01/21 RUT Iron Condor

The trade took a hit Today, nothing to worry about, I have a contingent order to bail if it gets to the stop level and another one to cash in. I’m also observing the 5-day chart, if we get a warning to exit, I’ll pull the plug.

01/21 OEX Weekly Iron Condor

OEX hit the stop Today. Somehow I feel very good about it, let me explain why: it was simple and easy. The stop got triggered and filled, I didn’t have to worry about the trade whatsoever. Of course, I have the call spread there, and will watch it Tomorrow, but odds are we’re not blowing up the up-side in one day, that would require a xx standard deviation move to the upside. Not to mention that if I count last week’s win, the loss Today sets me back only a half trade, if we stay quiet next week I’ll be back in the green on this strategy.

01/20 Daily Summary

Another day of extreme ZIG ZAG action.. After a large up-day, here comes a larger down-day.. Deal with it! :)

Today was a busy morning as some contingent orders got filled when the market was at its low point. I violated one of my rules of not watching the market, and was observing price action on the NDX around 7AM, turns out it was to my benefit as my contingent order failed to get filled. I was too skimpy on the offer, was trying Mark + 0.05, I adjusted it to mark + 0.10 to ensure a faster fill.

Position's details and Price chart:
01/20 NDX Iron Butterfly
01/20 MNX Iron Butterfly
01/20 RUT Iron Condor
01/20 OEX Iron Condor
01/20 NDX Iron Butterfly - Game plan - Downside - Put together early in the morning

01/20 NDX Iron Butterfly

Similar to the MNX, was forced into buying the extra PUT Today as we were trading below 1860. The main difference is that this sharp movement happened the next morning after placing the position, so we're down a bit of money.

01/20 MNX Iron Butterfly

Today's market action forced me into buying a long PUT, the contingent order was triggered as we were trading at Today's low. The market came back after that, so now I have one extra put to manage.

01/20 RUT Iron Condor

Back to where we started, profits are starting to grow on the position despite the active market environment, we've bounced around the same price area.

01/20 OEX Iron Condor

Right in the middle and only a few days to go.