Buying Calendar Spreads with Weekly Options
We have a portfolio called the Last Minute portfolio. It remains in cash all week until Thursday near the close when we have to make a decision. Do we expect that SPY will fluctuate by more than a...
View ArticleUsing Options to Hedge Market Risk
Another crazy week in the market. Investors vacillated from panic to manic and back to panic. The net change for the week was not so significant, but the fluctuations were huge. How can you cope...
View ArticleAn Options Strategy That Can Deal With High Volatility
The New York Times published an article last week which showed how market volatility was greater than any time in history, and that there were many indications that such high volatility had now become...
View ArticleFollow-Up on Low Cost SPY Calendar Spread
Last week I told you about a simple calendar spread that might double your money in a week or two. Today I would like to follow up on that idea, and tell you exactly how it worked out in my account....
View ArticleFollow-Up on Last Week’s 10K Bear Portfolio
Last week I discussed our 10K Bear portfolio, the one that is designed to do best when the market falls. Today I would like to expand that discussion and report on how well the portfolio did last week...
View ArticleInteresting AAPL Stock Options Strategy – Week 2
Last week I offered a video which showed the actual positions of an AAPL options portfolio designed to gain as much as 100% over the next 4 weeks. While it probably won’t be quite that good, we might...
View ArticleLessons Learned Around the Apple New Product Announcement
Three weeks ago, we set up a special portfolio with a goal to make 100% on AAPL options in 4 weeks. We closed out the positions last Friday, a week early. We failed to reach our goal. The portfolio...
View ArticleAnother AAPL Spread Idea
Last week I suggested buying a SPY Weekly strangle to take advantage of the unusually low option prices that exist today. Last Monday, I bought a Mar4-12 141 call and 140 call for $1.09 ($111.50...
View ArticleUpdate on Another AAPL Spread Idea
This week I would like to tell you the results of the AAPL spread idea I told you about last week. Update on Another AAPL Spread Idea Last week I suggested buying 3 AAPL calendar spreads (buying...
View ArticleAn Interesting Statistic for Apple (AAPL)
Today I would like to share with you one startling fact about Apple stock and a relatively low-risk way to earn over 50% in one year with a simple options trade. In a world when most people are...
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