Yesterday we closed out our June 143 S&P 500 Depositary Receipt call option. Coupled with the call with wrote (sold) as part of a calendar spread, our return on the trade was 25 percent over 70 days. Last Thursday we returned to a familiar name, buying to open the Lexmark… Read More
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Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 14 April 4, 2007 Seasonal trends are working in stocks’ favor this week, with the start of the month, Passover and the days leading up to Easter all typically up days for the market. Once past this week though,… Read More
This morning we took profits in our Corning May 20 call option. With the stock every bit as likely to pull back a point as to advance a buck here, we took the safest course of action. We’re still holding the Transocean May 80 call option (RIG + EP) as… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 13 March 28, 2007 Consumers continue to fret about the soft housing market and what the blowups in the sub-prime lending market may mean for the overall economy. Of course when such things become front page news for many… Read More
Monday we closed out our covered call position in AtheroGenics after the company reported the failure of its atherosclerosis drug under development to prove any more effective than a placebo. We entered the trade knowing full well that the stock would either soar or plummet depending on the results. The… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 12 March 21, 2007 We won’t go so far as to say the market has bottomed just yet, but we’re certainly encouraged by the market’s underlying strength. Small cap shares, for instance, as measured by… Read More
We seized one opportunity yesterday when we closed out our Nvidia June 32.50 put option for a 40 percent plus gain in three weeks. We viewed the graphics chip company’s stock as being near a logical short-term turning point and felt the risks outweighed possible reward. We may revisit the… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 11 March 14, 2007 The collapse of sub-prime mortgage lenders such as New Century Financial, weak February retail sales and the Mortgage Bankers Association reporting that the rate of homes entering the foreclosure has hit a record has people… Read More
This morning we closed out our Google (GOOG) bull spread for a 16 percent loss. We originally chose an out-of-the-money bull call spread as a way of limiting the money we put at risk betting the Internet company would make a run back toward its previous high. Reaching that level… Read More
Image by squareintheteeth via Flickr March 7, 2007 The U.S. stock market is rallying off its recent lows, but you shouldn’t expect a return to the recent highs just yet. These events never play out exactly the same way, but they do follow a general… Read More