Special Alert: Trimming Back our Amazon Call Position

Special Alert: Trimming Back our Amazon Call Position

 

KEY POINTS FROM THIS SPECIAL ALERT:

 

Earlier this morning, we posted a special alert to Tematica Investing, which digests all the data coming out Thanksgiving weekend, the official kickoff to the 2017 Holiday Shopping Season. We also included a special bonus alert letting all subscribers see the big Options+ win we’re banking this morning on our Amazon calls.  You can read that full alert here, but we also wanted to make sure we sent it directly to you as well, so here goes . . .

 

Being Prudent Investors and Taking Big Gains in our Amazon Calls Off the Table

As the confirming holiday shopping data is coming in, we’re seeing Amazon shares respond accordingly and that is propelling the Amazon (AMZN) January 2018 1150 calls (AMZN180119C01150000) higher this morning. As we share today’s thoughts with you the AMZN calls are trading past $76.62, which equates to a gain of more than 135% since we added the position just 7 days ago to the Tematica Options+ Select List. As much as we like quick gains, we also like to be prudent and in this case, that means trimming the position back, while leaving a portion intact to capture additional gains to be had this holiday shopping season.

  • We are selling half of the Amazon (AMZN) January 2018 1150 calls (AMZN180119C01150000) that broke $76.62 this morning, generating a gain of more than 135% over the last 7 trading days.
  • As we make this trade, we are also boosting our stop loss on those calls to $55 from $32.50, which should ensure a profit of at least 69% on the remaining call position.

 

 

About the Author

Chris Versace, Chief Investment Officer
I'm the Chief Investment Officer of Tematica Research and editor of Tematica Investing newsletter. All of that capitalizes on my near 20 years in the investment industry, nearly all of it breaking down industries and recommending stocks. In that time, I've been ranked an All Star Analyst by Zacks Investment Research and my efforts in analyzing industries, companies and equities have been recognized by both Institutional Investor and Thomson Reuters’ StarMine Monitor. In my travels, I've covered cyclicals, tech and more, which gives me a different vantage point, one that uses not only an ecosystem or food chain perspective, but one that also examines demographics, economics, psychographics and more when formulating my investment views. The question I most often get is "Are you related to…."

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