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Re: LEAPS PP

Post by JayT » Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:56 pm

var wrote: prob the best way to do it set up ameritrade account...
Var, thanks for the suggestion.  Unfortunately that's not an option for me right now, so I will stick with Y! for a while.  Since it's only 3 calls I can also calculate returns manually once in a while.
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Post by AdamA » Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:08 pm

Here are the 2016 results:

12/30/15

TLT 7 Jan 2018 Calls $5544
SPY 3 Jan 2018 Calls $5251
GLD 5 Jan 2018 Calls $5488


1/3/2016

TLT $3616 -35%
SPY $7135 +36%
GLD $6347 +16%


Start Finish
$16,283 $17,098


Total $815 (gross 5%) *.15% (capital gains) = $693 (net 4.3%)


At one point this year the portfolio was up over 100%, when both gold and bonds more than doubled. Started to dip around August, and then really tanked after the election. Still had small gain though.

2013 2.7%
2014 62%
2015 -58%
2016 4.2%
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Re: LEAPS PP

Post by Kbg » Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:17 pm

I enjoy these updates. Thanks for posting them!
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Re: LEAPS PP

Post by buddtholomew » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:36 pm

AdamA wrote:Here are the 2016 results:

12/30/15

TLT 7 Jan 2018 Calls $5544
SPY 3 Jan 2018 Calls $5251
GLD 5 Jan 2018 Calls $5488


1/3/2016

TLT $3616 -35%
SPY $7135 +36%
GLD $6347 +16%


Start Finish
$16,283 $17,098


Total $815 (gross 5%) *.15% (capital gains) = $693 (net 4.3%)


At one point this year the portfolio was up over 100%, when both gold and bonds more than doubled. Started to dip around August, and then really tanked after the election. Still had small gain though.

2013 2.7%
2014 62%
2015 -58%
2016 4.2%
Hey AdamA, what are you learning from your results?
Sorry, haven't kept up with this thread for a while.
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Re: LEAPS PP

Post by AdamA » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:10 pm

buddtholomew wrote:

Hey AdamA, what are you learning from your results?
Sorry, haven't kept up with this thread for a while.
That the assets are volatile. ;)
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