saved us and put our cost basis around $36. If we exited the entire trade right now, we would eke out a decent profit. With the move up in MOS, we stayed in and exited our defense for a nice profit. We will see if MOS comes back over $50 in the next few weeks. We closed down this trade by buying the $50 strike this week and selling out of our shares around $45. All in all, we had a few hundred dollars profit on the trade.
TOL: We sold the March $26 naked put on TOL for a credit of $1.65. TOL finished the week at $33.47. We bought this back for $.40 and closed the trade.
QCOR: In June, we secured a Jan $35 put for $3.50. We bought this back on 10/31 for $1.20
TOL: In july, we sold 2 January $27 puts on TOL for a credit of $1.60 each. We closed our second $27 down in the final week of October or $.50 locking in a solid profit.
AMBA: We bought our other Feb $10 put back for $.10 on 10/8. We had recieved a credit of $.65. This gave us an return of over 5% in less than a month.
AMBA: We sold 2 naked puts for the Feb $10 strikes for a credit of $.65 a piece. We bought back one of our puts for $.25 on 9/12.
HLF: Our GTC Nov $28 put for a minimum of $1.70 finally fired. HLF ended the week at $63.75. We bought this back for $.20 on 9/11.
QCOR: We secured an Oct. $20 put for $1.20. Our cost basis is currently $18.80. We can buy this back already for $.25. Qcor ended the week at $65.31. We exited the trade this week for $.16.
SSO: WE got our Dec $68 put for a credit of $4.25. We bought this back this week for $1.35. This gave us a return of 4% in less than 2 mos when factoring in our defense.
CLR: We secured a Sept $80 put for $5.65. We bought this back for $2.65, giving us a 4% return on risk in just a few weeks!!!
CLR Defense: We used the 15% rule and bought 2 June $70 strike puts for a total of $.50. These expired worthless.
VXX: We sold 2 June $17 strikes for $1.00 or 6% return on risk. We bought these back for $.10.
INTC Rollout: Rolled the APR $23 to the OCT $23 for a credit of $.92. Our cost basis is now $20.38 ($23-$1.70-$.92). We cleared this trade for $.76.
KORS: We got into our KORs trade by selling the Aug $46 strike for $2.60. Our cost basis on the trade was $43.40. We closed this trade for $.50 giving us an almost 5% return in less than a month!
INTC: Sold the July $20 put on the drop in earnings for a credit of $1.04. We closed this down for $.16.
WAC: In March, We sold 5 Sept '17 $2 puts for $.35 each. After a nasty drop on earnings, we bought these back for $1.10. and exited the trade. We used the profits from our defense to get out for breakeven
AMBA: In December 2016, we sold the May $42.5 for $2.55 with an extrapolation order. We bought this back in February '17 for $.50.
INSY: In Oct '17, we sold the Feb '17 $7 put for $.75. INSY finished the week at $9.80 and we have defense on. This expired for full profit.
SWHC (Now AOBC): We sold the Mar '17 $22 for $1.35. We rolled this and close this trade for a full profit. See Feb '17 trades.
WAC: In Sept '17, we sold the Mar '17 $ $2 put for $.30 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put these shares as our cost basis is $0.
RIG: In Sept '16, we sold the Feb '17 $7 put for $.65. RIG finished the week at $13.35. We can buy this back for $.05. this expired for full profit.
MYGN: In Aug '16, we sold the Feb '17 $18 put for $1.30. We rolled this out to Aug '17 and picked up another $1.00 of credit. See Feb '17 trades.
MEET: In aug '16, we sold 2 Feb '17 $3 puts for $.40 each. MEET ended the week at $4.80 and we have a nice profit going. These expired for full profit.
OIL: In august '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put on OIL for $.60 with a GTC Order for 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
OIL: In July '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put on OIL for $.55 with a GTC Order for 2 contracts. This expired for full profit
BOFI: In July 2016, we sold the Jan '17 $12.5 put for $.85. We bought this back for $.20 in Nov 2016.
MBI: In June '16, we sold the Jan '17 $5 put for $.60 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
INSY: In June '16, we sold the Nov '16 $8 put for $.85. We bought this back in early Nov for $.10
CIT: In June 2016, we sold the Jan $25 put for a credit of $1.50 using a GTC order. We bought this back in Nov 2016 for $.30.
RIG: In June '16, we sold the Jan '17 $6 put for $.73. We bought this back for $.10 in October.
SWHC: In June '16, we sold the Dec '16 $18 put for a credit of $1.10. We bought this back in Sept. '16 for $.15 locking in a great profit months ahead of time.
PLUG: In April, 2016, we sold the Sept '16 $2 put for $.32 with 4 contracts. We let ourselves get put the shares and held them until May 2017. We sold our shares for $2.25.
INSY: In April 2016, We sold the Nov '16 $10 put for a credit of $1.30. We exited this trade for $.75 in early Nov 2016.
GPRO: In April '16, we rolled our GPRO $25 put out to the Jan '17 $25 strike for a credit of $80. Our breakeven is at $21.80 as of this rollout. See April '16 trades in the newsletter.
NR: In March '16, we sold the Sept '16 $2.5 put with 4 contracts for a credit of $.50 each. We bought 2 of these back for $.05 each in Aug '16 and let the rest expire for full profit.
DVN: In March '16, we sold the Oct $15 put for $1.20. We bought this back for $.15 in June '16.
RIG: In March '16, we put in an extrapolation order to sell the Aug $6 put for $.60. We bought this back for $.10 in June '16.
WAC: In March '16, we rolled the Mar '16 $10 puts we had sold and gotten $.90 credit for to the June '16 $10 puts for $.85. Our breakeven is now $8.25.
INSY: In February '16, we took advantage of the volatility and sold the Aug '16 $10 put for $1.50. We bought this back for $.15 locking in a nice profit in July '16
PAYC: In February 2016, we sold the Aug '16 $15 put for a credit of $1.25 with an extrapolation order. We exited this in April 2016 for $.20 locking in some great profit months ahead of expiration.
USO: In February '16, we sold the July '16 $7 put for $.70. We bought this back for $.10 in March '16 closing it months ahead of time for a nice profit.
AMBA: In January '16, we rolled the Feb '16 $55 put to the Aug '16 $55 put for a credit of $4.45. Our breakeven went to $43.80. In early August '16, we bought this back for $1.00 locking in some great profit.
RIG: In January '16, we sold the Aug '16 $7 put for $.75 with 2 contracts. We bought these back in July for $.04.
MBI: In January '16, we sold the Aug '16 $5 put for $.70. We closed this in June '16 buying it back for $.10
FIT: In January '16, we sold the May '16 $17 put for $1.20. We rolled this out in May '16 locking in this credit.
WAC: In January '16, we sold the June '16 $7 put for $.75. We rolled this out. in June '16. See June '16 trades.
CRUS: In January 2016, we sold the June '16 $23 put for $1.50. We closed this trade in March 2016 by buying it back for $.25.
OIL: In December '15, we sold the June '16 $7 put for $.75. We let ourselves get put the stock and are now going to sell calls on it.
OIL: In December '15, we sold the June '16 $6 put for $.75. We closed this out in June for $.10.
INSY: In December '15, we sold the May '16 $13 put for $1.05. INSY finished the week in May at $14.09 allowing this to expire for full profit for us.
WAC Rollout: In October '15, we sold the Mar '16 $10 put for $.90 with 2 contracts. In March '16, we closed this for full credit and rolled it out for more credit. see March 2016 trades.
VDSI Rollout: In February '16, we rolled our VDSI Dec $20 put that we placed in July '15 to the Mar '16 $20 put for $1.35. This gives us full profit from out first trade ($1.60) and another $1.35 making breakeven down around $17. In March '16, we rolled this out to Sept '16 picking up more credit, giving us full credit on this trade, and reducing our costs basis. See February 2016 trades.
RIG: In November '15, we sold the May '16 $8 put for .$80. We are closed this in April '16 for $.10 locking in some great profit.
WAC: In November, 2015, we sold the Mar '16 $7 put for $.60 with 2 contracts. WAC finished the week at $7.31 and this expired on OPEXin March 2016 for a full profit..
PLUG; In Oct '15, we sold 3 Mar '16 $2 puts for $.37 each. PLUG finished the week at $2.07 and these expired in March 2016 on OPEX for full profit.
EMES: In Oct '15, we sold the Mar '16 $7.50 put for a credit of $1.85. Our defense helped giving us about $85 in extra credit. As of now, our breakeven stands at $4.80. We let this expire for full profit and get put the stock since we are so far above breakeven. We will sell calls on it.
AMBA: In Oct '15, we sold the Feb '16 $37.5 put for $2.20. We closed this by buying it back for $.40 locking in a great profit in December months ahead of time.
CRUS: In Sept '15, we sold the Mar '16 $23 put for a credit of $1.40 with a GTC order. We exited this trade 2 months ahead of time for an almost full profit.
