vertical trade help -BBRY

Discussion in 'Options' started by crayon851, Mar 7, 2014.

  1. Hey guys, I recently put this trade on.

    BBRY @ $10.50. at the time
    A)-4 BBRY call 10.00 Mar 21 @ $110 = 440
    B)+4 BBRY call 9.00 Mar 21 @$181 = 724

    today BBRY went sub $10. and I'm not willing to see if it goes back up. So what i did was, i rolled down the position to,

    C) -4 BBRY call 9.00 Mar 21 @ $130 = 520
    D) +4 BBRY call 8.00 Mar 21 @$220 = 880

    From my calculations, it seems that if at expiration, its still trading above 9.10, then I've broken even. Can someone confirm this?

    my calculations are as follows:

    A) Closed at $77= + $132 (after commissions)
    B) Closed at 130= - 204 (208 with commissions)
    = net loss of $-76

    New position CD at expiration,
    C) $+520
    D) $- 880
    Total net from ABCD= $-76 + -$360
    = $-436
    At expiration, if BBRY is at 9.01
    -436 + 400. = -36.
    Net loss of $36. vs $76.
     
  2. Yes....minus the slippage and commission to close
     
  3. is there anything you would do differently? o
     
  4. Not double down. You assured a loss on the trade. A vertical is already limited on risk, you can close it if you are wrong, which you did.....you just can't save it. I'm a bit more conservative...would have just sold the 7 or 8 put ( if bullish) then kept rolling out until right.
     
  5. ok, so do you think i did the right thing in reducing the lost?
     
  6. or would you just have closed it?