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  1. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    $960? duh!
  2. iceman1

    Home-based trader in the U.S ?

    you know it's funny--- after reading the above comment - I find myself sitting here on a cold Winter day -- asking why the H I am still living in Chicago when I could be next to the beach right now in sunny S. CA! You got a point bro.
  3. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    added 2 AAPL Feb 85c @ 2 + 6 AAPL Feb 85c @ 2.66 - 4 AAPL Feb 80c @ 3.40
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    iceman's options trading journal

    AAPL - 4 AAPL Feb 80c @ 3.40 (pnl -200) +4 AAPL Feb 85 @ 3 (pnl - 400) AAPL Jan 80c 4 @ 1.10 sold for 2.90 = +720 pnl re-entered 4 Jan 80c @ 3 - sold @ 3.60 + 240 pnl = +$940 day pnl
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    iceman's options trading journal

    EBAY short 9 EBAY Jan 47.50c @ 1.77 looking to close <@.65 today or manana'
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    iceman's options trading journal

    closed 4 AAPL 17250 puts for .45 = +$402 (14750 - .45= 102.50 x 4 - 8)
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    iceman's options trading journal

    riskarb-- you are correct - it would serve my interest as well to post each position in a more clear and precise manner - showing open pnl and closed pnl. So - after I clean the slate on Jan expiry (even if I take delivery of some underlying) -- I am going to do just that. just...
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    iceman's options trading journal

    or for example- the AAPL Feb 7250p (-300) are unrealized pnl- so that by Feb they may be ITM-
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    iceman's options trading journal

    true but for example-- AAPL Feb 80c are unrealized pnl - so I did not post that
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    iceman's options trading journal

    closed Feb 75p @ 1.45 (+125) re-sold Jan 80c @ 3.60 (+250 cum. total) bought Feb 85 calls @ 3 selling Feb 80p if I can get >4 today (keep dreaming) plan is to sell short Jan 80c on any pop to >8250 - then take delivery of stock on expiry 20th
  11. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    bought back Jan 80c - looking to sell Feb 85c looking to close Feb 75 puts @ 1.40
  12. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    sold AAPL Jan 7250 puts @$147.50 covered Jan 75 puts@ 1.4 (waaayy too soon) sold Feb 75p @2.70 sold my long January 80c @ 2.90 however- when you are 'wrong' you gotta look back at things objectively- and acknowledge it. I have been trading against the tend in AAPl and not just "a...
  13. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    closed 3 PD MH (140p) @ 1.55 for quick $585 intra-day order to re-sell @ 2.40 (may look at selling 145p but I think PD pins <145 so don't want to eat stock. post January 20th expiry- am going to reduce # of positions for sure as this is absurd the # of opens I am managing-- then...
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    iceman's options trading journal

    got 'greedy' and didn't close January PD 140 puts for 1.80 since I am still long 135p and IF PD trades back to 136.80- the 135p will perform OK - and I can roll into Feb --- instead sold a couple PD 145c @4.40 (tight stop as I don't want to get caught if gap fills)
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    iceman's options trading journal

    frustrating-- I was 'hopeful' maybe NDX would continue selling off - but after all I am scaling into long puts against a strong trend - However- the good news is --- day is not over yet ! :p
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    iceman's options trading journal

    trying to close my 3 short PD 140p for <2 for a quck $430
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    iceman's options trading journal

    AAPL long aapl Jan 80c (1.10) sold AAPL Feb 80c @ 3.30-340 bought AAPL Feb 7250 puts still short AAPL Jan 75p AAPL is going to get hammered
  18. iceman1

    iceman's options trading journal

    PD remember what I said about PD guys?? :D:D (I said PD would get hammered in 2006) Well judgment day has arrived! :eek: closing all my short calls- short 145/150c- for peanuts (entered @ approx 5-7) selling my long puts (135p) that were essentially worthless yesterday ...
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    iceman's options trading journal

    always traded NDX in the 90s - at present MNX works better for me so far as options margining concerns -- After this expiry I am going to go back to trading NDX - and the NQ futures. p.s. I am still long MNX BN (mini-100 Feb 170 calls) in three accounts -- entered @ 1.45-4.10 -- and...
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    iceman's options trading journal

    more interesting discussion: Maverick74 Registered: Mar 2002 Posts: 3896 04-14-04 12:49 AM Quote from nitro: Although I agree with the spirit of what you are saying, I think it goes too far. IMO, the reason most quantitative models are meaningless to a certain extent is that...
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