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 - (GLD)- TAKE PROFITS
SELL the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) May, 2018 $121-$124 in-the-money vertical BULL CALL spread at $2.60 or best
Closing Trade
4-27-2018
expiration date: May 18, 2018
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 39 contracts
I am going to close out what has been a perfect month and come out at cost in my gold long.
You don't want to be playing around with the barbarous relic when the US ten year Treasury bond is banging on the door at 3.0%.Here we are with yields down 5 basis points on the day and gold still can't catch a bid.
I am therefore selling my position in the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) May, 2018 $121-$124 in-the-money vertical BULL CALL spread at $2.60 or best.
This was a bet that the (GLD) won't move below $124 under the next 25 trading days.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Sell 39 May, 2018 (GLD) $121 calls at.....................$4.60
Buy to cover short 39 May, 2018 (GLD) $124 calls at......$2.00
Net Proceeds:..............................................................$2.60
Profit: $2.60 - $2.55 = $0.05
(39 X 100 X $0.05) = $195 or 1.96% in 25 trading days.
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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