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.
Sell the S&P 500 SPDR?s (SPY) February, 2015 $189-$194 in-the-money vertical bull call spread at $4.32 or best
Closing Trade
2-2-2015
expiration date: February 20, 2015
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 25 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 25 February, 2015 (SPY) $189 calls at?????$11.72
Buy to cover short 25 February, 2015 (SPY) $194 calls at..?$7.40
Net Cost:??????????????????.....$4.32
Profit: $4.32 - $4.00 = $0.32
(25 X 100 X $0.32) = $800 or 0.80% profit for the notional $100,000 portfolio.
