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NaughtyPines
Sep 19, 2017 1:42 PM

OPENING: VIX NOV 15TH 10/12 SHORT PUT VERTICAL Long

VOLATILITY S&P 500TVC

Description

... for a .73 credit.

Metrics:

Probability of Profit: 29%
Max Profit: 73/contract
Max Loss: 127/contract
Break Even: 11.27

Notes: VIX at sub-10 is about the only time I'll do a bullish assumption trade in VIX. Here, I'll look to money/take/run on any pop, although 50% max would be nice ... .

Trade active

Rolling to Dec 20th 10/13 short put vert for a .62 credit. Scratch at 1.35.

Trade active

Adding a Dec 20th 16/19 short call vert for a .25 credit buying power free (same width spread/same expiry). Scratch at 1.60.

Trade closed manually

Been somewhat lax on updating my trades ... . Exited this last week for 1.80 as a .20/contract loser. A reminder as to why I hate long volatility; it can remain lower for longer than you'd like ... .
Comments
Tom1trader
Thanks for sharing! Do the futures relate in to this kind of decision? I see Nov15 at 13.22, also saw I was wrong on TW, futures there but not usable yet (so use cboe futures quotes. It is handy that VIX is right there on top. Thurs-Fri out of town this week so not doing anything new.
NaughtyPines
@Tom1trader, I didn't set it up using the futures price, but -- in essence -- I'll need that futures contract price to either go up intratrade or for it to converge on a price above my break even before expiry. We'll see how it plays out ... .
Tom1trader
@NaughtyPines, Hope it works out!
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