Bank of America Spread Trade Closed at Stop Loss

The stop loss price point for the spread trade on Bank of America has been reached and the trade has ended. The trade was closed at $0.42 before fees and commissions. KDK Options is very grateful for the stop loss process and will now research for other trades. Having stop losses keeps KDK Options in business when it gets a trade wrong. Some reasons for the trade are below:

- Escalation of words between the US and North Korea

- Time left on trade shrinking to a point where probability of necessary move in either direction is low.

A spread trade with Japanese Yen ETF FXY (link here) is still open. 

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New Spread Trade in FXY (Japanese Yen)

For a fourth time this year, Japanese Yen ETF FXY has presented a spread trade opportunity. KDK Options purchased a Sept 1 $88.50 call option and a Sept 15 $85.00 put. The cost of the trade was $0.56 before fees and commissions. The goal of the trade is $1.50. Some reasons for the trade are below:

- Hitting the 200 and 50 day moving averages at the same time.
- Third possible top in range
- Bottom of range is $84.00
- Unresolved gap up to $90 still exists. 

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New Spread trade in Bank of America

A new spread trade in Bank of America has been started. An Aug 17 $23.50 put and Aug 25 $24.50 call were purchased. The trade cost $0.81 before commissions and fees. The goal of the trade is $1.50 before commissions and fees. This is the second Bank of America trade this year for KDK Options. Some of the reasons for the trade are below:

- 50% retracement from recent move up with rebound
- multiple points of resistance and support that can be broken


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FXY Spread trade closed for Profit

For the third time this year, KDK Options has executed a profitable trade with FXY. The trade closed at a price of $1.23 before fees and commissions. The trade started at $0.65 before fees and commissions (see post here). Some reasons for the trade are below:

- Stop price hit

- ECB and Japanese currency decision making coming up

Part of the profits will go directly to KeaneVCC's charity.

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Ford Spread Trade Closed Profit

The Ford spread trade was closed yesterday for a profit. The call was sold for $0.82 before fees and commissions. The cost of the trade was $0.58 before fees and commissions (the purchase post is here).

Some of the profit will go directly to KeaneVCC's charity.

Reasons for closing the trade are below:

- A stop price was hit.
- Potential active news coming up with earnings for GM on the 25th. With a profit already secured, the stop loss was moved up to ensure profit.
- short term resistance was met 

For disclosure purposes, KDK Fund, a partner of KDK Options, owns shares of Ford. 

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New Spread trade in FXY Yen

Hello

On Tuesday, KDK Options entered into a spread trade on the Yen ETF FXY. A purchase of an August 4 $85.00 call option and a July 28th $83.00 put option. The cost of the trade is $0.65 before fees and commissions. KDK Options has been successful before with FXY (June 10 trade here), (March 22 trade here).

The expectation is for the trade to reach $2.00. Some reasons for the trade are below

- Monetary policy is in the news with volatility rising

- The chart is saying the $84.00 price of FXY at the time of the trade was at a support level.

- This support level has been reached for a third time in recent months. FXY regularly has risen to $87.00 after hitting this point.

- If support is broken $ 81.00 is likely.


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New Spread trade in Ford

KDK Options has opened up a spread trade in Ford. A July 28th $11.00 call option and a July 21st $11.00 put option has been purchased. The cost of the trade was $0.55 before fees and commissions. The expectation is that the price will reach $1.25. A stop loss point has been entered. Some of the reasons for the trade are below.

Technical Side 

- Triple bottom at $11.00.
- Near term reverse head and shoulders filling out to upside.
The probably that the stock will move to either $12.00 or $10.00 is likely given these technical indications mentioned above. 

Fundamental Side

- Monthly auto sales released next week

- Quarterly earnings due near the end of the month

- First Quarterly earnings for new CEO

Disclosure - Our partner KDK Fund owns shares of Ford. 


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