Subject: February 17, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 17, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 17th, 2016 at 1:31 pm EST

February 17, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio We have become negative net delta: BTC 2 COST Feb-16 150 calls (COST160219C150)STO 2 COST Mar1-16 152.5 calls (COST160304C152.5) for a credit of $.43 (selling a diagonal) BTC 1 COST Feb- ...

February 12, 2016 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 12th, 2016 at 2:05 pm EST

February 12, 2016 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio If we sell one more call we will get enough cash to roll out a long 150 call to July: STO 1 COST Mar1-16 155 call (COST160304C155) for $1.23 BTO 1 COST Jul-16 150 call (COST160715C150) ST ...

February 12, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 12th, 2016 at 12:53 pm EST

February 12, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The stock is up today although not as much as we would like. However, we need to get some short calls in our portfolio and roll down to some lower strikes: STO 3 COST Feb-16 150 calls (COST ...

February 1, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

February 1st, 2016 at 10:15 am EST

February 1, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio As we discussed in the Saturday Report, we will collect some premium: BTO 1 COST Apr-16 155 call (COST160415C155)STC 1 COST Apr-16 160 call (COST160415C160) for a debit of $1.63 (buying a ve ...

January 29, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

January 29th, 2016 at 2:44 pm EST

January 29, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio After being down all morning, the stock has moved higher and this short call is now in the money: BTC 1 COST JAN5 16 150 call (COST160129C150)STO 1 COST Feb1-16 150 call (COST160205C150) for ...

January 22, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

January 22nd, 2016 at 11:49 am EST

January 22, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio With the stock up nicely today we can collect some premium: BTO 1 COST Apr-16 155 call (COST160415C155)STC 1 COST Apr-16 160 calls (COST160415C160) for a debit of $1.97 (buying a vertical) ...

January 21, 2016 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio

January 21st, 2016 at 3:21 pm EST

January 21, 2016 Trade Alert #2 - Rising Tide Portfolio We can sell a little more premium: STC 1 COST Apr-16 165 calls (COST160415C165) for $1.12 BTO 1 COST Apr-16 150 call (COST160415C150) STC 1 COST Apr-16 160 call (COST160415C160) for a deb ...

January 21, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio

January 21st, 2016 at 2:56 pm EST

January 21, 2016 Trade Alert - Rising Tide Portfolio The stock is up nicely today but still has a long way to go before we can sell some meaningful premium. We need at least some theta, however, and these trades will accomplish that: STC 2 COS ...