Tag: OPNewsletter
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Priceline- How Did We Make Triple Digit Gains
Backspread Option Trading Strategy is one of my favorite strategies when it comes to playing large move and when I am not so sure of the direction. I like to play it especially when I am biased about the direction but I don’t want to take unnecessary risk. I first introduced this spread to OP…
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OPNewsletter Jul 2010 Up +8.3%
We are on track for our 28th positive month of OPNewsletter phase-2, as of last Friday close OPNewsletter Jul 2010 portfolio is up +8.3% on the maximum investment of almost 60% of portfolio capital. We have started opening Aug 2010 portfolios and our first portfolio is already positive. Let’s talk consistency first, especially on trades…
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OPNewsletter May +18%, June +5.3% (Open)
Another turbulent and volatile period! Last week started with a huge gap up rally after EU announced a $1trillion bailout package but by weekend it was a different story. Now there are questions on how solid it was. The confidence barometer, Euro, is now 4 years low and maybe even headed for $ parity as…
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Dancing With Mr Market
So you think you can dance, with the markets? Sometime back I read a book by Barton Biggs “Wealth, War & Wisdom” where he documented several instances going as far back as WW-II that collectively market participants know what’s coming and hence market starts to show light even when it is pitch dark elsewhere. Sure…
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OPNewsletter (Apr’09) +7.6%, 15th Positive Month Out of 16
A terrific week and 3 cheers to the Bulls for sustaining the momentum. Finally, my witty Oct’08 remark on “Mark to Market” relaxation a.k.a “do-what-you-want” came true; G-20 supported by $1trillions and a market that went down nearly-2% and then back up +6.5% to close overall +5.75% (Dow). Ups-n-down, and then up up and up.…
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Fasten Your Seat Belts
Though it is difficult to say anything like this these days, but still I am inclined to say this; Fasten your seat belts. I hope you had sufficient time to prepare for hedging as I shared my “heads-up” after Thursday close last week. As of this writing Dow futures are down almost 200 points, that’s…
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OPNewsletter- Mar’09 +8.8%, Apr +2.4% (Open)
March’09 portfolios were closed +8.8% (excluding commissions) and +5.6% (including commissions). I used up about +46.7% of the assumed 10K capital for OPNewsletter. This result doesn’t include excellent results from bonus trade alerts. When compared with broader markets, this was probably one of the best months for OPNewsletter. Look at the major market movements since…
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Outperformance Continues at OPNewsletter
When compared with broader markets, Feb was an excellent month for OPNewsletter coupled with a few good learnings (kinda reinforcement, been there done that, but forget that). Overall, OPNewsletter for Feb closed up +5.6% x-commissions and +2.6% including commissions. Capital preservtion and thus allocation was higher priority vs missing an opportunity. These results doesn’t include…
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Panic Before Everyone Else Does
I have tried my best to warn OP readers of the upcoming storm, over and over again starting from November 2007. Fun fact, this is what I wrote then- But hey, if you do get a bearish market, then don’t forget to mention that you were told first hand here at OptionPundit. We are close…
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Outperformance : OPNewsletter Feb’09 +5.85%(Open)
An excellent month for OPNewsletter so far. Overall, OPNewsletter is up +8.87% x-commissions and +5.85% including commissions. We didn’t have to make any major adjustments to our portfolios except one which rolled partially to next month. We closed one portfolio for +17.17% gains and except any major disastrous events on Tuesday market open, remainder portfolios…