AMBA: In Sept '15, we sold the Feb '16 $55 put for a credit of $4. We rolled this out and got a credit credit. See January 2016 trades
RIG: In Sept '15, We sold the $8 Feb '16 put with 2 contracts for a credit of $.90. We closed this for $.34, locking in a nice profit months ahead of time.
VDSI: In Aug '15, we setup an extrapolation order and sold the December '15 $15 put for $1.25. We closed this for $.25 locking in a nice profit over a month ahead of time.
VEEV: In aug '15, our VEEV fired and we secured the Jan '16 $20 put for a credit of $1.20. We closed this in early November for $.40 locking in a nice profit.
CLR: In July '15, we sold the Jan '16 $30 put for $1.85. CLR finished the week at $34.37. We used our defense to make a nice profit and are sitting in a good spot now. We exited this for $.85 and nice profit.
VDSI: In July '15, we sold the Dec '15 $20 put for $1.60. VDSI finished the week at $18.12. We closed this and rolled it out getting full profit and picking up more credit on our rolled trade.
GBX: In June '15, we sold the Jan '16 $40 put for $2.80. We rolled this out for more credit. See January 2016 trades.
QLYS: In June '15, we sold the December '15 $35 put for a credit of $2.90. We closed this for $1.20.
PLNR: In May '15, we bought 100 shares of PLNR for $4.50. PLNR ended the week at $6.58. We sold a covered call on it. When PLNR merged in December '15, the stock price was $6.58, so we made over $200 on this penny stock trade.
MBI: In April '15, we sold the Nov $8 put for $.70 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put the 100 shares and are going to let it go up some and then sell calls on it.
ZU: April '15 $22 put for a credit of $1.45 in November of 2014. ZU ended its run at $18 after selling to QVC has made us profitable. Remember, our cost basis on this stock from previous trades was $18. We rolled this out to the Oct '16 $25 strike at a cost of $.20. We sold our shares for a nice profit.
AAL: In May '15, our extrapolation order fired and we sold the Nov '15 $40 put for a credit of $2.40. We bought this back for $1.80 making a small profit.
PLNR: In April 2015, we sold the Sept $5 put for $.70. We closed this for $.05 locking in a nice profit in August '15.
WAC: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $11 put for $1.25. We closed this for $.15 and close to full profit in August '15..
VEEV: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $22 put for $1.35 and we now have our defense on. We bought this back for $.40 locking in a nice profit in July '15.
NR: In April '15, we sold the Sept $7.50 for $.65. We rolled this out and picked up more credit. See Sept. '15 trades
LL: In march '15, we sold the Aug '$15 $18 put for $1.90. We exited this trade for $1.30 and a small profit ***Remember, the LL trade was trade done with our high risk money and falls outside our standard rules.
VDSI: In April 2015, we sold the Sept '15 $17.50 put for $1.40. We got more premium than 6% to take this risk as we are not selling a low as we would like, and we now have our defense on. We bought this back for $.15 in June '15 for a nice profit in just a couple months.
PLUG: From our rollout of our March $3 puts from the November cycle to the June '15 cycle, we received a credit of $.30 for each of our two remaining contracts. We let this go to expiration for full profit in June.
WAC: In August of 2014, we sold the Jan $20 put for a credit of $1.30. We rolled this to the June $20 put strike for a credit of $.70 and picked up more credit. That put our breakeven down in the $17-18 range. We waited patiently and finally got out of this trade with some great profit. We bought this back for $.70.
PLUG: In December 2014, we sold the June $2.50 put with 2 contracts for $.50. We exited one of our puts for a $.31 locking in a little profit before March earnings. The other expired for full profit.
GPRO: I April 2015, we sold the Oct '15 $34 put for $2.05. In early June GPRO was at $55.46 and we exited this trade for almost full profit buying it back for $.20 in just over a month
AMBA: In February 2015, we sold the August '15 $35 put for $2.55. We bought this back for $.15 locking in just about a full profit months ahead of time in early May 2015.
UNXL: In November 2104, we sold the Apr '15 $4 put for a credit of $.45 with 2 contracts. We already bought back one of our contracts for $.05 in early 2015 (see below)and let the last one expire for full profit in April 2015.
SLCA: In January 2015, we sold the June'15 $18 put for a credit of $1.65 and are already profiting. SLCA finished the week at 31.49 and we can already buy this back for $.30. We exited this in March 2015 for $.25 locking in a great a return of 5.5% in less than 2 months.
HAL: I December 2014, we sold the July '15 $20 put for $1.85. We closed this in March 2015 for $.15 locking in a return of 7% on risk in just 3 months.
UNXL: In November 2014, we sold the April 2015 $4 put for $.45 with 2 contracts. We bought back one of our contracts for $.05 in March 2015.
AMBA: In late January 2015, we sold the May $42 put for a credit of $2.75. We bought this back for $.50 in March 2015 locking in a nice profit in just over a month!
MBI: In October 2014, we sold the March '15 $8 put for a credit of $.60. We bought this back in early March '15 for $.11.
ANET: In February 2015, we sold the June '15 $45 put for a credit at a better price than we had put in the trade for, $3.40. We bought this back for $.80 in early March after just a couple weeks..
WAC: In October 2014, We sold the MAR '15 $17 put for $1.25. WAC finished the week at $20.88. We bought this back for $.95 making a small profit in March 2015.
WAC: In November 2014, we sold the MAR '15 $14 put for a credit of $1.10. WAC got the bounce we have been waiting for ended now back up over $20. We bought this back for $.50 locking in a nice profit in March 2015.
WAC: In November, 2014. We sold the MAR '15 $14 put for a credit of $1.10. WAC got the bounce we have been waiting for ended now back up over $20. We bought this back for $.50 locking in a nice profit in March 2015.
GBX: In January 2015, We sold the June '15 $40 put for $3,00 and are already profiting by almost $2.00. GBX finished the week at $58.65 and we now have our defense in place. We closed this for $.40 locking in a great profit in March 2015.
CLR: In December, 2014, we sold the CLR Jun '15 $20 put for a credit of $1.35. CLR ran to $47.36 in early February 2015. We bought this back for $.15 and locked in a great profit
AFSI: We sold the March '15 $32.50 put for a credit of $2.10. AFSI finished the week at $53.83 and we now have defense in place. We bought this back for $.25 locking in almost full profit in a few months.
CRUS: In December 2014, we sold the June '15, $15 naked put for a credit of $1.00. CRUS ended the week at $25.08 and we can already buy this back for $.15. We bought this back for $.15 locking in a nice profit
PLUG: In July 2014, we sold 4 January $2.50 puts for $.34 each. PLUG ended the week at $2.65. We bought one back for $.10 and another one for $.06 and the other 2 expired for full profit this week.
ZU: In September, we sold the Jan $24 put for a minimum credit of $1.45. We let ourselves get put the stock on ZU as it was in our breakeven range and it is at the low end of its 52 week price. We want to ride it up some and make money on calls.
UNXL: In September, we sold the Jan '15 $6 put for $.75 with 2 contracts. We let ourselves get put the stock. We are now going to sell calls on it.
AFSI: In November, we sold the June '15 $30 put for a credit of $3.80. AFSI ended the week at $50.78 and we have defense on from our other trades. We bought this back for $1.00.
DVN: We sold the July '15 $42.50 put for $2.55 and can already buy it back for 1.10. DVN finished the week at $61.31. We closed this after just a couple days for $1.00 locking in an over 50% profit on our credit.
AFSI: We sold the Jan '15 $27.50 strike for $1.90. AFSI ended the week at $54.82. We bought this back for $.15.
MBI: We sold the Dec $9 '14 put for $.60. MBI finished the week at $9.30. We have our defense in place and our cost basis is down around $8. We bought this back for $.05 locking in a nice profit.
OLED: We sold the Dec $21 put for a credit of $1.25 and we are already profiting. OLED finished the week at $28.06. We bought this back for $.05 locking in almost a full profit!
INSY: We sold the Nov $18 put for $1.30. INSY ended the week at $37.36. We are profiting on this trade and have our defense in place. We bought this back for $.25
QCOR: We sold the Oct $35 put for a credit of $.3.70. QCOR has now entered into a contract to be acquired and the stock is at $90. This sale of QCOR is final, so there is an adjusted stock setup for this trade. This expired with full profit.
ZU: We sold the Oct $30 put for $2.90. ZU ended the week at $38.51. We bought this back for $.10.
INSY: We sold the NOV $17 for a $1.15 credit and are covered by our other INSY defense for now. INSY finished the week at $42.28. We bought this back for $.15.
AMBA: We sold the Nov $19 put for a credit of $125.00. AMBA finished the week at $36.90. We bought his back for $.10.
ZU: We setup an extrapolation order going into earnings. We sold the OCT $25 put for $1.90. Our cost basis is $23.00 and the stock is in the $37 range. We bought this back for $.25.
WAC: We sold the Sept $19 put for $1.15. WAC ended the week at $28.27. We can already buy this back for$.30. WE bought this back for $.20.
