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Sold SPY puts for 38% gain, holding FAZ by The Option Premium Collector on Mar 20, 2009
I didn't want to hold the SPY Mar (10 days to expiry) 75 puts over the weekend so I took the gain. My FAZ April 30 calls that I bought for 6.00 ended with a bid/ask of 9.70/10.00. I'm letting this one run. I would have held the SPY's but time decay w...
Trade Entered: KO Coca Cola by The Option Premium Collector on Feb 26, 2009
Today I sold several KO May 35 puts for .55 ($55) each in a large taxable, margin account. The margin maintenance requirement this far out of the money is $410 per contract. Return on margin (ROM) is 13.41% (55/410) for 79 days or 61.96% annual. At t...