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The Complete Option Track Record for
Buying Calls and Puts
Ken Trester, Managing,
Editor of The Complete Option Report, has personally traded the options
markets every year since it opened to the public in 1973.
In 1983 Ken began editing an options newsletter for investors like you
and has continued to do so except for two years — 1999 and 2000 — when
he took a well earned sabbatical leave.
His newsletter has never had a losing year. That's an incredibly
profitable record. But is he perfect?
No he is not.
Ken plays mathematical percentages (he is a former college professor of
statistics and computer science). Ken is the first to admit that he can
take several losses in a row before he hits big. I want to be clear. Ken
takes losses, as a subscriber you will as well.
A One Year Track Record Only
We publish a one year track record once every calendar year. We do not
publish weekly or monthly track records simply because they are
deceptive.
We believe that ALL trading and investing -- in stocks, mutual funds and
in options --- is a long term venture. Any slice representing a few
weeks or even months is not an accurate reading on either the up side or
the down side.
Ken has winning streaks, losing streaks and times that are distributed
with both winners and losers.
The 2008 Track Record
This is the most recent complete tracking period. And it was Ken's 26th
consecutive winning streak.
A summary of the results for our key options plays shows that we
recommended 106 positions . 35% hit their profit goal and 47% were
profitable (the stock price hit profit goal or was positive or even
after the hold period).
If you would have purchased one of each of the options, you would have
invested $15,375. Your profit before commissions would have been $3,740
or a 24.4 % return for holding the position a maximum of three weeks.
Here the annualized return would have been over 500%.
As in previous years several positions almost hit their profit goal but
eventually were stopped out. Therefore, be aggressive about taking
profits on part of your position even if it does not hit the profit
goal. Several stocks went much further beyond the profit goal. That is
why it is important to let part of your position ride when you take
profits with a trailing stop, even beyond the 3-week time period.
The 2007 Track Record
2007 marked his 25th anniversary of consecutive wins in the options
market.
A summary of the results for our key options plays shows that we
recommended 106 positions . 26.4 % hit their profit goal and 42.4% were
profitable (the stock price hit profit goal or was positive or even
after the hold period).
If you would have purchased one of each of the options, you would have
invested $12,844.
Your profit before commissions would have been $2,071 or a 16.1 % return
for holding the position a maximum of three weeks. Here the annualized
return would be several hundred percent. As in previous years several
positions almost hit their profit goal but eventually were stopped out.
Therefore, be aggressive about taking profits on part of your position
even if it does not hit the profit goal. Several stocks went further
beyond the profit goal.
That is why it is important to let part of your position ride when you
take profits with a trailing stop, even beyond the 3-week time period.
The 2006 Track Record
2006 marked his 24th anniversary of consecutive wins in the options
market.
A summary of the results for our key profit box options plays shows that
we recommended 105 positions . 33% hit their profit goal and 43.8% were
profitable (the stock price hit profit goal or was positive after the
hold period). If you would have purchased one of each of the options,
you would have invested $12,530.
Your profit before commissions would have been $2,605 or a 20.7% return
for holding the position a maximum of three weeks. Here the annualized
return would been several hundred percent. As in previous years several
positions almost hit their profit goal but eventually were stopped out.
Therefore, be aggressive about taking profits on part of your position
even if it does not hit the profit goal. Several stocks went further
beyond the profit goal. That is why it is important to let part of your
position ride when you take profits with a trailing stop, even beyond
the 3-week time period.
Option Spreading
Over the years Ken's spread trades have profited about 88% of the time
year in and year. The profit for each spread runs between 50 and
100%. Spreading has it own unique risks and advantages and is
appropriate for advanced traders.
The Details
This track record is theoretical and assumes that you were able to take
profits at the profit goal option price (two options were priced after a
gap up in the stock price and estimates were made when data was not
available) or exit at the stop-loss option price when the stock hit the
profit goal or closed below the stop-loss stock price. or were able to
get the corresponding option price in the Option Box at the end of the
3-week hold period. These option prices were determine by their implied
volatility at the start of the strategy.
Commissions are not included in these track record results. There is
high risk in option trading. You can lose your whole investment. Our
past results are theoretical no actual positions are taken. No
representation is being made that any account will or is likely to
achieve a profit. In fact, there are sharp differences between
hypothetical performance and actual results. Some trading skill is
needed to achieve good results. We advise all investors that it should
not be assumed that present or future recommendations will be profitable
or equal past performance. -Ken Trester
How Ken Makes Money
As noted above Ken's system for buying options produces a winner about
50% of the time. A one-in-two winner may not sound so hot, but that's
all you need when you play the high payoff -- triple digit --
probabilities consistently. This is, without doubt, a long term options
program.
Ken system is disciplined in that he takes small losses on about half of
his recommendations while taking large -- often triple digit profits.
As you can see with this technique the long term has been historically
profitable.
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