01/08/16’s Buys and Sells Alert at 13:15PST

Another big down day. Bought back a number of CC’s that had lost enough value to produce less than 15% annualized return to expiration, locking in the premium. See below for transactions and notes.

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TtP-S As of: 10/22/15 13:39 TtP-S Alert Display Format 2 Version 2.1
Moderator Message (if any): Today’s Buys & Sells. SPY DIA
Previous Close 194.05 164.96
Current Price 192.13 163.50
Day Low 192.00 163.39
Pete A % Chg from Prev Close -1.06% -0.95%
Buy Day!
(Based on low of the day)
Ticker Strike Price Buy Date Profit Target Sell Price Sell Date Profit Percent Annualized RoI % Current Position
MET 40.00 2016-01-08 41.20 – – – – – – – – Bought

Today’s transactions:

Journal Notes:

1/8/2016 Friday

Mkt small up day; lots of big drops though

Several early buy backs

GPS – 1/8/2016 – Early BB for .09 $108.21 giveback $10.40 with 8 days remaining

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STX – 1/8/2016 – Early BB for .18 $102.41 Giveback $20.00 with 15 days remaining

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IP – 1/8/2016 – Early BB for .20 Giveback $21 with 15 days remaining

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X – 1/8/2016 – Sell CC

(should have been done near open, but too busy)

AMAT – 1/8/2016 – BB Early — why? For

AMAT has been up and down….magnified by market. I’ve been trapped by rolling into higher CC’s at a growing exp distance. Looks like a big bounce for this stock; should have BB earlier this AM

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