Dr. Joe,
Thanks very much for your CSP strategy. You have a longer holding period and tiered selling strategy compared to my CSP method. I will need to study yours a bit longer. For now, I prefer selling the front-month and capturing the incremental income I can usually make. I enjoy the discussions in this group; thanks for all the ideas and learning.
OptionsMike
www.safe-options-
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> Re: strategies
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> mike my basic strategy for cash-secured puts is below: i do vary it on a
> regular basis but
> much the basic principles i use to trade it. i use almost exclusively trade
> iwm. as you will read below i sell atm, 5%otm and 10%otm puts with equal lots
> of each. over the past 194 months from jan 1994 to present iwm dropped greater
> than 5% only 30 times or 15.5%, greater than 10% only 8 times or 4.1% and over
> 15% only 3 times or 1.5%.
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> CASH-SECURED PUT STRATEGY
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> INDEX
> Diversified ETF: SPY, IWM (favorite), EFA, EEM, QQQQ, for example.
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> POSITION SIZE
> Determine the size of the position if you were buying that index
> for your buy-and-hold strategy. Do NOT leaverage !!!!!!!
> If you wanted 8100 shares in your portfolio, then do not STO
> more than 81 contracts. Assuming you have no shares currently.
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> EXPIRATION
> Ninety days (90)
> Leg in 1/3 of calculated position size every 30 days
> ie. If 27 contracts is your determine final position size, then
> Nov expiration STO 9 contracts Feb expiration
> Dec expiration STO 9 contracts Mar expiration
> Jan expiration STO 9 contracts Apr expiration
> Feb expiration initial 9 expiring to be managed
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> STRIKE
> 1/3 or 9 contracts ATM
> 1/3 or 9 contracts 5% OTM
> 1/3 or 9 contracts 10% OTM
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> FUNDING
> 100% secured with cash or 50% cash account and 50% in
> fixed income ETF
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> MANAGING OPEN POSITIONS
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> BEFORE EXPIRATION
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> If stock is above put strike no management required.
> What are the options if the index is decreasing in price?
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> 1. Close position at a loss
> 2. Buy leap puts for protection
> If decreases 5%, purchase 50% leap puts
> If decreases 10%, purchase other 50% leap puts
> Strike at CSP (cash-secured put) strike price or
> at current stock price based on your risk
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> Since the above 3 strikes gives one 5% protection
> and I am willing to accept some loss, I place a contingent order in
> the initial setup to purchase leap puts when stock decreases 10% and
> I choose a strike that is 10% ITM. Ie. Initial setup stock was $100.
> The initial strikes would be $100, $95, $90 (0, 5%, 10% OTM)
> I woud put a contingent order in to purchase the leap put with a strike
> of $100 when underlying decreases to $90.
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> 3. Roll the CSP
> Roll out and down and decrease number of contracts
> Can be done for net credit or approx break even
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> example: based on Dec 2, 2009
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> IWM @ $58.99
> CSP is Feb 58 Put @ $2.84 ---10 contracts
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> Look at June 56 Put and Sept 56 Put
> June 56 @ $4.35
> Sept 56 @ $5.55
>
> Market drops 5% today to $56
> Using option calculator the
> June 56 increases to $5.57
> Sept 56 increases to $6.67
> Feb 58 increases to $4.32
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> BTC Feb 58 for 1000 * $4.32 or $4320
> STO June 56 - 8 contracts for 800 * $5.57 or $4456
> You have reduced your risk 20%
> or
> STO Sept 56 - 6 contracts for $4056 or
> 7 contracts for $4732 reducing risk 30-40%
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> Regarding rolling CSP's: each time you roll you should be able
> to decrease your exposure. First roll usually can decrease 10
> contracts to 7 or 8, second roll the 7 or 8 to 5 or 6 and a third
> roll the 5 or 6 to 3 or 4. All without adding new money and
> frees up margin each time
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> 4. Do nothing until expiration
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> AT EXPIRATION
>
> Stock > put strike price
> Continue selling CSP same as above
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> Stock < put strike price and assigned
> Sell covered calls 3 months to expiration
> Strike NO less than cost basis, ie put strike at assignment
> If premium is small because stock has dropped
> significantly, sell at a strike less than cost basis if you
> understand how to manage covered calls and prepared to
> roll out to avoid being exercised before expiration
> below your cost basis
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> GOAL be exercised at or above cost basis and go back to selling CSP's
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> > Dr Joe,
> > I'll start it off. I like writing front-month cash-secured puts. I like to do them on somewhat high-beta stocks (e.g. TSL, IPI) and well as more stable stocks such as PFE, MRK, XOM. I tend to avoid samll drug and biotech stocks becase of past dissapointment. I try to enter these csp's on down days. I will take a profit at .05 to .15, if reached, before expiration. I write only enough puts (3 to 10 depending on the strike price) that if assigned I'm equally happy and then will write calls on these. I will consider putting a protective collar on some of these if they advance far enough although I prefer to be called out. I do this in a tax-deferred account. In my taxable account I like to do front-month credit spreads on ETF's.
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> > Michael
> > www.safe-options-
> >
> > --- In ConservativeOptionS
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> > > i really would love to hear from people who are doing dls (calls) and short puts selling cc's if assigned,,,,
> > >
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