Global Options Trades

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Global OptionsTrades, Mar 6, 2019.

  1. Closed short position on oil by selling Puts at a loss.

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 02 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 15 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 56.50
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 2.63
    Close Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Closing Price: 0.64
    Roundtrip P&L: -75.6%

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 02 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 15 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 50.00
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 0.49
    Close Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Closing Price: 0.08
    Roundtrip P&L: -83.7%


    Opened long position in oil by buying Calls.

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 58.50
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 2.17

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 64.50
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 0.48

    Also, I'm going to start adding OotM Credit Bull (or Bear) Spreads to the posts at the same time.

    When I get a buy signal, I'm opening far-out Put spreads, and closing near-term OotM Call spreads.

    Sold:
    15/11/19 49.00/48.50 for 0.09 credit
    16/12/19 47.50/47.00 for 0.09 credit

    NB per post #39 dated 15/5/2019 I have other spreads expiring soon:
    CL 15/08/19 55.00/54.50 with 0.09 credit
    CL 17/09/19 52.50/52.00 with 0.09 credit
     
    #71     Aug 1, 2019
  2. Closed long oil position by selling Calls at a loss and will awiat a better re-entry.

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 58.50
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 2.17
    Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Closing Price: 0.76
    Roundtrip P&L: -65.2%

    Security / Ticker: CL
    Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 64.50
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 0.48
    Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Closing Price: 0.13
    Roundtrip P&L: -72.5%
     
    #72     Aug 7, 2019
  3. Took a long position on Nikkei 225 Index by buying Calls.

    Security / Ticker: N225
    Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 12 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 20,625
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 440

    Security / Ticker: N225
    Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 12 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 21,750
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 110.00
     
    #73     Aug 7, 2019
  4. Closed Short position on S&P 500 at a profit.

    Security / Ticker: SPX
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 2,980
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 45.60
    Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Closing Price: 117.60
    Roundtrip P&L: 157.9%

    Security / Ticker: SPX
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 2,860
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 13.90
    Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Closing Price: 37.00
    Roundtrip P&L: 166.2%

    Bought long position by buying Calls.

    Security / Ticker: SPX
    Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 2,880
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 66.00

    Security / Ticker: SPX
    Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 3,000
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 13.50

    Also sold Out-of-the-Money Bull Put Spreads:
    15/11/19 2610/2580 for 5.5 credit
    20/12/19 2600/2570 for 5 credit
     
    #74     Aug 7, 2019
  5. DAX 30 turned Bullish at yesterday's close so sold Puts at a profit, bought Calls, and sold Put Spreads.

    Directional Puts:

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 12,550
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 197.0
    Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
    Closing Price: 830.04
    Roundtrip P&L: 321.4%

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 11,900
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 20.7
    Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
    Closing Price: 242.11
    Roundtrip P&L: 1069.1%

    And closed Put side of Straddle. NB Call side was closed 05 July 2019 for a small profit, too.

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 12,500
    Direction: Straddle
    Opening Price: 219.9
    Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
    Closing Price: 781.1
    Roundtrip P&L: 255.2%


    Bought Calls for September expiry:

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 07 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 11,750
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 265.8

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 07 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 12,350
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 42.0


    I have an order open for 20/03/20 10200/10100 spread at 18 credit and existing Dec 9400/9300 spreads.
     
    #75     Aug 8, 2019
  6. Following other indices, FTSE turned bullish at yesterday's close, so I sold puts at a good profit, bought calls, and sold Out of the Money spreads.

    Security / Ticker: FTSE
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 7,550
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 94.7
    Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Closing Price: 309.0
    Roundtrip P&L: 226.4%

    Security / Ticker: FTSE
    Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 7,275
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 42.0
    Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Closing Price: 76.0
    Roundtrip P&L: 81.0%


    Security / Ticker: FTSE
    Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 7,275
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 108.2

    Security / Ticker: FTSE
    Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 7,550
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 16.5

    Got orders to open Put spreads (not all filled at time of writing):
    15/11/19 6750/6675 for 12.5 credit
    20/12/19 6650/6575 for 12.9 credit
    17/01/19 6575/6500 for 12.6 credit
     
    #76     Aug 9, 2019
  7. AUS met all my conditions for a turnaround, so closed short position by selling puts at a profit.

    Security / Ticker: AUD
    Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 09 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 0.6950
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 0.0019
    Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Closing Price: 0.0150
    Roundtrip P&L: 669.9%

    Security / Ticker: AUD
    Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 09 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 0.6800
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 0.0002
    Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Closing Price: 0.0012
    Roundtrip P&L: 481.0%

    ...and opened a long position by buying calls.

    Security / Ticker: AUD
    Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 04 October 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 0.6800
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 0.0090

    Security / Ticker: AUD
    Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 04 October 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 0.7000
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 0.0024

    Sold 06/12/19 0.6550/0.6500 Put Spreads for a credit of 0.0008
     
    #77     Aug 12, 2019
  8. Treasury Bonds gave a sell signal on Friday, so closed long position at a profit and bought puts.

    Security / Ticker: ZB
    Open Trade Date: 15 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 23 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 155.00
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 1.04
    Close Trade Date: 09 August 2019
    Closing Price: 6.24
    Roundtrip P&L: 499.8%

    Security / Ticker: ZB
    Open Trade Date: 15 July 2019
    Trade: Sell to Close
    Expiry Date: 23 August 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 159.00
    Direction: Call
    Opening Price: 0.15
    Close Trade Date: 09 August 2019
    Closing Price: 2.61
    Roundtrip P&L: 1638.0%

    Opened a short position by buying Puts.

    Security / Ticker: ZB
    Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 161.00
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 1.77

    Security / Ticker: ZB
    Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
    Exercise Price: 156.00
    Direction: Put
    Opening Price: 0.34

    Sold 27/12/19 168/170 Call Spread for 22 credit.
     
    #78     Aug 12, 2019
  9. Took advantage of a dip in volatility to buy a straddle in AUDUSD.

    Security / Ticker: AUD
    Open Trade Date: 25 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 08 November 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 0.6700
    Direction: Straddle
    Opening Price: 0.0199
     
    #79     Aug 30, 2019
  10. Took advantage of a slight dip in volatility (although at 16.2% this morning, its higher than I normally buy at) to buy a straddle in DAX 30.

    Security / Ticker: DAX
    Open Trade Date: 29 August 2019
    Trade: Buy to Open
    Expiry Date: 20 October 2019
    At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
    Exercise Price: 11,850
    Direction: Straddle
    Opening Price: 576
     
    #80     Aug 30, 2019