http://investingadventures.com Having Fun with Options Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:40:03 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html Daytrade only

]]> http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html/feed 3 http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/covered-xlu-short-2804.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/covered-xlu-short-2804.html#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:27:25 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/covered-xlu-short-2804.html Covered XLU short at 28.04.  My target was 27.50 but I don’t feel comfortable holding on for those last few cents.  6.5% gain on the trade.  Here’s  a quick status update on how I’ve traded thusfar.

 

Statistics
Stocks
Number of Shares	695
Win / Loss %	66.67%
Profit / Loss	$ 471.90
Options
Number of Contracts	2
Win / Loss	0.00%
Profit / Loss	$ (44.00)

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