"Siempre Adelante" I have been thinking a lot about my mantra since I read your post yesterday. I think mine is... "I need a miracle everyday"
Seems that way
PS I bought 5 put contracts at a 111 strike price. I own 500 shares, So that is "equivalent" to owning 5 111C ?
Thank you, I feel very ignorant when it comes to your level of options knowledge. Let me break it down into my language/understanding to see if...
Thank you smallfil, I bought 5 PUTS. Spending more money and getting "long term protection" is a solid idea. I'll let you know how it goes. I have...
Thank you Cabin111, I've been selling covered calls for about 25 weeks. Your analysis matches my thinking, ability and attitude exactly. Even our...
118 is higher than XOM has ever been. The idea is it might go below 105 by April. XOM has been below 105 a lot more than it has been above. Good...
"married put stategy" means I hold my shares and buy puts underneath the current price?
Not sabotage, maybe she was trying to help. Don't jump to negative conclusions. "See honey, it's not the cat" "I got another cat so Ben would have...
Sell 105C tomorrow and cover post report as in "buy to close" because the vol will drop, thus the premium will drop? And I will buy back the...
I get 2.34 extrinsic
When you say short you mean sell calls at 105 strike price April 21? When you say cover what do you mean? April 105 are bid 12.95
Thank you for all of your time and advise. I will continue to learn.
I will continue to read. I wasn't planning on getting into as complex trades as you were suggesting. Thank you for your advice. I would be snow...
I'm bullish into earnings. I think earnings will drive the stock price up. I want to sell covered calls for my 500 shares at a high price on...
Thank you taowave. I want to keep it simple. I want to keep my shares of XOM. I don't want to just sit and watch (buy and hold) XOM. I want to...
I will look into short synthetic straddles. All I know is selling covered calls. All I know is that selling covered calls when the stock is at a...
When I was trying to explain all of the "options" to my wife one night she said, "Can't we just own stock?" Kind of resonates in my head sometimes.
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