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  • #18,641
  • Mar 20, 2023 1:14pm Mar 20, 2023 1:14pm
Filled today to come off Thurs/Fri.....
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  • #18,642
  • Mar 20, 2023 4:01pm Mar 20, 2023 4:01pm
also NDX dbl calendars, although I have work to do tomorrow to fill both sides. Tough to fill wide spreads, but could be well worth it if we get a big move post FOMC.
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  • #18,643
  • Mar 21, 2023 12:15am Mar 21, 2023 12:15am
SPX/SPY for the week. Put side, SPX Mar24/27 diag with a SPY Mar 27 bear put vert guard....will try to enter tomorrow or Wed open, to adjust on entry
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  • #18,644
  • Mar 21, 2023 12:28am Mar 21, 2023 12:28am
calls, bullish breakout to near 4100 possible by Friday, em @ 4,050 as of now. The call diag goes on for a credit so I can over-size, maybe bring in the SPY bull call hedge
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  • #18,645
  • Mar 21, 2023 3:04am Mar 21, 2023 3:04am
Credit anticipates, equity confirms.
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I guess we'll see fear subside, rates come up some. Idk what the Fed can do to spook the market now. We just had a week of systemic risk drama, and it barely made dent. Six of the last 7 daily spoos candles green. Naz up >7% in the last week alone. Dominant market expectation seems to be FOMC will do the 25bps, but also will make some kind of sign, maybe just the slightest wink, that there will be a pause. No way markets won't explode higher if that's the deal.
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  • #18,646
  • Mar 21, 2023 7:50am Mar 21, 2023 7:50am
Quoting The Fool
Credit anticipates, equity confirms. {image} I guess we'll see fear subside, rates come up some. Idk what the Fed can do to spook the market now. We just had a week of systemic risk drama, and it barely made dent. Six of the last 7 daily spoos candles green. Naz up >7% in the last week alone. Dominant market expectation seems to be FOMC will do the 25bps, but also will make some kind of sign, maybe just the slightest wink, that there will be a pause. No way markets won't explode higher if that's the deal.
Gotta imagine if we pop tmmrw itll get sold into by desperate and over eager bears.
3650 is likely the downside risk to put a dagger in the macro bullish thesis, but that certainly doesnt mean we have to actually print it.... Still holding the long macro book. No changes.
  • #18,647
  • Mar 21, 2023 4:44pm Mar 21, 2023 4:44pm
All I got done today was buy out the put leg of the Mar24 SPX funding IC - in that for about $2 and out for $0.35. Got a lot of bp to blow on lotto tix tomorrow now. Will have to fade some of this bull froth.
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  • #18,648
  • Mar 21, 2023 7:36pm Mar 21, 2023 7:36pm
Quoting Wulfgar
{quote} Gotta imagine if we pop tmmrw itll get sold into by desperate and over eager bears. 3650 is likely the downside risk to put a dagger in the macro bullish thesis, but that certainly doesnt mean we have to actually print it.... Still holding the long macro book. No changes.
no doubt rips will be sold, dips will be bought, as it has always been, since the beginning of time. I just need to see some follow through in one direction for 2-3 days post-FOMC. Is that too much to ask? Especially need to see NDX put on another 2sigma move to close the week....always on the edge of Glory....
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  • #18,649
  • Mar 21, 2023 10:57pm Mar 21, 2023 10:57pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}no doubt rips will be sold, dips will be bought, as it has always been, since the beginning of time. I just need to see some follow through in one direction for 2-3 days post-FOMC. Is that too much to ask? Especially need to see NDX put on another 2sigma move to close the week....always on the edge of Glory.... {image}
I got my backspreads at the ready

they cant crash it, it would put me into retirement on a Caribbean island…. Im sure we likely just clear the range and print a giant Darth Mail candle on the day…

