Last week we highlighted a VIX trade to play for continued volatility in the market but with some protection against decay in the form of an in-the-money butterfly. With the market up this morning and …
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We’ve placed a few VIX trades over the past few months with the last one setting up nicely for the market’s reversal from the highs. We really liked the structure we used and will likely …
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Trade Update June 25th, 2013: The original thesis on LULU was that the 65-75 range was an appealing area to play for, mainly based on the attractive risk/reward on the July 65/70/75 butterfly (risk 1.10 …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was June 17th through June 21st:
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was June 10th through June 14th: Over the last several years it’s been …
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We like to consider ourselves opportunistic traders. We’re willing to trade in either direction, long or short options, if the risk/reward is right and the pieces of the puzzle fit. So when it comes to …
Continue readingAhead of AAPL’s earnings tonight, I just sold half of my Jan25th 525/550/575 call fly that I traded on Friday for a double. My thought is that I can take my premium off the table, …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Jan 14th thru Jan 18th:
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Earlier this week, Enis and I did a fairly deep dive Webinar (below) on how we were thinking about the setup into AAPL’s Q1 earnings slated for Wednesday, Jan 23rd after the market close. We …
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REMINDER: Dan and I will be hosting a Webinar tomorrow at 4:30pm eastern entitled, “Anatomy of an AAPL Earnings Trade With Options”. We will run through the qualitative and quantitative inputs that we use to evaluate a potentially …
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