CME Bull Put Spreads Strategy Returns +11.1% July 07

In article, “CME Buying CBOT”, we analyzed Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) purchase of CBOT with an eye for a bullish strategy for CME. We continued the CME bull put credit spreads saga and for the month of July, the strategy returned a very nice +11.1% return. This strategy has returned over 74% in only eight months.

CME successfully acquired CBOT, and with the recent market volatility CME is still looking bullish. Using PowerOptions powerful stock options tools to search for potential candidates returned the following bull-put credit spreads stock options position:

The bull put credit spreads positions selected for CME can be entered for $1000 per contract with a potential return of +8.7%, in only 15 days. As long as the price of CME remains above the short strike price at options expiration in August, the position will be fully profitable.If the stock price of CME closes below the short strike price of $540 at options expiration the position will not return the maximum profit and could potentially result in a loss, possibly a significant loss. If the stock price of CME is below $530 at stock options expiration, the position will essentially lose everything that was invested except the initial net credit of $80/contract.

Competitors:
Competitors for CME include: NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NDAQ), NYMEX Holdings Inc. (NMX), and LIFFE (Holdings) plc (private)
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