When John identifies a strategic exit point, he will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what security to sell, when to sell it, and at what price. Most often, it will be to TAKE PROFITS, but, on rare occasions, it will be to exercise a STOP LOSS at a predetermined price to adhere to strict risk management discipline.
Trade Alert - (NVDA) – STOP LOSS
SELL the NVIDIA (NVDA) December 2018 $130-$140 in-the-money vertical BULL CALL spread at $6.60 or best
Closing Trade
11-20-2018
expiration date: December 21, 2018
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 12 contracts
I am therefore selling the NVIDIA (NVDA) December 2018 $130-$140 in-the-money vertical BULL CALL spread at $6.60 or best.
The long-term bull case for NVIDIA is still alive and well. The earnings shortfall was blamed on the complete loss of their cryptocurrency business, the result of the 72% swan dive by Bitcoin.
However, supplying graphics card to crypto miners was never more than a tiny portion of their total business.
This was a bet that (NVDA) won’t fall below the $140 strike price by the December 21 option expiration in 29 trading days.
If you bought the stock keep it. There is an easy double from here over the long term.
Here are the specific trades you need to exit this position:
Sell 12 December 2018 (NVDA) $130 calls at………….………$20.00
Buy to cover short 12 December 2018 (NVDA) $140 calls at….$13.40
Net Loss:………………………….…………..………….….....$6.60
Loss: $8.60 - $6.60 = -$2.00
(12 X 100 X -$2.00) = -$2,400.
To see how to enter this trade in your online platform, please look at the order ticket above, which I pulled off of Interactive Brokers.
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The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you.
The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.
Don't execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile close to expiration.
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