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		<title>Options trades: Naked puts on C, JPM, LOW, COP, AMGN, STD, CSX, HOGS, TEVA, MDT &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made many new options trades recently (see below) as the market has continued to drop and as volatility has continued to rise. With the market looking like it could go lower, risk reduction was my top priority and most of the trades reflect that. Typically this has meant buying back deep in-the-money options (intrinsic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-trades-naked-puts-on-c-jpm-low-cop-amgn-std-csx-hogs-teva-mdt-more/</link>
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		<title>Options trades: Naked puts on ABX, C, CSCO, BAC, NYX, PFE, STD, COP, ABT, GE, TGT, HPQ &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing some fast and furious options trading in recent days. Market conditions have not only warranted some significant risk reduction adjustments, but have also presented a slew of new put option selling opportunities, and I&#8217;ve been doing both (see below). This recent activity put me even further behind in reporting on my options [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/analysis/options-trades-naked-puts-on-abx-c-csco-bac-nyx-pfe-std-cop-abt-ge-tgt-hpq-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration (July) and trades: Naked puts on MSFT, MRK, T &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s options expiration was unexciting as far as my short options positions were concerned, which is a good thing. All of my short naked put options expired comfortably out-of-the-money (OTM), allowing me to book profits on the option premiums I collected when I originally sold the options (see details below). I also adjusted an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-july-and-trades-naked-puts-on-msft-mrk-t-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration (June): Naked puts, covered calls in STD, DO, TEF, EPD &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s options expiration was typical of most from my perspective as an options seller. It was yet another &#8220;payday&#8221; as I &#8220;closed the books&#8221; and officially collected the option premiums on the expiring naked put options and covered call options that I&#8217;d sold months earlier (see details below). Meanwhile I&#8217;ve also been busy initiating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-june-naked-puts-covered-calls-in-std-do-tef-epd-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration (May) and adjusted positions: HPQ, ABT, BAC, ADM &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I only had two options positions expiring this options expiration (see below). Both of these naked put option positions were well out of the money going into expiration, and in fact I could have taken profits weeks ago but decided to save on commissions and let them &#8220;run out the clock.&#8221; I have also recently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-may-and-adjusted-positions-hpq-abt-bac-adm-more/</link>
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		<title>Option trades: Naked puts on BP, AMGN, INTC, MSFT, CSCO, AMAT, HPQ, WMT, GM, MDT &amp; more!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sold quite a few naked put options over the last several weeks/months as increased volatility in both the market and individual stocks presented some interesting option premium selling opportunities. This uptick in volatility came at a good time, as many of my previous naked put option positions had just expired out of the money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/analysis/option-trades-naked-puts-on-bp-amgn-intc-msft-csco-amat-hpq-wmt-gm-mdt-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration results (April): ABX, AXP, BBVA, HRB &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a good number of naked put options positions expire this past week, all well out of the money (OTM). Consequently I&#8217;ve continued to initiate new naked put option positions as the older ones expire, as well as adjusted one or two others, all of which I&#8217;ll detail in an upcoming post (been getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-results-april-abx-axp-bbva-hrb-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration (March): Naked puts on JPM, BKE, LMT, BBT &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Market volatility certainly picked up since last month&#8217;s options expiration but it didn&#8217;t affect my March-dated short put option positions, all of which expired well out of the money (see results below). Meanwhile, as option premiums went up and stocks went down, I continued to initiate new naked put option positions, which I&#8217;ll cover in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-march-naked-puts-on-jpm-bke-lmt-bbt-more/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration results (Feb): BEC &amp; UVV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick recap of last month&#8217;s (February&#8217;s) options expiration results, which were not especially eventful. I&#8217;ve also recently initiated a number of new naked put option positions, which I&#8217;ll get to in another post. February options expiration results: Beckman Coulter [[BEC]] &#8211; The February 50-strike put options I sold against BEC on 7/22/10 as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-results-feb-bec-uvv/</link>
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		<title>Options expiration: Naked puts, covered calls on NYX, MSFT, NOK, GE, PFE, WAG &amp; more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results from January options expiration. I had almost 20 naked put and covered call option positions expiring. This is much more than usual, and reflects the fact that a good number of these positions had been rolled out from initial positions into long-term LEAPS as risk reduction trades. But also of particular [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://simplyputs.com/expirations/options-expiration-naked-puts-covered-calls-on-nyx-msft-nok-ge-pfe-wag-more/</link>
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