Trading

Trading Results Week 21/2020 (-$366.80)

19 May, 2020 seen 29
Trading week 21/2020 lasted from May 11 until May 15, 2020. I closed this week with a loss -$366.80 Mostly closed trades from the previous weeks. It has been already a few weeks/months since I've decided to stop trading in this form I did…

SPCE – Naked Put – 4.33% potential return in 25 days

16 May, 2020 seen 29
On April 27, 2020, I sold a naked put on SPCE stock with expiry in 25 days. This trade promises a potential return of 4.33% SPCE is the stock I had in our portfolio since the late October 2019, unfortunately not all worked out as expected…

SDC – Credit Spread – 9.6% potential return in 32 days

14 May, 2020 seen 47
On April 27, 2020, I sold a bull put credit spread on SDC stock with expiry in 32 days. SDC is a new stock in my arsenal, first read in on Investing with Covered Call Options blog  SDC or SmileDirectClub is a teledentistry company. The…

Trading Results Week 20/2020 (+$239.40)

12 May, 2020 seen 19
Trading week 20/2020 lasted from May 4 until May 8, 2020. I closed this week with a small gain of +$239.4 From closed trades, I closed 6 trades: 3 with ET, 2 with BAC and 1 with RDSA. Opened 2 new trades on SDC (vertical bull put) Week 1-…

Selling Covered Calls on Crypto (Ethereum / Bitcoin) with Deribit?

9 May, 2020 seen 5,363
Selling covered calls are one of my favorite income-generating strategies in the stock market. For a time being, I've been selling options on crypto mostly speculative puts and calls betting on where the price won't go, but today I decided…

ET – Covered Call – 8.8% potential return in 10 days

8 May, 2020 seen 34
On April 28, 2020, I bought an additional 110 shares of ET, paying $7.345 per share. ET is going ex-div on May 6th and promises a hefty $0.305 quarterly dividend paid later in May. I call this a dividend capture strategy - buying the stock…

Trading Results Week 18/2020 (-$58.80)

5 May, 2020 seen 21
Trading week 18/2020 lasted from April 27 until May 1, 2020. I closed this week with a small loss of -$58.80  From closed trades, I closed 4 trades: 3 with USO and one (by accident) with ET. My biggest loss comes from the sale of USO …

Options Trading: Sold 3 Puts AGN:AMS JUN 19'20 2.2 @0.24

2 May, 2020 seen 48
On April 16, 2020, I sold 3 puts on AGN:AMS JUN 19'20 2.2 @0.24 AGN:AMS stands for Aegon NV which traded on Amsterdam stock exchange.  This options trade comes as an idea to cut losses on a closed ratio put back spread on RDSA. I could…

Trade plan for May 2020 (Stock Buys + Options Trades)

1 May, 2020 seen 28
For the month of May 2020, I'm looking to decrease my negative cash balance to -EUR, 2,500 at the end of the month, meanwhile I'm looking to buy additional 8 shares of Pfizer (increasing the total count to 15). As I'm holding some options…

Options Trading Income March 2020 - -$3,744.91

29 April, 2020 seen 398
Welcome to the thirteen (#13) options trading income report - covering earnings I've made from trading options (puts, calls, vertical spreads) in the month of March 2020. It has been already more than one year since I have been trading…