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Option Trade of the Day - June Bonds


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3-22 June T-Bonds used the recent events in the Mid East and Far East as an excuse to digest the recent 6 month sell-off with a 50% Fibonacci retracement and now we are expecting the market to resume its downtrend.  Remember higher interest rates will translate into lower bond prices so we feel that this trade would be your best bet should that transpire.  Buy the June 120 put and sell the June 117 put as your covered short option; also sell the June 125 call as a naked option to collect enough premium to pay for the bear put spread.  This trade is at a cost of 8 tics or $125 without transaction costs.  So then between 120 and 125 (if the market doesn't go down) that's your risk, then above 125 you have unlimited risk like a futures contract.  The profit potential with the market at or below 117 would be $3,000 based on intrinsic value (no time value).  Happy Trading and Call me!

June Bond Chart

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Paul Brittain began his professional trading career as an option specialist in 1983 trading options on precious metals, and was on the front lines as options made their initial debut on the US Exchanges in the mid 1980’s. He honed his unique trading approach by working alongside many professional Wall Street traders on the NY exchanges.In addition to working hand-in-hand with customers, he has been managing brokerage firms and training brokers since early on in his career. Considered an expert in the field of commodity options, Paul has either been quoted in or contributed content to just about every major industry publication, both on paper and in the electronic media, as well as working alongside many of today’s most respected analysts in the industry on various trading panels and seminars.Realizing that a better trader made a better customer, he started publishing informative newsletters in the early 1990’s in an effort to better communicate as well as educate his clients. Over the years he started and still publishes the following trading recommendation newsletters: The Beast, The BMD and the Optionologist. In 2004 he started the online trading school, which is recognized and attended by students around the world.

Paul is currently managing WhiteHall Investment Management in Las Vegas.

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