Friday, December 28, 2012

FXA Put Trade Still On; Code Orange

The FXA Feb $103 put trade is still on. The status of the trade is Code Orange. the Feb $103 put is currently trading at $0.90. FXA is currently trading at $103.88.

Previous options trades include FXYUSO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, UUP, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.   

New Call Trade in UUP

UUP Mar $22.00 calls were purchased today. The price of the call option was $0.17. UUP is currently trading at $21.78. Reasons for the trade are:

- A triple bottom has been hit.

- Other currencies showing weakness

 Previous options trades include FXYUSO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, UUP, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.   

Monday, December 24, 2012

New FXA $103.00 Put Trade

A trade has been made in FXA. The February $103 Put has been purchased. The option was purchased for $1.10. The goal for the trade is $3.00. FXA is currently trading at $103.80. Some reasons for the trade are:

- Risk off is bigger and bigger the longer that the US Fiscal Cliff keeps going

- FXA is technically overbought and a 2 month time frame major level of support of $100 is in reach


Previous options trades include FXYUSO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.  

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

FXY Put Trade Is Sold Code Green

The FXY $118 January put trade reached its target today and was sold for $2.00. FXY is trading down to $116.50. The trade ended Code Green. Reasons for the trade are:

- Move down in FXY has been drastic, making a snap back of any sort likely

- Bank of Japan is meeting on the 19th and 20th creating volatility.

- First time a Trading Futures ETF Options trade reached Code Green Status

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 


Friday, December 14, 2012

FXY Trade Code Yellow; Trade To Contine

The FXY January $118 put trade will continue into next week. The status of the trade is Code Yellow. The put bid price closed the week at $1.45. That is a rise of $0.55 from last week. FXY closed the week at $117.44, which is lower by $1.54 from last week. The target for the trade is still $2.00. The options expire on January 18, 2013. 

 Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

FXY Trade Now Code Yellow

The Jan FXY call trade is now Code Yellow. FXY closed the day at $117.92. The Jan $118.00 put bid price is $1.35. The target for the trade is still $2.00 per contract.

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.  

Friday, December 7, 2012

FXY Put Trade Continues; Status Code Orange

The FXY January $118 put trade will continue into next week. The status of the trade is Code Orange. The put bid price closed the week at $0.90. That is a decline of $0.20 from when the trade was initiated. FXY closed the week at $118.98, which is lower by $0.20 from last week. The target for the trade is still $2.00.

There was a 7.3 earthquake earlier today of the east coast of the country. The election is still scheduled for December 16th.

 Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.  

Monday, December 3, 2012

Bought FXY Jan $118.00 Puts

The account has purchased FXY January $118.00 put options. The purchase price was $1.10. The target for the trade is $2.00. FXY is now trading at $119.15. Reasons for the trade are:

- Upcoming elections that will most certainly contain more stimulus measures.

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.  

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Closed IAU Position For Loss

The January $16.00 calls for IAU were sold on Wednesday and the position is closed Code Red. The calls were sold for $0.75 each. The reasons for the sale are:

- gap down into Code Red territory without clear reason

- technical pattern compromised

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 


Monday, November 26, 2012

IAU Trade Continues; Status Code Yellow

The IAU January Call Trade is continuing. The status of the trade is Code Yellow. The Jan 2013 $16.00 call options are priced at $1.05. IAU is trading at $17.04. There are 7 weeks left until the option expires.

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Monday, November 19, 2012

Don't Be Early On A Trade

Disclaimer ** This blog post is being written as a supporting document for the author trade correctly**

Benefits of Waiting For Confirmation Before Trading


One issue that has plagued the trading of the account is getting into a trade too early. Not waiting for verification of the price action has caused a couple of Code Red trades for the account.

When looking for a trade, sometimes there will be possibilities that are almost ready to trade. The price is almost where it needs to be. But there is a pretty good rule out there that tells the trader to wait until the price has completely gotten to the point needed before trading. Because of greed, some traders will ignore this rule. They think that since the trade is going to a certain point anyway, why not just purchase the options now. That way, they can save money on the price of the option and, if the trade goes well, make more money than previously projected. This account is no different.

But the result on a couple of trades (UUP put trade and USO call trade) has been the exact opposite. There was resistance and support. The trades went completely  in the other direction. Had the account waited until the correct price point had been hit, the account would have saved some money.

So remember to wait for your technicals to confirm the trade. It might cost you a few dollars right away, but could end up saving you many more dollars in the future.

Bought Jan IAU $16.00 Call Options

January IAU $16.00 Call Options have been purchased for $0.95. The target price of the trade is $1.50. IAU is currently trading at $16.86. Reasons for the trade are:

- After election fall might be over

- Monetary stimulus continues

- Technical indicators (Elliott analysis) point to a rise in price

Previous options trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Sold SPY Dec $138.00 Call

The SPY December $138.00 call trade was closed Code Yellow. The option was sold for $2.25. Reasons for the sale are:

- Huge run up in SPY

- Found another trade with less time value

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Friday, November 16, 2012

New Trade in SPY December $138 Options

There is a new trade. December SPY $138.00 call options were bought for $1.81. SPY is currently trading at $136.37. The December $138 call closed trading today at $1.83. Reasons for the trade are:

- Bullish technical action today (Hammer candlestick, RSI change, bullish daily MACD change)
- Fiscal Cliff discussions going well
- Japanese Gov't announced more monetary stimulus

 Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

New Addition To Worst Trades Ever

There had to be a full moon and there must have been a ladder walked under, a cat crossing the path, and an umbrella opened in the room. Because there is no other explanation for the mistake made on Friday.

