Sunday, June 21, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing June 20, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing – June 20, 2015 
The next newsletter will not be until July 12 due to vacation. 

See below for my personal stock market Buys or Sells for this week:
Buy Stock/ Fund:                                           
Sell Stock/Fund:  USO

Sell (to Open) Covered CALL:  UVXY, USO
Buy (To Close) Covered Call:               

Sell (to Open) Cash Secured PUT:  NUGT, USO
Buy (to Close) Cash Secured PUT:         

See the details on each of these transactions below the Weekly Summary table.

The world market indices were mostly down this week.  The US indexes (Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ) remain within 2% of their all time highs.  But, the ShangHai Index (SSE) was DOWN 13.3% this week and is now only up 121% from its 52 Week Low. 
See the Yahoo 5 year chart for SSE here:

I could not find any good, logical stories on why the SSE dropped this week.

The price of oil went DOWN this week and ended at $59.61, down from $59.96 last week. 
See the 6 Month Oil Price chart here: 

Here is a great chart showing the oil production in Millions of barrels per day of the countries of the world for each year from 2004 to 2014.

Weekly Summary Table of Worldwide Market Index Closing values:


Here are my Stock / Fund BUYs for This Week:
Symbol:
Buy Date:
Buy Price: 
Target Sell Price:
Here are my Stock / Fund SELLs for This Week:
Stock Symbol: USO
Sell Date: June 19, 2015  
Sell Price: $20
Buy Price:  $20
Buy Date:  Jan. 21, 2015
This USO was sold from the $20 CALL I sold on April 2 for $.60 
USO closed this week at $20.02 so it got CALLed away from me.

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: June 15, 2015
Expiration Date: June 19, 2015  
Strike Price: $46.0
Option Price:  $.56
This CALL expired worthless because UVXY closed at $36.95.  I will try to sell a similar CALL again on Monday with a 1 week expiration and minimum 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date: June 18, 2015
Expiration Date: June 26, 2015  
Strike Price: $20.50
Option Price:  $.26
This CALL pays me 1.2% for an 8 day out expiration.   

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:  NUGT
Sell to Open Date:  June 17, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 19, 2015
Strike Price:  $8.50
Option Price:  $.10
This paid me 1.2% for a 2 day expiration.  NUGT was at $8.95 when I sold this PUT and closed the week at $9.46, so this PUT expired worthless.   

Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date:  June 18, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 26, 2015
Strike Price:  $20.00
Option Price:  $.24
USO has been moving between $19.60 and $20.82 since April 29.  I am Selling PUTs and CALLs as needed near $20 to continue making my 1% option premium per week. 
Here is the Yahoo Historical Price Chart: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=USO+Historical+Prices

Option: Buy to Close Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:
Sell to Open Date:
Expiration Date: 
Strike Price: 
Option Price:

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StockEvaluator ‘Short List’
‘Short List’ screens using 12 fundamental value limits that I want to see in a stock before considering it as a possible buy. 

View the Stock Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/short_list_12_criteria.JPG

Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’

View the Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here:

Please remember to send me any other investing ideas, information or questions that you want to share with the group.

Thanks,
John D.

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing June 13, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing – June 13, 2015 

See below for my personal stock market Buys or Sells for this week:
Buy Stock/ Fund: UVXY, RIG                                          
Sell Stock/Fund: USO

Sell (to Open) Covered CALL: RIG, USO  
Buy (To Close) Covered Call: none             

Sell (to Open) Cash Secured PUT: JDST, RIG, UVXY  
Buy (to Close) Cash Secured PUT: none        

See the details on each of these transactions below the Weekly Summary table.

The world market indices were mostly flat this week.  The US indexes (Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ) remain within 3% of their all time highs.  But, the ShangHai Index (SSE) was UP 2.8% this week and is now up 155% from its 52 Week Low. 
See the Yahoo 5 year chart for SSE here:

Here is the Yahoo chart comparing the 5 year performance of SSE v.s. S&P 500:

Note from this chart that both indexes are up about 100% over the past 5 years. The big difference is that the S&P 500 went up steadily every year and the SSE went down until July 2014 and then roared up 155% over the just past year. 

