Financial Letter - October 20th, 2019

Financial Letter

October 20, 2019

243rd issue (since 2015/01/24)

We now offer portfolio management services for futures market accounts with a minimum of 25K USD or the equivalent in CAD. 

CKL Inc. offers an actively managed portfolio with US ETFs combined with option strategies.  This portfolio requires a minimum of 250K USD or the equivalent in CAD.

And evidently we offer high quality long term portfolio management with low fees (0.9%).

*No transfer of money required.

For more information on any of these portfolios, write to us at info@charlesklangford.com.


S&P 500 Index - The Center of the World's Financial Solar System)

The S&p 500 index rose 0.5% this week. The sectors that lead this rise were the health care sector, the real estate sector and the financial sector. 

Source : stockcharts.com

The market is bullish and this bullishness will confirm if it's capable of reaching 304. The rectangular triangle is historically a bullish configuration. 

Active trading of the week

(Portfolio CKL0522) -2019/10/18

Week of the 14th of october, 2019

This week's stategy was to do a covered call writting on half of the client's UPRO positions. 

Here are this week's transactions :

  • 10 Short Calls 2019/10/18 UPRO (55.5) @ 1.48 the 11th of october 2019
  • Rebuy the Calls 2019/10/18 UPRO (55.5) @ 0.65 the 18th  of october 2019

Weekly profit on the closed positions

Short Call: +1.48 – 0.65 = 0.83
Profit = 0.83 * 10 * 100 = 830$

Profit on the options (closed positions) = 830 USD$

Weekly profit on opened positions

Price of UPRO  on friday the 11th of october = 54.59

Price of UPRO on friday the 18th of october = 56.02

Weekly profit on the positions that are still opened = 1.43 * 2000 = 2860 USD$

Here are some US stocks that gave a bullish signal:

  • FCX
  • KO
  • BP
  • COMM
  • KHC
The CKL Inc. team wishes you a great week!