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Alerts#103: Thu 11/20/2008 As noted in an earlier recomendation, natural gas tend to move higher into December. Therefore, we will establish a bullish spread in ~more~ #102: Fri 11/7/2008 Last week we were looking at this company and it ran from the high 20s into the 30s now it has pulled back and we have our opportunity. Buy a call spread in ... ~more~ #101: Fri 11/7/2008 The cold weather is upon us and seasonally natural gas begins to rise. Therefore, we will play a call spread in ... ~more~ #100: Fri 11/7/2008 With the drop in the USO we will cover our short side of the call spread. Cover the November 60 Call (USOKL) sold at $2.90 for $0.80 which is a gain of 72%. Expect to see another leg put on Monday. ~more~ #099: Wed 10/29/2008 Energy names are starting to rip again and it is time to step up to the plate buy ... ~more~ #098: Wed 10/29/2008 It is time to enter a call spread trade in this energy ETF. ~more~ #097: Fri 10/24/2008 Stay Alert Look For Some NEW Trade Recommendations!!! ~more~ #096: Thu 10/9/2008 With the pullback in gold, we are putting back on our insurance hedge on the market. The past two trades in this vehicle have been huge winners. ~more~ #095: Wed 10/8/2008 With the weakness in the market the price of gold has risen and our March 84 Calls will be sold here for a gain of $6.30 or 105%. They were bought for $6. We intend to buy more calls in GLD on any pull back towards the $87.50 level. ~more~ #094: Wed 10/8/2008 Exxon has been refusing to break the $75 level and now that is has premiums are jumping. With eight days until expiration we are selling our Exxon October 75 puts (XOMVO) for a wash trade as we bought the puts at $3.00 and that is where they trade. The gain is $0 or 0%. ~more~ #093: Thu 10/2/2008 On 9/24 we put on a trade for crash insurance. The trade has made a nice profit. We will lock in those gains of 81% here and look to roll into new puts on any bounce above Monday's low or put on again on a break of $111.13 on SPY. ~more~ #092: Wed 10/1/2008 With gold moving higher, it is time to take profits on the March 80 Calls (GLDCB)which were bought for $7.50. Currently, they are at $13.20. The gain is $5.70 or 76%. ~more~ #091: Wed 9/24/2008 You buy insurance for your house, car and life. Do you buy insurance for your net worth, nest egg or portfolio? If not, then we have to ask the question, “Why not?” You see it is “crunch time” for the United States and its capital markets much less the markets of the rest of the world. There are two minutes left in the game. The home team (the U.S. market) is down by 4 and if a touchdown is not scored the season is over. Is it that bad? No, it is even worse. ~more~ #090: Fri 9/19/2008 Below is an update on existing positons and changes for expiration. ~more~ #089: Mon 9/15/2008 With today's action we will establish a put on... ~more~ #088: Fri 9/12/2008 Sell the September 155 OIH Calls for $9.10 after buying at $5.50 for a gain of $3.60 a contract or 65%. New positions later today. ~more~ #087: Wed 9/10/2008 We believe that energy markets can finally begin to rally here as ... ~more~ #086: Tue 8/26/2008 The AMEX Natural Gas Index (XNG) has sold off from $775 to a recent low of $550. That is a drop of over $225. The reason natural gas begins to climb late summer is that ~more~ #085: Mon 8/25/2008 We are going to buy some long term in the money calls to hedge the risk in the market. Therefore, buy ~more~ #084: Fri 8/15/2008 We had purchased August 22 Calls in Tesoro (TSO) and a modified August synthetic long spread in Nabors Industries (NBR). Both stocks are lower and we still believe in these stocks so we will attempt to cover our losses with two repair techniques. ~more~ #083: Fri 8/15/2008 As noted in our previous alert on July 31, we closed half of the First Solar spread, the call side, with the intention of not having to cover the put position that was put on as a short. The stock is currently above $260 at $264.31 so do not cover the put as it will expire worthless which will give us a closing price on the spread at $7 with an entry price of $5.50. The gain is 27%. ~more~ #082: Wed 8/6/2008 With the pullback in natural gas prices, the natural gas stocks have been hit too hard. Therefore, we will go long calls in ... ~more~ #081: Thu 7/31/2008 Last week we put on a spread in First Solar. We will close half the spread ... ~more~ #080: Wed 7/30/2008 We like a name on the long side in the fertilizer space, not the overhyped names, and will buy calls in ... ~more~ #079: Tue 7/29/2008 Last week we made a bearish bet on the USO through establishing a bearsih put spread in this ETF. We will lock in gains of 32% this morning. ~more~ #078: Thu 7/24/2008 GT Solar (SOLR) came public at $16.50 and is trading at $14.53 so any rebound fo the solar space had been put on hold and as a result we will buy puts in ... ~more~ #077: Tue 7/22/2008 We like the chances for this driller and will buy calls that are near the money and sell out of the money puts ~more~ #076: Tue 7/22/2008 We will establish a bearish put spread on the ... ~more~ #075: Thu 7/17/2008 Cabot Oil & Gas closed at $51.20 and there is very little likelihood the stock will move about $60 tomorrow. Therefore, the calls you sold at $1.00 will expire worthless which means a profit of 100% will be locked in. ~more~ #074: Tue 7/15/2008 Selling calls in this exploration name as expiration is a few days away ~more~ #073: Fri 7/11/2008 APC has gapped up today and we will book a 64% gain. ~more~ #072: Wed 7/9/2008 The price of MOS has popped this morning - close bullish call spread for quick gain. ~more~ #071: Tue 7/8/2008 We will establish a bullish call spread in this ag play ~more~ #070: Tue 7/8/2008 We play an oil and gas exploration and production company on the call side using only calls instead of our typical call spread ~more~ #069: Thu 7/3/2008 The solar stocks are falling fast and furious. We will close out our bearish put spread in First Solar (FSLR) at $6.20 with a gain of $1.20 on $5.00. The gain is 24%. The stock has broken $250 by a considerable amount. ~more~ #068: Wed 7/2/2008 We have traded this space in the past and took gains of 31% and 36%. This looks like a high probability trade ~more~ #067: Mon 6/30/2008 With talk of $170 oil, the drillers should continue to gain momentum to the upside and we will buy a bullish call spread in ... ~more~ #066: Tue 6/24/2008 Calls are flying for the second day in this energy name. We will buy calls and not do a spread trade for maximium gain. ~more~ #065: Fri 6/20/2008 As options expiration approaches, we will close out our spread trade in the XLU ~more~ #064: Mon 6/16/2008 We will make a bearish put spread on this ETF as ... ~more~ #063: Wed 6/4/2008 In late December, we exercised our December $12.50 calls in Southwest at $12.50 giving us a cost of $14.50. Next we bought an additional 100 shares at $12.76 dropping our cost to $13.63. We then sold the March $12.50 for a credit of $1.15 and those expired worthless driving our cost in Southwest to $12.48. With the stock at $13.60, we will lock in a gain of $1.12 or 8.97%. ~more~ #062: Wed 6/4/2008 We will take a gain in our bearish put spread on Alcoa (AA) of 16%. The stock does not want to break much below $40 and expiration decay will soon start to kick into gear. ~more~ #061: Thu 5/29/2008 It is hard to believe but we have found an oil/gas refining marketing play to make money with as the price of crude drops ~more~ #060: Tue 5/27/2008 We will establish a bearish put spread in the utility sector by ... ~more~ #059: Mon 5/12/2008 We will establish a bearish put spread on ... ~more~ #058: Thu 4/24/2008 We will close out our bearish put spread in Sunpower (SPWR) at $2.75 with a gain of $0.65 on $2.10. The gain is 31%. ~more~ #057: Thu 4/24/2008 We will take profits on the Oil Service HOLDRS (OIH) bearish put spread as the pullback to $200 occurred exactly as we thought it would. This trade has made 18%. ~more~ #056: Tue 4/22/2008 We will close the calls in Petrohawk (HK) at $3.90 with a gain of $1.15 on $2.75. The gain is 42%. The stock was originally bought as a takeover play and that has not played out so time to lock in the gain. ~more~ #055: Tue 4/22/2008 These stocks have been what we refer to as "Buzz Lightyear Stocks" to infinity and beyond. Now it is time for a rest and we will establish a bearish put spread in ... ~more~ #054: Mon 4/21/2008 It looks like the solar stocks have started to role over after a nice run to the upside and will make a bearish bet while the Lehman Solar Supply Demand Trends Report is underway this morning ~more~ #053: Fri 4/18/2008 We will close out our bullish calendar call spread in Rowan Drilling (RDC) at $3.50 with a gain of $1.20 on $2.30. The gain is 52%. ~more~ #052: Mon 4/14/2008 One of the Energy ETFs has gotten a bit frothy and we will look make some money on the impending pullback. ~more~ #051: Mon 4/7/2008 The ORATS Action Alert has identified unusual call activity in .... ~more~ #050: Thu 4/3/2008 We will close out our bullish call spread in Ensco(ESV) at $3.25 with a gain of $.65 on $2.60. The gain is 25% ~more~ #049: Wed 4/2/2008 We will deploy a new strategy within the concept of bullish and bearish spreads. This strategy is a calendar spread. We like the stock that we are doing this trade with but need more time so we will an April option and buy a May option. ~more~ #048: Wed 4/2/2008 We will close out our bullish call spread in Valero(VLO) at $1.90 with a gain of $.60 on $1.30. The gain is 46%. ~more~ #047: Tue 3/18/2008 We