The price of oil went UP this week and ended at $59.96, up from $59.13 last week.  
See the 6 Month Oil Price chart here: 

Weekly Summary Table of Worldwide Market Index Closing values:

Here are my Stock / Fund BUYs for This Week:
Symbol: UVXY
Buy Date: June 12, 2015
Buy Price:  $38
Target Sell Price: $38
This UVXY was from a $38 PUT I sold on June 10 for $.55 (see below).  With the markets going down, I am hoping to be able to sell a $44 CALL next week with a June 19 expiration for $.55 which would be a 1.3% premium.

Symbol: RIG
Buy Date: June 12, 2015
Buy Price:  $19
Target Sell Price: $19
This RIG was from a $19 PUT I sold on June 8 for $.42 (see below).  I hope to be able to sell a $19 CALL next week with a June 19 expiration for at least a 1% premium.

Here are my Stock / Fund SELLs for This Week:
Stock Symbol: USO
Sell Date: June 12, 2015  
Sell Price: $20
Buy Price:  $20
Buy Date:  Jan. 21, 2015
This USO was sold from the $20 CALL I sold on June 8 (see below).

Here are my Option (CALL or PUT) Sells/Buys for This Week:
Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date: June 8, 2015
Expiration Date: June 12, 2015  
Strike Price: $20.00
Option Price:  $.21
This CALL was exercised to me on June 12.  I will take the cash from selling these shares and compare PUT premiums on USO, UCO and JDST next week and pick the best one to sell another PUT with a 1 week out expiration for a 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date: June 9, 2015
Expiration Date: June 12, 2015  
Strike Price: $20.50
Option Price:  $.18
This CALL expired worthless on June 12.  I will attempt to sell another CALL next week at a $20.50 strike with a 1 week out expiration for a 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol: RIG
Sell to Open Date: June 10, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 19, 2015 
Strike Price:  $20
Option Price:  $.24
This CALL paid me 1.2% for a 1 week espiration.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  UVXY
Sell to Open Date:  June 8, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 12, 2015  
Strike Price:  $44
Option Price:  $1.27
This CALL expired worthless on June 12, so I will attempt to sell it again next week.
Same price, $44, with a 1 week out expiration again for a minimum of 1% option premium.

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:  JDST
Sell to Open Date:  June 10, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 19, 2015
Strike Price:  $7.05
Option Price:  $.26
JDST has been moving between $7 and $8 since May 19, so I have several $7.05 PUTs, all making about 1% per week. 

Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:  JDST
Sell to Open Date:  June 10, 2015
Expiration Date:  July 17, 2015
Strike Price:  $7.00
Option Price:  $.75
JDST has been moving between $7 and $8 since May 19.  This PUT has a 5 week expiration date and paid me 10%. 

Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:  RIG
Sell to Open Date:  June 8, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 12, 2015
Strike Price:  $19
Option Price:  $.42
This RIG was PUT to me on June 12.  I will attempt to sell a Covered Call on it next week.
Same price, $19, with a 1 week out expiration again for a minimum of 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:  UVXY
Sell to Open Date:  June 10, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 12, 2015
Strike Price:  $38
Option Price:  $.55
This UVXY was PUT to me on June 12 (see “Stock/Fund Buys” above).  With the markets going down, I am hoping to be able to sell a $44 CALL next week with a June 19 expiration for $.55 which would be a 1.3% premium.

Option: Buy to Close Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:
Sell to Open Date:
Expiration Date: 
Strike Price: 
Option Price:

Visit www.ultimatestockfinder.com to download our Stock Evaluator and Mutual Fund Evaluator spreadsheets, read training articles and check out all our web links for investing information.

StockEvaluator ‘Short List’
‘Short List’ screens using 12 fundamental value limits that I want to see in a stock before considering it as a possible buy. 

View the Stock Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/short_list_12_criteria.JPG

Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’

View the Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here:

Please remember to send me any other investing ideas, information or questions that you want to share with the group.

Thanks,
John D.

