Recent content by macanoni

Thanks, all, for your inputs. Right now I am just tracking some data on stock/option price movements and learn some more TA. While I will never aspire to be a day trader, it will help me get a better feel for the market so I can learn when to let go. Again, much appreciation for your thoughts.

Once I own the stock, I basically let it run. I read reports, looking at Valuations (P/E, cash flow, profit margins etc..), just to make sure it is still what I want. But I mainly sell when I need to rebalance my portfolio to keep it not too skewed in one direction. I am bad at looking for...

LOL. IDK. Maybe because I am a newbie and everyone is being patient and wants to teach me a thing or two !-) Thanks for the advice regarding the stock could become worthless. Yes, one would never know. Or sometimes one held on for sentimental reason. I has some former employer’s stock. It went...

Thanks Misterkel, more ways to play with options.it seems like I have a lot to learn and ponder. And hopefully, not getting burned doing it. What do I need to know more to execute this? How much do I need to understand the Greeks (I only understand the definition and not versed in interpreting...

Another question: If i sell 15-mth out LEAPS put OTM and stock price drops below the strike price within the next 3 months, what is the chance that the LEAPs option got assigned?

Thanks Option_Attack. This is something new that I haven’t thought about. I’ll give it some thoughts. It’s a lot more complicated though. BTW, the stocks are in a tax-deferred account, so I don’t mind trading them.

Thanks, smallfil. I might consider this!

I only want to do 5 contracts (500 shares). I want to keep the other 500 shares intact. Doing it this way meaning I am buying put DITM? does it mean it will auto-exercise at expiration if I don’t do anything? I need to calculate the cost to see if the offset of the gain is not so bad. I am not...

The problem is I am not good at setting a good strike price. If I set it too high (OTM), the premium is very low, not worth doing it. If I set it low, ATM or near the money, I would have to part with my stocks right now which I am not willing to do. The stock is defensive so I would like to keep...

Hi, I am a Buy-and-Hold, value investor, interested in learning more about options. Got a hypothetical question, want to ask some opinions from the experts here. I own 1000 shares of a stalwart, value stock. It has appreciated 80% since purchase (2 yrs ago). I got a stop loss order to protect...

Yes, I am not doing any trading at the moment. I plan to take the time to reevaluate and learn more about options before trading. I might ask some questions regarding hypothetical scenarios to educate myself, in future threads. Thanks all for your valuable advice.

Actually, it is not just one trade that I am looking at from a portfolio perspective. I am OK to have my stock portion of my portfolio drops 15-20% (not gladly, ofc). As a conservative, buy-and-hold investor, my portfolio was the typical 60% stock/stock fund & 30% bond funds and 10% cash. This...

If I was deeper in the money, would you suggest a roll or a roll is never an advisable trade? Or should I ask, when is it appropriate to do a roll?

I just couldn’t stomach forking out ~20K to sit on a stock that might take a while to recover. I still have a few others long positions that are also in the reds. It’s too much to bear, not necessarily rational. Buffet certainly has more money than me to spare !-) But now that I’ve got some...