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 - (TLT)- TAKE PROFITS
SELL the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) December, 2016 $127-$130 in-the-money vertical bear put spread at $2.95 or best
Closing Trade
12-1-2016
Expiration Date: December 16, 2016
Portfolio Weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 38 contracts
I am taking profits here on my short position in the (TLT).
I am happy to report that this trade takes the Global Trading Dispatch performance up to 27.19% for 2016. The gain since inception, six years ago, now comes to 218.87%, one of the highest in the industry.
At today?s $2.95 price, we are capturing 87.50% of the maximum potential profit. The risk/reward is no longer favorable for continuing 11 more trading days until the December 16th expiration.
Remember also that we have the November Nonfarm Payroll Report on Friday at 8:30 AM EST.
By cutting my position in half here, it will be much easier for me to double up again on the next two point rally in the (TLT). What we lack in giant one-time profits, we make up for in volume.
If you have the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT), keep it. This short bond ETF is going much higher.
This was a bet that the iShares 20 Year+ Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) would not close above $127 by the December 16th expiration in 24 trading days.
That worked out to a yield on the 10-year Treasury bond of 2.00% versus the current 2.48%.
I?m sorry, but I just didn?t see a 25 basis point dip in yields going into three interest rates hikes by the Federal Reserve that start in December.
One outcome of the presidential election is that I expect yields on the ten-year Treasury to rise to as high as 6.0% within four years, taking the (TLT) down $50 to as low as $70.
Low risk, high return, I love it!
Open your online trading platform please.
To see how to enter this trade in your online platform, please look at the order ticket below, which I pulled off of OptionsHouse.
If you are uncertain about how to execute an options spread, please watch my training video ?How to Execute a Vertical Bear Put Spread?
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.
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Here Are the Specific Trades You Need to Execute This Position:
Sell 38 December, 2016 (TLT) $130 puts at????.???$11.70
Buy to Cover short 38 December, 2016 (TLT) $127 puts at?.$8.75
Net Proceeds:????????????????..??.?.....$2.95
Profit: $2.95 - $2.60 = $0.35
(38 X 100 X $0.35) = $1,330 or 13.46% in 13 trading days.
