April 24, 2020
Risk Disclaimer
The positions in this portfolio are incredibly risky and extremely volatile.
No one at Get Irked is a professional financial adviser (or a doctor), so consult with your own financial adviser to see if any of these positions fit your risk profile (and stomach).
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The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser
Pinterest (PINS)
Somehow, the stock market forgot that Pinterest (PINS) is a social media focusing on arts and crafts during March’s selloff, but they sure remembered this week as buyers caused the stock to pop +18.17%.
Not only does that move give Pinterest this week’s Biggest Winner, but it also puts PINS +10.62% Year-To-Date… not bad!
Revolve Group (RVLV)
Revolve Group (RVLV) dropped -10.13% giving it the week’s Biggest Loser recognition. The timing of this piece of garbage was nuts – after reporting a bad quarter, I was following the Three Day Rule before taking the loss. Well, Day 3 was the beginning of the March selloff…
Here we stand, down -42.48% YTD. Yuck.
Portfolio Allocation
Positions
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Target Position Size
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Portfolio Breakdown
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Year-to-Date Performance
Current Position Performance
AMD (AMD)*
+543.40%*
1st Buy: 1/10/2019 @ $19.54
Current Per-Share: -($1.29)*
Virgin Galactic (SPCE)*
+298.69%*
1st Buy: 10/31/2019 @ $9.87
Current Per-Share: (-$0.15)*
Tradeweb Mkts (TW)
+113.75%
1st Buy: 4/8/2019 @ $39.22
Current Per-Share: $24.80
Pinterest (PINS)
+72.32%
1st Buy: 5/16/2019 @ $25.72
Current Per-Share: $11.97
Yeti (YETI)
+64.56%
1st Buy: 2/26/2019 @ $23.23
Current Per-Share: $15.12
Chevron (CVX)
+55.53%
1st Buy: 3/12/2020 @ $76.94
Current Per-Share: $55.95
Twitter (TWTR)
+10.54%
1st Buy: 10/30/2019 @ $29.79
Current Per-Share: $26.00
Carnival Cruise (CCL)
-0.14%
1st Buy: 3/12/2020 @ $17.25
Current Per-Share: $11.93
SPY Put Spreads 5/29
-7.87%
Cost: $0.9932
Current Value $0.915
General Electric (GE)
-18.69%
1st Buy: 3/6/2020 @ $9.40
Current Per-Share: $7.70
Revolve Group (RVLV)
-51.06%
1st Buy: 6/13/2019 @ $39.06
Current Per-Share: $21.58
* Indicates a position where the capital investment was sold.
Profit % for * positions = Current Gross Profit / Original Capital Investment
This Week’s Moves
Chevron (CVX): Profit-Taking
When Chevron (CVX) made a run at its recent highs on Thursday, I decided it was time to take some profits, selling some of the shares I bought at $55.56 back on March 18 for a +58.12% gain at $87.85.
The sale lowered my per-share cost by -15.97% from $66.58 to $55.95. My next sell order will pull the rest of my capital out of the position at $110-115. My next buy target is near a 50% retracement of CVX’s run from March low’s: $67.15.
CVX closed the week at $87.01, down -0.96% from where I sold on Thursday.
Pinterest (PINS): Profit-Taking
Pinterest (PINS) has made a pretty substantial recovery since its March lows, leading me to once again take small profits when it rose throughout the week with sell orders filling on Wednesday at $18.06 and more on Friday at $19.53 and $20.64, giving me an average selling price of $19.41.
This week’s orders sold shares I bought at $10.48 back on March 27, locking in 85.21% in profits and lowering my per-share cost -7.85% from $12.99 to $12.40. Even after this week’s sales, I still need to take profits in this position as it is the largest in the portfolio at nearly 11%, exceeding the current target position allocation of 9.09%.
My next sell target is slightly over $23.00 a share, a past point of resistance, and my next buy target is back at $10.10-$10.30, the lows of March.
PINS closed the week at $20.62, up +6.23% from my average selling price.
Put Insurance: *Opened SPY 5/29 278-275*
The markets have rocketed from the lows, and despite the support of the Federal Reserve, there are too many variables for me to be 100% confident that we won’t see a bit of a selloff in May.
So, on Wednesday, I put in a buy order to pick up the SPY 278-275 Put Spread. I learned from my short-term one-week spreads that failed a few weeks ago and opted for spreads expiring on May 29 for under $1.00 a spread (my order filled at $0.9932 per spread).
I’m risking about 2.75% of the portfolio for a potential 8.33% gain if the market sells off below my 275 put by the end of May.
TRADE MAKEUP:
Buy SPY 5/29 278 Puts: -$11.89
Sell SPY 5/29 275 Puts: +$10.90
Total Cost: -$11.89 + $10.90 = $0.9932 per Spread
BREAK-EVEN:
Higher Strike Price: $278
Cost: $0.9932
Break-Even: $278.00 – $0.9932 = $277.0068
MAXIMUM PROFIT:
Lower Strike Price: $275
Break-Even: $277.0068
Maximum Profit: $277.0068 – $275 = $2.0068 per spread
Maximum Gain: $2.0068 / $0.9932 = 202.54% (more than 3 times the investment)
CURRENT STATUS:
Cost of Each Spread: $0.9932
Current Value per Spread: $0.915
P/L %: -7.87%
Want Further Clarification?
As always, if you have questions about any of my positions or have positions of your own that you’re curious about – feel free to leave a comment below!See you next week!
Disclaimer: Eric "Irk" Jacobson and all other Get Irked contributors are not investment or financial advisers. All strategies, trading ideas, and other information presented comes from non-professional, amateur investors and traders sharing techniques and ideas for general information purposes.
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