Total P/L from my ET option trades

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Total P/L from my ET option trades

Below is a list of all the marketable option trades I posted in real-time to ET within minutes of the order being filled. All opening orders were long OTM options expiring the same week. Some of the trades may even have been opened DOTM, depending on the definition of DOTM.


20 TRADES / 19 THREADS
  1. Oct 10 2013 - $100 - $0 - AAPL 495 weekly calls - 2 contracts at 0.50
  2. Oct 15 2013 - $295 - $5,000 - GOOG - Earnings this Thursday - Buy OTM weekly calls on Thursday
  3. Oct 24 2013 - $86 - $0 - AAPL 540 weekly calls - 2 contracts at 0.43
  4. Oct 27 2013 - $320 - $0 - AAPL - Earnings this Monday - Buy OTM QQQ weekly calls on Monday
  5. Dec 09 2013 - $55 - $0 - TSLA 130 weekly put at $0.55
  6. Dec 16 2013 - $96 - $390 - Buy Dec21 TSLA Puts - Redux
  7. Dec 23 2013 - $78 - $0 - TSLA - Bought 1 contract Dec 27 140 weekly put at $0.78
  8. Dec 31 2013 - $65 - $0 - Bought Jan03 TSLA 145 weekly put at $0.65 - Trade 4 of 4
  9. Jan 23 2014 - $257 - $0 - FYI - AAPL earnings this Monday January 27
  10. Jan 30 2014 - $100 - $0 - Bought QQQ 87.00 Jan31 Weekly Calls - In lieu of GOOG and AMZN
  11. Jun 18 2014 - $100 - $216 - TWTR - Jun27 2014 40.00 weekly calls
  12. Jun 30 2014 - $45 - $186 - Bought 1 contract PCLN July 3 1250.00 call
  13. Jul 07 2014 - $128 - $72 - AAPL - July11, 2014 97.00 weekly calls
  14. Jul 11 2014 - $145 - $41 - Q3 Earnings - July 17 to 24 (two trades)
  15. Aug 27 2014 - $70 - $0 - Bought 10 contracts QQQ 100 weekly calls at $0.07
  16. Sep 10 2014 - $60 - $0 - QQQ weekly calls - I want 10 likes if this trade is successful
  17. Sep 17 2014 - $60 - $0 - Bought 10 contracts QQQ 101.00 Sept20 calls at $0.04
  18. Sep 24 2014 - $70 - $0 - Bought 5 contracts QQQ 100.50 Sep26 calls at $0.14
  19. Sep 30 2014 - $240 - $0 - Bought 10 contracts QQQ 100.00 Oct03 calls at $0.24 (Last Attempt)
  • Total Debit $2,370
  • Total Credit $5,905
  • Total P/L $3,535 (+149%) Commissions not included.
MY OBSERVATIONS
  • Debit spreads? The results shows why I don't like debit spreads. The losing positions would still have lost money, but the winning positions would not have provided the results they did.
  • Strangles? I didn't keep track of the opposing options suitable for a strangle, but I'm certain none of the positions moved strongly enough against me to make up for the additional $2,370 strangles would have cost.
  • Option greeks? Irrelevant .... The underlying asset either moves or it doesn't. All the option greek theory in the World will not help.
  • "Eat like a mouse, shit like an elephant" - We have all seen that posted to ET to describe credit spreads or short options, one trade can wipe out many profitable trades. In my case I was "Shitting like a mouse, eating like an elephant". 1 trade in 20 can make all the difference.
  • An ET trading journal is a good way to get a feel for the trades. But it can be a distraction and time consuming posting updates and replying to posts.

:)
 
Which of those trades were debit spreads?

Regarding the Greeks: they sure matter before expiry. If you're holding to expiry and don't get assigned in the meantime, then OK, ignore them.
 
jimmyjazz said:
Which of those trades were debit spreads?

Regarding the Greeks: they sure matter before expiry. If you're holding to expiry and don't get assigned in the meantime, then OK, ignore them.
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None of the trades were debit spreads. I gave up on debit spreads after I had one trade in which the underlining shot way past the short strike.

:)
 
FXforex said:
Total P/L from my ET option trades

  • Eat like a mouse, shit like an elephant" - We have all seen that posted to ET to describe credit spreads or short options, one trade can wipe out many profitable trades. In my case I was "Shitting like a mouse, eating like an elephant". 1 trade in 20 can make all the difference.
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I wouldn't call entering $100 trades eating like an elephant. You may want to start an advisory service, but thinking what you have here is a viable option method for a portfolio is ridiculous. Using your analogy I would say that you ate like a mouse, and your mouse ended up getting diarrhea shitting out mostly bad trades.:)
 
jimmyjazz said:
Ha. Seriously? His one "trade" that cashed in big time was fake?

Tell me you're joking.
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No, he actually got that one right. It was under his previous handle (forexforex) in which he changed the call to a put within the 30-minute edit window.
 
Lol @ (+149%)
Typical result-inflater using return on premium paid/minimum margin. If it was return on account your account would've been wiped very early with so many losses.
 
Below is the P/L from the 4 earnings related trades I recently posted to ET in real-time. All opening orders were long OTM calls.

4 TRADES / 3 THREADS
  1. Oct 16 2014 - $248 - $622 - AAPL - Earnings this Monday October 20. Buy OTM Oct24 calls on Monday
  2. Oct 24 2014 - $191 - $0 - TWTR - Earnings this Monday October 27. Buy OTM Oct31 calls on Monday (TWTR and FB)
  3. Nov 02 2014 - $120 - $255 - BABA- Earnings this Tuesday November 04 (before the bell). Buy OTM calls Monday.
  • Total Debit $559
  • Total Credit $877
  • Total P/L $318 (+56%) Commissions not included.
Append the above results to the original post and the updated P/L is:

24 TRADES / 22 THREADS
  • Total Debit $2,929
  • Total Credit $6,782
  • Total P/L $3,853 (+131%) Commissions not included.




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"Total P/L $3,853 (+131%) Commissions not included."

I guess an obligatory question is why are you trading shit money?

You started this on Oct 10 2013, for 3 lousy K?
 
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