Monday, March 25, 2013

Options Trade - BBVA

I originally sold sold 2 BBVA calls on January 11th.  I sold 2 Jan 18 '14 BBVA $10 Calls @ 1.40.  You can find that post here.

Shares of BBVA traded down to near $9 today so I decided to close out the Calls for a profit.  So I bought-to-close 2 Jan 18 BBVA '14 $10 Calls @ .70.

I earned a profit of $140 before commissions in about 2 1/2 months.  If BBVA continues down I may look to sell more puts.  If BBVA heads back over $10/share then I will probably sell more calls.

BBVA continues to by my speculative banking play and is one of the banks I use locally.  I do like the company long-term as they give nice international exposure.  BBVA also has a nice yield of about 6% currently.  I've done really well trading this stock and plan to keep trading as the market allows.

My total yearly profit from options is $1318.  I now have 15 open options and my options tab has been updated here.

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