PLUG: We sold the AUG $3.5 put for a credit of $.60 with 4 contracts. PLUG finished the week at $5.92 and we can buy these back for $.08 right now. We bought one back and the others expired for full profit this week.
UNXL: We sold the Oct $5 put for a credit of $.70. UNXL finished the week at $7.50. We have our defense in place and we got our bounce. We bought this back for $.20.
ANAC: We sold the Aug $10 put for a credit of $1.00. ANAC ended the week at $16.67. We have our defense in place and are still way out of the money. We bought this back for $.10
FB: We sold the Dec $52.5 put for a credit of $3.00. We bought this back for $.48.
QCOR: We sold the July $30 put for $2.40. QCOR finished the week at $95. this expired for full profit!
AGNC: We sold the Sept $21 put for $1.60. AGNC finished the week at $23.10. Our cost basis is $19.40 without taking int account that almost $3 dividend this stock pays. We bought this back for $.40.
AFSI: We sold the Sept $27.5 put for a credit of $1.65. AFSI finished the week at $43.00 and bounced exactly as we thought it would. We bought this back for $.45 in just a few weeks.
AFSI: We sold the June $22.50 put strike for $1.85. AFSI finished the week at 36.44. We bought this back for $.15.
CRUS: On 2-3, we sold the June $15 put for a credit of $.95. CRUS ended the week at $22.53. We bought this back for $.05 locking in a nice profit.
UNXL: We sold the Apr $7 put for a credit of $.7o. UNXL finished the week at $7.19 and we were able to let this expire for full profit.
VXX rollout: We sold 3 VXX Dec 14 puts for $1.20 a piece. The VXX is at $44.74 with the split. We rolled these to the Mar $14 strikes and picked up $1.10 per contract. With our cost basis, our breakeven is sitting at $11.36 or about $45/share. We let ourselves get assigned the shares as we were above breakeven and we sold out of these when the VXX went up to $46 this past week.
VXX continued trade from earlier this year: From selling the $17 January call for $1.75, our cost basis is now $12.85! The VXX ended the week in the adjusted range of $10-12, but is showing around $44.74/share. We bought back the $17 for $.70 which put our cost basis at $13.55. We then sold the March $14 call for almost $1.90. This makes our cost basis $11.65. We sold our shares when the price got to $46 early in the week.
VXX: We bought 100 shares at $12.83 and we sold the Mar $13 call strike for $1.22. This makes our costs basis $11.63. We will sold the shares with the others at $46.
MYGN: We sold the May $22 put for a credit of $1.32. MYGN finished the week at $31.44. We bought this back last week for $.35 and closed the trade in less than 3 months for a about 5% return. That is annualized return of 20%!
QCOR: We secured an April 2014 $30 put for $2.15. QCOR finshed the week at $76.51. We can buy it back for $.50 right now. QCOR has earnings this week on Tuesday. We are going to get out of this for the lowest credit possible before earnings to take our profit off the table. We closed this trade for $.60.
VXX: We sold the Mar 2014 $11 put for $1.27. the VXX is currently around $43.74 and our cost basis is $9.63 or less than $40. We exited this for $.95 .
CRUS: We sold the Mar $17 put on CRUS for a credit of $1.15 and are already profiting as we can buy back the put for about $.60. CRUS finished the week at 19.67. We closed this down for $.60 right before earnings and it was great move.
UNXL: Sold the April $6 for $.68 on 9/13 with 3 contracts. After previously clearing 2 of ou contracts, we closed the last onefor $.25 giving us an over 50% return on our credit.
MYGN: We sold the February $19 put for a credit of $1.00. We closed ths trade down for $.30 locking in a over 50% profit in just a couple weeks!
MOS: We sold the Jan $50 strike for $3.15. MOS ended the week at $44.00. Our costs basis on MOS from our different trades was already at $39.66. We will let things go as our defense has saved us and put our cost basis around $36. If we exited the entire trade right now, we would eke out a decent profit. With the move up in MOS, we stayed in and exited our defense for a nice profit. We will see if MOS comes back over $50 in the next few weeks. We closed down this trade by buying the $50 strike this week and selling out of our shares around $45. All in all, we had a few hundred dollars profit on the trade.
TOL: We sold the March $26 naked put on TOL for a credit of $1.65. TOL finished the week at $33.47. We bought this back for $.40 and closed the trade.
QCOR: In June, we secured a Jan $35 put for $3.50. We bought this back on 10/31 for $1.20
TOL: In july, we sold 2 January $27 puts on TOL for a credit of $1.60 each. We closed our second $27 down in the final week of October or $.50 locking in a solid profit.
AMBA: We bought our other Feb $10 put back for $.10 on 10/8. We had recieved a credit of $.65. This gave us an return of over 5% in less than a month.
AMBA: We sold 2 naked puts for the Feb $10 strikes for a credit of $.65 a piece. We bought back one of our puts for $.25 on 9/12.
HLF: Our GTC Nov $28 put for a minimum of $1.70 finally fired. HLF ended the week at $63.75. We bought this back for $.20 on 9/11.
QCOR: We secured an Oct. $20 put for $1.20. Our cost basis is currently $18.80. We can buy this back already for $.25. Qcor ended the week at $65.31. We exited the trade this week for $.16.
SSO: WE got our Dec $68 put for a credit of $4.25. We bought this back this week for $1.35. This gave us a return of 4% in less than 2 mos when factoring in our defense.
CLR: We secured a Sept $80 put for $5.65. We bought this back for $2.65, giving us a 4% return on risk in just a few weeks!!!
CLR Defense: We used the 15% rule and bought 2 June $70 strike puts for a total of $.50. These expired worthless.
VXX: We sold 2 June $17 strikes for $1.00 or 6% return on risk. We bought these back for $.10.
INTC Rollout: Rolled the APR $23 to the OCT $23 for a credit of $.92. Our cost basis is now $20.38 ($23-$1.70-$.92). We cleared this trade for $.76.
KORS: We got into our KORs trade by selling the Aug $46 strike for $2.60. Our cost basis on the trade was $43.40. We closed this trade for $.50 giving us an almost 5% return in less than a month!
INTC: Sold the July $20 put on the drop in earnings for a credit of $1.04. We closed this down for $.16.
Credit Spread Trades
IWM Rollout: In March '17, we rolled our IWM Mar '17 $136/146 put spread to the April $136/146 strikes for a credit of $.76. We bought this back in April for $1.00 locking in solid profits overall on our rollouts and put side spreads.
IWM: In February '17, we sold the $130/120 March '17 put spread for $.50. We let this go to full expiration and profit.
IWM: In January '17, we sold the February '17 $131/121 put spread for $.50 to go with our call spread. This expired for full profit.
AMZN: In nove '16, we sold the Apr '17 $675/770 put spread for a credit of $1.25. This expired fro full profit!
FB: In Nov '16, we sold the June '17 $100/105 put spread for $.85 with 2 contracts. We bought this back in March '17 for $.05.
GOOGL: In Nov '16, we sold the March '18 $680/670 for a credit of $1.50. GOOGL ended the week at $865. We bought this back for $.05 in Feb '17.
DLTR: In Oct '16, we sold sell the Feb '17 $70/65 put spread for $.85. DLTR finished the week at $80. this expired for full profit.
SSO: In Sept '17, we sold the Mar '17 $60/55 put spread for $.84 with 2 contracts. this expired for full profit.
FB: In Sept '16, we sold the Mar '17 $105/100 put spread for $.80. FB ended the week at $134. We bought this back for $.02 in Feb '17.
AMZN: In Sept '16, we sold the Feb '17 $650/640 put spread for $2.00. AMZN ended the week at $845. We let this expire for full profit
IWM: In July '16, we sold the Jan '17 $130/135 put spread for $.80. We rolled this to the Feb $134/144 spread for a debit of $.70. We rolled this to the March $136/144 call spread for a debit of $.50. and covered the cost with a put spread. We rolled it again the April '17 strikes for a profit. See March '17 trades.
SSO: In June '16, we sold the Jan $50/45 put spread for a credit of $.90 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
NR: In June '16, we sold 2 Dec '16 $5/$2.5 put spread for a credit of $.45 each. We let these expire for full profit
AAPL: In June of 2016, we sold the Oct $80/75 put spread for $.85 with 2 contracts. We bought these back in Aug '16 for $.08 and $.05.
AAPL: We sold the Jan $82.5/80 put spread with 2 contracts for a credit of $.60 using a GTC order. We closed this out for $.05 in Sept '16.
XLE: In January '16, we rolled the Jan '16 $65/60 put spread to the June $62/52 put spread for a credit of $.20. WE bought this back for $.80 locking in a profit in April.
XLE Rollout: We got the bottom side of our Sept Iron Condor in place by selling the $72.50/$67.50 put spread for a credit of $.75. We rolled this to the March '16 $70/63 for a credit of $.15. See September's trades.
