August 26, 2008I’ve been tardy on the blog, and in posting my trades so here they are all in the next few posts. I’m scaling back a little this month, trying to be smart after a couple of very meager months.
I actually opened this trade on the 18th. It took me a little while to pull the […]
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August 20, 2008One of the goals I have had for this blog is to become more “self aware” of my trading and the markets through transparency of my trading decisions. It has worked and my methods and understanding of major principles such as risk management and portfolio diversification have been pushed to another level. A picture is […]
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August 14, 2008Over this week until this morning, I closed out the remainder of my trades. The IBM double calendar is the only one closed for a profit - just over 10%.
I have to shake my head at the condors - the move last week (up 7%+ in 7 days) drove them into danger at the worst […]
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August 8, 2008This is a strange one due to the EEM split a couple of weeks ago. As mentioned in an earlier post I closed half the original position (at 130). Yesterday, I opened another calendar when it reached break even. I had a choice between the 41 strike and the 40 strike, and chose the 40. […]
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August 6, 2008In this for 14 days…. closed the RTH put condor for a credit of 4.3, after opening it for a debit of 3.8, for a 13% profit.
I actually closed it with an even number of contracts, leaving me with some extra puts at the 85 strike. They’ll probably expire worthless but if RTH should fall this […]
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August 4, 2008Not much movement since the last post until today, and it was still a small movement overall. For my first adjustment of this cycle, I closed half of my EEM contracts as the position lost all its profit and seung to a loss. I had the thought of opening another calendar but didn’t at the end […]
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July 30, 2008Things are perfect for these positions on many levels… the portfolio is up a combined 6% now, with 16 days to go (hopefully I’ll be out within 8 though). A stray thought… I have “max loss” levels for individual trades, including that if the trade is up say 10%, I won’t let it turn into […]
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