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  • #16,381
  • Nov 29, 2018 1:58pm Nov 29, 2018 1:58pm
You're a better man than I am....I'd be out with that profit looking for the next trade. For me, I've found that unless I have a butt load of contracts, a few pennies here and there isn't worth the chance of missing it.

I've waited for that perfect profit before, only to find it suddenly moving against me quickly and me having to sell at market and having to lose some of that profit that was in front of me while I was waiting....wound up missing out on more profit than what I was waiting to make. So now I have no problem leaving some money on the table sometimes.
  • #16,382
  • Nov 29, 2018 2:52pm Nov 29, 2018 2:52pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}the fly worth 46c now as QQQ sits on the exact sweet spot @$168....trigger finger very itchy...I need the margin on the broke wing and can not sneeze at near 6 bag
out for 42c near the close...
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  • #16,383
  • Nov 29, 2018 2:54pm Nov 29, 2018 2:54pm
Quoting moneymaker2
You're a better man than I am.....
I have learned my lessons on time spreads, not afraid to take a nice profit and move on. 8c in and 42c out is just fine...
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  • #16,384
  • Edited 1:52pm Nov 30, 2018 1:40pm | Edited 1:52pm
Quoting The Fool
hoping to not lose money on this SPX diag, which went on for a 10c credit. sexy SPX, underlying so big, can deliver huge profits or huge losses, this one underwater now but I will ride it to next week
SPX Dec7/Dec10 2780/2790 diagonal, 10c credit been underwater a while, now down near $200/unit, needs to get into next week so the front option theta can bring it up. Spoos just 30 pts away and can blast thru that in a day and I didn't put on any downside protection. Will let it ride until next week but looks like trouble.

Trading SPX especially important to cya because it's a big sucka
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  • #16,385
  • Nov 30, 2018 2:26pm Nov 30, 2018 2:26pm
Quoting Cecil Gee
will be looking to get into NVDA 170 calls Dec7 exp for around $1.05, it was last traded for $1.19 today. NVDA closing price was 153.05 and is now trading lower at 150.43 in the after hours, if it can stay above 150 and trade higher during tomorrows trading day then I be in tomorrow. May get a better price too, we shall see
closed half of the contracts out at $2.58 and kept half to go into next week to see if I can get more out of these. NVDA trading at $163.79 as of a few moments ago
  • #16,386
  • Nov 30, 2018 3:41pm Nov 30, 2018 3:41pm
dove bomb droped this week by Powell enough to fuel bull rally up to Dec FOMC, but news from G20 could be the next thing to watch. I expect some kind of "breakthrough" by Monday.....have a good weekend.
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  • #16,387
  • Dec 2, 2018 12:42am Dec 2, 2018 12:42am
Xi & Don had a good dinner, stock rally will continue
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  • #16,388
  • Dec 2, 2018 4:04am Dec 2, 2018 4:04am
Quoting The Fool
Xi & Don had a good dinner, stock rally will continue
No additional tariffs after Janurary 1st
  • #16,389
  • Dec 3, 2018 4:09am Dec 3, 2018 4:09am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} closed half of the contracts out at $2.58 and kept half to go into next week to see if I can get more out of these. NVDA trading at $163.79 as of a few moments ago
Will close remainder of the contracts on the call options in NVDA sometime during the trading day. NVDA is trading above $172 pre market, hope is stays above and trades higher. Congrats to all call buyers
  • #16,390
  • Dec 3, 2018 4:12am Dec 3, 2018 4:12am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} Will close remainder of the contracts on the call options in NVDA sometime during the trading day. NVDA is trading above $172 pre market, hope is stays above and trades higher. Congrats to all call buyers
Targeting just above $175, will take the options i purchased last week around $8
  • #16,391
  • Dec 3, 2018 7:06am Dec 3, 2018 7:06am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} Targeting just above $175, will take the options i purchased last week around $8
good job CG, great decision letting those run.
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  • #16,392
  • Dec 3, 2018 1:00pm Dec 3, 2018 1:00pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote} SPX Dec7/Dec10 2780/2790 diagonal, 10c credit been underwater a while, now down near $200/unit, needs to get into next week so the front option theta can bring it up. Spoos just 30 pts away and can blast thru that in a day and I didn't put on any downside protection. Will let it ride until next week but looks like trouble. Trading SPX especially important to cya because it's a big sucka
...cash calls, had to close for $2.50 loss. Not a good way to start the week....

I almost always set these diagonals up with some kind of protective trade that mitigates the large downside that can wait out past the short strike. Inevitably, if I get cocky and leave that off, the market kicks my ass....
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  • #16,393
  • Dec 3, 2018 6:37pm Dec 3, 2018 6:37pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote} good job CG, great decision letting those run.
Thx TF didn't quite reach $8, started to fall back quite rapidly so I exited the remainders at $4.85
  • #16,394
  • Dec 4, 2018 1:02am Dec 4, 2018 1:02am
fishing off the NFP, b/e's at 2740 and 2840 m/l, risk $450 to make well over $5k
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  • #16,395
  • Dec 4, 2018 1:03am Dec 4, 2018 1:03am
strangle into Dec10 and $450 into > $10k comes into view....
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  • #16,396
  • Dec 4, 2018 2:10am Dec 4, 2018 2:10am
https://krtv.com/cnn-us-politics/201...investigation/

Powell put? Trade Wars? and early in Q1, the Mueller investigation becomes Lord of the Flies? Gotta stock up on popcorn....
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  • #16,397
  • Dec 4, 2018 12:30pm Dec 4, 2018 12:30pm
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  • #16,398
  • Dec 4, 2018 3:53pm Dec 4, 2018 3:53pm
btfd is probably broken, but I couldn't resist and bot cheap SPY bull call verts for Dec14 - up at $277 and above....
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  • #16,399
  • Dec 6, 2018 6:04pm Dec 6, 2018 6:04pm
Quoting The Fool
btfd is probably broken, but I couldn't resist and bot cheap SPY bull call verts for Dec14 - up at $277 and above....
...IN more today Dec17 @ $275, I believe in Santa....
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  • #16,400
  • Dec 7, 2018 2:19pm Dec 7, 2018 2:19pm
APPL is kicking my butt over the last couple of weeks.....and after I bought an iPhone as a Christmas present!! Geez, talk about ungrateful!....
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