Subject: December 30, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 30, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 30th, 2015 at 11:14 am EDT

December 30, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The stock is moving higher while the overall market is down we should roll over before it gets too expensive to buy the expiring calls back: BTC 3 COST DEC5 15 162.5 calls (COST151231C162.5) ...

December 29, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 29th, 2015 at 10:28 am EDT

December 29, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We have become negative net delta: BTC 2 COST DEC5 15 160 calls (COST151231C160)STO 2 COST Jan2-15 162.5 calls (COST160108C162.5) for a debit of $.87 (selling a diagonal) BTC 2 COST DEC5 ...

December 24, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 24th, 2015 at 12:50 pm EDT

December 24, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio Cancel the earlier orders to sell new calls, and enter these trades in their place: BTC 2 COST Dec5-15 160 calls (COST151231C160) STO 2 COST Jan2-16 162.5 calls (COST160108C162.5) for a ...

December 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio – limit orders

December 24th, 2015 at 10:14 am EDT

December 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio limit orders If we can buy these back for our limits, we will get set up for next week: BTC 1 COST DEC4 15 165 call (COST151224C165) for a limit of $.01 (no commission)BTC 3 COST DEC4 15 167. ...

December 22, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 22nd, 2015 at 10:21 am EDT

December 22, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio Although the stock is not up as much as we would like, it is a lot higher than it was on Friday, and we can collect some nice premium and remain comfortably long: STO 6 COST DEC5 15 160 call ...

December 15, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 15th, 2015 at 10:00 am EDT

December 15, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The stock is up nicely so we can sell some calls: STO 3 COST Dec-15 162.5 calls (COST151218C162.5) for $1.64 BTC 1 COST DEC-15 170 call (COST151218C170) for $.10 STO 1 COST Dec4-15 165 call (C ...

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #3 - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 4th, 2015 at 3:02 pm EDT

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #3 - Rising Tide Portfolio We need to get longer: BTO 1 COST Apr-16 170 call (COST160415C170)STC 1 COST Apr-16 160 call (COST160415C160) for a credit of $5.75 (selling a vertical) BTC 3 COST Dec-15 165 calls (COS ...

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 4th, 2015 at 1:48 pm EDT

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio With the stock up so much we are in danger of becoming negative net delta; BTC 2 COST DEC2 15 165 calls (COST151211C165)STO 2 COST DEC2 15 167.5 calls (COST151211C167.5) for a debit of $1. ...

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 4th, 2015 at 11:31 am EDT

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio We have enough cash to add on a spread: BTO 1 COST Apr-16 170 call (COST160415C170) STO 1 COST Dec-15 170 call (COST151218C170) for a debit of $4.25 (buying a calendar) Be prepared to ...

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

December 4th, 2015 at 10:23 am EDT

December 4, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio These trades will get us set up for next week: BTC 1 COST DEC1 15 162.5 call (COST151204C162.5)STO 1 COST DEC2 15 165 call (COST151211C165) for a debit of $.52 (selling a diagonal) BTC 1 ...