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Trade Alert - (TLT) December 18, 2020 - TAKE PROFITS-EXPIRATION

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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.


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Trade Alert - (TLT) – EXPIRATION-TAKE PROFITS

EXPIRATION of the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) December 2020 $164-$167 in-the-money vertical Bear Put spread at $3.00 or best

Closing Trade

12-18-2020

expiration date: December 18, 2020

Portfolio weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 40 contracts

This options call spread does not expire until the end of today.

However, I have a record eight positions going into today's options spread expiration so I am going to start closing these out early so as not to overload you, or my back office.

As long as the (TLT) does not rise by more than $7.19 by the Friday close, the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) December 2020 $164-$167 in-the-money vertical bull call spread will expire at $3.00.

As a result, you get to take home $2,000 or 20.00% in 22 trading days. Well done and on to the next trade.

This has been a dream of a position because along with our other short position in bonds, it was a bet that bonds would neither go up OR down. That is exactly what has happened for the past two weeks, with the bond market flatlining, leaving the market dead in the middle between our strikes.

You don’t have to do anything with this expiration.

Your broker (are they still called that?) will automatically use your long position to cover your short position, canceling out the total holdings.

The entire profit will be credited to your account on Monday morning December 21 and the margin freed up.

Some firms charge you a modest $10 or $15 fee for performing this service.

With 2021 expected to be one of the strongest years for economic growth in history, there is no chance you’ll see a major rally in the US Treasury bond market from here.

The fundamentals of this trade are very simple. With the national debt already rising from a record $23 trillion to an eye-popping $30 trillion by the end of 2020, the US Treasury demands on the bond market are going to be incredible.

It is almost mathematically impossible for bond prices to rise substantially from here. They can only go sideways at best, or down big in the worst case. Sounds like a great short to me.

This was a bet that the (TLT) would not rise above $164.00 by the December 18 option expiration in 6 trading days. To lose money on this position ten-year US Treasury yields would have to approach 0.60%.

Here is the specific accounting you need to close out this position:

EXPIRATION of 40 December 2020 (TLT) $167 puts at……..……$10.19

EXPIRATION of short 40 December 2020 (TLT) $164 puts at……$7.19

Net Proceeds:………………….................……….………..………….….....$3.00

Profit: $3.00 -$2.50 = $0.50

(40 X 100 X $0.50) = $2,000 or 20.00% in 6 trading days.

 

 

The Fat Lady is Singing for the Bond Market

 

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