Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 28, 2018)

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All currently open positions can be seen on the 2018 Track Record page


Last Weekend Analysis now publicly available:
Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 22, 2018) 

Recent Trading Activity

- Initiated a June RUT Elephant position on Monday. Net credit $1,316. In the end I had a tough time getting filled on SPX, so I went with the Russell. Next one (this upcoming week) will be an SPX position.

June RUT Elephant

Trade Details:

SELL 20 RUT June 1410/1400 Credit Put spreads @0.60 Credit
SELL 12  RUT  June 1650/1655 Credit Call spreads @0.55 Credit

Upside and downside hedges:
BUY  12 IWM May 166 Calls @0.29
BUY    2 IWM May 144 Puts @0.98

Total Net Credit: $1,316
Days to Expiration: 53

Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 22, 2018)

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Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 15, 2018) 

Recent Trading Activity

- Closed Call side of May RUT Elephant at a $688 loss on Wednesday. The Put side remains, now very safe, and with a total credit that is greater than this loss. So, it should be an overall winner but it just takes time now.

- The April SPX Elephant expired for max profit of $1608 on Friday.

- Also tried to get filled on a June SPX Elephant on Friday without success. I'll try to deploy this position on Monday.

Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 15, 2018)

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Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 7, 2018) 

Recent Trading Activity

- Closed the April RUT/IWM 1365/1375/1670/1680/168 Elephant for a $1392 gain on Monday. Overall, this Elephant was a loser as the Put side had been adjusted from 1450/1440 down to 1375/1365. I'm just reflecting here the gain that was obtained this week. This move was made in order to free up some capital, as explained in the previous Weekend Analysis.

- Initiated a May RUT Elephant on Monday for a total net credit of $1,420.

- Closed the May SPX 2240/2250 Credit Put spread on Thursday for a $900 gain. This represented 75% of max profits with more than 5 weeks to expiration. I had a closing GTC order to close and it got triggered while I was away.  

May RUT Elephant

Trade Details:

SELL 20 RUT May 1385/1375 Credit Put spreads @0.57 Credit
SELL 8  RUT May 1630/1640 Credit Call spreads @0.92 Credit

Upside and downside hedges:
BUY  12 IWM May 164 Calls @0.22
BUY    2 IWM May 141 Puts @0.96

Total Net Credit: $1,420
Days to Expiration: 39

Weekend Portfolio Analysis (April 7, 2018)

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Weekend Portfolio Analysis (March 31, 2018) 

Recent Trading Activity

- Adjusted the Put side of the April RUT Elephant. This resulted in a $2,800 loss. A new credit of $1,200 was obtained. The total credit in the position at the moment is $1,621 with less than two weeks to expiration.

- I intended to close the April SPX Elephant on Friday in order to deploy the second position of the May cycle. However, the fills I wanted were not possible. For this reason, the second position of the May cycle has not been deployed yet and the April SPX Elephant remains open.