XLE Rollout: In December '15, we rolled our Dec '15 $65/60 put spread to the Jan '16 $65/60 put spread for a debit of $.60. We are still profitable as we profited fully on our call portion and used our existing credit to pay for the rollout. We rolled this to June...see January 2016 trades.
XLE: In July 2015, we sold the December '15 $65/60 put spread for a credit of $.90. We rolled this out picking up more credit and keeping full credit on this trade.
XLE: In October '15, we sold the Dec $74/79 call spread for $.65 to round out our Iron Condor from July. This expired for a full profit.
XLE: In Sept. '16, we sold the topside of our Iron Condor from August by selling the XLE March '16 $76/82 spread for a credit of $.80. This expired for full profit in March '16.
SPY: In Sept '15, we sold the SPY Dec' 15 $212/217 call spread for $.80 to get our Iron condor in place with our July $194/189 put spread in which we got $.85 credit.. We exited the whole condor for a profit of $.60.
AAPL: In August '15, we sold the Jan '16 $105/100 put spread for $.95. We closed this in November for $.35
SPY Sept '15 call spread: In Sept '15, We sold the SPY Sept' 15 $205/210 call spread for $.70 to get our Iron condor in place. this expired for full profit
XLE: In July '15, we sold the December '15 $65/60 put spread for a credit of $.90. XLE ended the week at $61. We rolled this out last week. See December '15 trades.
SPY: In June '15, we sold the Sept '15 $190/195 put spread for a credit of $.75. We bought this back for $.90, but had full profit on our topside giving us over 10% return on risk on this condor
XLE: InJune '15, we got the bottom side of our Sept Iron Condor in place by selling the $72.50/$67.50 put spread for a credit of $.75. We closed this and roll it out for a small profit to March '16. See August '15 positions.
XLE: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $88/93 call spread for $.75. We let this go for full profit
CMG: In April 2015, we sold Sept $550/545 put spread for a credit of $.75. We closed this trade out for $.10 and a nice profit in July '15.
XLE: In February 2015, we sold the June '15 $85/90 call spread for a credit of $.75 to round out our iron condor on XLE. We closed the whole condor down for $.20 locking almost a full profit
XLE: In December, 2014, we sold the June '15 XLE $68/63 put spread for a credit of $.80. In early February, we got filled on our topside to round out the condor and as noted above we closed this down for almost a full profit. (see XLE exit above)
IWM: We sold the Oct 2nd 112/110 put spread for $.30 with 2 contracts. The IWM finished the week at $104.69. We bought these back first thing Monday for a loss of $1.60. That gave us a loss of $260 total on the trades after adding in our credit. We would not have been able to roll these to a lower area and be able to get out of them without the loss. As it stands, we are still up overall for the year on our IWM spreads.
SPY: We sold the Oct 2nd 195/193 put spread for $.30 with 2 contracts. We bought these back for $.20 on the Weds bounce.
SPY: We sold the SPY OCT 1 Weekly $194.5/192.5 for $.30 with 4 contracts. We let these expire for full profit.
SPY: We sold the SPY Sept 2nd $187/185 put spread for a credit of $.30 with 2 contracts. These expired for a full profit.
SPY: We sold the SPY Sept 2nd, $202.5/5 for a credit of $.28 per contract. The SPY ended the week at $199.13 and we exited these for $.07.
IWM: We did an extrapolation order to sell the Sept $98/93 put spread for $.85 and got it late in the week. We then entered the $120/125 on our topside for a credit of $.70 and are already profiting on this trade. The IWM is at 115.36. We rolled this to the Sept $124/129 strikes for a debit of $1.05.
We will also rolled our bottom side up and picked up more credit. We rolled the $98/93 to the Sept. $112/107 for a credit of $.50.
All in we have gotten $2.05 in credit for this condor. We spent $1.05 in rollout money. We closed this condor down for $.50.
VXX: We sold the Aug $$36/38/25/23 iron condor for a credit of $.45 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the Aug $109/107 put spread for a credit $.30 with 2 contracts. IWM finished the week at $112.21 and we can buy these back for $.18. We bought one to exit for $.10 and the other expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the Aug 2nd $115/$12.5 put spread for $.32 with 4 contracts. We rolled these trades to the Aug 112/108 for a debit of $.80. These expired leaving us with a loss of $200 for the contracts. We made this up on our SPY trade below.
SPY: We sold the Aug 2nd $194.5/192 put spread for a credit of $.35 with 4 contracts. The SPY ended the week at $193. As discussed last week, we rolled these out to the $191/187 for expiration this week. These expired leaving us profiting by about $200.
SPY: We sold the AUG 2nd $200/202.5 call spread for a credit of $.49 with 4 contracts to make our Iron condor. These expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the July 4 cycle $112/110 put spread for a credit of $.30 with 5 contracts. The IWM finished the week at $113.60 . These expired for full profit.
SPY: It is time to go short term and play the downside. We sold 3 $189/187 put spreads for the July options cycle for a credit of $.32 each. We bought back 1 contract for $.11. These expired for full profit.
IWM: Same as with the SPY. We sold 3 $110/108 put spreads for the July options cycle for a credit of $.30 each. We bought back 1 contract for $.11. These expired for full profit.
SSO: On 2-7, we sold the June $108/113 call spread for $.85 with 3 contracts. We added the June $79/84 put spread to round out the condor for a credit of $.85. Total credit on this trade is $170 and the SSO is at $111.30. We rolled our topside out to the $110/115 strikes for a debit of $.55. We are still profiting by over $100 on this trade, but if we do not see a pullback, we will roll it out again and move up our bottom side. With the move that the market made early last week, we just exited the trade for a debit of $1.90. This gave us a loss of $.90 overall on the trade.
SSO: We got our Mar 100/105 call spread for $.90 on 10/16. We were filled on our Mar $80/75 put spread for a minimum of $.75. Our total credit $1.65. We rolled our top side to the April $106/$111 for a cost of $1.70. We moved up our bottom side to the April $99/94 for credit of $.75. This trade expired giving us a profit of $.70.
USO: We sold the Apr $30.50/$28.50 put spread for a credit of $.28 per contract with 4 contracts. USO is currently at $36.62. This expired for full profit.
CLR: On 9/6 we sold the CLR March 120/125 call spread for $.75. We also got the Mar $70/75 for $.70. We now have our condor on and our total credit is $1.45. CLR ended the week at around $118.00. We previously rolled out to the Mar $135/140 for a cost of $1.10. We also moved our put spread up from the $70/75 to the $95/90 and made another $.45. This trade expired with a profit of $.80.
USO: We were filled on our order to sell the Feb 2014 $31/29 put spread for $.25 with 4 contracts. These expired for full credit!
SPY: We sold 3 January 180/185 call spreads for a credit of $.95 each or $285. We bought out of 2 of our 3 call spreads for $.35. That gave us a 12% return on risk in less than a month. We kept the one contract we had left and put on the put side. We rolled this out to the SPY 185/190 for a debit of $.73 and got filled on our SPY January $172/167 spread for $.63. We pofited by $85 on this final contract.
RUT: We secured our Jan RUT 1160/1165 call spread for a credit of $.85 on 10/3 with 3 conracts. The RUT ended the week at about $1161. We were filled for the 1015/1010 for a credit of $.75 for our bottom side of the Condor. We now have the full condor (3 total) for a total credit of $160 each. WE rolled our 1160/1165 to the1175/1180 for debit of $.95. We also rolled our bottom side to the 1130/1125 for a credit of $.75. We profited by $140 per contract on this trade.
QCOR: We sold the Jan $95/100 call for a credit of $.85 per contract with 2 contracts. QCOR finished the week at $61.59. We also previously got the other side of the condor at the Jan $25/20 for a credit of $.75. We made $320 total from selling the 2 condors and bought 1 of the Iron Condors back for $.70. This gave us a return of $90 or 18% on risk ($90/$500 risked). We bought back our remaining condor for $.30.
QCOR: We closed our Jan $95/100/20/25 Iron Condor for $.70 on 10/8. We recieved a credit of $1.60, so our profit was $90 or 18% return on risk ($90/500 risked) in less than 3 moths.
USO: We sold the OCT USO 28/26 put spread for a credit of $.25 with one contract. We are risking $200 on this trade to make $25 or 13% return on risk. USO ended the week at $37.21. We bought these back this past week for $.02 each.
MOS: We bought a defensive put using the 15% rule and bought the Sept $45 strike for $.40. We sold out of this for $3.60.
IWM Rollout: In March '17, we rolled our IWM Mar '17 $136/146 put spread to the April $136/146 strikes for a credit of $.76. We bought this back in April for $1.00 locking in solid profits overall on our rollouts and put side spreads.
IWM: In February '17, we sold the $130/120 March '17 put spread for $.50. We let this go to full expiration and profit.
IWM: In January '17, we sold the February '17 $131/121 put spread for $.50 to go with our call spread. This expired for full profit.
AMZN: In nove '16, we sold the Apr '17 $675/770 put spread for a credit of $1.25. This expired fro full profit!
