We have reached the end of the old Trading Mentors program today with May (monthly) options expiration having arrived. Here is updates/adjustments to those trades before the close today. The two (2) positions we need to adjust/exit today are the covered call on NEM and the ratio spread on GOLD. The details for those adjustments are detailed below:
We want to “roll-out” our covered calls in NEM as follows:
Buy to close: NEM May 17th (monthly) 40.00 strike call
Sell to open:Â NEM June 21st (monthly) 45.00 strike call
Debit: 2.30 – order filledBuy to close: NEM May 17th (monthly) 42.50 strike call
Sell to open:Â NEM June 21st (monthly) 45.00 strike call
Credit: 0.10 – order filledExited our GOLD 1×3 call spread and then sold covered calls against the rest of our stock.
Sell to close: GOLD May 17th (monthly) 16.00 strike call (ratio of 1)
Buy to close: GOLD May 17th (monthly) 17.00 strike call (ratio of 3)
Debit: 0.44 – order filledSold covered calls against the remainder of our stock that doesn’t have any.
Sold to open: GOLD July 19th (monthly) 20.00 strike calls
Credit: 0.23Â – order filledThe following covered calls are very likely to expire OTM for a profit:
BRK-B May 17th (monthly) 440.00 calls
DKNG May 17th (monthly) 50.00 calls
MTCH May 17th (monthly) 42.50 calls
OXY May 17th (monthly) 70.00 calls
TMUS May 17th (monthly) 175.00 calls
Z May 17th (monthly) 42.50 callsThis will wrap up our old Trading Mentors program.
