Tuesday, March 31, 2009

03/31 Portfolio update

Today was a great day for the overall portfolio! The market didn't move much in any direction and the positions earned $$.

Here are my comments, dashboard and profile chart for all positions:

1) RUT 52-Day condor:
Behaving well within the expected zone, RUT has been jumping around, but the Condor is very wide and can take up to 1.5 st. deviation on the Vol Cone. Notice the recovery from being -7% a few days after the trade was placed.


2) XLE Double Diagonal:
XLE behaved well Today and earned an extra 1% recovery, there is still some $ to earn, but the adjustment I made a while back by adding to the trade is paying off very well.

3) OIH 36-Day Condor:
The longer OIH drops, the more money the trade will make. Unfortunatelly the adjustment took a big chunk of the profits, the bright-side of it is that it forced me to re-think all adjustments and condors, I'm a lot more confident in trading the 36-day condors without cutting spreads. I backtested over 5 years of 36-Day condors and it is giving me the confidence I need.

4) GLD Calendar:
The trade is losing $, not sure where the issue is, I think it has to do with the 94 Calendar I added right after I put on the trade, I highlighted the volatility chart on the dashboard. The peak is where I added the 94 Calendar, and now that the volatility is dropping, it is hurting the position. It is still under the profit zone, so I'm giving it time. Sooner or later time decay will kick in.

5) MNX 45-day condor:
The new baby on the block. Not much to report, except that I'm very confident with the study I made before getting this trade on.