Stock / Symbol: Nasdaq 100 / NDX Option Strategy: [private_monthly]iron condor[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $2795 Reasoning: With 34 days till April expiration, I’m putting on a [private_monthly]Iron Condor on NDX. With an expected deviation of 100 points between now and April expiration, I’m selling the 2900 calls and the 2675 puts.[/private_monthly] The trade greeks […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR DOW Jones Industrial Avg ETF / DIA Option Strategy: [private_monthly]double calendar[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $144.65 Reasoning: Looking to play both sides of this market, I’m putting on a [private_monthly]double calendar here on DIA. [/private_monthly]This is a delta neutral trade with a delta of 3.2, a positive theta of 2.65 and […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR DOW Jones Industrial Avg ETF / DIA; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]double calendar (originally)[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date / price: Feb 13 / $140.20; Price at this post: $142.70; Current Position:[private_monthly] long 3 DIA Apr13 135 puts short -3 DIA Mar13 135 puts Reasoning: Upside stop hit on the trade. Closing out for a […]
Stock / Symbol: PowerShares QQQ / QQQ Option Strategy: [private_monthly]Calendar Put Spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $67.62 Update: Didn’t get filled yesterday. Not renewing order for today. Market wants to go higher, going to let it. Non-members, click here for access
Stock / Symbol: PowerShares QQQ / QQQ Option Strategy: [private_monthly]Calendar Put Spread[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $67.62 Reasoning: I think that QQQ will trade back down to 66 sometime between now and May expiration. I’m using a put calendar on QQQ to play this premise. I’m selling the Mar13 expiration put and plan on selling […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR S&P500 ETF / SPY Option Strategy: [private_monthly]broken wing butterfly[/private_monthly] Price at trade post: $152 Reasoning: Continuing on my premise that the market is still due for another pullback, I’m putting on a [private_monthly]broken wing butterfly[/private_monthly] on SPY. The greeks going into this trade are: -24 delta, 0.9 theta, and -5.75 vega. […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR DOW Jones Industrial Avg ETF / DIA; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]double calendar (originally)[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date / price: Feb 13 / $140.20; Price at this post: $140.20; Current Position:[private_monthly] long 4 DIA Apr13 142 calls short -4 DIA Mar13 142 calls long 4 DIA Apr13 138 puts short -4 DIA Mar13 138 […]
Stock / Symbol: SPDR DOW Jones Industrial Avg ETF / DIA; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]double calendar[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date / price: Feb 13 / $140.20; Price at this post: $138.30; Current Position:[private_monthly] long 4 DIA Apr13 142 calls short -4 DIA Mar13 142 calls long 4 DIA Apr13 138 puts short -4 DIA Mar13 138 puts […]
Stock / Symbol: Netflix / NFLX Option Strategy: [private_monthly]bear call spread[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date / Price at trade post: Feb 6 @ $182; Price at this post: $179.55 Current position: short -2 NFLX Mar13 210 calls long 2 NFLX Mar13 215 calls at a net credit of $0.90 per contract. Update / Reasoning: Would like […]
Stock / Symbol: Russell 2000 / RUT; Option Strategy: [private_monthly]calendar spread[/private_monthly]; Trade entry date / price: Feb 13 @ $920; Price at this post: $910 Current Position:[private_monthly] Long 1 RUT Mar13 900 put Short -1 RUT FebWk4 900 put Reasoning: Coming into the trade, I had thought that if the RUT pulled back to around […]