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short strangle May 08 on GTXI 15/20@2.50

This is a high potential profitable play for me, charts shows a price range. All available news are out. can easily get in and out or modify position as needed.

I have an order working on ITMN too. will post update if it gets thru. time for more research. :)
 
Well not a bad day got 1 out of 2 trade filled, could have been better with both but you dont always get what you want. The GTXI strangle is already making money. I'll try to get a fill on ITMN again tomorrow. I am actively looking for more option trading opportunities. I have a play on PDLI at the end of the week to try to capture the special dividend payout. It'll probably wont work but hey you never know, its a riskless play which only cost you the commission on the trade if everything goes wrong.
 

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I am not getting filled on any of ITMN orders today. My ask is %5-10% below theo price too, I wont sell at the bid though.

I hate to put all my eggs in one basket but I did get filled on a short STRADDLE(17.5) in GTXI, I am certain the vols will go down with no pending news on trials, there is a May 12 conference call, but I planning to hold till the 9th only not to exp.

new on my watch list is SGMO, LCAV.



edit: I meant short straddle not strangle
 
Once I got into the short straddle I am at my top limit for risk/reward. So I won't trade anything else until I either unwind. a position or find a trade I can't resist, meaning I have an 85% chance to profit at a better risk profile then what I normally enter.

my holding now contain a short strangle and a short straddle on GTXI.
goal for the short strangle = hold till exp.
goal for the short straddle = hold till the 9th of May, if IV increase I am out. if IV decrease I might hold longer.
 

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Nothing going on today except watch the dow do a head fake. Also its nice to look at time decay too. Nothing else to do but followed what I posted above.
 

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no trades, same position. checked on my 401k, looks like its going to be flat again woohoo!! it was down 12% earlier this year. I was almost ready to put it all in bonds until I remember what a crazy market we're in. This is the first time in along time where I'm happy my return for my 401K is 0.0%. :)

GTXI went up .80 today. killed my time decay winning from the last 2 days. 11 days from exp. my position is still good. Thinking of hedging with buying 10 june 17.5 calls tomorrow or buy back my 17.5 May call. but the time premium is a little expensive right now. If the stock doesnt go up more then .50 tomorrow I'll let the position ride till the 9th. IV went up a little today too.
 
ah! the morphology of a trade, this should be the title of my new journal, or not. by buying that June calls earlier, I now have a calendar spread at 17.5 strike. So all in all I have a short strangle, a short straddle and a calendar spread at 17.5(sharing 1 leg with my short straddle).

golfing tomorrow.:D
 

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Well my first round of golf for the year and I am sore, got too much sun and had allergy but I won 5 bucks. I only manage to lose 2 balls which is exceptional if anyone knows about the Fullerton golf course, every hole border a creek or two.

Today I wanted to add 5 contracts to my June 17.5 calls but I got partial filled with 4 @2.85 which is the best price of the day. 1 contract left over I might have to cancel. Other then that it was a slow day, I forgot to use my div play on PDLI. I thought I would get back on time from lunch but I was late about 10 minutes. As for my position, time decay is my friend.
 

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