AMD Iron Condor Idea: relief rally should have happened both bull and bear sides are scared about holding into the weekend. Ideally 4RR trade. Leaving put spreads close to ITM and calls higher up for bullish bias.
Reason: Low risk setup for a weird risk day and itching for a trade. The second reason will be the death of me :)
Edit: Oct. 19*
Ironcondor
CLOSING: /CL APRIL 16TH 49/50/67/68 IRON CONDOR... for a 2.10 db; .80 ($80) profit (27.5% max for the pairing).
Notes: Fairly delta neutral subtractive adjustment that profitably mixes and matches put side with call side. Scratch at 14.40 versus current setup value of 13.25.
This also makes the sides a little less "crowded" for potentially making adjustments going forward.
OPENING: /CL APRIL 16TH 51/52/67/68 IRON CONDOR... for a 3.30 credit.
Notes: A delta neutral, extrinsic additive trade in the first expiry in which the at the money short straddle is paying greater than 10% of the value of the underlying for which I'm collecting at least one-third the width of the wings; scratch at 17.40.
Otherwise, a perfectly decent, defined risk, delta neutral trade ... .
CLOSING: /CL FEBRUARY 14TH 49/50 SHORT PUT VERTICAL... for a .20 ($20) debit on approaching worthless for a 1.10 ($110) profit; scratch on remainder of 22.80.
TSLA Iron Condor290/295/380/385 Exp Jan 17
0.18/0.2/0.23/0.26
Credit was $150 ideally I should be collecting 1/3 the width so 166 but I went for this anyways.
$75 price target with a sell order set GTC.
If it breaks 290/385 I will turn it into an iron fly.
Max loss is $300 if I lose completely but this will be turned into an iron fly.
BA Iron CondorBA 315/320/380/385 Iron Condor Spread EXP Jan 17 looking to profit at the end of December.
$150 Credit $350 max loss.
Delta's were 0.11/0.155/0.20/0.17
I have a GTC order to take a $75 profit and if one of the sides breaches I will turn it into an iron fly by rolling up or down.
IVR was good around 45%
CLOSING: /CL JAN 15TH 47.5/48.5/64.5/65.5 IRON CONDOR... for a 1.20 debit, .60 ($60) realized gain.
Notes: Taking off some risk here with 37 days left to go. It also had the added effect of taking off a little bit of short delta in the position, which makes it less directional than it was. Scratch on the remainder: 15.00.
ULTA Iron Condor SpreadIV is pretty high on ULTA after the drop and its trending well, there are a few false breakouts and RSI is rising. Looks like a good play.
2x Iron condor spread 200/205/275/280
Credit collected as $144 deltas were 0.33 and 0.2 on the options sold
I plan to take my profit at 30% max credit since the IV isn't that high for this to be a 50% max credit trade and deltas are pretty close and low probability.
Max gain will be $90.
Max loss will be $288.
BIIB Iron Condor255/260/325/330 credit was $1.48 Exp Dec 20th.
Deltas were pretty high. 0.34 and 0.3 so I plan to exit this trade at 30% of max credit.
I bought a double spread on this. I will exit the trade at $1 to buy back the spread and profit $96 on this trade.
I plan to exit this trade before December 5th as CTAD congress is on that date which will add more risk to my position.
I need to exit on the 4th of December. Max loss will be $148 or $296 on the double spread.
OPENING: /CL JAN 15TH 49/50/61/62 IRON CONDOR... for a 3.20 ($320) credit.
Notes: Layering on some setup in the January cycle on this OVX pop. Going delta neutral, since the net delta of the entire spaghetti works is basically net delta flat.
OPENING: /CL JAN 15TH 51/52/64.5/65.5 IRON CONDOR... for a 2.00 credit.
Notes: A delta adjustment trade squeezed into January to flatten net delta in that cycle, as well as to keep theta on and burning.
CLOSING: /CL JAN 15TH 49/50/65/65.5 IRON CONDORfor a .14 debit ($140), .08 ($80) profit.
Notes: Taking off some risk here in the January cycle by mixing and matching profitable sides. Scratch of the remainder: .91 ($910).
OPENING: CL1! JAN 15TH 49.5/50.5/65/65.5 IRON CONDOR (LATE POST)... for a $150 credit.
Notes: A slightly long delta iron condor to cut net short delta. You can either skew equally width'd sides or sell one side wider than the other; doing the latter here for the adjustment.
VNQ - Iron CondorThis is a study I wanted to do on strikes with abnormally high open interest and if it affects underlying price movement.
VNQ has pulled back from its ATH to inside the ATB neutral zone.
It also closed with a bearish engulfing candle signaling high probability of sideways to downward trend in next 30-45 days.
Testing a horizontal Iron Condor strategy based on strikes with Highest Open Interest on Monthly Expirations of Dec and Jan 2020.
Option Profit Calculator: opcalc.com
buy 20th Dec $86.00 Put $0.43 $-43.00 (99% of Total OI)
sell 20th Dec $90.00 Put $1.53 $153.00 (99% of Total OI)
sell 17th Jan $90.00 Call $2.08 $208.00 (99% of Total OI)
buy 17th Jan $95.00 Call $0.22 $-22.00 (95% of Total OI)
Credit: $296.00
Collateral: $500.00
Maximum risk: $204 at a price of $101.67 on 20th Dec 2019
Maximum return: $187 at a price of $90 at expiry
Break-evens at expiry: $92.97, $87.27
VNQ needs to stay inside the red bars for profit.
Green line indicates max profit line on a daily basis until expiration.
CLOSING: /CL DEC 16TH 49/50/64/65 IRON CONDOR... for a 1.80 ($180) debit; .70 ($70) profit; 28% max with 39 days to go.
Notes: Taking off some risk in the December cycle. Still have the depicted setups on in January and February ... .
TSLA Iron CondorSince IV is high on tesla I'm putting on BOLD play.
This looks like low risk high reward.
270/275/360/365 Iron Condor Exp Dec 20th. 3 spreads. Credit per spread was 1.43 5 point wide.
Credit collected is $429 this will be my max loss.
30 delta call and 16 delta put I want to take my profits at around 30% max credit which will be $130 profit.
This looks like an awesome trade.
OPENING: GC1! DEC 26TH 1420/1430/1620/1630 IRON CONDORfor a 2.40 credit.
Metrics:
Max Profit: $240
Max Loss: $760
Buying Power Effect on SPAN: ~$300
Break Evens: 1427.60/1622.40
Notes: Back to the /GC (59/14) well with a delta neutral iron condor with the shorties at the 16's. Looking for 1.20 out of this position (50% maximum).
MSFT earnings play with Iron condorMSFT is set to report Wed oct 23 after close and I have set up an Iron condor, based on 5% Implied move. On Oct 18th, I STO Nov 1 Calls 142/144 and Nov 1 STO 132/130 Puts and received 90c credit. MSFT has not missed earnings in 13 quarters. It has been coiled for awhile, so it my move more than normal. GL!