Trade of the Week (19 Aug 2022)

Last week I made a trade for a $210 (1.05%) gain on a $20K account when it expires at the end of the day today.  If I had been invested in a NASDAQ ETF, I would have had a loss of about 2% at noon today.

This week's trade of the week is a Put Credit Spread again. I'll sell 2 PUT options on NQX with a strike price of $2,480 and an expiration of 26 August.  At the same time, I'll buy 2 PUT options on NQX with a strike price of $2,430 and an expiration date of 26 Aug. This trade has a maximum gain of about $214 as long as NQX closes above $2,480 on Friday, 26 August, 2022. I made this trade in my account that has a cash balance of $20,000. I am only using half of my available cash so that I can fix the trade in the unlikely event that NQX happens to fall by 6.4% this week.

The trade discussed above is not a recommendation but is merely an account of what I may have executed in the past.