Week's (Aug 24-28) Metrics and Notes (Disney, Gold, more)

 Here are some metrics and notes on this week's trading. 

Metrics

Date Entry	Security	Type	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract / Share Result
8/21/20	IAU	Aug 28 $19.50 Call	$0.08	8/28	$0.00	-$0.08
8/24	DIS	Sep 4 $150 Call	0.09	8/27	0.17	$0.08
8/24	JETS	Aug 28 $18.50 Call	0.09	8/27	0.1	$0.01

Notes

- The gold trade was made expecting a rebound or similar action from the week before. 

- The JETS (airline ETF) was a play off of a rebound 

- The Disney trade was a trend play with enough time value. 

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Week's (Aug 17-21) Metrics and Notes

 Here are the week's metrics and notes. 

Metrics

Date Entry	Security	Type	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract / Share Result
8/17/20	IAU	Aug 21 $19.50 Call	$0.08	8/18	$0.10	$0.02

Notes

- The IAU Gold trade was a speculative trade on the rise of prices in gold. 

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New Spread Trade In Gold

A new spread trade in gold etf IAU has been made. An Oct 18 $14.50 put and call were purchased for $0.48 before fees and commissions. The expectation is that the trade will reach $1.00. Stop loss pricing has been installed. A previous trade with IAU can be found here.  Reasons for the trade can be found below. We also have a spread trade going on with Jet Blue (link here).

- Continued increased Federal Reserve activity in the repo market
- Gold's second try at high of range (likely a breakout of breakdown)
- Political volatility
- Corporate earnings due in a couple of weeks


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Call Trade in Gold ETF IAU Sold For Profit

The call trade in the Gold ETF IAU has been closed for a profit. The calls were sold (at the stop price) for $0.38 before fees. Allocations to taxes, charity, and investors have been made.The post to the original post can be found here. Reason(s) for the trade are below. On to the next trade!

 - Stop price hit
- Time to expiration running low



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New Call Trade in Gold ETF IAU

A new trade in the Gold ETF IAU has been made. Aug 23rd $14.00 call options were purchased for $0.24 each before fees. Stop pricing has been instituted. The expectation is for the the trade to reach $1.00 before fees. Reason(s) for the trade are below.

- Technical breakout
- Heavy currency battles going on
- Central Banks are very active


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