Category Archives: Plain Vanilla

New Transaction Added in PLAIN VANILLA

Bought shares of SY $30.71 BTO Sep 09 35 Put +$5.90 Total Investment $36.61 Guaranteed Return -$35.00 Total amount AT RISK $1.61 or 4.4% SY Sybase Inc. Buy to Open 400 @ $30.71 SYUG SY …Read More

Transaction Updated in PLAIN VANILLA

AAPEI AAP May 2009 45 CALL Sell to Open 3 @ $1.15 During our Thursday webinar I was getting excited to potentially close the Panera Bread IM #1 for a LOW premium to really lower …Read More

Transaction closed in PLAIN VANILLA

EQDEK SLGN May 2009 55 CALL Buy to Close 3 @ $0.90 Hey Gang! Looks like we have made a virtual buck ($1.00) so far on our EQDEK call on Silgan Holdings. We originally entered …Read More

New IM#1 for the SLGN RPM in PLAIN VANILLA

EQDEK SLGN May 2009 55 CALL Sell to Open 3 @ $1.90 During this afternoon’s webinar, Mike Chupka and I looked at our Plain Vanilla trades using the PowerOptions Portfolio tools. Initially, we saw that …Read More

New Income Method #1 in PLAIN VANILLA today

Okay, so here’s an adjustment to the “Plain Vanilla” PNRA RPM. “Plain Vanilla” means that for these trades I’m only showing Income Method #1: Selling a Covered Call.