We didn't do a wrap-up last week as I instead wrote a long, Members Only post (only Part 1 too) on "Setting Up A $100,000 Hedged Virtual Portfolio" concentrating on a virtual $20,000 allocation in the financials for our first sector.
We're going to do more of these on the weekends as people find them useful and also because, although they are very popular, I do get tired of just reviewing what we did for the past 5 trading days every week. So maybe a little of both today but I aim to keep this short (as I usually do, but it never works out) so we can do another post on earnings plays tomorrow.
How is our new sample virtual portfolio looking after a week? Well let's see:
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500 UYG at $3.48, selling 5 May $3 calls for .72 and 5 May $3 puts for .28, net $2.48/2.74
- UYG now $3.79, May put and call combo now $1.12 = net $2.67 ($95 profit on $1,240 = 7.7%)
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Selling 2 FAS $7.50 puts for .45 naked
- FAS closed at $9.40 so 100% profit of $90
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500 C at $3.04, selling May $3 puts and calls for $1.11, net $1.93/2.47
- C now $3.65, May $3 put and call combo is $1.19 = net $2.46 ($265 profit on $965 = 27.5%)
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Selling 2 IYF May $36 puts for $2 naked
- IYF closed at $40.26, May $36 puts $1.20 ($160 profit on $400 =40%)
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Selling 2 JPM May $29 puts for $1.95 naked
- JPM closed at $33.26, May $29 puts $1.17 ($156 profit on $390 = 40%)
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Selling 7 FAZ May $10 puts for $2.40 naked (adjusted to reflect Monday's gap down open)
- May $10 puts are now $2.67 so a loss of $189 (-11.3%). Both our July and Oct escape rolls are still intact so no worries here anyway (this is a hedge to the others)
- 5 FAZ Oct $12.50 calls for $4 (adjusted), selling 5 May $21s for $1.05, net $2.95.
