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10/22/15 Trade Alert: Automatic Honey

Note: Two Separate Trades   1. Put Credit Spread on Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) “Buy to Open” December $95 Put and “Sell to Open” December $100 Put Option Symbols: ROK151218P95 and ROK151218P100 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.30 or more ($130 per spread) – good ’til canceled (GTC) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral […]… Read More

EMR: Electrifying Channel Breakout

[jwplatform pDfAwqR2] Note to Beta Test Group: The Kansas City Southern (KSU) call debit spread did not work out. Understatement of the year?  Very short-term five-day consistently-positive seasonalities such as KSU are intriguing, but I am unsure whether these patterns are real or just data mining. Several beta testers complained about having the KSU call […]… Read More

10/16/15 Trade Alert: Serious ATR Roll

1. Vertical Roll on Cirrus Logic (Nasdaq: CRUS) to November “Buy to Close” October $31 Call and “Buy to Open” November $36 Call and “Sell to Open” November $31 Call Option Symbols: CRUS151016C31 and CRUS151120C31 and CRUS151120C36 Limit Order Price for Three-Legged Vertical Roll: Net credit of $1.35 or more ($135 per spread) — day order For […]… Read More

10/15/15 Trade Alert: Mck Mouse and the Force

Please Note: Three Separate Trades 1. Put Credit Spread on Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) “Buy to Open” December $100 Put and “Sell to Open” December $105 Put Option Symbols: DIS151218P100 and DIS151218P105 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.60 or more ($160 per spread) – good ’til canceled (GTC) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral […]… Read More

10/13/15 Trade Alert: More Powerful Than a Locomotive

Note to Beta Test Group:   Last week’s Apple call debit spread is still a work in progress, so no definitive conclusions can be reached yet, but its current value is 2.20, which means it is up 10% since the recommendation. Those are my thoughts based on trade no. 4.  See below for trade no. […]… Read More

KSU: More Powerful Than A Locomotive

Note to Beta Test Group:   Last week’s Apple call debit spread is still a work in progress, so no definitive conclusions can be reached yet, but its current value is 2.20, which means it is up 10% since the recommendation. Best regards, Jim Fink Call Debit Spread on Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) “Buy […]… Read More

10/9/15 Trade Alert: Rolling up Call Strikes Part 2

 Condor on S&P 500 Index (Chicago Options: SPX) in October (2nd Week) “Buy to Close” October (2nd week) $2000 Call and “Sell to Close” October (2nd week) $2005 Call and “Buy to Open” October (2nd week) $2015 Call and “Sell to Open” October (2nd week) $2010 Call Option Symbols: SPXW151009C2000 and SPXW151009C2005 and SPXW151009C2010 andSPXW151009C2015 Limit Order Price: Net debit $1.40 or less ($140 per […]… Read More

10/8/15 Trade Alert: Everywhere You Want to Be

Please Note: Two Separate Trades 1. Put Credit Spread on Visa (NYSE: V) “Buy to Open” December $67.50 Put and “Sell to Open” December $72.50 Put Option Symbols: V151218P67.5 and V151218P72.5 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.50 or more ($150 per spread) – good ’til canceled (GTC) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral to slightly […]… Read More

10/6/15 Trade Alert: Rolling up Call Strikes

 Condor on S&P 500 Index (Chicago Options: SPX) in October (2nd Week) “Buy to Close” October (2nd week) $1975 Call and “Sell to Close” October (2nd week) $1980 Call and “Buy to Open” October (2nd week) $2005 Call and “Sell to Open” October (2nd week) $2000 Call Option Symbols: SPXW151009C1975 and SPXW151009C1980 and SPXW151009C2000 andSPXW151009C2005 Limit Order Price: Net debit $1.60 or less ($160 per spread)–day […]… Read More

AAPL: Watch the Phone

Note to Beta Test Group: Last week’s iron condor didn’t work because the S&P 500 chose this year to make its fourth-largest up-move since 1928 on historically-weak September 30th. If the S&P had only been the eighth or ninth strongest September 30th in history and risen 1.64% instead of 1.91%, the iron condor would have made […]… Read More