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Trade Alert - (VXX) – TAKE PROFITS
SELL the IPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) January 2019 $40 calls at $3.25 or best
Closing Trade
9-5-2018
expiration date: January 18, 2019
Portfolio weighting: 5%
Number of Contracts = 17 contracts
I am going to take the low hanging fruit here and take profits on my position in the IPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) January 2019 $40 calls at $3.25 or best.
By coming out here you have the cash available to buy the next (VIX) collapse. You make the money on the volume, not hanging on for the few home runs.
Despite an onslaught of bad news from Washington on the trade front declines in the indexes have been modest at best.
The rule of thumb in the Volatility Index (VIX) is that you sell every spike.
By coming out here you get to make a profit of $13.58%, or $646 on a 5% weighting.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Sell 17 January 2019 (VXX) $40.00 calls at……………..…$3.25
Net Proceeds:…………($3.25 X 100 shares per option X 17) = $5,525
Profit: $3.25 – 2.87 = $0.39
$5,525 - $4,879 = $646
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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