Apple Stock – How To Handle A Failing Credit Put Spread – Investor Questions

The past several days with stocks pulling back, many investors are watching their trades anxiously. Today an investor emailed regarding his problems with his Apple Stock Credit Put Spreads. Let’s look first at his positions and then see what can be done to assist this losing credit put spread.

Here are the credit put spread positions in Apple Stock he set up:

Bought June 9 2014 – 25 Apple Stock June 27 expiry $85.71 put for .23 cents = $575.00 – cost for the long puts
Sold June 10 2014 – 25 Apple Stock June 27 expiry $90.71 put for .57 cents = $1425.00 – income earned on short puts

Income before commissions = .34 cents X 25 contracts = $850.00

Capital At Risk: $12,500.00

Trade Potential 6.8%

Teddi, I am down 46%… what are my options? I have a lot of cash to roll if need – $103,000.00. 136k in option buying power. Thanks

My Answers:

Often it is not a matter of applying more cash to the trade but understanding first what went wrong and then correcting the error for the next trade. Then fix the trade that is failing. Let’s understand how to approach this problem by starting by learning the errors made so they are not repeated. There were 5 main errors in this trade which set the trade up for potential problems. By correcting these errors on future trades this will go a long way to improving the odds of a winning trade.

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