FB: In Nov '16, we sold the June '17 $100/105 put spread for $.85 with 2 contracts. We bought this back in March '17 for $.05.
GOOGL: In Nov '16, we sold the March '18 $680/670 for a credit of $1.50. GOOGL ended the week at $865. We bought this back for $.05 in Feb '17.
DLTR: In Oct '16, we sold sell the Feb '17 $70/65 put spread for $.85. DLTR finished the week at $80. this expired for full profit.
SSO: In Sept '17, we sold the Mar '17 $60/55 put spread for $.84 with 2 contracts. this expired for full profit.
FB: In Sept '16, we sold the Mar '17 $105/100 put spread for $.80. FB ended the week at $134. We bought this back for $.02 in Feb '17.
AMZN: In Sept '16, we sold the Feb '17 $650/640 put spread for $2.00. AMZN ended the week at $845. We let this expire for full profit
IWM: In July '16, we sold the Jan '17 $130/135 put spread for $.80. We rolled this to the Feb $134/144 spread for a debit of $.70. We rolled this to the March $136/144 call spread for a debit of $.50. and covered the cost with a put spread. We rolled it again the April '17 strikes for a profit. See March '17 trades.
SSO: In June '16, we sold the Jan $50/45 put spread for a credit of $.90 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
NR: In June '16, we sold 2 Dec '16 $5/$2.5 put spread for a credit of $.45 each. We let these expire for full profit
AAPL: In June of 2016, we sold the Oct $80/75 put spread for $.85 with 2 contracts. We bought these back in Aug '16 for $.08 and $.05.
AAPL: We sold the Jan $82.5/80 put spread with 2 contracts for a credit of $.60 using a GTC order. We closed this out for $.05 in Sept '16.
XLE: In January '16, we rolled the Jan '16 $65/60 put spread to the June $62/52 put spread for a credit of $.20. WE bought this back for $.80 locking in a profit in April.
XLE Rollout: We got the bottom side of our Sept Iron Condor in place by selling the $72.50/$67.50 put spread for a credit of $.75. We rolled this to the March '16 $70/63 for a credit of $.15. See September's trades.
XLE Rollout: In December '15, we rolled our Dec '15 $65/60 put spread to the Jan '16 $65/60 put spread for a debit of $.60. We are still profitable as we profited fully on our call portion and used our existing credit to pay for the rollout. We rolled this to June...see January 2016 trades.
XLE: In July 2015, we sold the December '15 $65/60 put spread for a credit of $.90. We rolled this out picking up more credit and keeping full credit on this trade.
XLE: In October '15, we sold the Dec $74/79 call spread for $.65 to round out our Iron Condor from July. This expired for a full profit.
XLE: In Sept. '16, we sold the topside of our Iron Condor from August by selling the XLE March '16 $76/82 spread for a credit of $.80. This expired for full profit in March '16.
SPY: In Sept '15, we sold the SPY Dec' 15 $212/217 call spread for $.80 to get our Iron condor in place with our July $194/189 put spread in which we got $.85 credit.. We exited the whole condor for a profit of $.60.
AAPL: In August '15, we sold the Jan '16 $105/100 put spread for $.95. We closed this in November for $.35
SPY Sept '15 call spread: In Sept '15, We sold the SPY Sept' 15 $205/210 call spread for $.70 to get our Iron condor in place. this expired for full profit
XLE: In July '15, we sold the December '15 $65/60 put spread for a credit of $.90. XLE ended the week at $61. We rolled this out last week. See December '15 trades.
SPY: In June '15, we sold the Sept '15 $190/195 put spread for a credit of $.75. We bought this back for $.90, but had full profit on our topside giving us over 10% return on risk on this condor
XLE: InJune '15, we got the bottom side of our Sept Iron Condor in place by selling the $72.50/$67.50 put spread for a credit of $.75. We closed this and roll it out for a small profit to March '16. See August '15 positions.
XLE: In April '15, we sold the Sept '15 $88/93 call spread for $.75. We let this go for full profit
CMG: In April 2015, we sold Sept $550/545 put spread for a credit of $.75. We closed this trade out for $.10 and a nice profit in July '15.
XLE: In February 2015, we sold the June '15 $85/90 call spread for a credit of $.75 to round out our iron condor on XLE. We closed the whole condor down for $.20 locking almost a full profit
XLE: In December, 2014, we sold the June '15 XLE $68/63 put spread for a credit of $.80. In early February, we got filled on our topside to round out the condor and as noted above we closed this down for almost a full profit. (see XLE exit above)
IWM: We sold the Oct 2nd 112/110 put spread for $.30 with 2 contracts. The IWM finished the week at $104.69. We bought these back first thing Monday for a loss of $1.60. That gave us a loss of $260 total on the trades after adding in our credit. We would not have been able to roll these to a lower area and be able to get out of them without the loss. As it stands, we are still up overall for the year on our IWM spreads.
SPY: We sold the Oct 2nd 195/193 put spread for $.30 with 2 contracts. We bought these back for $.20 on the Weds bounce.
SPY: We sold the SPY OCT 1 Weekly $194.5/192.5 for $.30 with 4 contracts. We let these expire for full profit.
SPY: We sold the SPY Sept 2nd $187/185 put spread for a credit of $.30 with 2 contracts. These expired for a full profit.
SPY: We sold the SPY Sept 2nd, $202.5/5 for a credit of $.28 per contract. The SPY ended the week at $199.13 and we exited these for $.07.
IWM: We did an extrapolation order to sell the Sept $98/93 put spread for $.85 and got it late in the week. We then entered the $120/125 on our topside for a credit of $.70 and are already profiting on this trade. The IWM is at 115.36. We rolled this to the Sept $124/129 strikes for a debit of $1.05.
We will also rolled our bottom side up and picked up more credit. We rolled the $98/93 to the Sept. $112/107 for a credit of $.50.
All in we have gotten $2.05 in credit for this condor. We spent $1.05 in rollout money. We closed this condor down for $.50.
VXX: We sold the Aug $$36/38/25/23 iron condor for a credit of $.45 with 2 contracts. This expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the Aug $109/107 put spread for a credit $.30 with 2 contracts. IWM finished the week at $112.21 and we can buy these back for $.18. We bought one to exit for $.10 and the other expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the Aug 2nd $115/$12.5 put spread for $.32 with 4 contracts. We rolled these trades to the Aug 112/108 for a debit of $.80. These expired leaving us with a loss of $200 for the contracts. We made this up on our SPY trade below.
SPY: We sold the Aug 2nd $194.5/192 put spread for a credit of $.35 with 4 contracts. The SPY ended the week at $193. As discussed last week, we rolled these out to the $191/187 for expiration this week. These expired leaving us profiting by about $200.
SPY: We sold the AUG 2nd $200/202.5 call spread for a credit of $.49 with 4 contracts to make our Iron condor. These expired for full profit.
IWM: We sold the July 4 cycle $112/110 put spread for a credit of $.30 with 5 contracts. The IWM finished the week at $113.60 . These expired for full profit.
SPY: It is time to go short term and play the downside. We sold 3 $189/187 put spreads for the July options cycle for a credit of $.32 each. We bought back 1 contract for $.11. These expired for full profit.
IWM: Same as with the SPY. We sold 3 $110/108 put spreads for the July options cycle for a credit of $.30 each. We bought back 1 contract for $.11. These expired for full profit.
SSO: On 2-7, we sold the June $108/113 call spread for $.85 with 3 contracts. We added the June $79/84 put spread to round out the condor for a credit of $.85. Total credit on this trade is $170 and the SSO is at $111.30. We rolled our topside out to the $110/115 strikes for a debit of $.55. We are still profiting by over $100 on this trade, but if we do not see a pullback, we will roll it out again and move up our bottom side. With the move that the market made early last week, we just exited the trade for a debit of $1.90. This gave us a loss of $.90 overall on the trade.
SSO: We got our Mar 100/105 call spread for $.90 on 10/16. We were filled on our Mar $80/75 put spread for a minimum of $.75. Our total credit $1.65. We rolled our top side to the April $106/$111 for a cost of $1.70. We moved up our bottom side to the April $99/94 for credit of $.75. This trade expired giving us a profit of $.70.
USO: We sold the Apr $30.50/$28.50 put spread for a credit of $.28 per contract with 4 contracts. USO is currently at $36.62. This expired for full profit.
CLR: On 9/6 we sold the CLR March 120/125 call spread for $.75. We also got the Mar $70/75 for $.70. We now have our condor on and our total credit is $1.45. CLR ended the week at around $118.00. We previously rolled out to the Mar $135/140 for a cost of $1.10. We also moved our put spread up from the $70/75 to the $95/90 and made another $.45. This trade expired with a profit of $.80.
USO: We were filled on our order to sell the Feb 2014 $31/29 put spread for $.25 with 4 contracts. These expired for full credit!
