Recent Content by edfor

  1. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    Nice couple of days we've had this week. I'm currently long a mix of ES, NQ, and TF. I decided to hold on to my contracts after being close to...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 30, 2011 in forum: Journals

  2. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    Whatever it was it seems to be fleeting, a couple of small bounces can't stop the train moving in the other direction.
    Post by: edfor, Nov 23, 2011 in forum: Journals

  3. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    There's a spike, was there news? Edit: I was a second away from capitulation on my longs, hopefully this is a reversal and not a fake out.
    Post by: edfor, Nov 23, 2011 in forum: Journals

  4. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    I have a question about rollover day. Do December options (exp Dec 16) expire before or after the rollover is taken into account? The March...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 22, 2011 in forum: Journals

  5. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    I had some 1215 calls on ES. We closed at 1213.5 so they were OOM. I think the deadline for exercising is 5:30PM EST but I'm not sure. I was...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: Journals

  6. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    Follow up from me? I got assigned on most of my calls and bought in on the short at a loss. I lost like $800 on the stock and then sold all my...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: Options

  7. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    Ok, I think I see. So if I get assigned tomorrow I'll have to buy GRPN to cover and I'll basically be out my whole net credit and left with long...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  8. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    I still don't think it's that bad. It's a risk free 10% profit if held to expiration, in one month. I'll have to wait to see what happens...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  9. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    If I'm that guy you can rest assured I have no idea what I'm doing. I just sell puts because it seems less risky than straight up holding the...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Journals

  10. ES Journal Archive (2011)

    Heh, figures we'd get a big down day before the puts I sold expire on Friday. They were looking so good too. I hope we recover in time, need to...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Journals

  11. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    If the stock drops to 23 lets say, then if I get assigned at any point from then on it doesn't matter, because if I were forced to buy in it would...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  12. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    I sold 35 boxes at around .75 each, that's 2625 in profit minus around 100 in commission. I only gave up 3 cents on the calls. I can't imagine...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  13. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    I decided to gamble on the "risk free" option bet. Did a 23/15 box spread for December, and a couple of other combos when I saw those with a high...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  14. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    I've found that at some strikes a box spread on groupon is positive. In theory this should be a risk free profit, but it requires selling a call...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 16, 2011 in forum: Options

  15. Strategy to ride premium down on GRPN puts

    Maybe, but you would have to get assigned or liquidated in the middle of a short squeeze to be hurt. I can't really see either being that...
    Post by: edfor, Nov 15, 2011 in forum: Options