atticus' "ship it" vol trading journal

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if you were going to call a strike pin... is this the most levered way to do it..

665/670/680 on the weekly for like .20 cents.. break the wing.. put up five bills on the wider spread.. and let it rip..
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this out to be an interesting ride ..

+ BOT 1 AAPL OCT 05 '12 + (1) 665 + (1) 680 - (2) 670 Call Combo 0.12 USD SMART 14:42:03 OptTrader 2.17 null
 
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this out to be an interesting ride ..

+ BOT 1 AAPL OCT 05 '12 + (1) 665 + (1) 680 - (2) 670 Call Combo 0.12 USD SMART 14:42:03 OptTrader 2.17 null
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i was smart enought to quickly step aside on this one.. got the itch..

+ SLD 1 AAPL OCT 05 '12 + (1) 665 + (1) 680 - (2) 670 Call Combo 0.15 USD SMART 14:58:41 OptTrader 2.17 null

i'm just going to watch this one.. if it settled tommorrow at 670 ... it would put this spread near 5 bucks from .12 cents.
 
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i was smart enought to quickly step aside on this one.. got the itch..

+ SLD 1 AAPL OCT 05 '12 + (1) 665 + (1) 680 - (2) 670 Call Combo 0.15 USD SMART 14:58:41 OptTrader 2.17 null

i'm just going to watch this one.. if it settled tommorrow at 670 ... it would put this spread near 5 bucks from .12 cents.
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haha holy fuck.. with out thinkin i just open and closed a butterfly in one day.. boom PDTed.. fml..
 
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haha holy fuck.. with out thinkin i just open and closed a butterfly in one day.. boom PDTed.. fml..
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this is what i was trying to pull off.. i fucking pussied out cause i started to think it might rally.. as i usually do when i am in a trade.. i start to worry like a bitch.. gotta break that habit.. with my account i need to set it and forget it for at least a day anyways because of PDT..

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+ BOT 1 AAPL OCT 05 '12 - 645 + 650 Put Bear Spread 0.50 USD SMART 12:20:58 3.02 null


closed... note to sell.. close down credit spread when 80% in profit..
made .30 cents..
 
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AAPL NOV's vola is a short now, imo
Good candidate for reverse gamma scalping.
Same for UTX
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Sell Nov otm buy closer to the money Oct in ratio... big pay off
How would you express this view.. be specific"!!!!
 
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Sell Nov otm buy closer to the money Oct in ratio... big pay off
How would you express this view.. be specific"!!!!
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Depends on your risk tolerance
Aggressive: short ATM straddle
Conservative: sell ATM , buy wings
All NOV
 
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Depends on yOct risk tolerance
Aggressive: short ATM straddle
Conservative: sell ATM , buy wings
All NOV
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Lotta margin on a time fly
nov body(straddle) long octwings (strangle)

Could fly in one series against fly in other.. different widths per the gamma risk you want...
 
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Depends on your risk tolerance
Aggressive: short ATM straddle
Conservative: sell ATM , buy wings
All NOV
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OT, dear atticus my little bro:


Hey iv, no op misses you!
 
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