Friday, January 29, 2010

01/29 NDX Iron Butterfly




I've done whatever I could to contain price action. Even though my delta was hedged, the vega increase jacked up the short spread prices, and I'm in a deep hole right now. I've hedged the position the best I can, added theta and now it will either take a break next week or I'll pull the plug.

01/29 OEX Weekly Iron Condor



Great trade this week, despite the late week sell off, it managed to bring home 9%! Once again, that's 9% in one week of trading.. Really GOOD, no, it is AWESOME!!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

01/28 Daily Summary


As far as I can tell, we have resumed the down-trend Today by breaking last Friday's low. My Iron Butterflies are hanging in there, they need another break, but so far so good, I plan on adjusting it further Tomorrow to increast my theta and keep rolling the tent down. The OEX position is about to bring home the cash!

01/28 MNX Iron Butterfly



Just like the NDX, this position held its deltas under control as the market took a deep dive beyond last Friday's lows.. now it is a matter of staying in the game and responding to the situation by adjusting and increasing theta once again.

01/28 NDX Iron Butterfly



Well, time to test this strategy under FIRE!! I had the contingent orders to keep deltas under control and they did their job. The MNX rolled down quite a bit and the position adjusted itself. Of course, P/L dropped, but it is still at a very decent level despite such a large beating this trade has taken.

01/28 OEX Weekly Iron Condor

Today's extreme price action was not a negative impact on this trade, as a matter of fact, it is now 99% chance of success! Nice for a no-touch trade that lasts one WEEK!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

01/27 Daily Summary


Today was a good day despite it being a FED announcement day. The market didn't move too much and I wasn't forced to adjust any position. I have added an iron butterfly to the MNX trade mainly to increase its theta.