Straddle trades

Discussion in 'Journals' started by PetaDollar, Jul 27, 2011.

  1. There's no prediction here, other than it would not be unusual for the stock to pick up again over the summer and sell the spread for a profit. Otherwise, sell for a reasonable loss.
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    #21     Jun 20, 2013
  2. I closed the AAPL 430 straddle today for about an 8% profit. Here is the kind of chart I use in TWS, which nicely plots the implied volatility underneath.

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    #22     Jun 26, 2013