Yesterday I took about half of BIDU puts off the table as they were at a +70% gain and I wanted to protect some of those gains while I hedged out the rest with the QQQ/IWM calls which were in very small size, about 1/3rd of a normal options position.
Here's the P/L for the +70% gain in yesterday's BIDU position (closed about half).
This morning I said I was closing the rest of BIDU and IWM puts as there were substantial gains to protect and I believe that we'll get enough of a bounce in the market that I can add these back, even if we don't I still have taken significant gains out and still have plenty of short exposure.
Here's the P/L for the remaining BIDU position closed today and the IWM April Puts.
There were 15 BIDU contracts yesterday, 8 were closed for a +70% gain, the remaining were closed this morning for 85+%
The IWM April $120's were closed all at once this morning to protect a nearly +44% gain there.
Here's what the charts of each looked like around the time the decision was made.
You can probably see on this 3 min BIDU chart why I took some off yesterday and then today at the lows a stronger divegrence so I closed the position .
As for the IWM...
Again, a leading positive divegrence right on the opening gap indicating accumulation of the gap, that was the reason for closing them and I want to do it in to downside momentum if possible as they usually lose value once they start moving sideways like they are right now.
Is interest rates about to start going up?
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Yes, I know - it does not make any sense - FED is about to cut
rates...but....real world interest rates are not always what FED wants it
to be.
5 years ago
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