will go long a bullish call spread on this refining company ... ~more~ #046: Tue 3/11/2008 We will go long a bullish call spread on this offshore drilling company.... ~more~ #045: Wed 2/27/2008 We will go long a bullish call spread this deepwater equipment company in front of earnings.... ~more~ #044: Wed 2/27/2008 We have achieved our percentage gain goal on GLBL and will lock in a gain of 35%. ~more~ #043: Tue 2/26/2008 We have achieved our target price of $70 on BHI and will lock in a gain of 31%. ~more~ #042: Tue 2/19/2008 We will go long a bullish call spread in one of the lesser known Oil & Gas Equipment Service stocks which has been beaten up over the past few months... ~more~ #041: Thu 2/14/2008 We will go long a bullish call spread in one of the better known Oil & Gas Equipment Service stocks which has been beaten up over the past few months. ~more~ #040: Thu 2/14/2008 With expiration tomorrow and the stock near $25 it is time to take profits on our bullish call spread trade in BJS February $22.50 and $25 calls. ~more~ #039: Wed 2/6/2008 With the free fall predicted in Sunpower (SWPR) we will close our February bearish put spread. ~more~ #038: Mon 2/4/2008 We orginally bought SWC calls then converted to stock and sold a call to repair a losing trade. Now the stock has moved to $13.47 and we will take profits of $3.49 or 35%. ~more~ #037: Thu 1/31/2008 The bulls are caught in a high flying energy group and this bearish put spread is a n brainer we will..... ~more~ #036: Wed 1/30/2008 We are locking in gains on the OIH Feb Put Spread ~more~ #035: Fri 1/25/2008 With the weakness in drillers we will establish a bearish put spread in..... ~more~ #034: Fri 1/25/2008 Steel stocks have gotten a bit ahead of themselves here and we will establish a put spread in...... ~more~ With gold breaking down, we will lock in gains on our ABX Bearish Put Trade ~more~ #032: Wed 1/9/2008 Gold seems to be getting a bit frothy and we will take this opportunity to establish a bearish put spread on .... ~more~ #031: Thu 1/3/2008 We will establish a bullish call spread in an oilfield services company that is oversold. ~more~ #030: Mon 12/24/2007 We will close out our call spread in First Solar (FLSR) with a gain of $ 1.60 on a $4.40 cost. This reflects a gain of 36%. ~more~ #029: Fri 12/21/2007 We will close out our call spread on Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM)for a gain of $.80 on a $2.60 cost. The gain is 31%. ~more~ #028: Fri 12/21/2007 We will exercise our calls in Southwest Airlines (LUV) and purchase .... ~more~ #027: Thu 12/20/2007 We will close out our call recommendation in the January 85 Calls in Conoco Phillips (COP) for a 29% gain. ~more~ #026: Wed 12/19/2007 Shorts are betting against wind power and in particular ...... ~more~ #025: Tue 12/18/2007 With the recent pullback in gold, we are going to take this opportunity to buy a bullish call spread in AEM for $260 per contract. ~more~ #024: Tue 12/18/2007 Bearish Bias- December Bear Put Spread Closed For OIH ~more~ #023: Tue 12/18/2007 Buy Calls in Conoco Phillips (COP) ~more~ #022: Tue 11/27/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread OIL SERVICE HOLDRS TRUST (OIH) ~more~ #021: Tue 11/27/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread SPDR TRUST SERIES (SPY) ~more~ #020: Fri 11/16/2007 We will maintain a position in Stillwater through a buywrite. ~more~ #019: Fri 11/2/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread XOM ~more~ #018: Wed 10/31/2007 Bullish Bias- Bull Call Spread EXP ~more~ #017: Wed 10/24/2007 Bullish Bias- Buy Calls (LUV) ~more~ #016: Fri 10/19/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread - Close SPY ~more~ #015: Mon 10/15/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread - PGN ~more~ #014: Fri 10/12/2007 Bullish Bias- Bull Call Spread, SWC ~more~ #013: Fri 10/5/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread, XOM ~more~ #012: Fri 10/5/2007 Bullish Bias- Bull Call Spread Eagle Materials ~more~ #011: Fri 9/28/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread PHLX Utility Index ~more~ #010: Wed 9/26/2007 #009: Mon 9/24/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread SPY ~more~ #008: Mon 9/24/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread ~more~ #007: Fri 9/14/2007 Bearish Bias-Bear Put Spread ~more~ #006: Tue 9/11/2007 #005: Tue 9/11/2007 #004: Thu 8/30/2007 We will establish a bullish call spread in Schlumberger. ~more~ #003: Fri 8/17/2007 Our second trade is a bull call spread on Royal Gold (RGLD). ~more~ #002: Tue 8/7/2007 With the stock trading higher and the Fed announcement to be released within the hour we are closing out the trade with a profit of $1.25 or 32%. ~more~ #001: Tue 8/7/2007 First Trade for Gold and Energy Options Trader ~more~ |