Trade Alert - (AAPL) February 24, 2020

When John identifies a strategic exit point, he will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what security to sell, when to sell it, and at what price. Most often, it will be to TAKE PROFITS, but, on rare occasions, it will be to exercise a STOP LOSS at a predetermined price to adhere to strict risk management discipline.

Trade Alert - (AAPL) – STOP LOSS

SELL the Apple (AAPL) March 2020 $285-$295 in-the-money vertical Bull Call spread at $7.20 or best

Closing Trade

2-18-2020

expiration date: March 20, 2020

Portfolio weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 11 contracts

As much as I love Apple, the current meltdown is forcing me to reduce my overall risk. We are right at my strict limit of a 2% of capital stop loss.

Apple’s stores in the Middle Kingdom are closed, its factories shut down, and the customers are locked up in quarantine. It’s definitely not an environment to sell more iPhones.

I am therefore selling the Apple (AAPL) March 2020 $285-$295 in-the-money vertical Bull Call spread at $7.20 or best.

This was a bet that Apple (AAPL) would not trade below $295 by the March 20 option expiration day in 23 trading days.

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

Sell 11 March 2020 (AAPL) $285 calls at….....……….………$22.00

Buy to cover short 11 March 2020 (AAPL) $295 calls at….$14.80

Net Proceeds:……………………..…….......………..………….….....$7.20

Loss: $9.00 - $7.20= $1.80

(11 X 100 X $1.80) = $1,980 or 20.00%.

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

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Things to Keep in Mind

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