Subject: April 10, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

April 10, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

April 10th, 2015 at 1:36 pm EDT

April 10, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio These trades will get us set up for next week: BTC 3 COST APR2 15 152.5 calls (COST150410C152.5) for $.03 (no commission) STO 3 COST Apr-15 150 calls (COST150417C150) for $1.13 BTO 1 COST Oc ...

March 30, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

March 30th, 2015 at 10:03 am EDT

March 30, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We will collect some nice premium and remain solidly positive net delta: STO 1 COST APR2 15 152.5 call (COST150410C152.5) for $1.25 BTC 3 COST Apr-15 155 calls (COST150417C155)STO 3 COST Apr- ...

March 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

March 24th, 2015 at 11:51 am EDT

March 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The 150 short calls are too far in the money to be of much use. These trades will make us longer and increase theta: BTC 1 COST Apr-15 150 call (COST150417C150)STC 1 COST Jul-15 145 call (COST ...

March 20, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

March 20th, 2015 at 10:13 am EDT

March 20, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We need to get longer: BTC 2 COST APR2 15 148 calls (COST150410C148)STC 2 COST Jul-15 145 calls (COST150717C145) for a credit of $4.90 (selling a diagonal) BTC 4 COST Apr-15 150 calls (COST ...

March 13, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

March 13th, 2015 at 12:29 pm EDT

March 13, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio We have enough spare cash to add these spreads: BTO 2 COST Oct-15 150 calls (COST151016C150)STO 2 COST Apr2-15 148 calls (COST150410C148) for a debit of $4.08 (buying a diagonal) Be prepa ...

March 13, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

March 13th, 2015 at 12:28 pm EDT

March 13, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The time has come to get set up for the April expiration. We will sell some Apr2-15 weeklies because there are no strikes between 150 and 155 for the April series: BTC 4 COST MAR2 15 147.5 cal ...

February 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 24th, 2015 at 1:12 pm EDT

February 24, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We have spare cash we can put to work, and we can get a little longer as well: BTC 1 COST MAR2 15 147.5 call (COST150313C147.5)STO 1 COST MAR2 15 150 call (COST150313C150) for a debit of $1. ...

February 20, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 20th, 2015 at 3:50 pm EDT

February 20, 2015 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio We need to roll this over: BTC 2 COST Feb-15 147.5 calls (COST150220C147.5)STO 2 COST Mar2-15 147.5 calls (COST150313C147.5) for a credit of $2.45 (selling a calendar) Be prepared to ...

February 20, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 20th, 2015 at 12:09 pm EDT

February 20, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We will roll these to the Mar2-15 series because there are no March strikes available between 145 and 150: BTC 3 COST Feb-15 145 calls (COST150220C145)STO 3 COST Mar2-15 147.5 calls (COST150 ...

February 4, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 4th, 2015 at 9:53 am EDT

February 4, 2015 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio These trades will use our spare cash to give us more time for our long call and move to a higher strike: BTC 1 COST Feb-15 145 call (COST150220C145)STC 1 COST Apr-15 145 call (COST150417C145) ...