Sold two new bull put spread options today: OKTA Okta, Inc. OKTA Sell $70.00 $4.50 OKTA Buy $67.50 -$3.55 $0.95 Credit $2.50 $0.47 Buy back Want min. credit to be at least 10% times the strike difference $0.25 Max reward $0.95 Max risk $2.50 Return 61.29% Credit divided by the risk (credit to risk ratio) 38.00% […]
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Today’s Trades: UBER, INVH, SPYI
Had a 3-month T-Bill mature today, so I made some trades. Buys: UBER added 100 shares @ $71.99. Big drop today, great price. SPYI added 100 shares @ $50.75. Yields 11.78% and pays monthly. Put Options: UBER Sold one December $67.50 put for $1.91 ($191). Annualized yield 20.66% INVH (Innovation Homes) Sold one December […]
Today’s Trade: SOFI
Sold a SOFI December Bull Put spread for $.42 ($42). SOFI Sell $10.00 $0.55 $11.19 SOFI SOFI Buy $8.00 -$0.13 $0.42 Credit $2.00 $0.21 Buy back 50.00% Want min. credit to be at least 10% times the strike difference $0.20 Max reward $0.42 Max risk $2.00 Return 26.58% Credit divided by the risk (credit to […]
Today’s Trades: GOOGL, CVX, DFP
My 50% profit target was hit on the $GOOGL Nov $155 short put option. I used the freed up cash to: Sell a Chevron $CVX put option. YOU SOLD OPENING TRANSACTION PUT (CVX) CHEVRON CORP NEW COM NOV 15 24 $145 (100 SHS) (Cash) @ $2.29 ($229), representing an annualized yield of 18.60%. Chevron is […]
Today’s Trades: OZK, GAP, SGOV
My buy-to-close orders were filled on two of my short put option positions. OZK Nov $37.50 put closed for 55% profit. GAP Oct $19 put closed for 87% profit. I used the freed up cash to buy: SGOV iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 5.25% monthly dividend I want to have some cash or cash-equivalents […]
Today’s Trades: AMZN, GOOGL, HASI
AMZN Reached my “50% profit within first two weeks” rule and bought back my AMZN Oct short put. Used that cash to sell more cash-secured puts: GOOGL Sold to open 1 Contract GOOGL Nov 15 2024 155 Put Limit at $4.05 ($405) Represents an annualized yield of 17.99% HASI Sold to Open 1 Contract HASI […]
Today’s Trades: WMB, KO, DVN, NVDA
My “50% profit within first two weeks” order was hit on two of my cash-secured puts, WMB and KO. Used that available cash to sell another cash-secured put: NVDA Sell to Open 1 Contract NVDA Oct 18 2024 110 Put Limit at $3.80 (Day) Filled at $3.80, Annualized return 38.4% Losing trade: DVN: my […]
Today’s Trades: AAPL, KO, DVN, BDJ, SHEL
Closed 1 AMD cash-secured put for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with. Closed 2 NVDA cash-secured puts for an 80% profit, freeing up some cash to work with. Sold 3 cash-secured puts on stocks I would not mind owning if they get assigned to me: AAPL Sep-12-2024, Sell to Open 1 […]
Today’s Trade: HASI
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (HASI) Closed my September Put for a profit, so I sold another one. Sell to Open 1 Contract HASI Oct 18 2024 30 Put Limit at $0.65 (Day) Filled at $0.68 ($68) This represents a 22.36% annualized yield on the $3000 that I must hold in reserve in my account.
Today’s Trades: GAP, VLO
The Gap Inc. (GAP) Sold two Oct 19 strike cash-secured puts @ $.77 each. ($154), representing a 37.93% annualized yield. rated all green, “top stock” by Seeking Alpha 3% yield on the stock Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) Added some shares to my existing position. rated 2 green on Seeking Alpha 3.19% yield