Would you trade a position that had the following characteristics at expiry in 2 weeks: 1. Unchanged +$36 2. -10% from current price -$97 (happens...
Lets say stock X is trading at $206.50 If you buy 100 shares and buy 2 ATM puts you have a synthetic straddle. However, what if instead of...
I have noticed a discrepancy that I am unsure how to explain. I believe it may be telling me something, but I am unsure what exactly. Look at the...
What is the cumulative return vs the S&P since starting this thread?
Is there a site where you can download/scrap news releases going back several years for a particular stock? Is there a service you can...
What do you base your decision to be long/short and leverage/not leveraged on? Is it TA, fundamental, or gut feeling? Did you backtest this...
In my CAT position the 85 calls I just sold have about .40 in time premium, but they are in the money. When the time premium runs out, if they are...
Made another adjustment to CAT position: Buy 1 CAT Apr5 87.5 call for .14 Sell 1 CAT Apr5 85 calls for 1.06
I view the position as a sort of mix between a covered call and an outright call. Basically, the short side provides just enough premium to make...
I adjusted my CAT position: Sell 2 CAT Apr20 90 calls for .29 each Buy 2 CAT May17 87.5 calls for 2.03 each
The purpose of this journal will be to track my Diagonal Ratio Backspread trades. While I have been trading for nearly 10 years, I have done very...
I did 2 more positions like this today: Sold FB Mar28 26 call for .17 Bought 2 FB Apr12 26.5 calls for .34 each Sold BBRY Mar28 15 call...
This does appear to be a diagonal backspread. However, most of the examples I find seem to sell an ITM option. To me it appears its much better to...
Is there a name for this type of strategy? Are there alternatives with similar profiles?
CAT
I have sold 1 Mar28 87.5 call for .43 I have bought 2 Apr20 90 calls for .54 each The position was entered for a debit of $.65 Stock currently...
After 1440 trades, I am up about 500 pips.Its been a roller coaster of up and downs. The good: - Survived slippage and commission over the...
Much smoother, but I have never looked at a metric showing all 10 strategies combined. Its always been individual strategies. However, I would...
No, still moving along. Equity has been nearly flat this month. After a total of 1170 trades, here is my latest pip chart.
I assume you built a neural network (or similar) system that tries to predict tomorrow's moving ave slope. Its easy to get a relatively high %...
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