***Closed***SPY iron condor initiated on 10 Oct
15 Oct: Close Call spread
SPY (Standard & Poors Dep Rec) Iron condor initiated on 10 Oct 2009
Trade Type: Low Probability, High Reward Iron Condor (ETF IC)
Trade Summary
15 Oct 2009
SPY at 109.45 (+0.12)
1 day to Oct expiration
Action: Close call spread.
Buy to close SPY Oct 108 Call
Sell to close SPY Oct 110 Call
***Readjust target price to $1.25-$1.33 debit.*** [All TOS autotrade participants were filled at $1.33 debit.]
Analysis
Similar to the other SPY iron condor, we were stopped out by the recent bull run. On hindsight, if we had waited for another day (expiration Friday), we would have closed this trade for a pretty neat profit. However, everything is 20/20 on hindsight. If we had knew that SPY is going to suffer a pullback the next day, we’ll all be millionaires. The fact is this: we were presented with what we had yesterday. Just before the close yesterday, there was even another bullish push to push the market to an intraday high. We were facing very real risk. Should the SPY continues going up the next day, we’ll be facing an even bigger loss.
Calculating the risk, we decided to close the call spread to rid of the upside risk.
A loss is never a good feeling. Believe me, we’re all working very hard to make back what we’ve lost in recent trades. Losses are part and parcel of trading, we’re in a losing phase now and we’re determined to get out of this destructive cycle. We would like to thank all our valued subscribers for sticking with us despite the ups and downs of trading. We’re obsessed with performance and committed to profiting together with our valued subscribers. Given time, we will make back what is lost. Our past performance can speak for itself.
Keep a look out new trades coming up. We’ll work doubly hard to make these trades winners from now on!
Good trading,
Gary
*****Trade History*****
10 Oct: Initiate Trade
SPY (Standard & Poors Dep Rec) Iron Condor initiated on 10 Oct 2009
Trade Type: Low Probability, High Reward Iron Condor
Trade Summary
10 Oct 2009
SPY at 106.79 (+0.98)
8 days to expiration
Action: Sell a new iron condor for Oct expiration.
Sell to open SPY Oct 108 Call
Buy to open SPY Oct 110 Call
Sell to open SPY Oct 105 Put
Buy to open SPY Oct 103 Put
For a net price of $0.89-0.90 credit or better.
Net margin required: $111 per entry
Analysis
First of all, sorry for the delay in this post. We have had some techincal problems with our blog. We’ll have a shortened analysis for this trade.
This is our third and last trade for October. With only 8 days to expiration, we believe this trade is well worth the risk. We’re risking $111 to make $89 for each entry. Our breakeven points are 108.89 on the upside and 104.11 on the downside.
We’re now waiting for a down-day to close up this tade for a profit. The biggest risk we have nbow is for the SPY to keep on going up. The market had been on a upswing lately. We’re expecting a pullback soon.
We’re keeping a close look on our exisiting positions. We expect to close them in the coming days. So watch out for the email alerts.
Good trading,
Gary
We are looking at the market to decide what to do next. We may close it today if the SPY continues to rally.
Our breakeven point on the upside for this SPY iron condor is 108.89. If SPY expires at 109, we’ll lose 0.11 ($11) per entry.
We’ll let you know if there is any update.
Good trading,
Gary