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Oil spreads (#284) closed in profit. Trade date: 27 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 88.8 Structure: OtM Put Credit Spread Expiry date: 04 November 2022 Strikes: 83.75 / 84.75 Opening Spread: 0.23 Close date: 02 November 2022 Trade duration: 6 Closing spread: 0.05 Profit / (Loss)...

Happy to take a smaller profit than usual on this (#287) ahead of Fed announcement tomorrow. Trade date: 28 October 2022 Security: NQ Price at opening: 11,475.0 Structure: OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 02 November 2022 Strikes: 11720 / 11790 Opening Spread: 15.63 Close date: 01 November...

OP still demonstrating that he knows even less about options than he knows about forums! :D

I do some 'no-brainer' trades to capture momentum over a couple of months timeframe. Shorted MTCH 10 October at 48.10 (using put spreads) and closed most of the position 21 October at 90% profit. Still got some outstanding exposure so I would like to see it fall further.

Following the short signal on Nasdaq, got a confirmation for S&P500, so opened a credit spread to take advantage of any softening this week. Trade date: 31 October 2022 Security: ES Price at opening: 3,884.0 Structure: AtM/OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 04 November 2022 Strikes: 3885 /...

Why 25%? Why not more or less than 25%? Is your expected profit 25% every time you open a trade?

Opened a short directional position on Nasdaq: Trade date: 28 October 2022 Security: NQ Price at opening: 11,475.0 Structure: OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 02 November 2022 Strikes: 11720 / 11790 Opening Spread: 15.63

Remaining directional swing trades (#283) closed in profit. Trade date: 25 October 2022 Security: ES Price at opening: 3,794.0 Structure: AtM/OtM Put Credit Spread Expiry date: 31 October 2022 Strikes: 3740 / 3795 Opening Spread: 21.50 Close date: 28 October 2022 Trade duration: 3 Closing...

The Nasdaq Calendar from Monday (#281) just closed. There is plenty more profit to come in this trade today (Its 11,320 right now), but I'm very satisfied to have achieved my target profit on this. Trade date: 24 October 2022 Security: NDX Price at opening: 11324.1 Direction: Put Expiry date...

Oil rose this week pushing the Call Spread into a loss, which I closed. Trade date: 25 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 84.20 Structure: AtM/OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 28 October 2022 Strikes: 84.25 / 86 Opening Spread: 0.72 Close date: 27 October 2022 Trade duration: 2...

...Turned them around by opening these positions: Trade date: 25 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 84.20 Structure: AtM/OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 28 October 2022 Strikes: 84.25 / 86 Opening Spread: 0.72 Trade date: 25 October 2022 Security: ES Price at opening: 3,794.0...

One of the hazards of swing trading using my methodology and timeframes is occasional whipsaws giving reversals in close succession. Closed from #279 and #280: Trade date: 21 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 83.7 Structure: AtM/OtM Put Credit Spread Expiry date: 28 October 2022...

Opening orders for a Calendar Put filled: Trade date: 24 October 2022 Security: NDX Price at opening: 11324.1 Direction: Put Expiry date (short side): 28 October 2022 Implied Vol (short side) 41.8% Expiry date (long side): 31 October 2022 Implied Vol (long side) 35.2% Strikes: 11350 Opening...

Just a suggestion, but have you considered thinking these ideas through properly, modelling, backtesting, paper-trading (*) etc before you launch them upon us all like an epiphany and wait for someone else to tell you why they don't work? (*) you know, the things that traders do!

The original question is vague, but a couple of suggestions that I haven't seen here yet. The Cornwall guys who were in the Big Short had an enviable equity curve and turned USD110k into USD120m over 4 years IIRC. Unlike some claims, this seems realistically achievable with a good strategy and...

Unsurprisingly the TSLA fly (#271) expired worthless for a total loss. Opened verticals to benefit from possible falls in indices - ES prior to open, RUT since opening. Trade date: 24 October 2022 Security: ES Price at opening: 3,782.0 Structure: AtM/OtM Call Credit Spread Expiry date: 28...

Opened a Swing trade on oil. Trade date: 21 October 2022 Security: CL Price at opening: 83.62 Structure: AtM/OtM Put Credit Spread Expiry date: 28 October 2022 Strikes: 81.25 / 83.50 Opening Spread: 0.91 Close date: 28 October 2022

I'm irritated about exiting the ES Swing Trade (#270). I had closing orders between 4 and 5. Those at 5 filled yesterday, but as ES dropped, the spread increased away from my BtC. With ES below 3650 today, I widened those from 4 and paid 15 just now as ES rose towards 3670. Still closed at a...

From a UK perspective - perhaps similar to US - I suspect that the value of the (mainly property / real estate) assets to be transferred, will have lower value over time as increased interest rates limit the affordability of those who will eventually buy them. However, personal debt is higher...

I use EoD prices for swing trends. If I had the mental bandwidth, computer processing power, and commitment to disrupt my evenings (I'm in UK) I could take prices a minute before (US) close and make all trades then, but in practice for every adverse movement / missed opportunity overnight...