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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Closed November $RUT 910/920 Credit Put spread

Today I closed the RUT November 910/920 Credit Put spread that had been entered as part of an adjustment made to the Put side of the 1020/1030/1230/1240 Iron Condor played with October options.

Buy to Close 3 RUT November 920 Put @0.72
Sell to Close 3 RUT November 910 Put @0.57
Debit: 0.15 ($45 for 3 contracts per leg)

I initially received 0.67 credit for this Credit Put spread. Closing it for a 0.15 debit results in a 0.52 gain, or 0.52 * 3 * 100 = $156 in dollar terms for 3 contracts per leg played in the model portfolio.

With this trade, the whole October RUT Iron Condor ended up being a profitable venture despite the adjustment. To recap:

1- August 19 - Sold October RUT 1020/1030/1230/1240 Iron Condor for 1.66 credit. 1.10 credit for the Call side ($220). 0.56 credit for the Put side ($112). In dollar terms $332 in total for 2 contracts per leg.

2- October 10 - Closed 1020/1030 Put side for 2.20 debit. A $440 debit for 2 contracts per leg. The loss on this 1020/1030 Credit Put spread was $328 as originally a $112 credit had been obtained from it.

3- October 10 - Sold the 910/920 Credit Put spread as an adjustment obtaining 0.67 credit playing 3 contracts per leg.

4- October 17 - Monthly expiration. The 1230/1240 Credit Call spread expires worthless for a gain of 1.10, or $220 for 2 contracts per leg.

5- October 21 - Closed the 910/920 Credit Put spread for 0.15, that is a 0.52 gain or $156 gain in 3 contracts per leg. Final result -$328 + $220 + $156 = +$48.

Very small gain, but I take it. Specially in a bad month. Like I said in the Weekend Portfolio Analysis, I will reflect this trade as part of the November cycle as the Puts were November options. I don't want to over complicate the track record in October.


A RUT chart after market close for future reference:
(Click on image to enlarge)
Current positions after this trade:

November RUT 970/980 Credit Put Spread
$120 credit. 93% probability of success. 30 days to expiration.

November RUT 1150/1160 Credit Call spread
$200 credit. 75% probability of success. 30 days to expiration.

November SPX 1685/1690 Credit Put Spread
$120 credit. 96% probability of success. 30 days to expiration.


There's still a lot of fight in November and it will be hard to pull off a positive month. My goal is to mitigate the damage as much as possible.


Check out 2014 Track Record




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6 comments:

  1. When are you going to sell some ccs to iron condor the Nov SPX? Today would have been a good day to do it since it hit my short-term overbought indicator. The only reason I have not done it yet because I have some December SPX cps that I can wait a big longer to make an iron condor.

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    1. Not sure about when I will start with December positions man. Still with more exposure than I would like in November. I'm going to focus in November probably this week and next week too. But certainly markets are getting close to a short term overbought extreme.

      Cheers,
      LT

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    2. Sorry I just noticed you talked about Nov CCS. Sorry. Yes, Actually I have thought about it. Maybe the time is getting closer to sell SPX Calls in November. I wanted to sell above 2040 but seems to ambitious at the moment. So, not sure. I may need to adjust the RUT 1150/1160 CCS. After that if SPX keeps going up I will sell Calls. Ideally above 2020.

      Cheers,
      LT

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  2. This morning, I sold the Nov SPX 2025/2030 credit call spread for .40 credit. Got in when SPX was at 1948.

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    1. Nice. Funny how your style and mine trigger signals in similar areas although the math behind theM is totally different. McClellan totally overbought above +230 this morning. Stochastics also overbought. 66% stocks above 20 DMA, getting close to overbought.

      By the way I noticed you don't sell the 10% probability options. You seem to be more focused on the credit am I right?

      Cheers,
      LT

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    2. That is correct. I look at the credit more nowadays. I am comfortable with delta between 10 and 15.

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