Entries Categorized as 'QQQQ'
June 24, 2008
My 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, 2008
Another 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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April 8, 2008
Today I also closed the SPY call wing for .04 today. On that condor, I had a 9.5% gain for the APR expiration.
I had a nice run with the QQQQs - I was actually down to break even last week as it shot up to 46, and very, very briefly the delta of my 48 […]
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March 24, 2008
Thought 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 19, 2008
Here 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, 2008
Thought 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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