Investment Idea Sharing – January 31, 2015
See below for my personal stock market Buys or
Sells for this week:
Buy Stock:
none
Sell Stock: none
Sell (to Open) Covered CALL: UVXY
Buy (To Close) Covered Call: none
Buy (to Close) Cash Secured PUT: none
Sell (to Open) Cash Secured PUT: USO, DUST
See the details on each of these transactions
below the Weekly Summary table.
The world market indices were down this week. The price of oil turned up at the end of the
week and ended this week at $48.24, up from $45.59 last week.
See 8 Year Oil Price chart here: http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CL_/M?anticache=1383470013
Read about oil here:
The Euro is still near the 11 year low against
the U.S. dollar.
See Euro to US Dollar chart here: http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-investing
I continue to look for stocks that have good
fundamental financial values, but stock prices near 52 week lows and, where
possible, 5 year lows.
Weekly Summary Table of Worldwide Market Index
Closing values:
Here are my Stock BUYs for This Week:
Stock Symbol:
Buy Date:
Buy Price:
Target Sell Price:
Here are my Stock SELLs for This Week:
Stock Symbol:
Sell Date:
Sell Price:
Buy Price:
Buy Date:
Here are my Mutual Fund BUYs for This Week:
Fund Symbol:
Buy Date:
Buy Price:
Target Sell Price:
Here are my Option (CALL or PUT) Sells/Buys for This Week:
Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL
Stock Symbol: UVXY
Sell to Open Date: 1/26/2015
Expiration Date: 1/30/2015
Strike Price: $26
Option Price:
$0.99
At $26/share, this option paid me 3.8% for a 1
week expiration time.
UVXY was PUT to me on Jan. 24 at $26.
UVXY had a great rally this week and ended at
$32.36, so I was called out.
Option: Buy to Close Covered CALL
Stock Symbol:
Original Sell to Open Date:
Original Expiration Date:
Buy to Close Date:
Strike Price:
Option Price:
Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT
Stock Symbol: USO
Sell to Open Date: 1/26/2015
Expiration Date: 1/30/2015
Strike Price: $17
Option Price: $0.48
At $17/share, this option paid me 2.8% for a 1
week expiration time.
USO opened this week at $16.86 and closed at $17.82,
so my PUT expired worthless.
Here is the Yahoo Profile for USO: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=USO+Profile
Here is the 5 year price chart for USO, note
the HUGE drop since June 2014. Also note
that USO 52 week low is $16.73: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=USO+Interactive#
Here is the 8 year commodity price chart for Oil: http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CL_/M?anticache=1383470013
Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT
Stock Symbol: DUST
Sell to Open Date: 1/26/2015
Expiration Date: 1/30/2015
Strike Price: $11
Option Price: $0.25
At $11/share, this option paid me 2.3% for a 1
week expiration time.
DUST opened this week at $14.07, then dipped
to a low of $11.32, but ended the week at $12.11, so my PUT expired
worthless. I will look at selling
another PUT on DUST on Monday.
Here is the Yahoo Profile for DUST: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=DUST+Profile
Here is the 5 year price chart for DUST, note
the HUGE volatility since 2013. Also
note that DUST 52 week low is $11: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=DUST+Interactive#
Here is the 2 year commodity price chart for
actual Gold, note the LOW volatility since mid-2013: http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/DG/W?anticache=1422132784
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Thanks,
John D.
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