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donnapland
- Thread starter donnap
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So, the position currently is +200s SPY -2 SPY Sept. 190C and ES Sep. monthly 1990/2000/2010 short fly.
Bullish position - for now, although currently, I have no directional bias. I'll add to the long side this week.
As near as I can tell, I'm up 2-300 on the trade (net realized P/L) so I'd like to attempt to make some money now and at least have a decent month in the stock market.
As far as option strats. I'm stumped because I haven't yet got a good handle on a longer term view of the market. I have many ideas, but have rejected all.
Short and mid-term I'll trade. KISS.
Bullish position - for now, although currently, I have no directional bias. I'll add to the long side this week.
As near as I can tell, I'm up 2-300 on the trade (net realized P/L) so I'd like to attempt to make some money now and at least have a decent month in the stock market.
As far as option strats. I'm stumped because I haven't yet got a good handle on a longer term view of the market. I have many ideas, but have rejected all.
Short and mid-term I'll trade. KISS.
But KISS, in donnapland.
Gotta keep in mind the SPY div. With the CCW that means it could get near max. profit if it gets ITM by much. No sense in keeping a CCW with little or no TV. Do they still call next Friday triple or quadruple witching? Haven't heard those terms in a while.
It'd be nice to see the body of the fly get hit. But even if it gets close that'd be OK. The fly can be used in all sorts of ways.
I'm thinking of trying VXX, a product I've never traded, as either a downside hedge or to add to the upside.
There's certain products I like to trade, others I don't. I like ES options, SPY and options, and YM. I don't like trading ES as much and YM options lack liquidity.
Years ago I traded YM and options and liked it. Then YM option liquidity dried up. So for a while I traded YM and ES options. Not margin efficient, but I just wanna make some money. They usually tracked well enough, but there were divergences between the indices and after one particularly nasty one, I think I switched to SPY.
But I may try that again for now.
Gotta keep in mind the SPY div. With the CCW that means it could get near max. profit if it gets ITM by much. No sense in keeping a CCW with little or no TV. Do they still call next Friday triple or quadruple witching? Haven't heard those terms in a while.
It'd be nice to see the body of the fly get hit. But even if it gets close that'd be OK. The fly can be used in all sorts of ways.
I'm thinking of trying VXX, a product I've never traded, as either a downside hedge or to add to the upside.
There's certain products I like to trade, others I don't. I like ES options, SPY and options, and YM. I don't like trading ES as much and YM options lack liquidity.
Years ago I traded YM and options and liked it. Then YM option liquidity dried up. So for a while I traded YM and ES options. Not margin efficient, but I just wanna make some money. They usually tracked well enough, but there were divergences between the indices and after one particularly nasty one, I think I switched to SPY.
But I may try that again for now.