Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Bonus Trade - C

Today I entered a trade on C for the long haul.  It seemed like an interesting play, with minimal risk.  The biggest risk of course, is that Citi goes out of business, but I took an appropriately sized position so I'm okay with that.  Anyway, here's the trade.

Bought JAN 2010 12.50 Calls for .17
Sold APR 2009 3.00 Calls for .18

That's right... I recieved more credit for the 10 days of time premium than the LEAP cost me.  If Citi closes at expiry (10 days) for less than $3, I will own the 2010 LEAPS for free.  In the case C is over $3 I will roll them up for a credit and keep doing that until I either hit the $12.50 and get called out, or the credit expires worthless.  Pretty low risk, and easy to manage.

Good Trading...

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