It started with the UUP trade hitting the Code Red price and the ending of that trade happening. Hey, it happens. It is no big deal. The closing of this trade was the best part of the trading day. But what happened next was right out of crazyville.

As I was posting results on the Stocktwits account, it was noticed that Apple was getting a lot of attention for losing so much that day. It was after 2:30 Central Time. Why was Apple getting hammered so much? The price of the stock was around $576 at the time. A look at the options opened up a great opportunity; or so was thought. It showed the Nov 9, $580 calls selling for $0.03! Immediately 10 contracts were bought. The trade happened with less than 2 minutes remaining in the trading day. Major profits were on the way. But why were the options so cheap? The answer came on Sunday.

Doing research on Sunday revealed the truth. As the Optionsxpress account details page was opened, the Apple options were not in the positions section of the page. Where did they go? The quick answer is that they had expired. The options that were bought expired on November 2nd, not November 9th, as previously thought.  Yes, you read correctly. Out of the money options were bought and expired within 2 minutes. The silver lining in this is that capital used for the trade did not surpass limits. At least something worked in the trade!

Here is the take away. Take your time to review your trade. Optionsxpress even has a preview trade before execution of the trade. It was completely ignored due to the time restriction. MISTAKE, MISTAKE, MISTAKE.

Monday, November 5, 2012

UUP Option Trade Now Code Red

The UUP December $22.00 puts have been sold at a loss. The puts were sold for $0.18.UUP was trading at $22.13. Reasons for the trade are:

- The stop loss level was hit

- Confirmation of the breakout to the upside for UUP happened

- Price crossed technical SMA lines

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Not Purchasing All At Once


Sometimes your research allows you to take on a position that contains many units (shares or options contracts). One thing that needs to be kept in mind is not going in 100% all at once. You should schedule your buys throughout the trade. Major risk abounds by going all in. Capital protection and trade verification need to be achieved.

When purchasing many options contracts or many shares of a stock or etf, an investor or trader feels confident that the expected move will happen. But if that trade is wrong, the losses can increase quickly. One protection against that action is to plan a purchase program in stages. Determining how much to buy when is up to the investor. But going all in right away risks capital that should not be risked. Sometimes sacrificing a little bit of profit in order to protect capital is essential and should be used when possible.

Investors and traders tend to have their egos show up while trading. Let's face the fact that making money is the purpose and feels good. But sometimes we are wrong. The trade sometimes goes exactly the other way the moment we enter. A key to winning trading is to wait for the verification before the bulk purchase. Allowing for verification before the bulk purchase has saved many a traders' capital. This strategy also allows for more trades to be executed because of the fact that losses taken when we are wrong are much smaller than if we go all in.

So remember to use a proper purchase plan when making a decision to purchase lots of stock or many options contracts. Hopefully it will not only save your capital, but extend your profitable trading career.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

UUP Put Continues; Status Code Orange

The Decemeber UUP put trade continues into next week. The trade has increased by adding December $21.00 puts at a cost of $0.02 per contract. UUP is currently trading at $21.93. The December $22.00 put is trading at $0.25. The December $21.00 put is currently trading at $0.01. The target for the December $22.00 put contract is still $1.00. The target for the $21.00 contract is $0.15.

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

UUP Put Trade Continues; Code Orange

The December UUP $22.00 put trade is continuing into next week. The status of the trade is Code Orange. The option bid is currently at $0.35. UUP is currently trading at $21.81. The FOMC meeting is next Tuesday and Wednesday. It is currently expected that the meeting will create downward pressure on UUP. The target for the trade is still $1.00.

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHBFXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bought Dec UUP $22.00 Put Options

Bought December UUP $22.00 put options for $0.50. UUP is currently trading at $21.65. The target price for the trade is $1.00. Reasons for the trade are:

- M formation in chart pattern

- Small time value attached to options

- QE/Euro strengthening

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHB, FXF, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Closed FXF Call Trade; Code Yellow

The November FXF $106 call option trade has been closed out at $1.40. FXF was trading at $106.73. The trade ended Code Yellow. Reasons for the trade are:

- Possible exhaustion gap

- Found another trade with higher profit potential

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHB, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing. 

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Bought FXF (Swiss Franc ETF) Nov $106 call options

Bought the November $106 call options for Swiss Franc ETF FXF. The price of the options was $1.05. FXF is trading at $106.25. Some of the reasons for the trade are:

- The trade is based on technical markers suggesting a W formation.

- The Fed is still going to pump more money into the system as inflation numbers came in very favorable.

- Europe is meeting on Thursday and Friday with Spain and Greece the focus. Possible EU purchases pending

Previous trades include USO IAU, PINSPY, XHB, and FXC options. 

If a more conservative approach is more to your trading style, Trading Futures ETF Options also follows Sell The Call, a blog covering all things covered call. 

**Disclaimer** - This is just trade and or futures options information. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned in this blog. Do your Due Diligence before any trading or investing.