Subject: December 20, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 20, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 20th, 2013 at 10:27 am EST

December 20, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio Selling a call will get theta to a positive number: STO 1 COST JAN2 14 119 call (COST140110C119) for $1.53 Be prepared to change this price limit by $.05 or more in order to get an execution. Hap ...

December 12, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio – LIMIT ORDERS

December 12th, 2013 at 7:08 am EST

December 12, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio LIMIT ORDERS We can start getting set up for next month. We will use the Jan2-14 weekly options because they are exactly 4 weeks out and offer strikes at every dollar increment whereas the Jan-14 ...

December 6, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 6th, 2013 at 7:22 am EST

December 6, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio These trades will increase theta and give us a little more flexibility when we roll over the short calls next week: BTC 1 COST Dec-13 130 call (COST131221C130) for $.09 BTO 2 COST Apr-14 120 c ...

December 4, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 4th, 2013 at 9:14 am EST

December 4, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The stock is looking weaker and we can pick up a little more decay: BTC 1 COST DEC2 13 127 call (COST131213C127)STO 1 COST DEC2 13 123 call (COST131213C123) for a credit of $1.18 (selling a vertica ...

December 3, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 3rd, 2013 at 4:53 am EST

December 3, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We should pick up a little theta: BTC 1 COST DEC2 13 129 call (COST131213C129)STO 1 COST DEC2 13 124 call (COST131213C124) for a credit of $1.15 (selling a vertical) BTC 2 COST DEC2 13 128 calls ( ...

November 25, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

November 25th, 2013 at 6:21 am EST

November 25, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio There is little reason to wait any longer to roll out our short calls: BTC 1 COST NOV5 13 124 call (COST131129C124)STO 1 COST DEC2 13 128 call (COST131213C128) for a debit of $1.15 (selling a diag ...

November 21, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

November 21st, 2013 at 9:30 am EST

November 21, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio This might be a good time to roll out the short calls that expire tomorrow: BTC 3 COST NOV4 13 126 calls (COST131122C126) for $.04 (no commission) STO 2 COST DEC2 13 126 calls (COST131213C126) fo ...

November 15, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

November 15th, 2013 at 8:54 am EST

November 15, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio These trades will get us set up for next month. We are selling some Dec2-13 calls because additional strike prices are available which are not available in the regular December series: BTC 1 COST ...

November 6, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

November 6th, 2013 at 11:10 am EST

November 6, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio Costco has made a nice run today. There is hardly any time premium remaining in the Nov-13 120 short calls so we should roll to higher strikes and add a new spread on: BTC 2 COST Nov-13 120 calls ( ...

November 1, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

November 1st, 2013 at 9:38 am EST

November 1, 2013 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio There is essentially no time premium remaining in the 115 short calls. Selling the Nov5-13 weekly call will allow us to pick a strike that is not available in the regular monthly option series: BTC ...