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...And bought Puts. Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 09 April 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 7,400 Direction: Put Opening Price: 98.3 Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 09 April 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry...

Closed Long FTSE position at a profit. Security / Ticker: FTSE Open Trade Date: 28 March 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 7,300 Direction: Call Opening Price: 119.2 Close Trade Date: 09 April 2019 Closing Price: 170.3...

Bought Puts on Nikkei225 following a reversal. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 08 April 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 09 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 21,750 Direction: Put Opening Price: 348.65 Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 08 April...

Closed long position in Nikkei225 by selling Calls. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 11 March 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 09 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 21,500 Direction: Put Opening Price: 503.95 Close Trade Date: 08 April 2019 Closing...

Closed S&P500 Puts at a loss following breakout. Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 20 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 2,820.00 Direction: Put Opening Price: 54.72 Close Trade Date: 03 April 2019 Closing Price...

Bought Nikkei225 straddles whilst volatility is relatively cheap. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 03 April 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 09 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 21,750 Direction: Straddle Opening Price: 400.2 Security / Ticker: N225 Open...

A bit of a catch-up. Closed Oil Puts at a loss following breakout. Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 22 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 16 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 58.50 Direction: Put Opening Price: 2.30 Close Trade Date: 01 April 2019...

Took advantage of slightly lower volatility to buy Straddles on S&P500 and Nikkei225. Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 03 April 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 2,870 Direction: Straddle Opening Price: 90.6 Security /...

Bought Call options on DAX30 and Put options on US Treasury Bonds. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 29 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 11,550 Direction: Call Opening Price: 237.8 Security / Ticker: DAX Open...

Closed DAX Puts 9 days after opening the position. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 20 March 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 11,600.00 Direction: Put Opening Price: 263.80 Close Trade Date: 29 March 2019 Closing...

Opened short positions on Oil and FTSE100 following signals at Friday's close. Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 25 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 16 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 58.50 Direction: Put Opening Price: 2.30 Security / Ticker: CL...

I've been looking at (and analysing) US Treasury Bonds (and specifically options). ZB has backtested well and the first few trades have done well, so I'll incorporate ZB trades into the journal from the next reversal / trade entry. The very low correllation of T Bonds to the equities...

Opened short positions on DAX30 and S&P500 by buying Puts. Following Friday's move downwards in many markets I'm expecting to sell Calls to Close and Buy Puts tomorrow. Security / Ticker: ES Open Trade Date: 20 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the...

Closed S&P500 Calls on Thursday. Security / Ticker: ES Open Trade Date: 11 March 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 18 April 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 2,800 Direction: Call Opening Price: 37.31 Close Trade Date: 20 March 2019 Closing Price: 54.00 Roundtrip...

Outstanding March options expired at nil value on Friday. Rolling monthly P&L (for a contract size of 1 lot in each security) with no compounding is USD-2273. NB this is the first time that rolling monthly P&L has been negative.

You could have a look at what I'm doing: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/global-options-trades.330518 The thread was started recently so not much of a track record on here, but it is a continuation of an identical thread with a few months history...

Initiated long positions in AUD, S&P500 and Nikkei 225 by buying calls: Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 11 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 03 May 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.7100 Direction: Call Opening Price: 0.0071 Security / Ticker: AUD...

AUD, S&P500 and Nikkei225 all showed a sudden reversal so closed put positions, mainly at a loss. Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 01 March 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 05 April 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.7050 Direction: Put Opening Price...

Bought oil Straddles whilst volatility is relatively inexpensive. Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 11 March 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 16 April 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 57.00 Direction: Straddle Opening Price: 3.62

:thumbsup: Fair point! With a 24-day average duration, 17% profit per trade gets to 1000% annualised. I appreciate that many want that hourly!:D