October 5, 2011 – Entire hedge closed

Sold entire position (1173 shares) of SH @ $45.90.

Profit: $5,221.55.

As of now the only thing that is open is my SPY position.

Watch price tank now that I’ve closed out my short position. lol.

There was no real reason I sold it now other than I was happy with locking in $5,000 of profit right now. I have no idea if price is going to go up or down in the future. If it goes up, awesome. If it goes down then whoops I should’ve held onto the SH longer. I may buy more if SPY goes up.

10/5:

SPY -$51,984.00
hedge closed

Net for this trade:

-$51,984.00 (unrealized)
$1,223.60 (realized)
$2,931.69 (realized)
$1,129.72 (dividend)
$3,561.93 (estimated dividend)
$5,221.55 (realized)
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-$37,915.51

 

October 3, 2011 – Order to sell entire SH position

Put in a stop order to sell my entire SH position (1173 shares) at $44.90 which will be $4,055.55 before commission.

SH is currently at 46.91 but I want to lock in at least $4,000.

The next buy will occur if SPY hits $105 at which point I will begin buying SSO since it’s cheaper per share and double weighted which means I can get the same dollar movement for less of an investment than it would take me with SPY.

10/3:

SPY -$77,577.00
hedge $7,339.95

Net for this trade:

-$70,237.05 (unrealized)
+$1,223.60 (realized)
+$2,931.69 (realized)
+$1,129.72 (dividend)
+$3,561.93 (estimated dividend)
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-$61,390.11