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  • #15,521
  • Apr 25, 2018 4:09pm Apr 25, 2018 4:09pm
Quoting The Fool
...here they come....big name big ER beats and blackouts coming off + UST yields backsliding = short squeeze and a >5% gain in US equity indices going into May....
....starting with FB, up >5% ah, now gimme AAPL and MSFT
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  • #15,522
  • Apr 25, 2018 4:45pm Apr 25, 2018 4:45pm
Quoting The Fool
FILLED the Apr27 $177.5/180/182 calls for 16c, will look for a rise in FB and fill something on the put side maybe
FB tanked not long after I put this on...it looked like a lost cause and I thot about converting, making a vertical out of it....was gonna cost a bit so I said fuck it what's a 16c loss?....howver, now FB bid hard on the ER and is at ~$171 atm, if it gets another 2% tomorrow hey I might make a little on the fly
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,523
  • Apr 26, 2018 10:49am Apr 26, 2018 10:49am
Quoting The Fool
FB tanked not long after I put this on...it looked like a lost cause and I thot about converting, making a vertical out of it....was gonna cost a bit so I said fuck it what's a 16c loss?....howver, now FB bid hard on the ER and is at ~$171 atm, if it gets another 2% tomorrow hey I might make a little on the fly
took it off for a quarter...maybe AAPL will do better
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,524
  • Apr 26, 2018 12:34pm Apr 26, 2018 12:34pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}took it off for a quarter...maybe AAPL will do better
TF you dumbass you jumped the gun prolly left 4 bits on the table there wake up you senile old fuck
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,525
  • Apr 26, 2018 1:45pm Apr 26, 2018 1:45pm
Quoting The Fool
I bot 4/27 SPY $269 calls for a dime.....whatever happened to btfd....? Need some a these big names to crush the ER over the next couple days....
out for 8c net woohoo...not trusting follow thru Friday with a bull run but I can see it coming in May
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  • #15,526
  • Apr 26, 2018 2:43pm Apr 26, 2018 2:43pm
filled a AMZN May4 $1570/1575/1580 call fly for a dime
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  • #15,527
  • Apr 26, 2018 2:54pm Apr 26, 2018 2:54pm
Quoting The Fool
filled a AMZN May4 $1570/1575/1580 call fly for a dime
trying to fill $1570/1580/1590 at 10c also pipe dream but options prices are flailing wildly so close to the ER & you never know what you might fill....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,528
  • Apr 26, 2018 3:05pm Apr 26, 2018 3:05pm
holy cow AMZN crushing it...up another $115......hope I don't have to pay to get out of my cheap fly
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,529
  • Apr 26, 2018 3:06pm Apr 26, 2018 3:06pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}trying to fill $1570/1580/1590 at 10c also pipe dream but options prices are flailing wildly so close to the ER & you never know what you might fill....
I had some loaded at $1600 +/- $10 for 10-20c but didn't fill wild crazy shit
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,530
  • Apr 26, 2018 3:08pm Apr 26, 2018 3:08pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}trying to fill $1570/1580/1590 at 10c also pipe dream but options prices are flailing wildly so close to the ER & you never know what you might fill....
no fill on this one too bad woulda been better
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,531
  • Apr 26, 2018 8:14pm Apr 26, 2018 8:14pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}yw....don't forget to paper trade....you need practice with even the simplest strategies b4 risking real Gelt
Definitely! I have not done options before. Not gonna risk real money yet. Planning to go through your posts from the first page. Hope to find some gems there
  • #15,532
  • Apr 27, 2018 9:49am Apr 27, 2018 9:49am
Quoting The Fool
filled a AMZN May4 $1570/1575/1580 call fly for a dime
AMZN shares now within a few $ of $1575 and I see mids on the fly jumping from < -$1.00 to >$1.40 on a $2.40 nat and I can't fill at 25c...shitty volume
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,533
  • Apr 27, 2018 11:08am Apr 27, 2018 11:08am
Yesterday I did the hedged condor on SP and cashed max profit on the lower wing and the upper binary. Full loss on the lower binary and and lower wing so ended up net loss of -$20. I call that a win.

Didn't condor today. Did a put vert spread on gbp/jpy for $16 per in and $148 per out. OTM binary cashed for $50 per to cover the premium range. Net positive $198 per contract. I'll call that one a win as well. Currently sitting on a couple of ITM binaries for premium collection and both in positive territory.
  • #15,534
  • Apr 27, 2018 2:06pm Apr 27, 2018 2:06pm
Quoting The Fool
filled a AMZN May4 $1570/1575/1580 call fly for a dime
with AMZN sitting right around $1575 this looks like some sharp shooting. In reality, this was a stupid trade and I will be lucky if it doesn't cost me money to get out of it. The problem is the big bid/ask spreads and thin volume on the AMZN options. I shoulda known this and will chalk it up as another lesson learnt for the umpteenth time: thin options usually are not worth messing with
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,535
  • Apr 27, 2018 2:15pm Apr 27, 2018 2:15pm
Quoting JR97
Yesterday I did the hedged condor on SP and cashed max profit on the lower wing and the upper binary. Full loss on the lower binary and and lower wing so ended up net loss of -$20. I call that a win. Didn't condor today. Did a put vert spread on gbp/jpy for $16 per in and $148 per out. OTM binary cashed for $50 per to cover the premium range. Net positive $198 per contract. I'll call that one a win as well. Currently sitting on a couple of ITM binaries for premium collection and both in positive territory.
Ended up being able to leg (wing?) into a couple of ITM shorts to make butterflies to hedge off the longs. All cashed at max profit. One of my better days.
  • #15,536
  • Apr 27, 2018 2:56pm Apr 27, 2018 2:56pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}with AMZN sitting right around $1575 this looks like some sharp shooting. In reality, this was a stupid trade and I will be lucky if it doesn't cost me money to get out of it. The problem is the big bid/ask spreads and thin volume on the AMZN options. I shoulda known this and will chalk it up as another lesson learnt for the umpteenth time: thin options usually are not worth messing with
Lotta headache and still can't fill a quarter
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  • #15,537
  • Apr 30, 2018 10:32am Apr 30, 2018 10:32am
Quoting The Fool
Lotta headache and still can't fill a quarter
made a dime on it. Up this week I have AAPL call fly, need a big move to May4 $172.5/175/177.5
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,538
  • Apr 30, 2018 1:13pm Apr 30, 2018 1:13pm
STILL making a bullish case for May equities, bot SPY $275 May 18/21 calendar calls for a nickel

Maybe get a better btfd off this week's FOMC?
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,539
  • May 1, 2018 12:00pm May 1, 2018 12:00pm
looking for CMG to fall all the way back to R=$320 with a Jun15 put fly @ $310/325/340 for 5-10c mid now 20c has been 5c...
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #15,540
  • May 1, 2018 12:27pm May 1, 2018 12:27pm
Quoting The Fool
STILL making a bullish case for May equities, bot SPY $275 May 18/21 calendar calls for a nickel Maybe get a better btfd off this week's FOMC?
...only idea I have atm, no more bullish nickel calendars until after the FOMC. Would like to see a May rally set up a June swoon....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
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