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Got a sell signal on Australian Dollar, so closed long position by selling calls at a profit. Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 03 October 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 08 November 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.6750 Direction: Call Opening Price...

I would add "Trading Volatility" by Colin Bennet. http://www.trading-volatility.com/ No affiliation, it just made a lot of sense.

Closed short position in DAX 30 at a loss (by arithmetic mean, but in practice with more spread positions than single-leg positions, the trades prodiuced a cash profit), and opened a long position by buying Calls. Security / Ticker: DAX Open Trade Date: 15 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close...

As Treasury Bonds seem to have peaked, sold long position at a profit and bought Puts. Security / Ticker: ZB Open Trade Date: 17 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 25 October 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 160.00 Direction: Call Opening Price: 2.02...

Closed short position in Nikkei225 at a loss by closing Puts. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 15 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 10 October 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 21,750.0 Direction: Call Opening Price: 295.2 Close Trade Date: 04...

Closed short positions in AUD last week by selling Puts at a profit and opened long position by buying Calls. Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date: 17 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 08 November 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 0.6850 Direction...

@vanzandt beat me to it, but monitoring tanker movements and load levels by satellite has been widely used for years as both a lead indicator of wider economic activity and also for helping to forecast freight rates and thus income for shipping companies. The other one is counting cranes across...

At the risk of being inconsistent and selective, my original metric of rolling monthly P&L for a contract size of one, for all long positions (excluding extra profit from selling far-dated Out-of-the-Money spreads) is USD13,645.

Closed short position in S&P500, by selling puts at a profit, and opened long position by buying calls. Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 15 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 18 October 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 2,990.00 Direction: Put...

Update following an unexpected upturn in sentiment producing bullish signals. Sold Oil Puts at a profit, and took a long position by buying calls. Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 17 September 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 17 October 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM...

One from last week. Treasury Bonds reversed on Tuesday so closed my short position by Selling Puts (at a loss) and bought a long position by buying Calls and Call Spreads. Security / Ticker: ZB Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 20 September 2019 At the Money /...

Bought AtM Put: Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 17 September 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 October 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 58.50 Direction: Put Opening Price: 2.77 Didn't buy the OotM Put today, but here is the trade: Security / Ticker...

AUSUSD signal reversed so closed long position by selling Calls (at an overall profit), and bought short position by buying Puts. Also bought Bear Put Spreads, and sold far-dated Out of the Money Bull Call Spreads for credit. Sold directional positions: Security / Ticker: AUD Open Trade Date...

Generated a sell signal on oil, that coincided with the profitable expiry of Calls, which was fortuitous! Security / Ticker: CL Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 17 September 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 54.50 Direction: Call Opening...

Sell signal on Nikkei 225 so bought At the Money and Out of the Money Puts, plus a Bear Put Spread, and sold far-dated Out of the Money Bull Call Spreads for credit. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 16 September 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 10 October 2019 At the Money / Out of...

Nikkei 225 Calls expired in the Money, resulting in a net profit across the AtM and OotM positions. Security / Ticker: N225 Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019 Trade: Buy to Open Expiry Date: 12 September 2019 At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM Exercise Price: 20,625 Direction: Call Opening...

Closed long position on S&P500 by selling Calls to Close, and bought short position by buying Puts to Open. Also sold far OotM Bear Call spreads for credit and bought nearer OotM Bear Put spreads. Security / Ticker: SPX Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019 Trade: Sell to Close Expiry Date: 20...

Having trawled through threads in search of wisdom, one participant (with more than one username, spanning several years) has shared a whole lot of useful commentary on ET. In summary: I've researched and modelled this for a few days and it seems sensible to take the discipline that I already...

Several securities turned bearish on Friday close, so closed long positions by closing long Calls, and opened short positions by opening long Puts. Closed DAX 30 calls from directional and volatility entries at a good profit this morning and turned positions round. Security / Ticker: DAX Open...

Aside from generally good trading results, I really like the structure of this journal. Clear, concise, logical and disciplined.