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 - (SPY) ? Second lot
Sell the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) April, 2013 $160-$163 put spread at $2.98 or best
Closing Trade
4-5-2013
expiration date: 4-19-2013
Portfolio weighting: Reduce from 10% to zero
Number of Contracts = 37 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.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Sell 37 April, 2013 (SPY) $163 puts at?????$9.15
Buy to Cover Short 37 April, 2013 (SPY) $160 puts at.??.$6.17
Net Proceeds:????????????...??..?....$2.98
Profit: $2.98 - $2.80 = $0.18
($0.18 X 100 X 37) = $666 ? 0.67% for the notional $100,000 model portfolio.
