July 16, 2008… and I’ll take it, gladly.
Closed out the EEM calendar today, and the condors. Given how this market went, and the mistakes I made this cycle, I’m pretty happy with this small loss. I know if I had traded a little smarter, this month would actually be positive.
-2.4%, I’ll count that as a win.
Some key lessons […]
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July 11, 2008At least the indexes have taken a breather from falling. I still wouldn’t bet that this is a bottom, but thank goodness that at least the bulls have decided to slug it out with the bears right here, even if that means that every day is up and down unusually big. (both QQQQ and IWM […]
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July 1, 2008I mentioned yesterday that the last few minutes of the session dropped the IWM calendar below my adjustment point. Overnight, after briefly rising, futures dropped like a rock, and when the market opened, that calendar was at max loss. Something just didn’t seem right though and I waited for some sort of turnaround… it came […]
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June 30, 2008My open positions… Overall, down after today’s action, solely due to the IWM calendar. EEM was nicely up, and the SPX and Dow were flat, but all the losses went into IWM and the Nasdaq, which constitute the bulk of my positions. On one hand I’m a little upset, but on th other that’show the […]
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June 24, 2008My open positions… Overall, actually up 1%, despite the drop today, which hurt my calendar.
I’ll be opening up more positions tomorrow.
IWM Calendar - 72 July/Aug
RRDelta
22%
RRGamma
-13%
RRVega
18%
Delta/Theta = 4.4
1 Day 1 Std Dev Move (.93 points)
Wow, down 4.5% already… and looking a little ill. Still a solid trade, willing to adjust at a moment’s notice.
IWM Iron Condor - July 61/63 Puts, […]
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June 24, 2008Another condor, on the QQQQs this time. QQQQ is actually my favorite index to put condors on, but last month the IV was a bit low, making the range too tight. Back to normal this month. I opened this yesterday, so still flat .12 credit on $1 risk here. QQQQ seems to be a little […]
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June 24, 2008I opened this on the 12th after IV rose a bit (and actually before I closed my June condor), am happy with the fills. Currently up on this trade close to 5%. Opened for a total of .25 credit on 2 points of risk.
Here’s my worksheet… position greeks to follow in a later post.
Symbol
IWM
Current Price
71.59
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