Vertical Spreads for Aggressive Growth

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Cache Landing, Jan 27, 2006.

  1. ..or a nice head fake, like the one we had last friday but upside down this time :)
     
    #761     Jul 28, 2006
  2. Not a break yet. So far the 1280 is holding. If monday closes above 1280 that is a break.
     
    #762     Jul 28, 2006
  3. someone must have a 1299 touch barrier :D
     
    #763     Jul 28, 2006
  4. My main reasons for not opening the bear calls right now is the collapse in vols at the end of the day, and my expectation of a better fill on monday. I might even try to leg in if there is some buying interest monday morning.
     
    #764     Jul 28, 2006
  5. what you consider the equivalent spread price in spy for the aug 130/132 call spread...

    i am trading spy small till i get a feel for it...
     
    #765     Jul 28, 2006
  6. Right now the fill for SPY is actually much better than SPX. You'll get 0.50 for the 130/132 as compared to the equivalent of 0.40-0.45 with SPX. The difference makes up for the 10X commiss. The question is about tax. Does the difference cover commiss. and tax?
     
    #766     Jul 28, 2006
  7. LOL. No, not me. But long a bunch of futures.
     
    #767     Jul 28, 2006
  8. thanks...
     
    #768     Jul 28, 2006
  9. Wow, must be more bullish than me. I'm not bullish enough to jump on this roller coaster. Good luck with your touch barrier... errr..... I mean "long futures". :D
     
    #769     Jul 28, 2006
  10. IMO, no if you are looking at round-trip:
    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=939138#post939138

    Summary of differences for other people's reference:
    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1072252#post1072252

    And Cache, I saw your post. Not sure why you deleted LOL. I have a no touch at 1290 but the position is minor and semi-auto-hedged. I wouldn't buy a touch - they are too expensive IMO. That's why I sell them instead :)

    [EDIT: Went flat on futures, was making a play for the break-through 1280 Cash. Alas, wasn't sustained.]

    MoMoney.
     
    #770     Jul 28, 2006