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Hi Denis, I have discussed this topic quite a few times in the past. It really comes down to a personal choice. Most of the markets tend to follow the same percentages but often the Dow and the NASDAQ will have a bit wider daily swings. The S&P represents 500 stocks. Their “basket” is bigger so it is somewhat less volatile. Either should work for you. I have used the SDOW and UDOW for so long I feel like they are good friends. As to safety, these are all Ultra products and have about the same safety level in each. Take care.
The problem is know what constitutes the best 10 days of the year as they tend to fluctuate otherwise most people would invest for just those 10 days. This is like the theory of the best six months of the year. Stats show you are better off staying in the market for the best 6 months and then move out for the remaining 6 months. Everyone has a theory of what works best. It is better to invest within your comfort zone.
The $123 might be a bit high. Keep an eye and possibly close early if the stock pulls back. The support line at present in Apple is back at the $120 level. The $123 level can be reached easily by the stock in a day as the stock tends to move around quite a lot. Just my opinion.
I will write this up for you. The Apple trades have been spectacular this year.
Yes I live in London but I winter in Florida and I have visited a lot of the world including a 6 month trip to Australia in 1980. It was wonderful but I like snow so there was just not enough snow for me. LOL.
My webbrokers provide all the information I use for my trades and analysis.
Here is my trade alert this morning in DuPont Stock as I sold the $70 put strike for April 17. I did just 3 naked puts. https://www.fullyinformed.com/members/trade-alert-dupont-stock-dd-for-mar-26-2015/
It comes down to your goal. Some people look at stock that has declined as a “rental property”. As long as it is paying them, then they tend not to be very concerned.
DuPont has a good chance to break to new lows so take on small positions only, in my opinion. I would like to see the candlesticks turn sideways first to indicate at least a stall in the sell-off and then sell puts and buy some shares.
I tend to not transfer an entire account but I do it by trades, or sometimes I wait for the trade to end and then do the transfer either in kind on just shares or with only capital. There are so many issues that cannot get resolved easily that I prefer to not leave too much to chance. If I make the transfer extremely simply they have no problems doing it.
Some companies the PE is not the right way to analyze them. Bristol-Myers Squibb Stock needs to be analyzed by the chart pattern, management team and revenue. All of them continue to point to a decent trading pattern.
You are most welcome. I will start posting more strategies on how to handle naked calls that turn against the investor. That should also help but a lot of investors worry about naked calls when with the right strategy they can earn strong profits and protect their capital in use.
Good trade on the naked calls. Yes, don’t leave the calls open for pennies unless you have no other place to get your capital working. Great trade Amy
If I could also offer a suggestion – stay away from small caps. Build your portfolio in strength with big caps amd watch the commodity type stocks. I prefer Exxon as one of the few commodity type stocks I trade.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Stock has been an excellent performer but has further to fall. Take it slow would be my advice when moving into Bristol-Myers Squibb Stock.
Roll out and down to $31.50 and then sideways for income until eventually either the stock recovers or you end up out of the money when the stck moves back up.
On naked calls I only sell them on stocks I would own. So for example with YUM stock I would pick up shares and turn the naked calls into covered calls. Then move those calls lower to be sure the stock doesn’t leave you hanging if it pulls back a bit. You can of course also sell the shares if you bought them at the strike point and they stock does not go higher. There are a lot of simple strategies for handling naked calls. Probably as mnay as for handling naked puts.
Cheaper through Facebook apparently and easier. Have you tried the E transfer through banks plus a lot of people really hate paying the banks more. If I was in Facebook on my computer and had to quickly send $10.00 and it didn’t cost me a thing or 10 cents, I would certainly do it. Paying a bank $1.50 for $10 or even $100 is ridiculous in my opinion. I prefer sending for 10 or 20 cents.
Here you go. I did two different trades. A roll down and I will be accepting some shares. https://www.fullyinformed.com/members/trade-alert-and-update-roll-out-or-assignment-what-to-do-seagate-stock-mar-20-2015/