Realized Profit for the Week: $763

Option	Accounts (Position)
APH.TO 14SEP2018 14 P	+$375 CAD (-5)
MSFT 14SEP2018 103 P	+$216 USD (-2)
NVDA 14SEP2018 250 P	-$137 USD (7)
NVDA 14SEP2018 260 P	+$298 USD (-7)

I traded 5 option contracts for CAD @ $1.50 each.  Total commission:  $6.25 CAD

I traded 17 option contracts (including KHC) for USD.  Total commission: $9.75 USD

SOLD 5 $APH TSE Oct19'18 13 PUT @ 0.55

$APH.TO trading at $19.20

Last $APH.TO is about to expire worthless on Sept 14th, so I thought I'd open another one get more premiums.

If I had bought 500 shares $APH.TO when I first opened my last PUT option, I would have been up significantly more by $1500-2000 in paper gains.  I do have cash in my CAD account, but this is a risky play anyways.

Opened Bull Put Spread on $NVDA

$NVDA trading at $273.15.  
Opened $NVDA-$160P/$150P @ 0.23 expiry date Sep 14

Update 10:35am western time on Sept 13th: The day after I open my position, $NVDA took a big dip. But luckily, it recovered this morning.  One more day to expire... I hope $NVDA holds cuz anything can happen in a matter of a few trading hours.

Date	Open	High	Low	Close*	Adj Close**	Volume
Sep. 13, 2018	270.8600	275.0000	270.1700	272.8300	272.8300	5,300,666
Sep. 12, 2018	271.1900	271.9800	261.9200	268.2000	268.2000	10,470,900

Closed $KHC @ 0.87, profit $10.00

Today's Trades - Aug 27th

$AHP.TO trading at $15.88/share
SOLD 5 $APH.TO Sep14'18 14 PUT @CDE @ 0.75

$LMT trading at $324.38/share
SOLD 1 $LMT Dec21'18 345 CALL @ 4.35
I still have my assigned 100 shares from this post.  Sold 100 shares at realized profit of $692.91 on April 20th... but I had cover call on the last 100 shares that was after earnings and share prices drop dramatically.  I've been trying to get rid of 100 shares for a while, but my avg now for my assignment is $336.74 per share.  Hopefully, I can get rid of my shares by end of the year.  With selling this covered call, it will reduce my cost to $332.39/share by expiry date.

Realized Profits for the Week: $451.00

Positions opened in July 2018 to collect on premiums by selling PUTs.  Both expired worthless.

Option	Accounts (Position)
SBUX 17AUG2018 48 P	Realized $53 USD(-1)
TD 17AUG2018 74 P	Realized $150 CAD(-2)

I also realized $61 USD from BTO $SPY PUT as mentioned in previous post and $187.00 USD from BTO $MA CALL.  

Symbol		Trade Date/Time	Settle Date	Exchange	Type	Quantity	Price	Proceeds	Comm	Fee

MA 28SEP18 200.0 C

2018-08-15, 15:52:01

2018-08-16

NASDAQOM

BUY

1

5.9300

-593.00

-0.78

MA 28SEP18 200.0 C

2018-08-16, 13:39:46

2018-08-17

CBOE

SELL

-1

7.8000

780.00

-1.10

NVDA trade @ $256.34, STO $225P @ $2.46 expiry date Sept 21, 2018

8/9 $NVDA @ $256.34

Sell to Open Sept21 225p @ $2.46

Earnings Report on Aug 16th

In order for me to lose money, the stock would have to drop below $222.54 per share (13% drop from current trading price).

SPY trade @ $283.27, BTO $283P @ $2.35 expiry date Aug 31, 2018

Option Trade:

Buy to Open PUT strike @ $283 when $SPY was trading at $283.27 on August 3, 2018.  The premium I paid was $235.00 + commission of $0.71 with expiry date of August 31, 2018.  Cost of trade is $235.71.

Reason:  I am betting $SPY will go down at one point in August below $283, but time decay is of the essence.  The fast $SPY dips below $283, the quicker I can exit my trade with a gain.  Let's say by the end of the day $SPY goes down to $282... I can potential close my trade for $100 profit of the $235.00 I paid out.... Netting 43% on very little money gambled.  But if $SPY goes above to $284, I can potential close my trade for $100 loss as well.  It is very price sensitive... that is if I decide to cut my winnings or losses in a day.  But I bought 20 trading days to see the price fluctuate...


Update:  Aug 10th - blew my chance to get out with a $40 gain.  All week, I've been down of upwards of $100 loss... but I just never know when the market will turn... got another 3 weeks to see it burn.

Aug 13th - sold my $283 PUT when $SPY was trading at $282.23 per share for $59 profit, 25% gain.  Early morning hours, $SPY was trading above $283.00 and I was down $40.  This goes to show you how fast a trade can turn on you.  So I am making an exit before it rises again, but of course it always drops some more after I sold it. UGH.