Last week I bought 200 shares of U.S. Steel (X) at $23.82 and sold a 2 contract $24 Call. I was not assigned. X is up today and I was just filled on another $24 Call. I sold 2 X 6/25/21 $24 Call for a premium of 75¢ for $150. Sell to Open 2 […]
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Results Week Ending 6/18/21
I’m happy with this week in spite of the horrible Friday session. Had a very nice Grasshopper week along with a great overall week. Read more…
Another Grasshopper Trade with U.S. Steel
I Just bought another 200 shares of U.S. Steel at $23.82 and sold a 1 day Call for a 2% premium. I own 400 shares of X. All the steel stocks are down big today. I’m not a big fan of averaging down with the buying of more shares of a falling stock. But after […]
Sold Grasshopper SKLZ Short Call/Sold NVDA Long LEAPS
Sold a Grasshopper 2 contract Call with Skillz (SKLZ) against previously owned stock. And sold a 1 contract long LEAPS I owned with Nvidia (NVDA). I bought 200 shares of SKLX on 6/7 and sold a Call. I was not assigned. Today I sold another Call. The stock dropped a little so I went out […]
Grasshopper Trades with Palantir & Occidental Petroleum
I made 2 option trades with shares previously owned. I bought 200 shares of Palantir (PLTR) yesterday but couldn’t get a Call sold with the premium I wanted. Today I settled on a 55¢ premium. This is a return of 2.2%. Palantir 6/14/21 – Buy 200 PLTR @ $25.00 6/15/21 – Sell to Open […]
Grasshopper Trade with Contextlogic
Made a 2 contract In-the-Money Covered Call trade with Contextlogic (WISH). Buy 200 Shares WISH @ $11.46 Sell to Open 2 WISH 6/18/21 $11.00 C @ $1.50 (+$300) This is another stock with monthly options. WISH was on the option’s Unusual Activity list so I decided to make a trade. I did an […]
At-the-Money Grasshopper Covered Call with 3D Systems
I just bought 200 Shares of 3D Systems (DDD) at $29.50 and sold 2 6/18/21 $29.50 Calls for a premium of $1.25. Buy 200 Shares DDD @ $29.50 Sell to Open 2 DDD 6/18/21 $29.50 C @ $1.25 (+$250) I could have went with the $30 Call because I think the stock is […]
CORRECTION
In my post “Deep In-the-Money Covered Call with Churchill Capital” I posted that I sold a Call with the Strike Price of $13.50. The correct Strike Price is $23.50. I’m sorry I hit the 1 and not the 2. The correct trade is below. Buy 1000 Shares CCIV @ $24.50 Sell to Open 10 […]
In-the-Money Grasshopper Trade
I just made an In-the-Money Grasshopper Trade with Workhorse (WKHS). Click on the post title to read more. Buy 200 Shares WKHS @ $15.60 Sell to Open 2 WKHS 6/18/21 $15.00 C @ $1.40 (+$280) I bought the stock at $15.60 and sold the $15 Call. If assigned I’ll lose 60¢ on the stock […]
Deep In-the-Money Covered Call with Churchill Capital
This is a Master Trade. I do not think Grasshoppers should be messing around with Churchill Capital (CCIV). I did a Deep In-the-Money Call to try to get assigned and make a quick 2%. Buy 1000 Shares CCIV @ $24.50 Sell to Open 10 CCIV 6/18/21 $23.50 C @ $1.50 (+$1500) If this […]