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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

December Iron Condor adjustment

Today I adjusted the unbalanced SPX 1790/1795/2135/2140 December Iron Condor as the market keeps defying gravity. If you click on the link you can see had originally received $220 for this unbalanced Iron Condor (adjusted to the model portfolio size).
I closed the Call side for 1.80 debit today (total $360).

I also closed the Put side of the Iron Condor for 0.10 debit. Originally received 0.30 credit for these. So, to not over complicate things, here is the deal:

2135/2140 Credit Call spreads, Initial credit: 0.50, debit to close: 1.80, loss: 1.30 -> -$260
1790/1795 Credit Put spreads, Initial credit: 0.30, debit to close: 0.10, gain: 0.20 -> +$80
So as a result, this unbalanced Iron Condor is totally closed and caused a $180 loss to the model portfolio. End of story.

I sold a new Iron Condor SPX 1880/1885/2190/2195 collecting 0.30 credit on the Puts and 0.50 on the Calls. 3 contracts per leg for a total credit of  $240. The Call side is now way above the 2134 all time high. If this Iron Condor ends up being a full winner it will more than compensate for the original $180 loss. I rolled an entire Iron Condor instead of just the affected side as usual because the indicators I follow have incredibly gone to no man's land.

SPX Chart at market close for future reference:
(Click on image to enlarge)

Current Positions in the portfolio:

Nov SPX 1630/1640/2130/2140 Unbalanced Iron Condor
Call side may need attention on rally to around 2100

Nov SPX 1945/1950 Credit Put spread

Dec SPX 1880/1885/2190/2195 Iron Condor
The new position discussed in this article.

Dec RUT 1010/1015/1240/1245 Iron Condor
Still looking good, nothing to do until a rally up to 1210 takes place. RUT currently at 1178.


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