Trade Ideas Category

Even though I couldn’t trade that actively in March, it was an exceptional month. Overall portfolio return in the month of March was 32.6%. I am an income trader and target 5-8% per month (on overall portfolio) therefore I don’t expect months like March to repeat quite often.
Key trades of the month include: [...]

VMC Double Diagonal: Closed 24.6% Profit

In: Double Diagonal and Trade Ideas

In stead of waiting till friday and get more Juices out of it (or otherwise) I decided to close my VMC double diagonal income trade. Key reason for closing the trade is rise in IV and also the current stock market environment. Should the stock fall further I may lose out the winning position so [...]

This is to provide an update on the VMC double diagonal that I had shared with registered users (and later with all) (Click here to find the trade). The trade was opened on Feb 26, for $313 (Debit) per double diagonal spread. Today the spread is selling for $383,that means I have already gained about $70/trade. [...]

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This assumes a $10,000 starting and fully invested capital. The current phase started when OPNewsletter was re-opened in Jan'08 for Feb'08 expiration. OPN Month is counted as 3rd Friday of each month same as US Equity option expiration day. Comparison with S&P500 or Dow is not shown as it's unfair to expect from such large institution to deliver high returns. I would rather compare with my own target.

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The Phase-1 assumes from May 2007 till Jan 2008 and starting fully invested capital of $10,000.

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  • Jul'07 +32.7%
  • Aug'07 +17.9%
  • Sep'07 +6.9%
  • Oct'07 +57.3%
  • Nov'07 +17.1%
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  • Jan'08 +14.8%
  • Feb'08 +11.6%
  • Mar'08 +16.5%
  • Apr'08 +9.2%
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  • May'08 +1.7%
  • Jun'08 +11.1%
  • Jul'08 +7.1%
  • Aug'08 -13.0%
  • Sep'08 +6.2%
  • Oct'08 +9.0%, only 1 Portf.
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