Thursday, June 25, 2009

JUL RUT 50-Day Iron Condor (day-by-day review)

This trade hit the wall super fast, the only thing on the bright side was that I only entered 1/3 of the position's size. Managing risk by a step-by-step allocation helped me in this case. I did not allocate the remaining lots and moved my capital into other positions that worked better for the month.

Start: 05/28/09
Finish: 06/05/09
Duration: about 1 week
Result: -20.92% (on 1/3 of the position's size)

05/28/09

05/29/09 0.7 st. deviation move up, weekend expected to help

06/01/09 1.4 st. deviation move up, rough on the position

06/02/09 - Take a look at the volatility cone

06/03/09 - First down day (barely)

06/04/09 - "Trying to do too many things at once at the closing Today, I ended up missing a review of all my positions. This trade needed to either be hedged or exited Today."

06/05/09 - Closed beyond max loss.

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