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  • #15,381
  • Mar 1, 2018 12:08pm Mar 1, 2018 12:08pm
One more btfd b4 the bottom drops out?

Bot SPY diag calls - Mar5/Mar7 $275/$274 - nickel debit
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,382
  • Edited 4:53pm Mar 1, 2018 2:08pm | Edited 4:53pm
Quoting The Fool
One more btfd b4 the bottom drops out? Bot SPY diag calls - Mar5/Mar7 $275/$274 - nickel debit
lol...ok, other stupid trades today - bot Apr20 AA bull vert calls - $55/$60, for 25c - bring on the trade war I still need aluminum to make Schlitz cans

also VXX bull vert puts Apr20 $31/30 for 8c

bot a Mar 9 SPY call calendar - $273/275/277 for 20c.....

just pitchin pennies on these trades....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,383
  • Mar 2, 2018 11:39am Mar 2, 2018 11:39am
Quoting The Fool
One more btfd b4 the bottom drops out? Bot SPY diag calls - Mar5/Mar7 $275/$274 - nickel debit
bot back the Mar5 $274s for a dime, will look to sell em again today or Monday if SPY pops....I'm guessing SPY will follow the Russel and finish green, be trading >$270 next week..
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,384
  • Mar 2, 2018 2:52pm Mar 2, 2018 2:52pm
Quoting The Fool
back in the noise Feb6 I bot a Mar16 UVXY put calendar - $18/15/12....35c debit.....looking for something better than that out.....could be interesting...
sorry that was a fly, closed it now for 99c, can't complain but those geared vix doohickies are so dicey hell yes I will take ne >2bag out I have seen so many peter out to nil
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,385
  • Mar 2, 2018 3:06pm Mar 2, 2018 3:06pm
Quoting The Fool
bot back the Mar5 $274s for a dime, will look to sell em again today or Monday if SPY pops....I'm guessing SPY will follow the Russel and finish green, be trading >$270 next week..
...getting spoos to print 4 straight red dailies almost impossible anymore
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,386
  • Mar 5, 2018 11:10am Mar 5, 2018 11:10am
Quoting The Fool
One more btfd b4 the bottom drops out? Bot SPY diag calls - Mar5/Mar7 $275/$274 - nickel debit
....bot back the $274's for a dime Fri - put me 15c in the hole, now sold the $275's for 30c, net credit 15c and cat food for a few months, woohoo...
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,387
  • Mar 5, 2018 12:18pm Mar 5, 2018 12:18pm
Quoting The Fool
lol...ok, other stupid trades today - bot Apr20 AA bull vert calls - $55/$60, for 25c - bring on the trade war I still need aluminum to make Schlitz cans also VXX bull vert puts Apr20 $31/30 for 8c bot a Mar 9 SPY call calendar - $273/275/277 for 20c..... just pitchin pennies on these trades....
damn I left gelt on the table on the long SPY calls above....s'alright I got that fly looking good....I see a settled bull run into the week of the Mar FOMC as Trump eats crow on tariffs....VXX could drop $5-10 in 5 days this week and we could be touching the old spoos ath's by next
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,388
  • Mar 5, 2018 1:23pm Mar 5, 2018 1:23pm
filled a SPY Mar9/Mar12 call diag $277/278 for 2 whole cents
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,389
  • Mar 5, 2018 1:28pm Mar 5, 2018 1:28pm
filled a SPY Mar16/Mar19 call calendar @ $280 for 3 big centavos!
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,390
  • Mar 6, 2018 7:23am Mar 6, 2018 7:23am
Quoting The Fool
.s'alright I got that fly looking good....I see a settled bull
well for this week I like to see a $275 pin by Fri, max out the fly shown at 4 bag +
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  • #15,391
  • Mar 6, 2018 11:29pm Mar 6, 2018 11:29pm
Quoting The Fool
Any put/call option traders here? Want to talk about trading options? Not sure if this thread will go anywhere. If I find even one cool trader in FF who wants to share some good options trading ideas, then I'll be happy. I am not a very sophisticated options trader - been trading options m/l full time for only the last year or so. I am basically a beginner, but I make money consistently. So, being a greenhorn, I am not out to be anybody's guru. And I'm not looking for one,...
Can you explain why Put costs more than call?
  • #15,392
  • Mar 7, 2018 3:57am Mar 7, 2018 3:57am
Quoting DineshMT
{quote} Can you explain why Put costs more than call?
You pay for implied volatility, wherever it may be assumed to be increasing, options values will project higher.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,393
  • Mar 7, 2018 4:02am Mar 7, 2018 4:02am
Quoting The Fool
{quote}damn I left gelt on the table on the long SPY calls above....s'alright I got that fly looking good....I see a settled bull run into the week of the Mar FOMC as Trump eats crow on tariffs....VXX could drop $5-10 in 5 days this week and we could be touching the old spoos ath's by next
Settled?....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,394
  • Mar 7, 2018 5:10pm Mar 7, 2018 5:10pm
Quoting The Fool
bot a Mar 9 SPY call calendar - $273/275/277 for 20c..... just pitchin pennies on these trades....
...pennies add up, I need to see that $275 to close the week. I am thinking 'fear the Fed, good news=bad news' is getting some traction and we will need a weak NFP to cool things down
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,395
  • Mar 8, 2018 2:25pm Mar 8, 2018 2:25pm
Quoting The Fool
bot a Mar 9 SPY call calendar - $273/275/277 for 20c........
...looking to get 50c net out at the close cuz I think Friday will see some big moves off the NFP
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,396
  • Mar 8, 2018 2:51pm Mar 8, 2018 2:51pm
Quoting The Fool
... cuz I think Friday will see some big moves off the NFP
...with this in mind filled Mar9 bull vert puts $270/272 for 36c....earlier filled Mar9 $271/270.5 puts @ 9c....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,397
  • Mar 8, 2018 2:55pm Mar 8, 2018 2:55pm
Quoting The Fool
Mar 9 SPY call calendar - $273/275/277 for 20c..... just pitchin pennies on these trades....
...closed the fly @ 60c, 40c net less comms out, didn't trust it not to get trashed to nil tomorrow on a NFP bomb
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,398
  • Mar 9, 2018 9:54am Mar 9, 2018 9:54am
Quoting The Fool
I am thinking 'fear the Fed, good news=bad news' is getting some traction and we will need a weak NFP to cool things down
so much for that idear
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,399
  • Mar 9, 2018 10:30am Mar 9, 2018 10:30am
Quoting The Fool
filled a SPY Mar9/Mar12 call diag $277/278 for 2 whole cents
In for 2c out for 12c big whoop these are more trouble than they are worth when the short leg bumps up to itm at expiry day
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,400
  • Mar 11, 2018 6:58pm Mar 11, 2018 6:58pm
bot this GLD call calendar 12/14/17 for 17c....i often shoot something at these quarterly setups....sitting at a 55c mid today...if it will pin $125 by end of week maxP is about 75c....I will close it if gold moves up hard...
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