Cash from sale of SPY put and Facebook stock
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Monthly Archives: July 2014
sold the spy PUT
HERE’s the history of the sept 189 SPY PUT: Good profit for the month (glad I listened to Doug Kass and took a little insurance). The $63+ took care of all the losses for today: 7/31/2014 SPY Sept 20 189 … Continue reading
The SPY Put makes this a profitable day
As unlikely as it seems on a down 300 day and down over 35 S&P points, the portfolio is cash plus. Why? because 2 weeks ago, towards the cheery highs, I bought a SPY put and now it is very … Continue reading
Is there any wonder why Action Alerts from thestreet.com is NOT good advice
At the close 7/18/2014
Symbol Qty Date Av Unit Cost Cost Value Gain % Acquired Loss MO 5 7/16/2014 $42.85 $214.25 $210.85 ($3.40) -1.59% BA 4 6/4/2014 $136.24 $544.95 $510.56 ($34.39) -6.31% FB 4 3/4/2014 $69.90 $279.59 $273.68 ($5.91) -2.11% GE 5 1/8/2014 $28.16 … Continue reading
Java UGGHH!!Tradeking/Quotestream down again!
How to Get Rich: Paul Graham on Money vs. Wealth by Maria Popovaan example of referenced site from barry ritholtz
There are many senses of the word “wealth,” not all of them material. I’m not trying to make a deep philosophical point here about which is the true kind. I’m writing about one specific, rather technical sense of the word … Continue reading
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1 put and 1call pay off today
Portfolio up today($26.36) because of recent purchase of spy put and rdn call–all other stock positions were down RDN Call RDN Jan 17 2015 15.00 Call 1 $14.55 191 $136.64 $1.37 $1.35 $0.20 (17.39%) $20.00 -$1.64 (-1.20%) $135.00 SPY Put SPY Sep … Continue reading