I'm in the process of moving my hosting provider for all my various websites. I just finished the move of this site and this post will serve the dual purpose of testing the new setup and also to record that I sold my position in July 36 Puts (QQQSJ) at $0.90 for a small gain.
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Well as they are speaking the markets are in free fall. The Q's have gone down over 2% from the open and I decided to take my profits on my put trade here. They may continue lower, but I'm taking what I can.
For recap I was in 40 put contracts of the Mar 30 Puts on the QQQQ (QAVOD) with a cost basis of $1.10. I sold my contracts at $1.35 which gave me a greater than 22% gain on this trade.
Well as they are speaking the markets are in free fall. The Q's have gone down over 2% from the open and I decided to take my profits on my put trade here. They may continue lower, but I'm taking what I can.
For recap I was in 40 put contracts of the Mar 30 Puts on the QQQQ (QAVOD) with a cost basis of $1.10. I sold my contracts at $1.35 which gave me a greater than 22% gain on this trade.
Yesterday my trade was looking terrible and at one point I was down over 50% on the trade. Well today I was vindicated. The Q's and the market in general has had a nice break down and I'm taking my profits here before the weekend. The Q's have gotten down into over sold territory and I'm taking what I can.
So for recap in this trade I had 40 contracts of the Feb $29 puts on the QQQQ (QAVNC) with a cost basis of $1.00. I sold them for $1.10 which gave me a small 10% gain on this trade.
So for recap in this trade I had 40 contracts of the Feb $29 puts on the QQQQ (QAVNC) with a cost basis of $1.00. I sold them for $1.10 which gave me a small 10% gain on this trade.
I decided to take my profits on my trade today at the 25% level. Not bad for a single day. The downward move today seems to have stalled as we enter the end of the day so I decided to take my profits here. I still think there is plenty of downside left in this short term move and I think we are going to retest the $27.96 level over the next couple of days. I will be away from my computer for the next couple of days, so I will just need to let the move play on without me.
For recap this trade was for 20 contracts of the Feb 29 Puts on the QQQQ with a cost basis of $1.05. I closed the trade at $1.31 for an almost 25% gain on the day.
For recap this trade was for 20 contracts of the Feb 29 Puts on the QQQQ with a cost basis of $1.05. I closed the trade at $1.31 for an almost 25% gain on the day.
I just sold my Q puts for a greater than 25% profit. Looking back on this trade it appears I got in to early and was only able to get the returns on the sharp declines in the QQQQ's today. If I would have waited to buy until yesterday and would be looking at better than 50% profits.
However a profit is a profit and I would rather than 20+% gains on a regular basis.
For recap I was in 10 contracts of the QQQQ Feb 29 Puts (QAVNC) with a cost basis of $0.97 and I sold at $1.22. This represents a better than 25% gain on this trade.
However a profit is a profit and I would rather than 20+% gains on a regular basis.
For recap I was in 10 contracts of the QQQQ Feb 29 Puts (QAVNC) with a cost basis of $0.97 and I sold at $1.22. This represents a better than 25% gain on this trade.
Mr. Market has done a bunch of nothing the last 2 hours and in the last 5 minutes has broken down below the narrow trading channel. I took a small 5% loss on this trade.
For recap I was in 40 contracts of QQQQ Jan 31 Calls at $0.85 and I sold at $.80. I'm still net up for my trading today, so I'm happy going into the weekend.
For recap I was in 40 contracts of QQQQ Jan 31 Calls at $0.85 and I sold at $.80. I'm still net up for my trading today, so I'm happy going into the weekend.
I sold my puts for a 17% gain, we have gotten back to a very short term oversold reading and I'm taking my profits at this level.
For recap I was in 40 contracts of QAVMC at a price of $0.85 and I sold for $1.00. Which was a greater than 17% gain on a trade that lasted about 2 hours.
My next trade is probably up from here.
For recap I was in 40 contracts of QAVMC at a price of $0.85 and I sold for $1.00. Which was a greater than 17% gain on a trade that lasted about 2 hours.
My next trade is probably up from here.
The market had a nice end of day drop and my puts on the Q's gave me a nice 25% gain from yesterday. I decided to take my money off the table at the close and will look for a trade again tomorrow.
So for this trade I had 5 contracts of the QQQQ Jan 29 Puts (QAVMC) with a cost basis of $1.00 and I sold them for $1.25.
There may still be some downside left on this move (roughly to the $28.65 level) but I think my next move will be a long on the Q's as we head back towards the $31 level.
So for this trade I had 5 contracts of the QQQQ Jan 29 Puts (QAVMC) with a cost basis of $1.00 and I sold them for $1.25.
There may still be some downside left on this move (roughly to the $28.65 level) but I think my next move will be a long on the Q's as we head back towards the $31 level.
I was stopped out of my calls on the Q's since they broke below the $33 level. This represented an almost 10% loss on this trade.
The short side is still in control of this market and over sold indicators are not worth much these days.
The short side is still in control of this market and over sold indicators are not worth much these days.
I missed my chance to close my open position for a nice profit yesterday for a decent gain. The Q's gapped up on Tuesday morning and spent the rest of the day falling.
Last night the Feds announced the anticpated rate cut but the markets have a mind of their own and have spent most of the day in the dumps. This afternoon we started to see some green and I made some headway back up. So I took my chance to get out with less of a loss than I had this morning.
I setup my trading plan to be out by Wacky Wednesday (this is the last Wednesday before options expiration week, this is also the day you generally have the most volitility in options since many people try to get out of current month contracts by this day.)
As we head into the last hour of the trading day we are starting to see the strength in the afternoon start to wane so I decided to take my money while I could.
For recap I was in 5 contracts of the QQQQ Oct 36 Calls (QQQJJ) with a cost basis of $0.95. I sold at $0.60 which represents a greater than 36% loss on this trade.
Last night the Feds announced the anticpated rate cut but the markets have a mind of their own and have spent most of the day in the dumps. This afternoon we started to see some green and I made some headway back up. So I took my chance to get out with less of a loss than I had this morning.
I setup my trading plan to be out by Wacky Wednesday (this is the last Wednesday before options expiration week, this is also the day you generally have the most volitility in options since many people try to get out of current month contracts by this day.)
As we head into the last hour of the trading day we are starting to see the strength in the afternoon start to wane so I decided to take my money while I could.
For recap I was in 5 contracts of the QQQQ Oct 36 Calls (QQQJJ) with a cost basis of $0.95. I sold at $0.60 which represents a greater than 36% loss on this trade.