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Hi, Every position is now in the green though we suffered significant drawdown during the SPX sell off. I stop posting because I don't find time to do things properly. Good trading to you all.

Hi, because we have a directional bias and what was said about vol-edge was under this bias (a rising stock). Not sure I am going to manage the trade since this thread is about using options as a substitute for spot . The only mention to IV was linked to earnings date before expiry. This...

Market: Forex Symbol: Eur.Usd Sold Spot Qty: 25K Price: 1.1163 Max Price: 1.1185 Date:2015 Sept 30th 18:48 GMT +1 IV: NA Delta: NA

Underlying: Starbucks Symbol: SBUX Long Oct30′ 2015 – 57.5 Call Qty: 4 Average Price: 2.23 Max Price: 2.40 Date:2015 Sept 22nd 19:51 GMT +1 IV: 28.5% Delta: 0.54

Facebook: FB Short FB Oct30' 2015 - 95.5 Put. Qty:-2 credit: $4.34 Date:2015 Sept 21st 20:11 GMT +1 Iv:35% Delta: -0.48

FIS: FIS Long FIS Nov20′ 2015-70Call Qty: 3 Average Price: 2.75 Max Price: 2.85 Date:2015 Sept 21st 17:31 GMT +1 IV: 33% Delta: 0.49

Google- Symbol:GOOG Long GOOGL Oct16′ 640 Call Qty: 1 Average Price:$ 21.90 Max Price: 22.20 Date:2015 Sept 17th 20:25 GMT +1 IV: 27% Delta: 0.53 Next earnings are due on Ocotober 15th, this will be impacted by rising IV since it expires the day after.

What are we waiting for ? We won't open any position before the FOMC meeting (due on Thursday) to know if the Federal Reserve is whether raising rates or not. The whole financial world is waiting. This rates hike was already priced in (discounted) by the market, but since the Chinese Yuan...

Let's see. To make things transparent, by the end of each month I will post the account balance (fees included) with the P&L of each trades and the $2500 withdrawal. You can see that I give the exact time at which the trade is opened and I'll do the same when it is closed. We will start each...

Lululemon. Symbol LULU Oct 55/47.5 Bull Put spread Qty: 5 Average Price: 2.40 Credit Max Price: NA Date:2015 Sept 11th 19:40 GMT +1 IV: 42% Delta: 0.35 The stocks collapsed 17% yesterday because of earnings announcement. It’s way overdone. The EPS were slightly above expectations but the...

Good question. The workflow is optimized: A shortlist of high probability winners (techs positioning, analysts expectations, sound sector, clear horizon...) Being informed of what is driving the prevailing sentiment and anything looming that could impact the SPX/VIX. The stock picking can be...

Delta Airlines- Symbol: DAL Long DAL Oct16′ 47 Call Qty: 4 Average Price: 1.96 Max Price: 2.20 Date:2015 Sept 10th 18:31 GMT +1 IV: 33% Delta: 0.51 The option is gathering participants (open interest), tech charts and analysts both see a higher price in the short term. Also we have earnings on...

Hi, I am posting here a trading Journal. In this Experience we manage an account of $50K to generate a monthly income. Whatever happened each month we withdraw at least $2500 from the account to pay the bills. If we make more we only keep $50K at the start of the next month. This experience can...