7/12 Update
I’m taking off another 1/4 of the original trade, selling more of the Fly out at .35
Last Update
I am taking half off here at .33 which is double what I paid for it, and now have taken my cost off the table and can’t lose money on the other half.
-Euro is gonna try to hold 140 and with this trade set to expire on Friday I don’t have a lot of time for this to resolve itself…..the prudent thing to do now is take some new found profits and let a portion ride.
Update Post June 29th 2011:
I Bought the structure below when the FXE was at almost the exact same spot last week……in that time period it looked like the Euro was going to break down against the dollar and traded as low as 141…..
This Put Fly is now worth more than the .16 that I paid for it and I want to stick with it as I feel once we get by today’s austerity vote in Greece we will likely see more volatility as we head into the summer around some of the other beleaguered economies in Europe……..this with the potential for earnings out of NKE in the U.S. could cause a little flight to quality in the dollar.
ORIGINAL POST JUNE 21st 2011:
FXE: The Euro vs the Dollar has been trading very technically of late and in some ways like a yo-yo between weakness related to sovereign debt issues in Europe and the potential for a weaker second half and end to stimulus over here….. [private]
I am not anything near an expert when it comes to macro issues, and certainly not currencies…but with tonight’s confidence vote in Greece and the potential for austerity measures not to pass next week I want to make a low premium bet that the Euro comes back in to test the 140 level and ultimately hits its 200 day moving average by July expiration.
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I want to express this view in the FXE, the etf set to track the performance of the Euro vs the USD.
TRADE; FXE ($143.30) BUY the July 140/138/136 Put Fly for .20
-Buy 1 July 140 Put for .95
-Sell 2 July 138 Puts at 1.10 (.55 each)
-Buy 1 July 136 Put for .35
Break-Even on July Expiration:
Btwn 140 and 139.80 lose up to .20,
Btwn 139.80 and 138 make up to 1.80
Best Case at 138 make full 1.80 or 10x you rmoney
Btwn 138 and 136 the pay-out trails off and
136 or below lose .20
DISCLOSURE: I am bidding and getting hit, paying .16.