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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Ok, missed a post yesterday where I bought 10 35.00 puts to turn my bull put into a bear put (debit) spread. Turned out to be a pretty good move with AMD crapping again today into the 33's. I'm just watching now for a technical bottom and have put stops against my top put to prevent erotion...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Good runup today. I bought 10 Apr 30 puts under my 32.50s as insurance at .35 each. I now am in a bull-put spread again. Now, let's hope for a further run up to the 50 or so an stay there for a bit.
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Typo - my puts were sold for 1.50, not .90. Big difference there.
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Well, lost my ass thsi month. Down to 13,500. Easy come, easy go. Selling my insurance was stupid. That cost me another 750. Another lesson learned. I'm supposed to be playing long-term puts, not trading the expiration. Sigh. Ok, I am currently holding 10 April 32.50 calls against the...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Scalp play. Bought my 37.50s for a nickel and sold 10 Mar 35s for .40. With this thing being pegged right on 35 (or higher), this should be a very safe trade. I also sode my insurance puts for .40 as well. Alas, when try to close my short calls, I accidently place a buy order for 10 new...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Some paper published info that Intel plans to put an all out price war on to smash AMD - the same type of article that made the stock drop from 38 to 36 last week. Lame. Anyways, I wish I had put my play on WM and kept my lottery tickets longer - I'd be up 10K instead of down almost 1K now.
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Lol - good spec play. Too bad I was asleep and lost .50 a share in profits - lol. Now, my position is stable. I've lost $650 or so on AMD dropping nearly 25% from it's high. I'd say I didn't do too bad considering my strategy is designed for stable rising stocks :P I have a feeling...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Speculative play Picked up another 35 35 Mar puts for .25 and put a limit sell on them at .50. Trying for a quick grand on the down pressure here.
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Thank you volatility and option pegging. 1 day later and we're now sitting back on ATM w/1 week till expiration. Rally, rally! :) Seriously though, let's get some follow-thru to 38 and I'll call it an awesome day :)
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Lol - Care to donate some antacid to the help me ride out AMD fund? :)
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Fighting myself here. I currently have a losing trade on my hands - but just barely. I have hedged 1/2 my potential profits away, but those hedges are what has made me able to hold for as long as I have. With AMD sitting at 37.10 and showing no relative strength, the industry in general...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Dear lord - so much for being well set. My hedges are keeping me at minimal losses though. I'm gonna have to study the charts a bit to see if I can identify some support. I don't know if I'm ballsy enough to sell the hedges low and ride it back up :)
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Stupid TXN and INTC :) And yet, we're still holding the 38s. I'm well hedged now and have both the 37.50 pegging and the 50 day to support me. Max Pain is still at 40 so the MMs don't want this thing to free fall. In short, it's dicey, but still ok. WM is looking like a pretty good...
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Lol - my stop is coming up shortly. I'm just not too happy about it. I like losing money you know? :)
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    Selling puts on strong stocks

    Purchased a partial hedge of 5 Mar 35.00 puts for .30. If we drop down to the 50MA, I'll probably drop this trade for a small loss.
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