SPY: We sold 3 January 180/185 call spreads for a credit of $.95 each or $285. We bought out of 2 of our 3 call spreads for $.35. That gave us a 12% return on risk in less than a month. We kept the one contract we had left and put on the put side. We rolled this out to the SPY 185/190 for a debit of $.73 and got filled on our SPY January $172/167 spread for $.63. We pofited by $85 on this final contract.
RUT: We secured our Jan RUT 1160/1165 call spread for a credit of $.85 on 10/3 with 3 conracts. The RUT ended the week at about $1161. We were filled for the 1015/1010 for a credit of $.75 for our bottom side of the Condor. We now have the full condor (3 total) for a total credit of $160 each. WE rolled our 1160/1165 to the1175/1180 for debit of $.95. We also rolled our bottom side to the 1130/1125 for a credit of $.75. We profited by $140 per contract on this trade.
QCOR: We sold the Jan $95/100 call for a credit of $.85 per contract with 2 contracts. QCOR finished the week at $61.59. We also previously got the other side of the condor at the Jan $25/20 for a credit of $.75. We made $320 total from selling the 2 condors and bought 1 of the Iron Condors back for $.70. This gave us a return of $90 or 18% on risk ($90/$500 risked). We bought back our remaining condor for $.30.
QCOR: We closed our Jan $95/100/20/25 Iron Condor for $.70 on 10/8. We recieved a credit of $1.60, so our profit was $90 or 18% return on risk ($90/500 risked) in less than 3 moths.
USO: We sold the OCT USO 28/26 put spread for a credit of $.25 with one contract. We are risking $200 on this trade to make $25 or 13% return on risk. USO ended the week at $37.21. We bought these back this past week for $.02 each.
MOS: We bought a defensive put using the 15% rule and bought the Sept $45 strike for $.40. We sold out of this for $3.60.
Closed Defensive Trades
WAC Defense: In March '17, we bought 5 June '17 $1 puts as defense for our Sept '17 $2 puts for $.10 each. We sold these for $.38 each and exited giving us a nice profit.
VSTO Defense: In February, we bought the Mar '17 $17.50 put for $.15. This expired.
SUN Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 $20 put as defense for our June '17 $25 put. This expired.
WAC Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 3/2 put spread for $.10 as defense fo our June '17 $4 naked put. We let this expire for full profit
WAC Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 3/2 put spread for $.10 as defense fo our June '17 $5 covered call. We let this expire for full profit.
TASR Defense: In December '17, we bought the Mar '17 $18/16 put spread for $.15. this expired.
WAC Defense: In December '16, we bought the Mar '17 $3/2 put spread for $.12 as defense for our June '17 WAC trades using the 15% rule. We let this expire for full profit.
AMBA Defense: In Dec '16, we bought the Feb '17 $40 put for $.25 as defense for our May '17 $42.5 put. This expired.
FB Defense: In November '16, we bought the March '17 $90/85 put spread for $.18. this expired.
AMZN Defense: In Nov '16, we bought 2 December $665/660 put spreads for $.40 each as defense for our AMZN trades. these expired.
SWHC Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the Dec '16 $19 put for $.20 as defense for our Mar '17 SWHC trade. this expired
DLTR Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the Nov $65/60 put spread for $.10. this expired
INSY Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the INSY Nov '16 $6 put for $.10. this expired
WAC Defense: In Spet '16, we bought the Dec '16 $1 put for $.05 as defense for our Mar '17 $2 puts. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Sept '16, we bought the Nov '16 $6 put for $.08 as defense for our Feb $7 put. this expired.
SSO Defense: In Spet, '16, we bought the Nov '16 $54/52 put spread for $.12. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Sept '16, we bought the Nov '16 $6 put for $.08 as defense for our Feb $7 put. This expired..
MYGN Defense: In August '16, we bought the Nov '16 $16/14 put spread for $.22 as defense for our Feb '17 $18 put. This expired.
MEET Defense: In august '16, we bought the Nov $2 put as defense our MEET Feb $3 puts for $.10.
OIL Defense: In August '16, we bought the Sept $4 put for $.05 as defense for our Jan '17 $5 puts. It expired.
BOFI Defense: In July '16, we bought the Sept '16 $10/7.5 put spread for $.08 as defense for out Jan '17 $12.5 put. This expired
OIL Defense: In July '16, we bought the Sept $4 put for $.05 with 2 contracts as defense for our Jan '17 $5 puts using the 15% rule. This expired
MBI Defense: In June '16, we bought the Nov $4/3 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Jan '17 $5 put. This expired
RIG Defense: In June '16, we bought the Nov $4/3 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Jan '17 $6 put. This expired
SWHC Defense: In June '16, we bought the Sept $15/12 put spread as defense for our Dec $18 put. This expired.
INSY Defense: In June '15, we bought the Aug $6/5 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Nov $8 put. this expired
AAPL Defense: In June '16, we bought 2 July '16 $75/10 put spreads for $.13 each as defense for our October puts. These expired.
PLUG Defense: In April '16, we bought 2 June '16 $1.50 puts for $.04 each using the 15% rule. These expired
RIG Defense: In March '16, we bought the Aug $3 put using the 15% rule for our Aug $6 put as defense for $.06. this expired
DVN Defense: In March '16, we bought the July $13/7 put spread for $.20 as defense using the 15% rule for our Oct $15 put. This expired.
VDSI Defense: In March '16, we bought defense on our Sept '16 VSDI rollout using the 15% rule with the June $10/7.5 put spread for $.25. this expired.
USO Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $5 put as defense for $.10 for our July $7 put using the 15% rule. This expired.
PAYC Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $12.5 put for $.20 as defense for our Aug '16 $15 put using the 15% rule. This expired.
INSY Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $7/5 put spread for $.12 as defense for our INSY Aug '16 $10 put using the 15% rule. this expired
MBI Defense: In January '16, we bought the May '16$4/2 put spread as defense for our MBI $5 Aug put and $7 Aug call. This expired.
RIG Defense: n January '16, as defense for our RIG Aug '16 $7 puts, we bought the May '16 5/4 put spread for $.10 with 2 contracts. These expired.
CRUS Defense: In January '16, as defense for our June $23 put, we bought the Mar '16 $21/19 put spread for .$30 as defense using the 15% rule. This expired.
WAC Defense: In January '16, we bought the March '16 $6/4 put spread for $.25 as defense for our June $7 put. This expired.
INSY Defense: In December '15, we bought the Feb $13/12 put spread as defense for our INSY trade using the 15% rule. This expired.
OIL Defense: In December '15, we bought the Mar '16 $5/4 put spread for $.10 using the 15% rule as defense for our June $7 put. We sold this for $.35 and picked up some credit.
CRUS Defense: In Sept '15, We bought the Jan $22/20 put spread for $.20 using the 15% rule. this expired
GPRO defense: In Sept '15, We bought the Jan $23/22 put spread for $.30 as defense using the 15% rule. this expired giving us full credit of $100.
WAC Defense: In October '15, we bought the Jan $8/7 put spread for $.13 using the 15% rule. this expired
AMBA Defense: In October '15, we bought the Jan $35/$32.5 put spread for $.33 using the 15% rule. This expired
VDSI Defense: In October '15, we bought the Dec '15 $12.5/10 put spread for $.10. This expired.
EMES Defense: In October '15, we bought the Dec $5 put for $.35 using the 15% rule. We kept this through expiration giving us a profit of about $.85.
PLUG Defense: In October '15, we bought 2 December $1.5 puts for $.06 each using the 15% rule. These expired.
AMBA Defense: I Sept '15, we bought the Nov '15 $50/47.5 put spread as defense for $.40 using the 15% rule. We closed this for a credit of $.85 and a profit.
QLYS Defense #2: In Sept '15, from profiting on our first defense for our QLYS December put, we then added a second by buying the Oct $25/22.5 put spread for $.35. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Septt '15, We bought the Nov '15 $7/5 put spread for $.10 as defense for one of our contracts using the 15% rule. this expired
CLR defense: In sept '15, after profiting on our first CLR defense below, we added a second for our Jan CLR put form the profits by buying the Oct $25/23 put spread for $.45. This expired.
VEEV Defense: In Sept '15, we bought the Oct $19/16 put spread for $.18 using the 15% rule. This expired.
CLR Defense: In July '15 , we bought the Sept $30/25 put spread for $.60. We sold this for a profit of $2.00
VDSI Defense: In July '15, we bought the Sept $17.5/12.5 put spread for $.30. We sold this for a credit of $.80
GBX Defense: In June, we bought the Sept '15 $35 put for $.45 using the 15% rule. This expired
QLYS Defense: We bought the Sept '15 $30/25 put spread for $.45 using the 15% rule. We sold this for a credit of $.60
AAL Defense: In May '15, we bought the Aug '15 $37/32 put spread for $.38. this expired.
MBI Defense: In April 2015, we bought the Aug '15 $7/6 put for $.15 as defense for one of our contracts. We closed this and made an extra $40.
