More market weakness this past week presented me with the opportunity to sell more put options on stocks I’d like to own at lower prices. As it turned out I ended up initiating only three new short put option positions (below), although many more of my limit orders to sell puts came very close to [...]
This month’s options expiration freed up significant additional cash in my accounts and as a result I’ve been looking for places to deploy some of it. But high prices and low volatility weren’t making it easy to find good returns.
That changed significantly this past week. Concerns over China and the overall global recovery, questions [...]
This turned out to be an eventful options expiration. Not only did I have a lot of short put and call options positions expiring – some dating back to the days of the market panic – but the day’s sell-off also triggered a number of new short put positions.
First, here are [...]
An article on Barron’s this past week argues that selling put options is likely to emerge as a key options market theme this year.
The article, Monetizing the Fear of Others, notes that – in addition to enabling investors to potentially buy stocks at below market prices – selling put options lets investors “leverage [...]
Some recent option trades include covered call options on a stock I’ve been long (and losing money) in since last April and a couple of new positions in some short cash secured put options. The covered call option position is designed to take advantage of the market’s extended run-up, while the short put positions are [...]
