Lots of activity in the experiment today.
According to my mechanical parameters, I was time to buy back my
SPY 15 JUL 16 206C(1)/206P(1) Straddle
The trade made a profit of $45.
My very first GTC order closing a trade at a 2X loss kicked in and bought the:
SPY 22 JUL 16 224C(1)/196.5P(2)
The trade lost $320.
I did some delta adjustments and sold some calls:
SPX 29 JUL 16 2170C(1)
SPX 5 AUG 16 2175C(1)
If my profit/loss targets are not hit, I will close the 29 JUL 16 call after 24 days, and I will close the 5 AUG 16 call after 29 days (for this one that will leave 21 DTE).
I also bought a little junk SPY put for a nickel.
SPY 16 SEP 16 85(1)
My rationale was that since I made $45 from the straddle trade, I would spend about 1/10th of that on a long put.
The experiment is up $315 for the day and up $1,729 since April 5, 2016.
Theta is 224, delta is 75, vega is -1033, and gamma is -67.
Happy Trading!
Bobby