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Thursday, February 9, 2012

March IWM Credit Put Spread

Demo-trading:
SELL 14 IWM March 76 Put (@0.76)
BUY 14 IWM March 74 Put (@0.51)

Credit: $0.25 (0.25 * 100 * 14 = $350)
Margin: $2450 (Although this position forms an Iron Condor, so in reality no additional margin is consumed)

Order execution below:

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Break-even point(s): 75.75
Probability of success: 83.70%
Days to expiration: 36
Max return on Investment: 14.29%
Commissions: $42.00 (Assuming Interactive Brokers' schema for Canadians)

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Just trying to reduce the upside exposure of the current portfolio. This position forms an Iron Condor along with the March IWM Credit Call Spread already in. Resulting in a max profit of $700 and max risk of $2100.

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