Bought 10×100 Citigroup Nov 2010 $4 Call
C was down 5%. seeing good opportunity to buy a $4 November call for 18 cents for earning plays. C's earning on oct 18
Sold 150 shs of Marvell Technology (MRVL), covered 2×100 Jan 2011 MRVL $20 Call , shorted 200 shs of Marvell Technolgy (MRVL)
we were long 150 shs of MRVL while shorting a Jan 2011 $14 and $15 Put and a $20 Call.
today, it was reported that MRVL's chip being used in Research In Motion's PlayBook is buggy and its rumored that RIMM is replacing it with TXN's chip for the 2nd gernation playbook.
MRVL has reached double top at $18 and we believe it could turn back downwards.
We closed out long stock position and the short call.
Sold MRVL @ $16.71 : P&L +$300
Covered MRVL Jan 2011 $20 Call @ $0.35 : P&L + $73
on top of that, we have just shorted 200 shs at $16.70
Sold Mylan (NYSE: MYL) Oct10 $18 Straddle @ $1.10
P&L : $100
Sold KB Home (NYSE:KBH) 10×100 Nov2010 $11/$12 Call Spread for net credit of $0.53
Bought 10×100 $18 October 2010 Straddle Mylan (MYL) @ $1.00
betting on the 3Q pre-earning run . vol level is reasonable at 21.8
Sold 350 shs of Marvell Technology @ $17.09, covered 5 Oct $17 Call, finance by shorting 2×100 Jan2011 $14 Put, 2×100 Jan2011 $15 Put, and 2×100 Jan2011 $20 Call
P&L for Cash : $833
Cost of Covering $17 Sept Call : 0.97 x 500 = $485
Amount received for finance : 0.73 x 200 + 0.90 x 200 + 0.64 x 200 = $454
Did a Forward and Up Roll for MRVL: Covered 5×100 Sept 2010 $16 Call & Shorted 5×100 Oct 2010 $17 Call at debit $0.10
Marvell Technology could go higher on takeover speculations.
We would like to capture more gains by covering our Sept $16 call and forward up rolled it into a Oct $17 call.
net cost 10 cents
Shorted 100 shs of AMD at $6.00. Full delta hedge on our Sept/Oct $7 Calendar Put Spread
ANF gross margin dropped 150 bps.. We sold our 5×100 Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF) Aug10 $39 Put at $4.00
ANF annouced its earnings earlier this morning.
EPS is 24 cents vs consensus of 16 cents
however, gross margin fell by 150 bps, and inventory cost up 47%
that's enough to drive the share down 9% …
its now down 7% and we took profit on our straddle by selling the put @ $4.00
the call is now almost worthless so we will just leave expire to save some commission or in case anything magical that might drive the share up again.
Realized P&L on the $39 Put : + $1055
Unrealized P&L on the $39 Call : - $790
Buy-Write 500 shs / 5×100 covered call on Marvell Technology
We bought 500 shs of MRVL at 14.70 and sold 5×100 Sept10 $16 Call at $0.35.max profit $825
