crea mike managed to cut his costs by more than a third to just $1.40. w mike sees profits of ebay shares rise above the 50 strike call by more than the $1.40 he spent or above 51.40 by january expiration. but there is a tradeoff. by selling the higher strike call mike capped this profits. since the time of the trade shares of ebay have risen by 8% making this trade a winner. now they must make a choice, stay in the trade and hope for more gains or close up and find the next stock to bid on. >> "options action" biggest fan. only wants to know one thing. >> before we answer that let's see how much money was made had you bought ebay at the time of the trade, sold today for 2.35. that is a return of almost 70%. what should they do now? let's go back to the charts? >> i think you have to walk away from this. it has three quarterly gaps and the stock is extended. take the money and run. >> the stock is extended. >> we are a little bit closer to the strike that we are long. what ends up happening now is we are starting to decay away. >> exit the trade. do you t