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RTH Vertical Spread Alternative
I mentioned earlier today a bearish spread on RTH that you could implement, but there were some near-term risks. Since you were selling puts there would be some directional risk until the theta (time-decay) caught up with you. So instead, I picked out an ATM call vertical that I sold: Buy RTH Feb 80 Call […]
RTH Ratio Spread Review
This is a play I’m looking to get into today, provided we can get a little bounce into the open. The idea is to be moderately bearish in RTH, a retail etf, for the intermediate term, but I’d like to be protected against any kind of short squeeze that may occur. Here’s the play: Buy […]
Legged into XOM Calendar Spread
This play is a favorite of mine. 2 weeks or so before expiration I pick up a couple calendar spreads in XOM, and they seem to work out fairly consistently. Hopefully this month will be no different. I saw XOM coming into some resistance from last month and also observed that it wasn’t really participating […]
Take an SMN Vertical for a Hedge
Let’s go out there and chuck some ultrashort etf hand grenades. If you need a hedge, you can pick up the Feb 2009 35/40 Call spread for about 1.25. It may be hard to get filled so there’s going to be some slippage there. But you’re risking 125 to gain 375 with a max gain […]
A Bearish RUT Butterfly
This one is a little more high-risk, but the risk is well defined. I moved the strikes out a little further, so the butterfly costs more but it gives you a much more wide profit range. Here’s the risk profile: It’s a bearish play but if you’ve got a long-delta portfolio it’s a good hedge. […]