“Buy to Close” My Peloton Calls
Peloton, and other COVID stock, have not been moving so well as of late. I did not get Calls sold this week against the 2000 shares of PTON because of the lower premiums with the stock being down. Yesterday, I decided to sell Calls with the Expiration Date going out to next Friday to get a better premium. I sold 10 contracts of the $135 Calls for a premium of $5, and I sold 10 contracts of the $140 Calls for a premium of $3.50. Combined I brought in $8500 in premiums.
Today with the stock down I just did a “Buy to Close” on both of these Calls to close the positions, and lock in profit. I did this because there is still plenty of time to get more Calls sold to expire next week. I’m hoping the stock rebounds and I get new Calls sold tomorrow or Monday for the original premiums, or more!
Below are the Calls I sold, and bought, to lock in profit.
10/28/30 – Sell to Open 10 PTON 11/6/20 $135.00 C @ $5.00 (+$5000)
10/29/20 – Buy to Close 10 PTON 11/6/20 $135.00 C @ $2.75 (-$2750)
Profit +$2250
10/28/20 – Sell to Open 10 PTON 11/6/20 $140.00 C @ $3.50 (+$3500)
10/29/20 – Buy to Close 10 PTON 11/6/20 $140.00 C @ $1.90 (-$1900)
Profit +$1600
Getting out of these positions locked in a profit of $3850. Now I want to see Peloton move back up and I get more Calls sold to expire next Friday. I love taking profit!
If you have any questions on this move send me an email.
Successful trading,
Steve
The Options Coach