thursday, november 12, 2009 *Profitable trade exited today.* Right near the close, the $IWM Dec/Nov 57 Put Calendar Spread we initiated at...
monday, november 9, 2009 *Runaway Market requires an upside adjustment* The market continues to run straight up, seemingly unstoppable. As...
wednesday, november 4, 2009 *Trade Updates for 11/4* The $DIA Dec/Nov call calendar hit its 3rd 10% profit target today and was exited at...
tuesday, november 3, 2009 *New Trade entered today* We weren't able to get filled on the $DIA calendar spread that was mentioned in the last...
monday, november 2, 2009 *Profit targets hit again.* Wow...that was quick! Since the "new trades" initiated this past Wednesday, the two...
wednesday, october 28, 2009 *The "Phantom Trade"* I made two new "trades" along our journey today. Both trades entered into in the last post...
friday, october 9, 2009 *New Trades* After getting our first trade closed, I immediately began looking for new calendar spreads to enter to...
friday, october 9, 2009 *First Trade Closed* A $2 Million journey begins with just one step. This morning at the open, we closed out our...
Friday, september 25, 2009 *The Journey begins with just one step: The First Trade* Today I entered into the first trade of our journey to...
wednesday, september 23, 2009 *Can I turn $200 into $2 million just trading Calendar Spreads?* This is the question I posed myself. And I...
I've rediscovered the Elite Trader website and I've spent the day reading hundreds of great and informative posts. In doing so, I noticed many...
KING...I'd love your suggestions of ways to mitigate this risk? deep out of money puts? if so, how much? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in Chicago and wondering if anybody here or in cyberspace exclusively trades calendar spreads? If so, I'd love to get a thread running...
Thanks for all the input so far. Thanks for pointing out that the strategy I exampled is in fact called a synthetic Straddle, not a butterfly....
Hello - I am an experienced Trader (over 8 years) who will be delving into the Options markets for the first time soon with a proprietary...
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