Friday, September 23, 2011

9/23 Covered Calls

This daily posting tracks my covered call plays for October.

Four stocks in my stable of covered calls have continued Thursday’s decline, without retracement. They are COG, KEG, NOV and SPRD.

I’m presently carrying insurance -- out of the money long calls or puts -- on two covered-call stocks: HAL and KEG, and am looking at COG, NOV and SPRD as possible insurance candidates.

sym phase trend adx   200/50 40/10
CAR    
27
     
CNX    
31
     
COG    
18
     
CVI    
23
     
GMCR    
15
     
HAL    
39
     
JNJ    
27
     
KEG    
41
     
MCO    
19
     
NOV    
27
     
SPRD    
50
     
TKR    
19
     

Key

  • phase: 20-day price channel phase, with green for bull trend, red for bear trend and yellow for neutral trend.
  • trend: Price direction, green for higher highs and higher lows, red for lower highs and lower lows, yellow for neither.
  • adx: Average directional index location, indicating the strength, or the temperature, of the trend. Orange for 40 or greater, aqua (light blue) for 25 and up but below 40, magenta (light purple) for 20 and up but below 25, and brown for anything below 20. (Mnemonic: Orange for the overhead sun, blue for the surrounding sky, magenta for sunset on the horizon and brown for the earth.)
  • 200/50: The moving average cross, green for the 50-day ma above the 200, red for below and yellow for closely aligned.
  • 40/10: The moving average cross, green for the 10-day ma above the 40, red for below and yellow for closely aligned.

About my trading methods

Read a detailed explanation of my analysis method, including trading rules. These don't, at present, discuss my covered call strategy, which is under revision.

Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decision decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

The trader’s greatest sin is inaction. Sleeper, awake! Seize the Nietzchean moment. Roll out of bed and trade.

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