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    A newbie's index option journal

    Add to long position with DAWHZ - DIA AUG 130 Call @5.00. Open position : 2.
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    A newbie's index option journal

    ... and yet it came back. Initiate SFBHP SPY AUG 146 Call @4.50
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    A newbie's index option journal

    [30 min into market close] I think there was a bad print of DIA price day low of 131.14. This might screw up some ppl's stochastic calculation.
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-07-26 JW Trading Activity : Arb play Today the options buy signal was strong until about 2 hours before the market close it started to fade. Does this mean tomorrow is going to be a down day? I don't know and quite frankly, I don't really care either. So I dicided to test the arbitrage...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-07-12 JW Trading Activity : Should've opened position at the close yesterday at $3.4 but instead got in at the market open this morning @4.10, missed 20%+ potential profit over night. Lunch meetings at market close hour, what can I say. Once the market opened I pulled the trigger without...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    Initiate long position with SFBGS - SPY July 149 Call @ 4.10
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    A newbie's index option journal

    Thank you Jeff. Although I don't use charts to trade, I agree with you that the pattern is rather interesting. I hope this also means I'll get some entry signals after two or three trading sessions.
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    A newbie's index option journal

    Close ES @1543.25 and YM@13729. Profit is minimal but I'll take it :)
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    A newbie's index option journal

    initiate long short position with YM (+4) @ 13706 and ES (-3) @ 1541
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-07-03 JW Trading Activity : Gladly sold and closed the Diamond options 15 minutes before the market close, and at a good price too. This marks the end of the trading activity for the 1st half of the year, up 41.81%. The majority of the return was made outside of the huge market rally...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-07-02 update : Still holdin on to the DIA long call position. Diamond's price finally caught up with the Dow's value at the last moment of the trading session, boosting the paper gain of the call. Riding house's money into tomorrow's session. IMO i don't really feel the market has...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-06-28 JW Trading Activity : Sold SPY July calls and took profit. Leaving DIA options in play. The intraday long/short arb worked out well today too. [ Stats EXCLUDE intraday futures arb : ] Closed position: SFBGQ - SPY July 147 Call @ 4.7, +23.7% 2007-06 month to date return ...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-06-27 JW Trading Activity (mid market) : Initiated long short position with YM and ES. Options holding up well so far. Will probably close futures and the SPY calls at the close.
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    A newbie's index option journal

    Add to long position with DAWGA - DIA July 131 CALL @4.40. Open position : 2. The long-short trade on the futures was having a nice gain but profit faded 3 minutes before the intended closing time as spread widen again. Closed with breakeven and add to options. Hopefully the next day or...
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    A newbie's index option journal

    2007-06-27 JW Trading Activity (at market open) : Initiated long position with SFBGQ - SPY July 147 CALL @3.80. Open position : 1 Signal showed up at the last minute of market close yesterday. Initiated the long position around opening this morning. It's holding on so far hope the...
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