Fx futures Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Buy1Sell2, Feb 14, 2006.

  1. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Current hourly bar not completed yet, but it looks like Bulls just won't give up. Great environment for daytrading here. There will be a breakout one way or the other soon. I believe it will be downside.
     
    #281     Sep 1, 2006
  2. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Here's an interesting position that I have in the Euro FX call options:

    I have several net credit spreads at the following levels

    1 Long Sep 1280 Call versus 2 Short Sep 1290 calls. All were executed with net credit of around 100 pips. These were executed in mid June.

    When the price in the Euro dropped in mid July, I bought 1 Sep 1300 call for every spread I had on at around 35 pips. Thus I had converted my ratio spreads into Butterfly Spreads. The net effect is there is no risk in the position and I have netted a minimum of 65 pips per spread. (100-35). Here's the interesting part--I would like to have the price of the Euro FX on expiration day be 1.2900 so that the 1280's will be in the money 100 pips. If the price is 1.3000. I breakeven but still make the 65 pips. If the price is 1.2800, I breakeven but still make the 65 pips. If the price is 1.4000, I still make 65 pips and if the price is 1.2000 , I still make 65 pips. So, my hope is that the Euro FX price is somewhere between 1.2800 and 1.3000 on expiration day. Interesting to me anyway!
     
    #282     Sep 1, 2006
  3. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Looking at a Canadian Dollar short on the hourly chart. No confirm from the daily chart whatsover, so this for now will be a pure intraday(s) play for 35 pips initially
     
    #283     Sep 1, 2006
  4. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Filled at .90490 I have set the profit target at .90110.


    Short Canadian FX Futures.
     
    #284     Sep 1, 2006
  5. wwx

    wwx

    Very interesting. Good luck!

    As a matter of interest, how do you find the liquidity in Globex Euro FX futures options? Did you use limit orders to enter your positions, and did you have to wait patiently for a good price?
     
    #285     Sep 2, 2006
  6. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Yes I always use limit orders. As far as liquidity of globex options, I don't know, I use the pit for the Euro options. The wait was very short for my price to be filled:)
     
    #286     Sep 2, 2006
  7. romik

    romik

    Did I do well there?
     
    #287     Sep 3, 2006
  8. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Yes, Although it dipped down and got my intraday profit target of 1.2786 before bouncing.:)
     
    #288     Sep 3, 2006
  9. romik

    romik

    I was watching the chart as it dipped, coincided with the labour report or did you see continuation in the RSI/price?
     
    #289     Sep 3, 2006
  10. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    No. I just had the profit target in there. Then there was the Bullish divergence chart that I posted.
     
    #290     Sep 3, 2006