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    50% Annual Returns

    Closed out positions since I started posting on this forum.
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    STOCK TO BUY FOR SEP 26, 2006 (PALM) STOCK TO BUY FOR SEP 26, 2006 (LUV) STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 26 (FUL) 7.2% RETURN STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 26 (ALJ) -7.8% RETURN
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    STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 26, 2006 (TCO) STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 26, 2006 (YSI)
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    The 'STRATEGY' page from the website has now been updated to better reflect the exit types used in this strategy. http://www.alphastocks.com/research2.html
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    Covered MDR Oct 50 Call at 0.15 from a 2.6 entry for a $245 gain per contract. Covered PD Oct 95 Call at 0.15 from a 4.1 entry for a $395 gain per contract.
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    Closed out positions since I started posting on this forum.
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    STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 25, 2006 (MYGN) STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 25, 2006 (COH
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    STOCK TO BUY FOR SEP 25, 2006 (PLCE) STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 25 (LMS) -6.4% RETURN
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    1. I use a combination of Zacks Research Wizard, Tradestation and Excel to do my backtesting. 2. I have been working on various systems and analysis for around 10 years. It has been a very interesting and sometimes very frustrating road. 3. A backtest is an approximation of how something...
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    You are correct, maybe the blackjack analogy was not a good one. In fact gambling and trading share many of the same aspects. One being that in gambling there is a small amount of people making all the money, while most people loose. The same goes for trading, but less extreme probably. One...
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    I will use an example to demonstrate: Lets say I have a strategy that buys any tech stock that starts with the letter 'A' such as Apple or Agilent on the open and sells in on the close. If you started this strategy in the late nighties you would have looked like a star and made tons of money...
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    I gave up finding a perfect hedge, instead I trade multiple strategies at the same time to provide ample diversification. I allocate 75% to the longs and 75% to the shorts for a total of 150%. I use the rest of my leverage (max 2x) to short Calls. Liquidity in the options market is...
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    Covered 1 WYNN Oct 80 Call for $0.1 entry was $2.9
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    50% Annual Returns

    Closed out positions since I started posting on this forum.
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    50% Annual Returns

    STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 22, 2006 (LBTYA) STOCK TO SHORT FOR SEP 22, 2006 (ARDI)
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    STOCK TO BUY FOR SEP 22, 2006 (GBX) STOCK TO SELL FOR SEP 22 (SY) 8.8% RETURN
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    50% Annual Returns

    Yes indeed, I have a exposure to both the Long and the Short portfolio in the same account at the same time. Each for their own, I am just telling you what I do. Not sure what you mean by 'a hedge overdone'.?
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    1. Stop on the underlying 2. If I can buy it back at 10 Cents 3. If my technical indicators singal a likely bounce in the stock 4. Expiration For example today I bought back MYL 22.5 Oct Call at $0.10, which I sold for $0.78.
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    As of now there is no information on this Call writing strategy on the website. The backtest you are referring to is for a long only portfolio that I run. My actual return on the Long portfolio as of the time of that writing was up around 20% on the year, which was inline with the backtest.
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    Generating Cash Flow by Selling Calls

    By the for disclosure purposes I also run a website www.alphastocks.com...
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