GPRO Defense: In April 2015, we bought the July '15 $31/27 put spread for $.30 as defense for our Oct $34 put. this expired
VEEV Defense: In April '15, we bought the June '15 $21/17 put spread for $.20 as defense for our Sept $22 put. this expired
PLNR Defense: In April '15, we bought the May 2015 $2.50 put for $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired
MBI Defense: In April '15, we bought the June 4 '15 weekly cycle $6.50 put for $.10 as defense for one of our contracts. this expired.
VDSI Defense: In April '15, we bought the June '15 $15 put for $.25 as defense for our Sept $17.50 put using the 15% rule. this expired
NR Defense: In March 2015, we bought the May 2015 $5 put for $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired.
LL Defense: In March 2015, we bought the May '15 $18/16 put spread for $.15 as defense. This expired
AMBA Defense: In February 2015, we bought the May $29 put for $.40 as defense for our August $35 put. This expired
HAL Defense: In December 2014, we bought the APR '15 $27.50 put for $.30 as defense. This expired
WAC Defense: In February 2015, we added some defense going into earnings by buying 2 March '15 $15/13 put spreads for $.10 as defense. With the drop, we could sell these for $.65. We exited these for a credit of $.60 each locking in another $120 of profit.
SLCA Defense: In January 2015, we bought the March '15 $16 put for $.30 using the 15% rule. This expired
UNXL Defense: In March 2015, we added a little extra defense going into earnings using the 15% rule from selling our call in January and bought the March '15 $4 put as defense for $.08. This expired.
GBX Defense: In January 2015, we sold the Mar $35 put for $.25 using the 15% rule. This expired
AMBA Defense: In January 2015, we bought the Mar 1 weekly $40/35 put spread for $.30 as defense. This expired
CLR Defense: In December 2014, we bought 2 March '15 $20/17.50 put spreads for $.10 each. This expired
CRUS Defense: In December 2014, we bought the Mar $13 put for $.15 and if we can we will sell for a credit. This expired
PLUG Defense: In December 2014, we bought 2 March $2 puts for $.08 each. These expired
CRR Defense: In September, we bought the the CRR Jan $55/50 put spread for a debit of $1.20. We closed this for a full profit of $5.00.
MBI Defense: In October, we bought the Jan $6 put for $.11. This expired.
ZU Defense: In November, we bought the January $21 put using the 15% rule for $.20. We sold this for $.40.
EMES Defense: We bought the December 4 Weekly 60/50 put spread for a debit of $.80 using the 15% rule. We bought this back for $4.00 locking in a nice profit.
WAC Defense: We bought the December 16/14 put for $.16. This expired.
AFSI Defense: We bought the Dec $25/20 for $.40. This expired
UNXL Defense: We bought 2 OCT $5 puts for $.11 using the 15% rule. We sold these for $.25 and increased our profit and breakeven on this trade.
ZU Defense: We bought the Oct $22.50 for $.20. This expired.
PLUG Defense: We bought 2 Oct $2 puts for $.11 using the 15% rule. These expired.
WAC Defense: We bought the Sept $18 put for $.20 as defense. This expired.
OLED Defense: We bought the Sept $20 put for $.19 using the 15% rule. This expired.
INSY Defense: We bought the Aug $17/15 put spread for $.15. This expired
AMBA Defense: We bought the Aug $18/16 put spread for a debit of $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired
FB Defense: We bought the Aug $50/45 spread for a debit of $.47 using the 15% rule. This expired
ZU Defense: We will bought the July $25 put for $.45. This expired
PLUG Defense: We bought 2 June $2.5 puts for $.15 each using the 15% rule. They expired.
UNXL: We bought the June $4 for $.10 with the 15% rule. It expired.
QCOR: We bought the July 35/30 put spread for $.55 as defense. We sold this for $.35.
CRUS Defense: We bought a Mar $13 put for $.10 using the 15% rule as defense. This expired.
AFSI Defense: We bought the Feb $20 put for $.27. This expired.
VXX Defense: We bought 2 January $9 puts for $.08 each as defense. Our defense is adjust with the split as well and will continue to work for us. These expired.
QCOR Defense: We used the 15% rule and purchased a Jan $27 put for $.28. This expired.
CRUS Defense: We bought the January 2014 $16 put for $.15. This expired
UNXL Defense: We bought the Jan $6 put as defense using the 15% rule for $.12. It expired.
MYGN Defense: We bought the Jan $20/19 spread for a credit of $.23 with two contracts. They expired.
QCOR Defense: We bought an OCT $31 put for $.40. It expired.
VXX Defense: Using the 15% rule, we bought an Oct $12 put for $.25. It expired.
TOL: We bought 2 September $27 defensive puts using the 15% rule for $.15. They expired.
VXX: We used the 15% rule and bought a August defensive put for the cycle at $15 for .$26. We bought is back for $.70.
VXX: We bought 3 defensive puts using the 15% rule at the Sept $13 strike for $.14 a piece. They expired worthless.
CLR Defense: We bought a Sept $115/120 call spread using the 15% rule for $.10. This expired worthless.
VXX Defense: Using the 15% rule, we bought an Oct $12 put for $.25. It expired worthless.
SWHC Defense: We bought the Sept $15/12 put spread as defense for our Dec $18 put.WAC Defense: We bought the Dec '16 $1 put for $.05 as defense for our Mar $2 puts. this expired.
WAC Defense: In March '17, we bought 5 June '17 $1 puts as defense for our Sept '17 $2 puts for $.10 each. We sold these for $.38 each and exited giving us a nice profit.
VSTO Defense: In February, we bought the Mar '17 $17.50 put for $.15. This expired.
SUN Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 $20 put as defense for our June '17 $25 put. This expired.
WAC Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 3/2 put spread for $.10 as defense fo our June '17 $4 naked put. We let this expire for full profit
WAC Defense: In January '17, we bought the Mar '17 3/2 put spread for $.10 as defense fo our June '17 $5 covered call. We let this expire for full profit.
TASR Defense: In December '17, we bought the Mar '17 $18/16 put spread for $.15. this expired.
WAC Defense: In December '16, we bought the Mar '17 $3/2 put spread for $.12 as defense for our June '17 WAC trades using the 15% rule. We let this expire for full profit.
AMBA Defense: In Dec '16, we bought the Feb '17 $40 put for $.25 as defense for our May '17 $42.5 put. This expired.
FB Defense: In November '16, we bought the March '17 $90/85 put spread for $.18. this expired.
AMZN Defense: In Nov '16, we bought 2 December $665/660 put spreads for $.40 each as defense for our AMZN trades. these expired.
SWHC Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the Dec '16 $19 put for $.20 as defense for our Mar '17 SWHC trade. this expired
DLTR Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the Nov $65/60 put spread for $.10. this expired
INSY Defense: In Oct '16, we bought the INSY Nov '16 $6 put for $.10. this expired
WAC Defense: In Spet '16, we bought the Dec '16 $1 put for $.05 as defense for our Mar '17 $2 puts. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Sept '16, we bought the Nov '16 $6 put for $.08 as defense for our Feb $7 put. this expired.
SSO Defense: In Spet, '16, we bought the Nov '16 $54/52 put spread for $.12. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Sept '16, we bought the Nov '16 $6 put for $.08 as defense for our Feb $7 put. This expired..
MYGN Defense: In August '16, we bought the Nov '16 $16/14 put spread for $.22 as defense for our Feb '17 $18 put. This expired.
MEET Defense: In august '16, we bought the Nov $2 put as defense our MEET Feb $3 puts for $.10.
OIL Defense: In August '16, we bought the Sept $4 put for $.05 as defense for our Jan '17 $5 puts. It expired.
BOFI Defense: In July '16, we bought the Sept '16 $10/7.5 put spread for $.08 as defense for out Jan '17 $12.5 put. This expired
OIL Defense: In July '16, we bought the Sept $4 put for $.05 with 2 contracts as defense for our Jan '17 $5 puts using the 15% rule. This expired
MBI Defense: In June '16, we bought the Nov $4/3 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Jan '17 $5 put. This expired
RIG Defense: In June '16, we bought the Nov $4/3 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Jan '17 $6 put. This expired
SWHC Defense: In June '16, we bought the Sept $15/12 put spread as defense for our Dec $18 put. This expired.
INSY Defense: In June '15, we bought the Aug $6/5 put spread for $.10 as defense for our Nov $8 put. this expired
AAPL Defense: In June '16, we bought 2 July '16 $75/10 put spreads for $.13 each as defense for our October puts. These expired.
PLUG Defense: In April '16, we bought 2 June '16 $1.50 puts for $.04 each using the 15% rule. These expired
RIG Defense: In March '16, we bought the Aug $3 put using the 15% rule for our Aug $6 put as defense for $.06. this expired
DVN Defense: In March '16, we bought the July $13/7 put spread for $.20 as defense using the 15% rule for our Oct $15 put. This expired.
VDSI Defense: In March '16, we bought defense on our Sept '16 VSDI rollout using the 15% rule with the June $10/7.5 put spread for $.25. this expired.
