atticus' "ship it" vol trading journal

Ha yes. I told her to call her and ask as we're looking to buy one for my oldest.

 

Performance to date (closed positions): +3.9%. Feel the power.

 

Established initial position at 16.50. Just added to it at 16.00.

 

Yeah, it's all over the place. The Samsung news is a excuse to lean on the shares, nothing material. Looking for a touch of neutrality on Monday.

 

I'm kind of tempted to put on a fly here. Maybe Oct19 15/40/65, but I guess the calendar would work similarly.

 

I'd go neutral to 35 on this touch of 630.

 

Yeah acting pretty weak here. Didn't do anything yet.

Actually thinking of going to 630, paired with those 640 cals, looks sort of favorable

 

Wait for the last 15 minutes. It shouldn't impact the fly fly market too much, maybe a dime lost in opportunity by waiting, but at least you'll see if we hold 630.

 

Yeah good idea. Watching the 05/30/55 fly around 8.50. With the 640 cals would get me neutral to 635. But like you said I can see that a touch of 640 by Monday is feasible.

 

Brainstorming about a GOOG earnings play. How about something like a Dec 660/760/860 fly to hold through the report next week. A way to get short the vol with a somewhat flat gamma profile. Similar to that AAPL Dec fly.