Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Buy XRT (sell puts)

Buy XRT via selling Mar 53 puts, XRT @57.3 (Retailer ETF). Another beautiful break out from a base chart pattern, though it has run a bit already. 53 is the breakout level, so that makes me a buyer on a pull back. With so many positions approaching delta zero, I am adding some bullish stock market exposure for March. I am still hedged vs. a severe down move in the overall stock market with a vertical put spread on SPY (long Mar 114 puts, short Mar 107 puts).

Long APC BRKB IWM SPY TBT XRT
* long AAPL AMZN EEM
* short GDX
* delta is near zero on these positions

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