USO Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $5 put as defense for $.10 for our July $7 put using the 15% rule. This expired.
PAYC Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $12.5 put for $.20 as defense for our Aug '16 $15 put using the 15% rule. This expired.
INSY Defense: In February '16, we bought the May '16 $7/5 put spread for $.12 as defense for our INSY Aug '16 $10 put using the 15% rule. this expired
MBI Defense: In January '16, we bought the May '16$4/2 put spread as defense for our MBI $5 Aug put and $7 Aug call. This expired.
RIG Defense: n January '16, as defense for our RIG Aug '16 $7 puts, we bought the May '16 5/4 put spread for $.10 with 2 contracts. These expired.
CRUS Defense: In January '16, as defense for our June $23 put, we bought the Mar '16 $21/19 put spread for .$30 as defense using the 15% rule. This expired.
WAC Defense: In January '16, we bought the March '16 $6/4 put spread for $.25 as defense for our June $7 put. This expired.
INSY Defense: In December '15, we bought the Feb $13/12 put spread as defense for our INSY trade using the 15% rule. This expired.
OIL Defense: In December '15, we bought the Mar '16 $5/4 put spread for $.10 using the 15% rule as defense for our June $7 put. We sold this for $.35 and picked up some credit.
CRUS Defense: In Sept '15, We bought the Jan $22/20 put spread for $.20 using the 15% rule. this expired
GPRO defense: In Sept '15, We bought the Jan $23/22 put spread for $.30 as defense using the 15% rule. this expired giving us full credit of $100.
WAC Defense: In October '15, we bought the Jan $8/7 put spread for $.13 using the 15% rule. this expired
AMBA Defense: In October '15, we bought the Jan $35/$32.5 put spread for $.33 using the 15% rule. This expired
VDSI Defense: In October '15, we bought the Dec '15 $12.5/10 put spread for $.10. This expired.
EMES Defense: In October '15, we bought the Dec $5 put for $.35 using the 15% rule. We kept this through expiration giving us a profit of about $.85.
PLUG Defense: In October '15, we bought 2 December $1.5 puts for $.06 each using the 15% rule. These expired.
AMBA Defense: I Sept '15, we bought the Nov '15 $50/47.5 put spread as defense for $.40 using the 15% rule. We closed this for a credit of $.85 and a profit.
QLYS Defense #2: In Sept '15, from profiting on our first defense for our QLYS December put, we then added a second by buying the Oct $25/22.5 put spread for $.35. this expired.
RIG Defense: In Septt '15, We bought the Nov '15 $7/5 put spread for $.10 as defense for one of our contracts using the 15% rule. this expired
CLR defense: In sept '15, after profiting on our first CLR defense below, we added a second for our Jan CLR put form the profits by buying the Oct $25/23 put spread for $.45. This expired.
VEEV Defense: In Sept '15, we bought the Oct $19/16 put spread for $.18 using the 15% rule. This expired.
CLR Defense: In July '15 , we bought the Sept $30/25 put spread for $.60. We sold this for a profit of $2.00
VDSI Defense: In July '15, we bought the Sept $17.5/12.5 put spread for $.30. We sold this for a credit of $.80
GBX Defense: In June, we bought the Sept '15 $35 put for $.45 using the 15% rule. This expired
QLYS Defense: We bought the Sept '15 $30/25 put spread for $.45 using the 15% rule. We sold this for a credit of $.60
AAL Defense: In May '15, we bought the Aug '15 $37/32 put spread for $.38. this expired.
MBI Defense: In April 2015, we bought the Aug '15 $7/6 put for $.15 as defense for one of our contracts. We closed this and made an extra $40.
GPRO Defense: In April 2015, we bought the July '15 $31/27 put spread for $.30 as defense for our Oct $34 put. this expired
VEEV Defense: In April '15, we bought the June '15 $21/17 put spread for $.20 as defense for our Sept $22 put. this expired
PLNR Defense: In April '15, we bought the May 2015 $2.50 put for $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired
MBI Defense: In April '15, we bought the June 4 '15 weekly cycle $6.50 put for $.10 as defense for one of our contracts. this expired.
VDSI Defense: In April '15, we bought the June '15 $15 put for $.25 as defense for our Sept $17.50 put using the 15% rule. this expired
NR Defense: In March 2015, we bought the May 2015 $5 put for $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired.
LL Defense: In March 2015, we bought the May '15 $18/16 put spread for $.15 as defense. This expired
AMBA Defense: In February 2015, we bought the May $29 put for $.40 as defense for our August $35 put. This expired
HAL Defense: In December 2014, we bought the APR '15 $27.50 put for $.30 as defense. This expired
WAC Defense: In February 2015, we added some defense going into earnings by buying 2 March '15 $15/13 put spreads for $.10 as defense. With the drop, we could sell these for $.65. We exited these for a credit of $.60 each locking in another $120 of profit.
SLCA Defense: In January 2015, we bought the March '15 $16 put for $.30 using the 15% rule. This expired
UNXL Defense: In March 2015, we added a little extra defense going into earnings using the 15% rule from selling our call in January and bought the March '15 $4 put as defense for $.08. This expired.
GBX Defense: In January 2015, we sold the Mar $35 put for $.25 using the 15% rule. This expired
AMBA Defense: In January 2015, we bought the Mar 1 weekly $40/35 put spread for $.30 as defense. This expired
CLR Defense: In December 2014, we bought 2 March '15 $20/17.50 put spreads for $.10 each. This expired
CRUS Defense: In December 2014, we bought the Mar $13 put for $.15 and if we can we will sell for a credit. This expired
PLUG Defense: In December 2014, we bought 2 March $2 puts for $.08 each. These expired
CRR Defense: In September, we bought the the CRR Jan $55/50 put spread for a debit of $1.20. We closed this for a full profit of $5.00.
MBI Defense: In October, we bought the Jan $6 put for $.11. This expired.
ZU Defense: In November, we bought the January $21 put using the 15% rule for $.20. We sold this for $.40.
EMES Defense: We bought the December 4 Weekly 60/50 put spread for a debit of $.80 using the 15% rule. We bought this back for $4.00 locking in a nice profit.
WAC Defense: We bought the December 16/14 put for $.16. This expired.
AFSI Defense: We bought the Dec $25/20 for $.40. This expired
UNXL Defense: We bought 2 OCT $5 puts for $.11 using the 15% rule. We sold these for $.25 and increased our profit and breakeven on this trade.
ZU Defense: We bought the Oct $22.50 for $.20. This expired.
PLUG Defense: We bought 2 Oct $2 puts for $.11 using the 15% rule. These expired.
WAC Defense: We bought the Sept $18 put for $.20 as defense. This expired.
OLED Defense: We bought the Sept $20 put for $.19 using the 15% rule. This expired.
INSY Defense: We bought the Aug $17/15 put spread for $.15. This expired
AMBA Defense: We bought the Aug $18/16 put spread for a debit of $.10 using the 15% rule. This expired
FB Defense: We bought the Aug $50/45 spread for a debit of $.47 using the 15% rule. This expired
ZU Defense: We will bought the July $25 put for $.45. This expired
PLUG Defense: We bought 2 June $2.5 puts for $.15 each using the 15% rule. They expired.
UNXL: We bought the June $4 for $.10 with the 15% rule. It expired.
QCOR: We bought the July 35/30 put spread for $.55 as defense. We sold this for $.35.
CRUS Defense: We bought a Mar $13 put for $.10 using the 15% rule as defense. This expired.
AFSI Defense: We bought the Feb $20 put for $.27. This expired.
VXX Defense: We bought 2 January $9 puts for $.08 each as defense. Our defense is adjust with the split as well and will continue to work for us. These expired.
QCOR Defense: We used the 15% rule and purchased a Jan $27 put for $.28. This expired.
CRUS Defense: We bought the January 2014 $16 put for $.15. This expired
UNXL Defense: We bought the Jan $6 put as defense using the 15% rule for $.12. It expired.
MYGN Defense: We bought the Jan $20/19 spread for a credit of $.23 with two contracts. They expired.
QCOR Defense: We bought an OCT $31 put for $.40. It expired.
VXX Defense: Using the 15% rule, we bought an Oct $12 put for $.25. It expired.
TOL: We bought 2 September $27 defensive puts using the 15% rule for $.15. They expired.
VXX: We used the 15% rule and bought a August defensive put for the cycle at $15 for .$26. We bought is back for $.70.
VXX: We bought 3 defensive puts using the 15% rule at the Sept $13 strike for $.14 a piece. They expired worthless.
CLR Defense: We bought a Sept $115/120 call spread using the 15% rule for $.10. This expired worthless.
VXX Defense: Using the 15% rule, we bought an Oct $12 put for $.25. It expired worthless.
SWHC Defense: We bought the Sept $15/12 put spread as defense for our Dec $18 put.WAC Defense: We bought the Dec '16 $1 put for $.05 as defense for our Mar $2 puts. this expired.