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Large Pay Off Today 43% profit

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Vicki
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XLNX Options Sold Today:   43% profit in 2 months Date Activity Quantity Symbol Description Price Comm. Fees 1 Amount 12/15/16 Sold to Close -3 XLNX Call Xlnx Mar 17 2017 52.50 Call XLNX Mar 17 2017 52.50 Call $7.00 … Continue reading →

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The Adobe Option Story in the Portfolio

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Vicki
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The day before Adobe was to report, I bought 1 call option (the nov 18, 2016 call at $105) for $173.64.  The next day Adobe reported a good quarter and on the following day, I sold this Call for $499.33 … Continue reading →

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Portfolio at Close of Qtr #1

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Vicki
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TOTAL VALUE TODAY’S G/L TOTAL G/L $2,105.73 5.01 192.10 TOTAL MARKET VALUE $2,082.92 AAPL — 4 108.99 109.00 108.99 428.24 107.06 0.57 (0.52) 2.28 7.72 $435.96 ETN — 6 61.01 62.78 62.56 448.95 74.83 0.19 (0.30) 1.14 73.59 $375.36  HON … Continue reading →

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TWTR CALL up 16% today

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Vicki
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Knew we wanted to buy TWTR–being able to buy it yesterday for a base of $4.86 for the Jan 52.50 call is up a lot today.  Buying TWTR was homework.  Big down yesterday and big up today?  LUCK!

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The SPY Put makes this a profitable day

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Vicki
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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 →

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1 put and 1call pay off today

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Vicki
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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 →

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Market Flat+Portfolio a little up

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Vicki
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The news for today:  Market was flat(NASDEQ up, DOW down, S&P flat i.e., down-.45 pt =-.03%) and Portfolio was up approx $10. 2nd piece of new=bought 1 share of Biotech ETF (IBB)at $257.78  with the proceeds from selling TKR which … Continue reading →

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Portfolio 12/27/2013 at the Close of the Market

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Vicki
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A HUGE week= up 1.67%=$76.47 Sym Qty Cost Avg Price Change (%) Daily G/L Total G/L (%) Market Value Basis Price AAPL 1 $437.13 $437.13 $560.09 -$3.81  (-0.68%) ($3.81) $122.96  (28.13%) $560.09 ADBE  3 $146.01 $48.67 $59.51 -$0.07  (-0.12%) ($0.21) $32.52  (22.27%) $178.53 CIEN … Continue reading →

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Holdings 12/20/2013 at the Close

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Vicki
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The Portfolio is up $87.08=1.91% for the week.   Half of this gain is from today! Sym Description Qty Underl. Stock Days to Exp Cost Basis Avg Price Price Change (%) Daily G/L Total G/L (%) Market Value AAPL Apple … Continue reading →

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Past Week at the Close 11/1/2013

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Vicki
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Up $35.71 for the week=.71% increase for the week: Sym Description Qty Underl. Stock Days to Exp Cost Basis Avg Price Price Change (%) Daily G/L Total G/L (%) Market Value AAPL Apple Inc 1 $437.13 $437.13 $520.03 -$2.67  (-0.51%) -$2.67 … Continue reading →

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