Post #9236 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) ❤

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2 questions:
Which puts did you buy?
How will you decide when to sell?

The first one I'd rather not answer : ) It's hard to find a "smart" pick.

When buying puts for profit, I normally sell half the position the first time they go into the money (that's when the time value is maximized), and the rest when I think the security has bottomed. Since Berkshire tracks the market so closely over short time frames I imagine I could use one of my "bottom detector" signals if it triggers before the option expires, or gut feel if not.

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They ended the day up 12.3%.
Beer and pizza!

Jim

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