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 25, 2008This is not an ideal setup, but still good probabilities. I just wish they were a little better, but I feel that way about every trade. EEM has dropped like a rock, over 10% recently, but IV is still actually low, so the sentiment is that this is nothing to panic about - a correction […]
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June 12, 2008Plan to see the Incredible Hulk nest weekend? Ed Norton should be a great Bill Bixby… anyway if you do plan to see it, you should know that if you buy a $50 gift card at Kmart, you get 2 tickets to the Hulk for free. That’s about $20 of tickets, and sounds like a […]
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June 9, 2008I opened this a few weeks back, on 5/22, when I first noticed that the June/July 150 strike had an incresingly positive skew. Been waiting to post it here because I wanted to finish my template. Analysis under the table.
Symbol
EEM
Current Price
144.34
Current IV
32
IV Percentile - last 12 months
22%
IV Percentile - last 6 months
20%
IV Skew
+2.27
Technical Support/Resistance
143? - […]
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June 5, 2008Two other positions were detailed earlier, with adjustments, these are the remaining ones (with the exception of a new trade I have not mentioned yet). An up and down day the last coupld of days, but more up than down. The overall portfolio is up 7.46% for the month now, with more yet to harvest […]
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June 5, 2008Lesson learned on this one - I waited too late to adjust, as EEM gapped down yesterday. EEM was on the edge of my adjustment point on and off for a couple of weeks (my adjustment point should have been about 148). It had dropped to about 146 by the time I pulled the trigger. […]
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