Here's a standard ES long regression trade: 7/29/15 - Long 2089 4:30 US 500 @ 9:23 for $45/spread. Rationale: 1. Use regression channels, a lot...
I've been watching the daily bulletins' volume levels on nadex the past 6 months...it's still on an upward trend. We can actually trade corn now...
Here's an example of an intermarket correlation trade on Nadex: 7/27/2015 - 7:51 am - Long USDCAD expiry on 7/27 @ 3 pm Rationale: 1. Crude oil...
Alright so essentially what I've noticed is people who trade exclusively technically, generally are not doing very well. It's also shown by the...
Hey, Currently long Molycorp calls (which hasn't been going good and will discuss below the rationale, mistakes etc.) and am back under $2k in...
Alright, here's the end of week update. Really quiet week for my account and now I literally have no positions, so most of this will focus on what...
Hey Longthewings, A couple reasons, but note that I've not done back-spreads before so that's reason #1 lol 1. It's not a 60%, high RR trade (if...
Theoretical YHOO trade - 12/16/2014 Background: Someone I'm trading with came up with this idea. YHOO is at 49.82 @ close. Assume it's around...
Sketchy trade of the month...CHK 12/15/2014 expiration: December 20 Bought the 18 sold the 16 put for ~400 debit. See attached, executed around...
Here are some stocks with weeklies coming into Monday, all high IV: Uptrends: FDX WMT BBY NEUTRAL: JPM AGU ORCL POT GPRO DOWNTRENDS: IBM T...
Hey Longthewings, The short answer is spreads don't much benefit from vol increases (even the debit spreads here), but the delegging of spreads...
So let's talk about the potential VIX puts, should the VIX get above 25 next week. Note that there's a good chance this doesn't even happen, and...
Summary for the week - 12/13. very solid week, both in terms of performance and executing good trades. I definitely made a few mistakes though...
GG de-leg Friday 12/12/2014 12/12/2014 20:14:43Bought 2 GG Dec 20 2014 18.5 Put @ 0.39 -87.50 Ok so I delegged half the GG position posted...
TWTR current and aftermath 09/19/2014 18:07:54Sold 1 TWTR Sep 20 2014 36.0 Call @ 14.3 1,421.23 10/07/2014 15:19:44Bought 1 TWTR Nov 22 2014...
TWTR add (2) - 8/18/2014 08/18/2014 18:31:16Bought 1 TWTR Dec 20 2014 43.0 Call @ 6.15 -623.73 TWTR is now going substantially in my direction...
TWTR spread (add) - 6/26 06/26/2014 16:55:05Sold 2 TWTR Jul 19 2014 45.0 Call @ 0.47 93.94 06/26/2014 16:55:05Bought 2 TWTR Jul 19 2014 40.0...
TWTR Chronology 06/23/2014 14:54:43Bought 1 TWTR Sep 20 2014 36.0 Call @ 5.7 -578.73 Overall I'm about flat on TWTR despite several...
GG trade - 12/8/2014, potentially delegging to puts tomorrow. 12/08/2014 15:59:40Bought 4 GG Dec 20 2014 20.5 Put @ 1.43 -586.05 12/08/2014...
Here's where I currently stand, see attached image. Would appreciate any input on the greeks or the way I'm looking at my net portfolio, as this...
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