My (JT) Index Options Trades

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torntech.com

Let's see how quickly I can implode/explode my brand new 2000$ IB account. haven't seen any options journals around, so this might perhaps be of interest to someone. This is my journal...read with caution...don't follow my trades unless you are into S/M.

Recent trades:
Trade # 1 2 3
Status Closed Closed OPEN
Security QAVTY OXBHJ OXBHJ
Index QQQ OEX OEX
Call/Put Put Call Call
Strike 25 450 450
Date buy 29-Jul-02 1-Aug-02 1-Aug-02
Price buy 1.70 11.80 12.60
Quantity 1 1 1
Date sell 1-Aug-02 1-Aug-02
Price sell 2.20 13.00
P/L 48 118
P/L % 28% 10%

(P/L includes IB comm.)

Comment trade#3: Had a chance to get out of the trade @ 13.50-14.00, but had my target set to 14.20.

Account status:
01-Aug-02 1 981.54
02-Aug-02 1 942.50 -39.04 -2.0%

To be continued... /JT
 

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Today and yesterday's trades incl. time stamp:

Trade # 1 2 3 4 5
Status Closed Closed Closed Closed OPEN
Security QAVTY OXBHJ OXBHJ OXBHR QAVHU
Index QQQ OEX OEX OEX QQQ
Call/Put Put Call Call Call Call
Strike 25 450 450 490 22
Date buy 29-Jul-02 1-Aug-02 1-Aug-02 2-Aug-02 2-Aug-02
Time buy 3:29 PM 11:53 AM 1:08 PM 10:35 AM 3:55 PM
Price buy 1.70 11.80 12.60 0.90 1.15
Quantity 1 1 1 10 1
Date sell 1-Aug-02 1-Aug-02 2-Aug-02 2-Aug-02
Time sell 2:46 PM 1:01 PM 9:43 AM 12:24 PM
Price sell 2.20 13.00 9.00 0.75
P/L 48 118 -362 -170
P/L % 28% 10% -29% -19%

Trade 4:
I placed a buy order right around 10AM when both the OEX and QQQ "spiked up" slightly. At 10:06 CBOE experienced an "internal network failure", and my order got stuck. The CBOE system was up again at 10:18. I tried to cancel my order, since the index continued down, but was not able to cancel my order due to the network failure. About 30 minutes later I got I confirmation that my order was filled. Bailed at 12:24 with a 170$ loss.

Almost felt like quit trading for the day. Made a nice italian style dinner, and opened a bottle of nice Bordeaux.

Trade 5:
QQQ's in lower trading range, and expecting the QQQ to be at least slightly positive during Mondays trading day. Will be satisfied with the smallest gain.

Today's lession:
OEX options only traded at CBOE ==> CBOE sucks ==> Don't trade OEX

Date IB Diff Diff day % Diff tot %
01-Aug-02 1 981.54
02-Aug-02 1 936.61 -44.93 -2.3% -2.3%
03-Aug-02 1 618.00 -318.61 -16.5% -18.3%

Anyone know if its possible to get the "tabs" right for better-looking tables?

Have a nice weekend everyone. Tomorrow I'm going house hunting.
 

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Anyone got some input to which options exchange that provides the best execution speed?

I can't understand the delays with CBOE. Once I place an order with IB, it could take up to 5 minutes before it shows up on the market.

Also please note the IB chat in regards to the CBOE network outage earlier today.
 

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torntech,

I think this journal has a lot of promise and could prove very interesting, however I'm finding it very hard to follow what you're doing. Perhaps it is because I don't use IB options trading and therefore find the notation a little confusing.
 
Anyone wants some $$$? Well I'm handing it out on the OEX trading floor.

Code: 
Trade #.....	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Status…..	OPEN	OPEN	closed	OPEN	closed	closed	closed	OPEN
Security	QAVHU	OXBHJ	OXBHJ	OXBHJ	OXBHJ	OXBHJ	OXBHJ	OXBHJ
Index…..	QQQ	OEX	OEX	OEX	OEX	OEX	OEX	OEX
Call/Put	Call	Call	Call	Call	Call	Call	Call	Call
Strike…..	22	450	450	450	450	450	450	450
Date buy	2-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug
Time buy	15:55	9:45	12:16	13:50	14:32	15:02	15:12	15:44
Price buy	1.15	5.60	3.90	3.90	3.40	3.30	3.20	3.10
Quantity	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Date sell			5-Aug		5-Aug	5-Aug	5-Aug	
Time sell			13:25		14:43	15:06	15:23	
Price sell			4.30		3.60	3.50	3.50	
P/L……………			38		18	18	28	
P/L %......			10%		5%	5%	9%

Trade 5:
Well the QQQ's were shortly slightly higher today, but didn't get my order filled.

Trade 6:
QQQ and OEX heading higher.

Trade 7,9,10 & 11:
Played scalper to learn the market better.

Trade 8 & 12:
Played scalper not so successfully, didn't get filled, and followed the market down. Hopefully we will get a bounce back up tomorrow.

Today's lesson:
Interesting development of the indexes and options 1/2 hour before close. Should be able to take advantage of.

Regarding fridays's lesson:
Executions were better on CBOE today, and their system didn't go down.

AAAintheBeltway: Please specify what you think is confusing with the notation. I'm using a regular Excel sheet, so it's easy to fix.

Mr Subliminal: Thanks for the tip! Much better now.

I will be on vacation (and time to reflect on last couple days) tomorrow, and unable to post. Back Wednesday.

/JT
 

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Had a nice 1 1/2 day vacation, although I wish I would have stayed in touch with the market. Yesterdays trades were done using GTC orders placed Monday.

Code: 
Trade #.....	5	6		8				12	13	14	15
Status…..	closed	closed		closed				closed	OPEN	OPEN	OPEN
Security	QAVHU	OXBHJ		OXBHJ				OXBHJ	OXBTT	OXBTT	OXBTT
Index…..	QQQ	OEX		OEX				OEX	OEX	OEX	OEX
Call/Put	Call	Call		Call				Call	Put	Put	Put
Strike…..	22	450		450				450	400	400	400
Date buy	2-Aug	5-Aug		5-Aug				5-Aug	6-Aug	7-Aug	7-Aug
Time buy	15:55	9:45		13:50				15:44	10:34	15:14	16:04
Price buy	1.15	5.60		3.90				3.10	3.10	2.40	1.85
Quantity	1	1		1				1	1	1	1
Date sell	6-Aug	6-Aug		6-Aug				6-Aug			
Time sell	11:01	10:10		9:36				9:44			
Price sell	1.00	5.60		4.20				4.80			
P/L……………	-17	-2		28				168			
P/L %......	-15%	0%		7%				54%

I'm geared up for the bear tomorrow.

/JT
 
torntech,

Ok, I can follow the spreadsheet fine, my problem was with the first couple of posts. Is your strategy simply going long calls and puts? What do you use to determine when to enter and exit?
 
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