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 - (NEM) SELL - STOP LOSS
SELL the Newmont Mining (NEM)February, 2018 $36-$39 in-the-money vertical BULL CALL spread at $2.50 or best
Closing Trade
2-5-2018
expiration date:February 16, 2018
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 37 contracts
I am going to de-risk my portfolio here.
Sentiment has clearly changed, and it's is better to retreat to the sidelines. Once these in-the-money options spreads tick out of the money, the risk/reward of continuing is no longer favorable.
There is no doubt that the presidential release of a classified memo is a factor. No one wants to step up in the face of a brewing constitutional crisis.
Thank goodness for small hedges and short expiration dates, as these greatly limited our losses. As long as volatility stays high it will be easy to make more money with another position.
If you bought Newmont Mining shares outright keep them. This is just a temporary blip in a new long term bull market. We have some serious work to do on the upside.
Here are the specific trades you need to exit this position:
Sell 37 February, 2018 (NEM) $36 calls at....................$3.50
Buy to cover short 37 February, 2018 (NEM) $39 calls at...........$1.00
Net Proceeds:..............................................
Loss: $2.69 - $2.50 = -$0.19
(37 X 100 X -$0.19) = -$703 or -7.6%.
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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