As the new year approaches, and the 2nd anniversary of my LEAP Strangle strategy implementation I am starting to record the results great and not-so-great as the first batch -2015- are due to expire. With the opening of the 2017 Leaps this Fall, almost all Calls and Puts have been rolled (Out, up and Down).
Today's rollout was on Ford (F) which was bought in January 2013 - 23 months ago:
Cost: 200 shares at $13.69 : $2738
Profit from dividends and options: $1330
Current Price $15.83: $3166
Profit if closed out: $1276, or 46.4%
Instead I rolled out both Puts and Calls for $214 and $268, respectively- another $482. So if F stays UNCH until January 2017, profit is $1758 or 64% over 4 years, or 16%/year with no monitoring or fine-tuning.
The best part is the safety net provided by funds brought in: there would be no loss unless F dropped below $7/share (dividends included).
Not so profitable have been my mistaken positions into Gold and Energy, which still have time to play out as they are rolled down and out.
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