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  • #15,201
  • Edited 1:47pm Jul 11, 2017 1:16pm | Edited 1:47pm
trying to fill above Mr. Softy DC @ Jul21/28, 14c each side.........done
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  • #15,202
  • Jul 11, 2017 2:18pm Jul 11, 2017 2:18pm
trying the Jul 21/28 AAPL DC @ $152.5/$137 for 17c/14c

....both these DC's are dicey trades so they are small - I'm looking for some decent iv increase and there may not be enough to lift these above b/e
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  • #15,203
  • Jul 11, 2017 2:46pm Jul 11, 2017 2:46pm
filled AAPL DC as shown except un centavo mas the sides
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  • #15,204
  • Jul 12, 2017 3:11pm Jul 12, 2017 3:11pm
trying to fill a SPY $247 call calendar, Jul21/26 for 12c....filled at the close.

I have to see spoos breaking out and attacking 2,500....any kind of good news out of US Congress will get that done I reckon
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,205
  • Jul 13, 2017 4:01pm Jul 13, 2017 4:01pm
Quoting The Fool
trying to fill above Mr. Softy DC @ Jul21/28, 14c each side.........done
MSFT looking good, the DC call side I have at $73, looking for it to grind up to the all time high ($72.0) right around ER day & will take off the calls for profit and let the puts run...
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,206
  • Edited 10:46pm Jul 15, 2017 10:26pm | Edited 10:46pm
/ES up 36% in ~1.5 yr....in the monthly chart from the Mar '09 666 low, there have been only 3 runs of 3 or more red monthly sticks, and the smallest of those was just a ~100 pt dip. 8+ years of bull.
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  • #15,207
  • Jul 17, 2017 1:37pm Jul 17, 2017 1:37pm
Quoting The Fool
MSFT looking good, the DC call side I have at $73, looking for it to grind up to the all time high ($72.0) right around ER day & will take off the calls for profit and let the puts run...
my MSFT DC is $67.50/$72.50 Jul21/28. MSFT has come up to new ath today $73. ER's 7/20, with luck I hold till ER day and the share price sits around my call strike.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,208
  • Jul 19, 2017 11:42pm Jul 19, 2017 11:42pm
Quoting The Fool
my MSFT DC is $67.50/$72.50 Jul21/28. MSFT has come up to new ath today $73. ER's 7/20, with luck I hold till ER day and the share price sits around my call strike.
Another ath today neverending bull market. My MSFT DC sitting at b/e even though the sh price has over shot my call strikes. If we can see some selling prior to the ER tomorrow I could maybe net out a dime or so on the calls and let the puts ride...
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  • #15,209
  • Jul 19, 2017 11:53pm Jul 19, 2017 11:53pm
AAPL DC doing better - iv's have come up and sp has moved towards my call strike. Currently the trade sits at a net double so I will have to pay attention Thurs-Fri as there are several ways to manage it...
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  • #15,210
  • Jul 20, 2017 1:57pm Jul 20, 2017 1:57pm
Quoting The Fool
Another ath today neverending bull market. My MSFT DC sitting at b/e even though the sh price has over shot my call strikes. If we can see some selling prior to the ER tomorrow I could maybe net out a dime or so on the calls and let the puts ride...
closed the call side for 21c, if MSFT tanks it'd have to be hard to make anything off the puts....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,211
  • Jul 20, 2017 3:52pm Jul 20, 2017 3:52pm
Quoting The Fool
closed the call side for 21c, if MSFT tanks it'd have to be hard to make anything off the puts....
....good I got out as well as I did, MSFT pushing to $75+ would have killed any chance of salvage. We'll see if AAPL will bounce tomorrow with a little help from the strong MSFT ER
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,212
  • Jul 21, 2017 2:38am Jul 21, 2017 2:38am
Quoting The Fool
/ES up 36% in ~1.5 yr....in the monthly chart from the Mar '09 666 low, there have been only 3 runs of 3 or more red monthly sticks, and the smallest of those was just a ~100 pt dip. 8+ years of bull. {image}
SAME OLE SHIT
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,213
  • Jul 21, 2017 2:43am Jul 21, 2017 2:43am
FOMC meets next week - is that news? Chickenshit Fed dare not surprise the clientele - but if they would, it might actually cause a few red candles to print. They do nada, we get thru earnings season with the spoos around 2,500, and you can take a nap until Jackson Hole...
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,214
  • Jul 21, 2017 11:05pm Jul 21, 2017 11:05pm
I have been thinking somewhat along these lines but I wanted to get thru the biggest week of earnings season - next week....

http://www.businessinsider.com/vix-m...17-7?r=UK&IR=T

"It's also possible the investor is betting on volatility around some key upcoming events. The trade's October expiration will capture two Federal Reserve meetings, as well as the deadline for the government's debt-ceiling decision."
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,215
  • Jul 23, 2017 1:47am Jul 23, 2017 1:47am
uh
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  • #15,216
  • Jul 25, 2017 11:29am Jul 25, 2017 11:29am
^vix flirting with the 8.xx, maybe I should wait to go long .... I will buy at 3.00 and catch a spike to 30.....trading is so easy....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,217
  • Jul 29, 2017 8:01pm Jul 29, 2017 8:01pm
J-Hole 8/24-27, Labor Day, FOMC 9/21 - I kinda like the Sep/Oct calendar to set up the aftermath
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  • #15,218
  • Jul 29, 2017 8:06pm Jul 29, 2017 8:06pm
Aug18/Sep15 $15 calendar calls maybe also, about 27c now, would look again for 20c max
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,219
  • Edited 6:01pm Aug 4, 2017 4:26pm | Edited 6:01pm
Quoting The Fool
Aug18/Sep15 $15 calendar calls maybe also, about 27c now, would look again for 20c max
didn't bite on these, wanted to get thru the ER season. The one mentioned is 22c now....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,220
  • Aug 10, 2017 10:52pm Aug 10, 2017 10:52pm
whats you on vacation man?
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