Option Trading Articles: Re: [ConservativeOptionStrategies] my current positions...cut and paste from poweropt....does anyone know how to

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Re: [ConservativeOptionStrategies] my current positions...cut and paste from poweropt....does anyone know how to

Dr. Joe.

I created a paper trade account at OptionExpress to learn your DLS stragety. On March 15, I bought SPY Dec 12 80 call @$37.34 and sold SPY April 10 115 call @$2.12 with a ratio of 0.8. With SPY reaching 117.4, should I roll SPY April 10 115 call to April 10 117 call to capture more time decay? I could sell two leap calls to offset the rolling cost too. I would appreciate your opinion for the learning purpose.

TIA,

Mike

--- On Mon, 3/22/10, joe & leigh <gass20@aol.com> wrote:

From: joe & leigh <gass20@aol.com>
Subject: [ConservativeOptionStrategies] my current positions...cut and paste from poweropt....does anyone know how to
To: ConservativeOptionStrategies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 8:36 AM

Description Type Cost Basis Opened Sale Price Closed Days Gain/Loss $ %
naked puts
have it formatted better? drjoe

EEM
5 EEM 2010 APR 41.00 PUT SP $ 480.00 3/10/2010 $ 640.00 12
$ 160.00 25.0 %
Total Gain/Loss for EEM
$ 160.00 33.3 %
IWM
10 IWM 2010 MAY 61.00 PUT SP $ 660.00 3/10/2010 $ 910.00 12
$ 250.00 27.5 %
bull put spread
20 IWM 2010 APR 65.00 PUT SP $ 1,180.00 3/10/2010 $ 3,620.00 12
$ 2,440.00 67.4 %
20 IWM 2012 JAN 70.00 PUT LP $ 22,920.00 3/10/2010 $ 21,660.00 12
$ -1,260.00 -5.5 %
Total Gain/Loss for IWM
$ 1,430.00 5.8 %
diagonals
SPY
9 SPY 2010 APR 114.00 CALL SC $ 3,060.00 3/10/2010 $ 1,962.00 12
$ -1,098.00 -56.0 %
10 SPY 2012 DEC 80.00 CALL LC $ 36,300.00 3/10/2010 $ 38,330.00 12
$ 2,030.00 5.6 %
Total Gain/Loss for SPY
$ 932.00 2.4 %
collar
QQQQ
10 QQQQ 2012 JAN 50.00 PUT LP $ 7,150.00 3/10/2010 $ 6,650.00 12
$ -500.00 -7.0 %
10 QQQQ 2010 SEP 50.00 CALL SC $ 1,530.00 3/10/2010 $ 1,100.00 12
$ -430.00 -39.1 %
1000 PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF (QQQQ) LS $ 46,820.00 3/10/2010 $ 47,890.00 12
$ 1,070.00 2.3 %
Total Gain/Loss for QQQQ
$ 140.00 0.3 %
Total Gain/Loss
$ 2,662.00 2.2 %