As a potentially profitable opportunity presents itself, John will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what should be bought, when to buy it, and at what price.
Trade Alert - (AAPL) ? STOP LOSS
Sell the Apple (AAPL) June, 2015 $115-$120 deep in-the-money vertical call spread at $3.70 or best
Closing Trade
5-6-2015
expiration date: June 19, 2015
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 24 contracts
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 on expiration months farther out.
If the price of this spread has moved more than 5% by the time you receive this Trade Alert, don?t chase it. Wait for the next one. There are plenty of fish in the sea.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Sell 24 June, 2015 (AAPL) $115 calls at?????$10.35
Buy to cover short 24 June, 2025 (AAPL) $120 calls at..??.$6.65
Net Proceeds:??????????????????.....$3.70
Loss: $4.15 - $3.70 = -$0.45
(24 X 100 X -$0.45) = -$1,080 or -1.08% loss for the notional $100,000 portfolio.