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The Russell 2000 had a relatively uneventful week so far, closing today just beneath the body of this trade so the Call position from Monday closed in profit earlier today. Trade date: 09 August 2021 Security: RUT Price at opening: 2247 Direction: Call Expiry date: 11 August 2021 Strikes...

Opened short positions today: Trade date: 11 August 2021 Security: CL Price at opening: 4429 Direction: Put Expiry date: 27 August 2021 Strikes: 62 / 65 / 67.75 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 0.42 Trade date: 11 August 2021 Security: ADBE Price at opening: 623 Direction: Put Expiry date...

The AtM SPX trade closed earlier at a profit. Trade date: 05 August 2021 Security: SPX Price at opening: 4429 Direction: Call Expiry date: 09 August 2021 Strikes: 4380 / 4430 / 4455 Structure: 1 / 3 / 2 Opening Spread: 19.50 Close date: 09 August 2021 Trade duration: 4 Closing spread: 25.00...

Wasn't able to pop this on before the end of the session on Friday but got a reasonable opening price earlier today. Trade date: 09 August 2021 Security: RUT Price at opening: 2247 Direction: Call Expiry date: 11 August 2021 Strikes: 2210 / 2260 / 2285 Structure: 1 / 3 / 2 Opening Spread: 15.90

Revisiting this, I mentioned a glitch in my modelling and have addressed that. It looks like I'll be putting on more unbalanced trades in future where expected P&L exceeds that for 121.

A very disappointing week - the joys of publishing in a jounal! 18 DTE positions in SPX and DAX (per #8) both expired OtM for a 100% loss. Escaped with a small profit on oil: Trade date: 03 August 2021 Security: CL Price at opening: 71.62 Direction: Put Expiry date: 06 August 2021 Strikes...

Opened this on NFLX yesterday: Trade date: 06 August 2021 Security: NFLX Price at opening: 523 Direction: Call Expiry date: 13 August 2021 Strikes: 512.5 / 527.5 / 535 Structure: 1 / 3 / 2 Opening Spread: 4.71

Opened a trade in SPX much closer to the money than I am usually comfortable with. Trade date: 05 August 2021 Security: SPX Price at opening: 4429 Direction: Call Expiry date: 09 August 2021 Strikes: 4380 / 4430 / 4455 Structure: 1 / 3 / 2 Opening Spread: 19.50

Change of sentiment on this one, so closed it at a small loss. Trade date: 03 August 2021 Security: NET Price at opening: 119.09 Direction: Put Expiry date: 06 August 2021 Strikes: 109 / 114 / 119 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 0.91 Close date: 04 August 2021 Trade duration: 1 Closing...

Shorted FTSE with this today. Per #16 it should have been an unbalanced 2/3/1 structure. Trade date: 04 August 2021 Security: FTSE Price at opening: 7067 Direction: Put Expiry date: 20 August 2021 Strikes: 6825 / 6800 / 6775 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 1.00

Good question / observation. The answer is legacy, and that I have a long position in NET so have occasionally popped a Put Fly to capture upside when I expect price to drop back. This trade wasn't a good one so I closed it today. I'll try not to add NET trades to the journal in future. The...

Yep; about 1 in 10 trades are unbalanced - although all those posted here to date are not. Relevant as the FTSE trade today should have been 2/3/1 6775/6800/6850 but my model had a glitch and I didn't have time to sort it out, so placed a balanced 1/2/1 instead.

Opened this today anticipating a slight fall in oil price this week, then watched it drop USD2! Trade date: 03 August 2021 Security: CL Price at opening: 71.62 Direction: Put Expiry date: 06 August 2021 Strikes: 69.5 / 71.25 / 73 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 0.46 Trade date: 03 August...

NDX 02 Aug 14730/14780/14830 Put didn't fill at 3.0 on Friday.

Current open trades are bearish: Trade date: 19 July 2021 Security: SPX Price at opening: 4243 Direction: Put Expiry date: 06 August 2021 Strikes: 4080 / 4160 / 4240 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 7.50 Trade date: 19 July 2021 Security: SPX Price at opening: 4243 Direction: Put Expiry...

Thanks for the comment @taowave Good point; I've added price at opening and will do so for future trades. Rationale is directional, but there is a bit of filtration to determine which signals I trade. Skew has to be favourable, which eliminates a lot of long trades. I then run BS through a...

Closing positions for Friday expiry: Trade date: 15 July 2021 Security: FTSE Price at opening: 7090 Direction: Put Expiry date: 30 July 2021 Strikes: 6875 / 6950 / 7025 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 8.67 Close date: 30 July 2021 Trade duration: 15 Closing spread: 9.67 Profit / (Loss)...

Trade date: 15 July 2021 Security: FTSE Direction: Put Expiry date: 30 July 2021 Strikes: 6875 / 6950 / 7025 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening Spread: 8.67 Trade date: 26 July 2021 Security: GBP Direction: Call Expiry date: 30 July 2021 Strikes: 1.3725 / 1.38 / 1.3875 Structure: 1 / 2 / 1 Opening...

I ran a journal here in 2019: https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/global-options-trades.330518/ The first post there provides some background. In the intervening time, I have continued to read, learn, analyse, backtest, etc and have moved from single long directional positions, through...

A minor point perhaps, but the chart shows revenue growth, not revenue. Its showing that revenue for each quarter of 2020 was c.30% more than the same quarter in 2019.