Author: The Options Coach

Today I sold 50 shares of Apple (AAPL). I’m not sure what the profit is but I did sell at a profit. I’ve been buying AAPL 5 and 10 shares at a time for a long time and accumulated 150 shares. I bought the shares at all different prices ranging from $153 per share and […]

Way back on August 23rd, 2017 I bought 100 shares of PayPal (PYPL). I just sold these shares. I still really like the company so let me explain why I sold. The last few years, while coaching basketball, my trading slowed a bit because of time dedicated to coaching. While coaching, with my trading curtailed, […]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is on the move today. Instinet raises Price target to $37 from $33. Instinet is an institutional, agency-model broker that also serves as the independent equity trading arm of its parent, Nomura Group. It executes trades for asset management firms, hedge funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and pension funds. I have […]

Earlier today I placed 3 separate orders to sell (3) different 10 contracts Calls. All of these Calls were with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to form a position I call a “Triple Play Hedge.” I was filled on all of my orders while I was not home. I was actually driving my car and I […]

I am out of my house and not monitoring my computer. Before I shut down my computer I placed 3 orders to sell 3 options against 1000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). I call this strategy a “Triple Play Hedge.” At the moment I’m driving to Fiore’s Pizza (my pizza joint) and I just […]

I just bought more shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). I now own 2000 shares! On 4/3/19 I bought 800 shares of AMD at $29.50. On 4/8/19 I bought an additional 200 shares at $28.90. At this point I owned 1000 shares at an average price of $29.38. Please note, on my “Active Trades/Current Positions” […]

Earlier today I sold 100 shares of Netflix (NFLX). In that post I gave my reasons for selling the shares and I said I would probably be back in NFLX very soon. Well I’m back in! If you want to be an options trader this post is very important. Read more…

Back on 11/1/18 I bought 100 shares of Netflix (NFLX). Today I sold the shares making a nice profit. This is a huge weekend with the G20 going on in Japan. Will we get a deal with China? Will we get a partial deal? How will the meeting with Putin go? Let’s not forget the […]

This was another 1 trade week, but it was a good one! Back on May 6th I bought 300 shares of RH (RH) at $105. I only owned the stock for a day or 2 and the stock pulled back into the middle 90’s. I think this pull back was caused by the fact that […]

This week I only have 1 trade to report. But today I’m also reporting last weeks results, week ending 6/7/19. Plus, I sold a Call on 300 shares of RH I own. I’m sorry for the tardiness, the beginning of the summer has been very busy. In addition to getting work done around the house, […]