August $SPX Iron Condor adjustment

With the market on its unstoppable run I closed the 1430/1435/1700/1705 SPX August Iron Condor on Friday

Closed Aug. SPX 1435/1440/1700/1705 Iron Condor for 1.70 debit ($225 loss) Opened new 1560/1565/1745/1750 for 0.85 credit($425, 5 contracts)
— The Lazy Trader (@lazytrading) July 12, 2013

The tweet was a little inaccurate as the original trade consisted of 4 contracts per legs, therefore the loss was $300 and not $225. With a credit of 0.95. The position was closed for 1.70 debit. That's a 0.75 loss which represents $300 in 4 contracts per leg.


The new Iron Condor entered was as follows

Bought 5 SPX August 1560 Put @3.60
Sold 5 SPX August 1565 Put @3.90
Sold 5 SPX August 1745 Call @3.30
Bought 5 SPX August 1750 Call @2.75

5 contracts per leg and a credit of 0.85 for a total credit of $425

Finally a chart of SPX after the close on July 12, 2013 for future reference

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