Winner: 24.26% Gain On MSFT Calls
Momentum, Long/Short Equity, Short-Term Horizon
Seeking Alpha Analyst Since 2009
ChartMasterPro is a trading service which focuses both on the fundamental and technical analysis of stocks and equity markets. I use a proprietary trading model to trade Call and Put Options on US equities. I've been trading options for 15 years and have made all the trading mistakes that could possibly be made, but as Winston Churchill once said: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." And by the way, the name is John, John DiCecco. I'm excited to announce that I now offer a MarketPlace service in partnership with SeekingAlpha called The Options Trader - if you like trading options, check it out.
Summary
- Bought the MSFT 20NOV20 190 call options at $16.90 on Sep 18.
- Sold the calls on Sep 24 at $21.00 for a gain of 24.26% on the trade.
- 3% portfolio allocation.
I bought the calls when the share price dropped below the Lower Limit Line of the linear regression model on Sep18 - this is extremely rare for this stock and suggests a pending bounce in the share price.
The shares did rebound on Sep 21 and Sep 22 - I was tempted to lock in a 40% gain on the trade on Sep 22 but decided to hang on as the bullish momentum looked strong. But on Sep 23 the shares dropped 3.29%.
On Sep 24 the shares ralled back but were up against resistance at the Lower Limit Line - so I decided to lock in my gains on the trade.
The shares rallied again on Sep 25 but still seem to be in the process of hammering out a bottom at around the $205 level. My next trade on MSFT will be to buy more calls.
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