Category Archives: Mini Account Trades

I got wind that Proshares was going to do a 10 to 1 reverse split on UYG so I wasn’t looking forward to going from 200 shares to 20 which would leave me covered call less so I sold 200 … Continue reading →

I picked up 200 shares of UYG in my mini account for $7.95 and sold 2 contracts for November $8 strikes @ $1.40 to rake in about 18% ($260) today.    I think UYG may drop further but I’m comfortable holding … Continue reading →

I finally caved in and bought 100 shares of UYG at $10.08 and sold the October $10.00 strike for $1.05.   This will represent a 10% return if I don’t get called or a 9.5% return if I do get assigned … Continue reading →

I picked up 200 hundred shares of DDM earlier today in my mini-account at $77.80 and sold 2 contracts for June $78 strikes for $2.60 to rake in $530 today! That represents a 3.3% return in under 31 days! ETF … Continue reading →

I closed my positions in DDM and DDMEZ today. I bought back my DDMEZ options for $1.55 and had previously sold them for $1.90. I sold DDM at $79.12 where I had purchased at $77. Overall I made 3% with … Continue reading →

I’m on a mission to prove that leveraged ETF’s might be the only ETF you need to own. In particular, the Dow 30 leveraged ETF is one that I’ve decided to try to exclusively trade in my mini-account. I picked … Continue reading →

In keeping with my new Double Long/Double Short ETF investment strategy, I picked up 200 shares of DDM at $74.60 and sold April $75 calls for $2.05 to rake in about $400 (2.75%) return with two weeks till April expiry. … Continue reading →

Raked in $700 in my mini account today as I did a buy/write on Dow Double Long (DDM) and sold in-the-money calls DDMCT for March expiry. Bought 200 DDM @ $72.30 and Sold 2 DDMCT @ $3.60. If I get … Continue reading →

I sold off UNG at $41.92 for a small profit.  I’m moving my mini-account back to cash because I’m going to experiment with my double down theory.  I’ll write more about that later and keep you posted. This website is … Continue reading →