atticus' "ship it" vol trading journal

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man i can't tell if aapl is going to straight up break down here or its trying and not able to.. either way.. my pain is still at 650 strike... was thinking a good idea would have been to post a sell order on that spread.. i might of gotton it on the morning rally for a profit..
 
ok i just fucked up..
this filled

+ BOT 1 AAPL OCT 19 '12 + 630 - (2)700 + 665 Call Butterfly 11.30 USD SMART 13:23:50 OptTrader 2.21 null

but that interfered with my broken fly the 680/700/730

now it looks like this..

+1 630
-2 665
+1 680
-1 700
+1 730

i'm retarted..
 
now i look like this..

+1 630
-2 665
+1 680
+1 695
-2 700
+1 730

so i got..

AAPL OCT 19 '12 + (1) 680 + (1) 730 - (2) 700 Call Combo

AAPL OCT 19 '12 + (1) 630 + (1) 695 - (2) 665 Call Combo

for some price. i'll have to figure out.
i've just added some slippage for good measure..
 
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now i look like this..

+1 630
-2 665
+1 680
+1 695
-2 700
+1 730

so i got..

AAPL OCT 19 '12 + (1) 680 + (1) 730 - (2) 700 Call Combo

AAPL OCT 19 '12 + (1) 630 + (1) 695 - (2) 665 Call Combo

for some price. i'll have to figure out.
i've just added some slippage for good measure..
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You're roughly neutral to 680. I wouldn't worry about it here. Upside is not the concern.
 
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Going into the 30/65/00 for Oct (non journal trade) at 11.30 or better in size. Insane that the vols went to 31% after it was announced that the report was in Nov exp.

Going bigger into the Oct/Nov 665 long calendar from 13.80 or better.
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I had the 665 700 Oct Nov Strangle Swap. I cut the 700's and added to the 665 to reduce my delta. flat pnl on this so far.
 
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I had the 665 700 Oct Nov Strangle Swap. I cut the 700's and added to the 665 to reduce my delta. flat pnl on this so far.
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i like the calender.. 665 -oct/+nov

+ BOT 1 AAPL - OCT 19 '12 + NOV 16 '12 665 Call Calendar Spread 13.10 USD SMART 14:41:35 OptTrader 1.40 null

i'm in at 13.10 that puts me short one more 665....

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I am out all at unch (-0.05 after comms). I am going to wait for tomorrow's close to play it again.
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probably one of those sell off into earnings deal.. then bounce well above 700 after the beat... definitly trending down here..

my first real bit of pain is going to be when it breaks down through 650..
 
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probably one of those sell off into earnings deal.. then bounce well above 700 after the beat... definitly trending down here..

my first real bit of pain is going to be when it breaks down through 650..
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Irritating as it's 10.75 now.
 
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