Bought 20 options & paid .40 for the 423's for example...I sold 50% (10 ops) at $4.59, then later sold 25% (5 ops) at $5.30...today I sold the last 25% (5 ops) at $8.00...
Each option controls 100 shares
So 423 calls 20 bought x100 controlled x 0.40 cost me=$800 10 ops sell =$2789 (10x100x2.78) 5 ops sell= $2650 (5x100x5.30) 5 ops sell=$4,000 (5x100x8.00) Total profit on the 423 QQQ calls alone=$9439 Long story short, my $800 for 423 calls sold for $9439 ($8,639 profit)
I had 20 of each 420, 421, 422 & 423...I didn't price the 421-422 publicly...I just did a thru 423...since I only posted thru 423, I'll do the math on the 420s here:
So 420 calls 20 bought x100 controlled x 1.40 cost me=$22800 10 ops sell =$4590 (10x100x4.59) 5 ops sell= $3700 (5x100x7.40) 5 ops sell=$5375 (5x100x10.75) Total profit on the 423 QQQ calls alone=$11,690 Long story short, my $2800 for 420 calls sold for $13,665 ($10,865 profit)
same math for the 421 & 422's total profits around $38k on $7500 investment in 2 days...now you know why I was excited...
but crazy part is if I had held instead of selling 50%, 25% & 25% on the way up...I'd be up closer to $100k profit today...but I have learned take profits on ops...I 100% nailed my prediction for market & wish I'd held, but can't complain about these profits:
Read that post & time I posted it (wed night), a dead on PERFECT market call!
I did notice I flip flopped the prices of the ops on my posts yesterday...just change out & price is correct, just priced to the wrong ops...my bad, I was just so excited lol
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