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Two quick trades to update this week.
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The first trade was on for 9 trading days, the second for just 7. Gotta love quick trades and profits!Â
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This week:
$62 profit in Apple (AAPL)
$80 profit in Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)
$62 profit in AAPL
AAPL had a little down move at the beginning of October, which provided a nice opportunity to initiate a position.Â
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I sold a cash-secured put at the $205 strike, expiring Nov 1, and received $122 premium up front.Â
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However with earnings coming up at the end of the month, I was a little more cautious about the risk of holding this trade through earnings, and provided a little more context as to why I wanted to take this off for a profit early.Â

Ultimately the trade went according to plan, and it hit my 50% profit target just 9 trading days later.Â
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I paid $60 to buy back the position, which led to $62 in realized profit (or 51% of max profit). Â

I think it's really important to go into any trade with a strategy and one eye on things that could go wrong, in this case the potential for the trade to go past earnings.Â
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That then informs my ideal way of handling the trade, as well as any plans I may need to fall back on in case things don't go according to plan.Â
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AAPL has done pretty well in my portfolio so far, with $794 in realized profits across 8 trades so far in 2024 (all wins). Â
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If you'd like to check out my private community for updates within my real options portfolio, check out the link below.Â
$80 profit in DKS
Similar to the AAPL trade, on Oct 7 DKS presented a nice opportunity but it's been volatile all year and I did not want to hold this for too long.Â
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I sold a cash-secured put at the $175 strike expiring Nov 15 and received $155 in premium up front.Â
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With the mindset of being more conservative on this trade, I entered my closing trade for 50% of max profit, and just left it to work in the background.Â
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That target was hit just 7 trading days later on Oct 15.Â
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I paid $75 to close the position, leading to $80 realized profit (52% of max profit)

And there you have it, 2 quick trades with relatively quick profits.Â
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October is shaping up to be a great month for options. I'm pushing the October monthly update back a week because there's another trade I want to share, but in the meantime you can check out September's profits with $1,373 profit across 7 trades at the link below.
Closing thoughts & useful links
We had a bit of a choppy week in the markets, though it looks like the upward trend is set to continue.Â
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Earnings did provide the catalyst for a couple of trades in PG & KO, and I'm looking forward to sharing them with you once profits are in.Â
Have a good weekend!
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