Global Options Trades

Closed short position on oil by selling Puts at a loss.

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 02 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 15 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 56.50
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 2.63
Close Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Closing Price: 0.64
Roundtrip P&L: -75.6%

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 02 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 15 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 50.00
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 0.49
Close Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Closing Price: 0.08
Roundtrip P&L: -83.7%


Opened long position in oil by buying Calls.

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 58.50
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 2.17

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 64.50
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 0.48

Also, I'm going to start adding OotM Credit Bull (or Bear) Spreads to the posts at the same time.

When I get a buy signal, I'm opening far-out Put spreads, and closing near-term OotM Call spreads.

Sold:
15/11/19 49.00/48.50 for 0.09 credit
16/12/19 47.50/47.00 for 0.09 credit

NB per post #39 dated 15/5/2019 I have other spreads expiring soon:
CL 15/08/19 55.00/54.50 with 0.09 credit
CL 17/09/19 52.50/52.00 with 0.09 credit
 
Closed long oil position by selling Calls at a loss and will awiat a better re-entry.

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 58.50
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 2.17
Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Closing Price: 0.76
Roundtrip P&L: -65.2%

Security / Ticker: CL
Open Trade Date: 30 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 17 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 64.50
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 0.48
Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Closing Price: 0.13
Roundtrip P&L: -72.5%
 
Took a long position on Nikkei 225 Index by buying Calls.

Security / Ticker: N225
Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 12 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 20,625
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 440

Security / Ticker: N225
Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 12 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 21,750
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 110.00
 
Closed Short position on S&P 500 at a profit.

Security / Ticker: SPX
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 2,980
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 45.60
Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Closing Price: 117.60
Roundtrip P&L: 157.9%

Security / Ticker: SPX
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 2,860
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 13.90
Close Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Closing Price: 37.00
Roundtrip P&L: 166.2%

Bought long position by buying Calls.

Security / Ticker: SPX
Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 2,880
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 66.00

Security / Ticker: SPX
Open Trade Date: 06 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 3,000
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 13.50

Also sold Out-of-the-Money Bull Put Spreads:
15/11/19 2610/2580 for 5.5 credit
20/12/19 2600/2570 for 5 credit
 
DAX 30 turned Bullish at yesterday's close so sold Puts at a profit, bought Calls, and sold Put Spreads.

Directional Puts:

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 12,550
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 197.0
Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
Closing Price: 830.04
Roundtrip P&L: 321.4%

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 11,900
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 20.7
Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
Closing Price: 242.11
Roundtrip P&L: 1069.1%

And closed Put side of Straddle. NB Call side was closed 05 July 2019 for a small profit, too.

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 12,500
Direction: Straddle
Opening Price: 219.9
Close Trade Date: 07 August 2019
Closing Price: 781.1
Roundtrip P&L: 255.2%


Bought Calls for September expiry:

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 07 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 11,750
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 265.8

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 07 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 12,350
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 42.0


I have an order open for 20/03/20 10200/10100 spread at 18 credit and existing Dec 9400/9300 spreads.
 
Following other indices, FTSE turned bullish at yesterday's close, so I sold puts at a good profit, bought calls, and sold Out of the Money spreads.

Security / Ticker: FTSE
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 7,550
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 94.7
Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Closing Price: 309.0
Roundtrip P&L: 226.4%

Security / Ticker: FTSE
Open Trade Date: 05 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 16 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 7,275
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 42.0
Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Closing Price: 76.0
Roundtrip P&L: 81.0%


Security / Ticker: FTSE
Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 7,275
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 108.2

Security / Ticker: FTSE
Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 7,550
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 16.5

Got orders to open Put spreads (not all filled at time of writing):
15/11/19 6750/6675 for 12.5 credit
20/12/19 6650/6575 for 12.9 credit
17/01/19 6575/6500 for 12.6 credit
 
AUS met all my conditions for a turnaround, so closed short position by selling puts at a profit.

Security / Ticker: AUD
Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 09 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 0.6950
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 0.0019
Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Closing Price: 0.0150
Roundtrip P&L: 669.9%

Security / Ticker: AUD
Open Trade Date: 01 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 09 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 0.6800
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 0.0002
Close Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Closing Price: 0.0012
Roundtrip P&L: 481.0%

...and opened a long position by buying calls.

Security / Ticker: AUD
Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 04 October 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 0.6800
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 0.0090

Security / Ticker: AUD
Open Trade Date: 08 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 04 October 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 0.7000
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 0.0024

Sold 06/12/19 0.6550/0.6500 Put Spreads for a credit of 0.0008
 
Treasury Bonds gave a sell signal on Friday, so closed long position at a profit and bought puts.

Security / Ticker: ZB
Open Trade Date: 15 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 23 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 155.00
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 1.04
Close Trade Date: 09 August 2019
Closing Price: 6.24
Roundtrip P&L: 499.8%

Security / Ticker: ZB
Open Trade Date: 15 July 2019
Trade: Sell to Close
Expiry Date: 23 August 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 159.00
Direction: Call
Opening Price: 0.15
Close Trade Date: 09 August 2019
Closing Price: 2.61
Roundtrip P&L: 1638.0%

Opened a short position by buying Puts.

Security / Ticker: ZB
Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 161.00
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 1.77

Security / Ticker: ZB
Open Trade Date: 09 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 September 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: OotM
Exercise Price: 156.00
Direction: Put
Opening Price: 0.34

Sold 27/12/19 168/170 Call Spread for 22 credit.
 
Took advantage of a dip in volatility to buy a straddle in AUDUSD.

Security / Ticker: AUD
Open Trade Date: 25 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 08 November 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 0.6700
Direction: Straddle
Opening Price: 0.0199
 
Took advantage of a slight dip in volatility (although at 16.2% this morning, its higher than I normally buy at) to buy a straddle in DAX 30.

Security / Ticker: DAX
Open Trade Date: 29 August 2019
Trade: Buy to Open
Expiry Date: 20 October 2019
At the Money / Out of the Money: AtM
Exercise Price: 11,850
Direction: Straddle
Opening Price: 576
 
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