March 24, 2008Thought I’d post up some other open trades like the last one… also have a new Double Diag open. To give a little more clarity I’ll quote the greeks as if there were 10 contracts per leg.
QQQQ Iron Condor - 36/37 Puts, 48/49 Calls
I opened this trade in the first week of March, and the Put […]
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March 24, 2008Today was not a good day for my account value, although things still seem very safe. My QQQQ condor and SPY condor are still very, very safe and should be 100% profitable.
The IWM condor, however, took it on the chin today thanks to the rally. I had already adjusted the call side of this trade […]
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March 19, 2008Here are my open trades at this moment….
Description Qty Price Mkt Value Cost Basis Gain/Loss
IWM Mar 08 81.00 Call 40 0.01 40 400 -360
IWM Apr 08 55.00 Put 60 0.21 1260 1140 120
IWM Apr 08 57.00 Put -60 0.37 2190 -1860 -330
IWM Apr 08 73.00 Call -60 0.32 1920 -1511 -409
IWM Apr 08 75.00 Call […]
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March 19, 2008Thought I’d stick some of these out here in my quest to post more regularly. These were the trades I used for March, and their status abour February 20 or so -
In general, I try to open condors where the shorts have a 7-9 delta (each), and I try to clear .10 or better for a […]
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