Thursday, March 19, 2009

19/03 RUT Condor

Lived to trade another day. RUT did not hit the stop loss, as I said Yesterday, 33% chance is better than 0%. Still in the trade, still managing it.

Probability of Success:
61% probability of adjustment free Tomorrow
69% implied probability of expiring profitable
72% historical probability of expiring profitable

Contingent orders
:- Buy CALL spreads for .10c (GTC order)
- Buy PUT spreads for .10c (GTC order)
- Stop Loss @ or bellow 295, or @ or above 422.5 (Day Order)**
** Increase Imp.Vol by +5% to estimate down-side, Decrease Imp.vol by -5% to estimate up-side


3 comments:

TrackingCR said...

Gus: this loss to reward on this profile looks more than 3:1; is this right ?

Gustavo's Trades said...

TrackingCR: Yes, I ate away the trade's profit potential when adjusting for the down-side. This trading is calling my attention to adjusting or not adusting condors..

Gustavo's Trades said...

TrackingCR: I've been thinking really hard about these adjustments. If you simply put the trade and close it if you are down 1.5x your cash-flow your risk:reward is maintained and therefore makes more sense to do.