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Closed short position on Treasury Bonds at a profit by selling Puts, and opened long position by buying Calls. Security / Ticker: ZB Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 23 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 155.00 Direction: Put...

Closed Long positions in Nikkei225 at a profit by selling Calls and opened Short position by buying Puts. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 04 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 11 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 20,750 Direction: Call Opening...

and Opened short positions on FTSE100 and S&P500 by buying Puts. Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 16 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 7,550 Direction: Put Opening Price: 94.7 Security / Ticker: FTSE Open...

A few trades to report here as FTSE100, DAX30 and S&P500 technicals turned bearish on Friday. Closed Call side of DAX straddle opened on Monday for a small profit: Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 16 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the...

Following lively movements in oil prices, I've closed long positions at a profit and opened short positions by buying Puts: Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 06 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 17 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 53.00 Direction...

Volatility was relatively low on Monday so bought Straddles on DAX30 and FTSE100. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 16 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 12,500 Direction: Straddle Opening Price: 439 Security...

Closed long position on AUD at a loss, and opened short position by buying Puts. Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 19 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 09 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.7000 Direction: Call Opening Price: 0.0070 Close...

Closed short positions on DAX and FTSE at a loss. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 21 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 16 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 12,250 Direction: Call Opening Price: 273.4 Close Trade Date: 30 June 2019 Closing...

Bought short positions in DAX and FTSE yesterday following reversal on Friday: Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 21 June 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 20 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 12,250 Direction: Call Opening Price: 273.4 Security /...

Closed long positions in DAX 30 and FTSE 100 at a profit by selling calls: Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 04 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 19 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 7,250 Direction: Call Opening Price: 111.47 Close Trade Date...

I can't promise that it sorks in all market conditions - it had a bad month recently when I incorrectly called the top in several markets for example - but I'm using options to trade direction/trend (and volatility) with reasonable profitability, using daily charts. Over the last year (c.150...

Sold AUD puts at a profit: Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 10 June 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 09 August 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.6950 Direction: Put Opening Price: 0.0069 Close Trade Date: 19 June 2019 Closing Price: 0.0069 Roundtrip...

That sentence tells us everything! :D

Are percentages different in Kenya? Anyway, I have some good news for you. I received an email from the prince of Nigeria. He has some money that he wants to share with me. Perhaps he could invest with you...

A couple of trades from last week that I didn't have a chance to add here follow. Opened short position in US Treasury Bonds by buying Puts: Security / Ticker: ZB Open Trade Date: 04 June 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 26 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price...

Initiated long position on S&P500 by buying Calls: Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 05 June 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 19 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 2,810 Direction: Call Opening Price: 56.5 Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 05...

S&P500, Nasdaq, Nikkei225 and FTSE100 all positive at close yesterday. Opened long position on FTSE100 and Nikkei 225 this morning by buying calls, and will add trades on the others later today or tomorrow. Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 04 June 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date...

Re-entered long position in DAX30 after the turnaround on Monday by buying Calls. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 03 June 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 19 July 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 11,800 Direction: Call Opening Price: 255.3 Security /...

@3acor If spread is your key concern, why not apply your thinking / strategy to higher value and highly liquid stocks, or the indices, rather than individual stocks?

Apologies, YouTube jumped to another video, which was the one I commented upon by mistake. The scenario you describe, per the (correct) video still leaves the trader short a naked option. I prefer to just buy options (combination of AtM and OotM) with downside limited to premium.