Thanks DP, you make a good point and I might have been too conservative here. My thinking was that since I was bearish going into the calendar and...
Out for a scratch at a strike touch. Don't want to be long deltas on Monday morning after we dropped so hard over the last hour.
Adding some additional short index exposure with SPY 13Sep 170 put from 3.74, 2-lot. [img]
Long the SPX Sep13/19 1655 put calendar from 5.55. Looking for a small downward move next week. Hat tip to atticus for the trade idea. The third...
Your diagrams seem correct, as are Natenberg's...he has just combined the long call and the short call into a long call spread. Check out pp....
I do not have experience with the other brokers you mentioned, but I generally get pretty good commissions on SPY with IB using the SMART Rebate...
Thanks for the great advice, justrading. I have not been formally tracking MAE/MFE but will start doing that. I anticipate that it may be...
Timing is everything. My SPY puts were quite profitable on the sharp drop after the open, but I did not interpret the sharp, and very visible,...
Closed half at 4.75. Short ES from 47, target 35 stop 51.
7K to 200K in six months...what a story. I can imagine how hard it must be after starting that way. Thanks for the advice also. I'm focusing on...
When I first started trading full-time last fall, I thought that becoming consistently profitable would be the equivalent of a one-mile nature...
Thanks for the kind words. If I understand you correctly, you prefer to always have a short portfolio delta. Just out of curiosity, why is that?
Long SPY 13Sep 170 put from 4.25, 2-lot, basically a short delta one position. I still feel that there is a downside bias to the market and the...
In trading, as in battle, one can argue that discretion is the better part of valor. I put this spread on nearly a week ago with ES at 1636 and...
Out shortly after the open at 4.46.
Long the Sep6 160 SPY call from 4.51. Intended as a partial hedge for my bearish fly given that we are quite a bit off the midday lows and that...
+1, nice call.
I think SPX will likely end the day higher than Friday's close, not sure if ES will rally any further but am prepared to hold to 1660. Anything...
Closed the vertical for a scratch. It served its purpose for me, and I think the reaction to the missile reports shows how jittery the market...
Long the ES Sep6 1640/1655 call spread from 7.25. I had to "pay up" for the spread a bit, but thought it was worth it. The goal is partly a price...
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