Options Trading Strategies | Cry-Me-a-Trade

What is Cry-Me-a-Trade™?  Inspired by the Open Outcry Pits ... 

On an on-going basis, trades filled using specific trading plan criteria will be summarized and emailed at the close of each week, to those who sign up.  

While this web site is not an advisory service, the aim of this section is to cry out trades, theoretically price orders aggressively and manage the trades using the IV and Probability criteria taught in the Original Curriculum.  It is not a specific stock or other security buy/sell recommendation; or strategy recommendation.  It is purely for educational purposes.  

Cry–Me–a–Trade™ is FREE ... subscribe to be alerted, using the form on the right with your Name and Email ... without the need to memorize the hand signals; but, if you are curious, check out the hand signals on the pagelets on the right below.

At the end of each week the complete list of of trades cried out is updated below.

Trades from the last 2 weeks remain on display, until a new batch of trades are filled. The new batch will replace the older trades, which will be removed to make room for more recently filled trades.  Please see below.

Trading Profit | Loss tracks the entire portfolio's on–going P/L metrics and is updated at the end of every month.


Trades filled the past weeks and trades still in-play. Below is the summarized criteria for trade entry.

10/24/11. DE. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 80-82.5 Calls.

Filled at 0.85 Debit, securing $7.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 82.5 Call Sell leg = 80.76% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=DE,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111021][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/24/11. MMM. Debit Vertical Call. APR 12, 85-87.5 Calls.

Filled at 0.95 Debit, securing $7.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 87.5 Call Sell leg = 67.12% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=MMM,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111021][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/25/11. VWO. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 43-44 Calls.

Filled at 0.25 Debit, securing $7.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 44 Call Sell leg = 92.79% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=VWO,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111024][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. PBR. Debit Vertical Call. APR 12, 27-28 Calls.

Filled at 0.35 Debit, securing $3.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 28 Call Sell leg = 95.94% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=PBR,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111024][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. ITUB. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 20-21 Calls.

Filled at 0.35 Debit, securing $2.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 21 Call Sell leg = 80.73% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=ITUB,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111024][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. SCCO. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 31-32 Calls.

Filled at 0.30 Debit, securing $10.00 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 32 Call Sell leg = 97.22% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=SCCO,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. SAP. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 62.5-65 Calls.

Filled at 0.95 Debit, securing $15.00 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 65 Call Sell leg = 83.72% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=SAP,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. DD. Debit Vertical Call. APR 12, 49-50 Calls.

Filled at 0.35 Debit, securing $3.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 50 Call Sell leg = 93.97% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=DD,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/26/11. CMCSA. Debit Vertical Call. APR 12, 26-27 Calls.

Filled at 0.35 Debit, securing $5.00 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 27 Call Sell leg = 59.43% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=CMCSA,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/27/11. MCD. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 95-97.5 Calls.

Filled at 0.90 Debit, securing $15.00 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 97.5 Call Sell leg = 68.42% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=MCD,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/27/11. ORCL. Debit Vertical Call. MAR 12, 35-36 Calls.

Filled at 0.35 Debit, securing $7.50 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 36 Call Sell leg = 73.57% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakout:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=ORCL,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111025][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/20/11. BHP. Debit Vertical Put. FEB 12, 65-67.5 Puts.

Filled at 0.85 Debit, with no Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 65 Put Sell leg = 69.00% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakdown:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=BHP,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111019][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G

10/20/11. RIO. Debit Vertical Put. APR 12, 40-42.5 Puts.

Filled at 0.85 Debit, securing $10.00 of Theoretical edge per 1 contract.

Probability of Touching the 40 Put Sell leg = 62.08% before expiry. This is the leg that makes the profit.

See Point & Figure Breakdown:

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?chart=RIO,PRPADANRBO[PA][D20111019][F1!3!1.0!!2!20]&pref=G