but, as always, a girl can dream
  • #18,650
  • Mar 22, 2023 2:57am Mar 22, 2023 2:57am
Quoting Wulfgar
{quote} …. Im sure we likely just clear the range and print a giant Darth Mail candle on the day… but, as always, a girl can dream
Yeah, you know Uncle Jerry will bring the hawk. "Hey kids, wanna see my Dot Plot?" ...."Eeeew! Put it away!" ......I have some 2sigma red plays queued up for SPX. Thurs-Fri would be a good time for another regional bank to fall thru the Earth's crust. I always liked Darth Maul. Here around Seattle, I still see guys with the permanent prosthetic antler nubs.....
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  • #18,651
  • Mar 22, 2023 1:41pm Mar 22, 2023 1:41pm
JPow comments bullish ! Load up!
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  • #18,652
  • Mar 22, 2023 3:27pm Mar 22, 2023 3:27pm
Quoting Wulfgar
{quote} Gotta imagine if we pop tmmrw itll get sold into by desperate and over eager bears. 3650 is likely the downside risk to put a dagger in the macro bullish thesis, but that certainly doesnt mean we have to actually print it.... Still holding the long macro book. No changes.
Imagine being bearish and thinking youre in control….
  • #18,653
  • Mar 22, 2023 4:30pm Mar 22, 2023 4:30pm
Quoting The Fool
JPow comments bullish ! Load up!
...and then there was JY. They giveth and they taketh awayeth. Buggered my NDX dreams. But, early today I shored up my bear case with SPX and IWM put calendars and verts. Just not believing the FOMO market can string together much of a bear run without some news to support that. I just need 2 days of trend....
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  • #18,654
  • Mar 22, 2023 7:40pm Mar 22, 2023 7:40pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}... I just need 2 days of trend....
....this has all the signs of another sideways run. US index futures green in early Asia, I expect they will rally to the end of the week. But probably not hard enough. Markets are firmly convinced of the bull case - the tightening rates cycle is ending. There is no bear case unless it's a resurgence of contagion risk. Sideways is the new down....
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  • #18,655
  • Mar 22, 2023 9:55pm Mar 22, 2023 9:55pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote}....this has all the signs of another sideways run. US index futures green in early Asia, I expect they will rally to the end of the week. But probably not hard enough. Markets are firmly convinced of the bull case - the tightening rates cycle is ending. There is no bear case unless it's a resurgence of contagion risk. Sideways is the new down....
Dude Whats happening is monstrously bullish…. This basing is just an accumulation for a major major move.

As always timing is the devil. And I dont have a good idea when its going to happen. But usually when thats the case it means its close. Im buying a lot of short dated gamma…. My prop algo(aptly named TardBot, because I built it from scratch) really sees 4550-4600 within 6-8 weeks…

you know how it works, a tiny bit at first, then all at once…
  • #18,656
  • Mar 22, 2023 11:25pm Mar 22, 2023 11:25pm
Quoting Wulfgar
{quote} My prop algo(aptly named TardBot, because I built it from scratch) really sees 4550-4600 within 6-8 weeks… you know how it works, a tiny bit at first, then all at once…
Well, I can't usually think that far ahead. But I see tech leading a rally into earnings season, anyway. Which is about 4 weeks. Easy to see NDX back to 15,000+ by then. Spectacular lotto wins out there just waiting for the lucky and the bold.
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  • #18,657
  • Mar 22, 2023 11:32pm Mar 22, 2023 11:32pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote} Spectacular lotto wins out there just waiting for the lucky and the bold.
ok liquidity in NDX monthly expiries; cheap calendars and verts in the calls have easy 100x roi......IF we get that run up for a few weeks....vert shown $250 wide you can buy for <$150....
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  • #18,658
  • Mar 22, 2023 11:44pm Mar 22, 2023 11:44pm
week-wide call calendar Apr21/28, @ 14,775 - <$5k bet could net 80:1 or much more if you get the long calls to run alone in the last week
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  • #18,659
  • Mar 23, 2023 3:49am Mar 23, 2023 3:49am
JY really fucked me. I likely roll all put side spreads this morning, but that will result in small losses at best. If NDX has a great day and gets back above 13,000, I might make a couple bucks on the call calendar, enough to be for the week.
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  • #18,660
  • Mar 23, 2023 2:26pm Mar 23, 2023 2:26pm
I'm in good profit @ bearish spreads with this dump in the last hour. It'll be even better tomorrow, but this market can't be trusted to go in a single direction for anything over a day. I must always remember my rules:

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