atticus' "ship it" vol trading journal

Doobs789 · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from atticus:

I was just contemplating offing it. 12.65 mid. Want to wait a bit. If we don't close under 80 on spot it will be gone today.

Got it. Thanks.

atticus · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from Doobs789:

Got it. Thanks.

Gone at 12.50.

Performance to date: +14.6% after comms.

atticus · Sep 13, 2012

Long the Oct 625/675/725 from 16.25 risk. Also to the limit of port. High prob of hitting neutrality by Monday's close. Looking for at 19.00 on the offset.

Doobs789 · Sep 13, 2012

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Long the Oct 625/675/725 from 16.25 risk. Also to the limit of port. High prob of hitting neutrality by Monday's close. Looking for at 19.00 on the offset.

Puts?

atticus · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from Doobs789:

Puts?

I am in the iron, but quoting the puts for simplicity. Yeah, do the puts.

stevegee58 · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from cdcaveman:

turns out i was right... profit yesterday... competely gone

You weren't right, the market was.

Doobs789 · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from atticus:

I am in the iron, but quoting the puts for simplicity. Yeah, do the puts.

Filled @ 16.20 on the put fly.

Doobs789 · Sep 13, 2012

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Filled @ 16.20 on the put fly.

Already 16.65 on the mid

diaoptions · Sep 13, 2012

Quote from cdcaveman:
09-12-12 04:35 PM
glad i sold my shorter winged 640 660 680 fly for profit today.. after hours its up and it would have broken my butterfly

Quote from cdcaveman:
09-13-12 01:08 PM
turns out i was right... profit yesterday... competely gone

AAPL was up only 0.21% during AH, not enough to affect your butterfly. There must have been some sort of news today that caused the overall market - including AAPL - to jump at about 12:30pm EST. That sort of market behaviour is impossible to predict.

So you were not "right", just lucky.

HurricaneUS · Sep 13, 2012

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