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 - (GOOGL)
Sell the Google (GOOGL) July, 2014 $480-$520 in-the-money bull call spread at $38.30 or best
Closing Trade
6-17-2014
expiration date: July 18, 2014
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 3 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.
Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices only. 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 3 July, 2014 (GOOGL) $480 calls at?????$70.00
Buy to cover short 3 July, 2014 (GOOGL) $520 calls at..??.$31.70
Net Cost:??????????????????.....$38.30
Profit: $38.30 - $34.45 -? = $3.85
(3 X 100 X 3.85) = $1,155 or 1.16% profit for the notional $100,000 portfolio.
