Crunch time tomorrow. I think I will keep RIG, sell the puts and write july calls rather than sell the stock at $55 and loose the stock. Based on good price action of RIG and more upside.
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> From: Kim Blake <kblake@...>
> To: OptionClub@yahoogroups.com
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> From: chickbull
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 5:02 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheOptionClub. com] A decision what to do with
> RIG?
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> excuse my lack of knowledge, but what are "tos"?
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> --- In OptionClub@yahoogro ups.com, Adam
> Green <adam.cell.phone@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at
> 10:50 AM, Meuter Gisbert <gismeu@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > > Well,
> > >
> > > my first step would be in
> trying to make a forecast of RIG.
> > > And based on that forecast I
> would act accordingly.
> > > If you see no up move longer term, then
> remember, cash is a position as
> > > well
> > >
> >
> >
> I agree. Have a plan for specific price events (of the position and of
> the
> > underlying.)
> >
> > If it were my position, I'd use tos to
> determine the price action (based on
> > historical data) over the course of
> Thursday to the close, Friday open,
> > Friday mid-morning and Friday into
> the close. I think you'll be quite
> > impressed to see the profit potential
> from trading out of the position at
> > the right time. It might be easier
> to simply look at the straddle on a one
> > minute chart from say Wednesday
> at the open to any given expiration Friday
> > to the close.
> >
> > As a matter of strategy, I'd discourage rolling a profitable position
> --
> > unless the position you're rolling into is actually a desirable new
> trade to
> > open. Some traders (myself included) tend to get "into"
> trading, say GOOG
> > and BIDU, and just keep opening new positions, rolling
> vertically or
> > horizontally, etc. I do this, but I don't think it's smart
> -- it's
> > seemingly logically impossible that the best trade available to
> me is always
> > in the same tickers. It's a habit I'm planning on
> kicking.
> >
>
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