looking at whats going on in the market today, i wouldn't say the general thesis of my strategy was that far off. i think the main problem was the...
thank you all for your feedback. my thought process was slightly different though, i was not expecting sustained panic, just sustained...
i took my biggest loss ytd today and figured i'd write about it here.. i had taken the position that if the debt ceiling was not resolved by today...
yeah.. after this recent move in vols and the corresponding margin hike, it really has shown me that i joined the party late, and now its over.....
at the time, it meant "jan feb march" so calendary fly that was long the feb and short jan/mar
i didn't get the chance to post end of q3 YTD performance (final date of metrics are 9/30/2013). see attached. things have been going...
some movement in the spreads today - i scalped a little bit in the front of the curve today, but nothing big and ended the day with no position...
i got a nice sell in the front during kerry speech and closed it for small profit near the close, i also closed this long oct/nov from 0.71 at...
this ended up working ok. i closed it after taking losses to 1.6, but sold again 1.83 and closed it out at 1.35. i missed out on a lot of the...
To avoid being non-compliant I wont name tickers, but looking into some of these they are not businesses to be owned. Some of the companies are...
sold 1.45. hop on again!
i closed it at 1.34.. not much, but given the amount the markets been moving and the position i was in i will take it. does anyone know, has...
i see ~1223 OI as of yesterday. i also see that 489 options traded yesterday, but definitely not a 500 lot, and absolutely nothing at .01....
sold 1.4 on the aug/sep spread. join in guys!
this is the 100% best explanation you are going to get for your pnl.
whats your memb #? PM me?
hah - i am in there.
you need to read up on options more. you need to understand greeks and you need to understand how time effects the price as well as what the price...
anyone doing much here? i'm just hanging out waiting.
out again 1.47 ... probably just a few minutes before it runs to 1.38 again :D
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