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Strategies & Market Trends : Calls and Puts for Income
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To: dealmakr who wrote (5137)7/21/2012 6:11:26 AM
From: dealmakr   Read Replies (1) of 5891
 
Updated position 07/21/12 SOHU

03/23/12 Bot 1000 SOHU 55.2 (55200)
03/23/12 Sold 10 Apr 57.5 Call 2.00*
03/23/12 Sold 20 Apr 47.5 Put .60*
03/26/12 Sold 10 Sep 47.5 Put 3.90*
03/30/12 Sold 10 May 47.5 Put 1.40*
04/04/12 Sold 10 Apr 47.5 Put .60*
04/04/12 Sold 10 Sep 47.5 Put 5.00*
04/10/12 Sold 5 Apr 47.5 Put .91*
04/10/12 Sold 10 Sep 47.5 Put 6.10*
04/10/12 Sold 10 Apr 55 Call .35*
04/20/12 Sold 10 May 57.5 Call 1.20*
05/17/12 Sold 10 Sep 40 Put 3.90
05/21/12 Sold 10 Jul 55 Call .60*
05/21/12 Sold 10 Dec 25 Put 1.20
06/26/12 Sold 10 Aug 52.5 Call .20
07/18/12 Bot 500 SOHU 35.90 (17950)

Closed Trades Profit/Loss

04/10/12 Bot close 10 Apr 57.5 Call .20 1800
04/21/12 Expired 35 Apr 47.5 Put 2255
04/21/12 Expired 10 Apr 55 Call 350
05/17/12 Bot close 10 May 47.5 Put 3.2 (1800)
05/19/12 Expired 10 May 57.5 Call 1200
06/18/12 Bot close 10 Jul 55 Call .05 550
06/25/12 Bot close 30 Sep 47.5 Put avg 8.85 (11550)

Total return P/L on closed trades (7195)

Long 1500 SOHU avg 48.77/share(73150)

Stock closed 07/20/12 35.43

Short 10 Aug 52.5 Call 200
Short 10 Sep 40 Put 3900
Short 10 Dec 25 Put 1200

Net position exposure

Covered Calls 1000 shares
Naked Puts 2000 shares

This has been another example of poor timing. Covered the Sep 47.5 short puts for a loss and the stock kept going down. Added another 500 shares to reduce the DCA and will look to earnings next week to see where I go from here.

dealmakr
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