Trade Alert - (TLT) October 4, 2016

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Trade Alert - (TLT)- TAKE PROFITS

SELL the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) October, 2016 $141-$144 in-the-money vertical bear PUT spread at $2.90 or best

Closing Trade

10-4-2016

Expiration Date: October 21, 2016

Portfolio Weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 37 contracts

I love taking profits just ahead of a Non farm Payroll Report.

That allows me to cash in while ducking a substantial risk event.

In any case, we have captured 69.69% of the maximum potential profit in this position. It?s not worth running it for another 13 days just to capture the last 30%.

You?re making an 8.25% profit in 7 trading days on this trade. It?s not huge, but is certainly welcome when markets are trading in such incredibly narrow ranges.

This gives us dry powder with which to reestablish this position on the next bond market rally.

Well done and on to the next trade!

To see how to enter this trade in your online platform, please look at the order ticket below, which I pulled off of optionshouse.

If you are uncertain on how to execute an options spread, please watch my training video on ?How to Execute a Vertical Bear Put Spread? by clicking http://www.madhedgefundtrader.com/ltt-vbpds/

The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you. The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.

Don?t execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile on expiration months farther out.

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Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:

Sell 37 October, 2016 (TLT) $144 puts at????.???$7.90

Buy to cover short 37 October, 2016 (TLT) $141 puts at..?.$5.00
Net Cost:????????????????..??.?.....$2.90

Profit: $2.90 - $2.67 = $0.23

(37 X 100 X $0.23) = $851 or 8.25% in 7 trading days.