Added a couple of trades yesterday and today to take advantage of any fall in price and/or rise in vol. Trade date: 16 November 2022 Security:...
Long signal on oil at close yesterday so opened a put spread. Trade date: 15 November 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 84.31 Structure: OtM...
I realised that one piece of my response to @trade4succes wasn't put particularly well and needs unpacking a bit as the directional swing trades...
The jump across the board today (c.5%) caused closing orders to fill in profit for RUT & NQ trades (#300) and ES (#303) which were all opened...
The approach I was using (mainly buying and selling strangles and straddles) exposed me to directional risk, which required delta hedging, which I...
Closing orders filled for the fly (#294) opened on Tuesday, closed in profit. Trade date: 08 November 2022 Security: NQ Price at opening:...
ES opened at >3830 with the spread at c.45. Despite having a long signal, with little downside to doing so, I waited a few hours and closed with...
Thanks for that. I broadly agree and would respond to a couple of points, thus: I also read this. The difficulty (for me) is in monetising it....
Turned around Russell 2000 and added Nasdaq long directional positions. Trade date: 09 November 2022 Security: RUT Price at opening: 1,796.0...
Unusual situation for me today. I want to turn around short directional trades (#294). The ES position expires today. At c.45 it has only 5...
Good question @trade4succes The answer is not binary. I looked at volatility in some detail some time ago and couldn't find a bankable edge...
US indices have risen slightly since Thursday so the outstanding positions are underwater, but I don't have a strong conviction to close. And saw...
It was a fairly lively opening, with this moving from profit into loss before closing orders filled in profit earlier in the session, after...
Directional swing trade orders filled earlier today. Trade date: 03 November 2022 Security: ES Price at opening: 3,738.0 Structure: AtM/OtM Call...
I use Kelley, calculated on actual trades so VaR% changes dynamically per performance. Currently, its ranging from 0.8% to 18% for different...
Unsurprisingly, Fed increased interest rates yesterday, which predictably pushed equity markets down. My short position on S&P500 (#288) closed...
Oil spreads (#284) closed in profit. Trade date: 27 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 88.8 Structure: OtM Put Credit Spread Expiry...
Happy to take a smaller profit than usual on this (#287) ahead of Fed announcement tomorrow. Trade date: 28 October 2022 Security: NQ Price at...
OP still demonstrating that he knows even less about options than he knows about forums! :D
I do some 'no-brainer' trades to capture momentum over a couple of months timeframe. Shorted MTCH 10 October at 48.10 (using put spreads) and...
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