Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Cache Landing, Jan 27, 2006.

  1. Well, looks like GS doesn't want to cooperate right now because of this short term market strength. I'm only down about $150 on this so far. I'm gonna sit it out a bit. I've got two exit strategies in mind depending on price action over the next week or so.
     
    #731     Jul 27, 2006
  2. I'd also love to see a pulback from either GENZ or AMGN (preferably AMGN) during the next couple weeks.
     
    #732     Jul 27, 2006
  3. LOL

    I wonder if they are still running those infomercials or did they stop back in 2001? :)
     
    #733     Jul 27, 2006
  4. HAHAHAHA... :D LUCKILY, I was already familiar with options by the time I saw my first optionetics infomercial. I like to think that I'm too much of a skeptic to go for something like that anyway, but who knows. If by chance I'd heard of a friend of a friend of a friend who was making a lot of money trading options, and one night I saw that infomercial, I might have looked into it.:eek: OK OK you got me. Really I did want to go, but I was too broke back then to pay for it. I tried to sneak in, but the girl working the snack counter busted me.

    Seriously though, I know that some relatives lost a ton of money after the .COM crack. I'm not sure if they were using optionetics, but I'm pretty sure they went to some of those seminars.
     
    #734     Jul 27, 2006
  5. Neoxx

    Neoxx

    AAPL looking good for an ATM bear call. :)
     
    #735     Jul 27, 2006
  6. ryank

    ryank

    I tried to snag a SPX 1295/1300 bear call spread this morning. Couldn't get it done before I had to leave the office so I left it. Market has gone down since then so no luck. Anybody else try to grab one?
     
    #736     Jul 27, 2006
  7. I tried but couldn't get filled for what I wanted.
     
    #737     Jul 27, 2006
  8. close the position for debit of 0.75.

    Net profit = 0.5 in one day.
     
    #738     Jul 27, 2006
  9. FYI: You'll find that most people following this journal also follow the SPX Credit Spread journal. You might want to save yourself some typing and post trades in just one :)
     
    #739     Jul 27, 2006
  10. ryank

    ryank

    I was trying to get filled at 1.55-1.60, what were you trying for?
     
    #740     Jul 27, 2006