Disclosure: The author has no positions in any of the stocks or mutual funds mentioned in this article unless clearly stated above. We certify that except as cited herein, this is our work product. We received no compensation or other inducement from any party to produce this article.  Please see our full legal disclaimer at:  http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluator_disclaimer.html
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing June 6, 2015

Investment Idea Sharing – June 6, 2015 

See below for my personal stock market Buys or Sells for this week:
Buy Stock/ Fund: USO                                          
Sell Stock/Fund: RIG

Sell (to Open) Covered CALL: RIG, USO, UVXY
Buy (To Close) Covered Call: none             

Sell (to Open) Cash Secured PUT: JDST, USO  
Buy (to Close) Cash Secured PUT: none        

See the details on each of these transactions below the Weekly Summary table.

The world market indices were mostly down this week.  The US indexes (Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ) remain within 3% of their all time highs.  But, the ShangHai Index (SSE) was UP 8.9% this week and is now up 148% from its 52 Week Low. 
See the Yahoo 5 year chart for SSE here:

The price of oil went DOWN this week and ended at $59.13, down from $60.30 last week. 
See the 1 year Oil Price chart here: 

Weekly Summary Table of Worldwide Market Index Closing values:


Here are my Stock / Fund BUYs for This Week:
Symbol: USO   
Buy Date: June 5, 2015
Buy Price:  $20
Target Sell Price: $20
This USO was from a $20 PUT I sold on June 1 for $.29.  I will attempt to sell a $20 CALL next week with a June 12 expiration for $.25

Here are my Stock / Fund SELLs for This Week:
Stock Symbol: RIG
Sell Date: June 5, 2015  
Sell Price: $19
Buy Price:  $18
Buy Date:  Feb. 20, 2015
This RIG was from an $18 PUT I sold on Feb. 18, 2015 for $.38.  With the money I made on this RIG sale, I will attempt to sell a $19 PUT on RIG next week with a June 12 expiration for at least $.20 to yield my 1% per week target.


Here are my Option (CALL or PUT) Sells/Buys for This Week:
Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  RIG
Sell to Open Date: June 2, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 5, 2015 
Strike Price:  $19
Option Price:  $.25
This CALL expired worthless on June 5, so I will attempt to sell it again next week.
Same price $19 with a 1 week out expiration again for a 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date: June 1, 2015
Expiration Date: June 5, 2015  
Strike Price: $20.50
Option Price:  $.28
This CALL expired worthless on June 5, so I will attempt to sell it again next week.
Same price $20.50 with a 1 week out expiration again for a 1% option premium.

Option: Sell to Open Covered CALL 
Stock Symbol:  UVXY
Sell to Open Date:  June 4, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 5, 2015  
Strike Price:  $42
Option Price:  $.75
This CALL expired worthless on June 5, so I will attempt to sell it again next week.
Same price, $42, with a 1 week out expiration again for a minimum of 1% option premium.

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:  JDST
Sell to Open Date:  June 3, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 19, 2015
Strike Price:  $7.05
Option Price:  $.55
JDST has been moving between $7 and $8 since May 19, so I have some $$7.05 PUTs and some $9.05 CALLs, all making about 1% per week. 

Option: Sell to Open Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:  USO
Sell to Open Date:  June 1, 2015
Expiration Date:  June 5, 2015
Strike Price:  $20
Option Price:  $.29
This USO PUT paid me 1.5% for a 1 week expiration.  It was PUT tome on June 5 and now I will sell $20 CALLs on it.   

Option: Buy to Close Cash Secured PUT 
Stock Symbol:
Sell to Open Date:
Expiration Date: 
Strike Price: 
Option Price:

Visit www.ultimatestockfinder.com to download our Stock Evaluator and Mutual Fund Evaluator spreadsheets, read training articles and check out all our web links for investing information.

StockEvaluator ‘Short List’
‘Short List’ screens using 12 fundamental value limits that I want to see in a stock before considering it as a possible buy. 

View the Stock Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here: http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/short_list_12_criteria.JPG

Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’

View the Mutual Fund Evaluator ‘Short List’ screening criteria and target limit values here:

Please remember to send me any other investing ideas, information or questions that you want to share with the group.

Thanks,
John D.

Disclosure: The author has no positions in any of the stocks or mutual funds mentioned in this article unless clearly stated above. We certify that except as cited herein, this is our work product. We received no compensation or other inducement from any party to produce this article.  Please see our full legal disclaimer at:  http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluator_disclaimer.html
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