Friday, January 31, 2014

Options Trade - Caterpillar (CAT)



Caterpillar beat earnings in the last quarter and the stock had a nice pop.  I decided to take advantage and close out my put I had sold.  With the pending debt ceiling and some weakness in the markets, I thought this was a good opportunity to close out.

The original trade:

10/24/13 Sold 1 CAT May 17 '14 $82.50 Put @ 5.03; posted here

Closing trade:

01/31/14 BTC 1 CAT May 17 '14 $82.50 Put @ 1.22

I earned $381 in options premiums from this trade in only 3 months.

I currently have 10 open options positions. 


My options page has been updated accordingly.

4 comments:

  1. Great move AAI. Options money is some of the best, provided you understand what you're doing. You clearly do. Bravo
    -Bryan

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    1. FW,

      Thanks, I figured it was a good time to take some money off the table with CAT and put it to use somewhere else. I made a big profit last year with a relatively small account so options are certainly going to stay as a compliment to my DG portfolio.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Nice move on the CAT put. Looks like you're up to your old tricks. I STO 2 puts today one on PM and one on KO. Even if they're put to me the entry prices will be pretty good, but I expect I'll close these out early.

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    1. Nice job, I'll check your page for those trades. I have three open already for KO and have been looking for the right entry on a PM put. That's the great thing about sticking to stocks we want to own anyways, either way things turn out could be good.

      Cheers

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