DigiNomad, I know you do. Sell credit spreads trades are made
for this kind of sideways market. I would be trading 0DTE or
1DTE spreads if I could watch the market all day. Alas, I have a
day job.
If you do not mind, please post your trades here. A caveat that
experts only (double diamond) will apply. I could give you a
workable format of opening and closing trades in a private message.
I will ignore daytrades but will take swing trades about one to
three weeks out on options.
Posted by DigiNomad on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:50 pm
Junkie - I'm hit and miss when I play in the 0 DTE and 1 DTE.
Basically, I suck at day trading but I do pretty well with
the swing trading time frames. Also, when I dabble in 0 DTE, I find
that I'm hanging on Steve & Matt's every post. It's super
stressful
You do have some big risk appetite Digi. I take my hat off
to you. Ten years ago I tried trading Iron Condors but found that a
helluva more difficult than trading the E-minis and macros. Good
luck and good hunting!
Posted by DigiNomad on 21st of Apr 2023 at 12:43 pm
Mundy - my lack of big risk appetite lead me to trading credit
spreads, not the other way around. I was sick of the ups and downs.
My basic trading plan involves having 1% of net liq in premium on
the board at any one time - usually, but not always, in a delta
neutral way....so it's not really 1% exposed. I target 12% return
annually with this strategy, although I have been exceeding that in
actual practice. The downside risk on my trades is typically
between 8 and 10% (of net liq), but again, my trading plan calls
for defense, roll, etc at a 200% loss....I would never let it go to
max loss. During the really bad days in 2022, I had to defend
a lot (strikes got touched and/or losses approached 200%). Even
though that often involves "doubling down" (the way I sometimes do
it), my net liq exposure never got above 5%....and there were some
really hectic periods to deal with. So, no, I don't really have a
big risk appetite. Quite the opposite.
Diginomad, thanks for the thorough response. Steve especially
reminds us repeatedly that we should have a trading plan. With your
response it is obvious that you do. Kudos to you.
Posted by fredsaid on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:43 pm
I'm waiting for a potential rally next week with the big tech
names and then plan to buy the same ! Right now just
pocketing TSLA puts and SPY down to 4100.
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DigiNomad, I know you do.
Just like most days recently, we'll open with a gap ...
Posted by junkie on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:35 pm
DigiNomad, I know you do. Sell credit spreads trades are made for this kind of sideways market. I would be trading 0DTE or 1DTE spreads if I could watch the market all day. Alas, I have a day job.
If you do not mind, please post your trades here. A caveat that experts only (double diamond) will apply. I could give you a workable format of opening and closing trades in a private message. I will ignore daytrades but will take swing trades about one to three weeks out on options.
Junkie - I'm hit and
Posted by DigiNomad on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:50 pm
Junkie - I'm hit and miss when I play in the 0 DTE and 1 DTE. Basically, I suck at day trading but I do pretty well with the swing trading time frames. Also, when I dabble in 0 DTE, I find that I'm hanging on Steve & Matt's every post. It's super stressful
This trade was about a
Posted by DigiNomad on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:39 pm
This trade was about a half an hour ago (the stats were better when I placed it)
You do have some big
Posted by mundy on 20th of Apr 2023 at 07:06 pm
You do have some big risk appetite Digi. I take my hat off to you. Ten years ago I tried trading Iron Condors but found that a helluva more difficult than trading the E-minis and macros. Good luck and good hunting!
Mundy - my lack of
Posted by DigiNomad on 21st of Apr 2023 at 12:43 pm
Mundy - my lack of big risk appetite lead me to trading credit spreads, not the other way around. I was sick of the ups and downs. My basic trading plan involves having 1% of net liq in premium on the board at any one time - usually, but not always, in a delta neutral way....so it's not really 1% exposed. I target 12% return annually with this strategy, although I have been exceeding that in actual practice. The downside risk on my trades is typically between 8 and 10% (of net liq), but again, my trading plan calls for defense, roll, etc at a 200% loss....I would never let it go to max loss. During the really bad days in 2022, I had to defend a lot (strikes got touched and/or losses approached 200%). Even though that often involves "doubling down" (the way I sometimes do it), my net liq exposure never got above 5%....and there were some really hectic periods to deal with. So, no, I don't really have a big risk appetite. Quite the opposite.
Diginomad, thanks for the thorough
Posted by mundy on 21st of Apr 2023 at 06:53 pm
Diginomad, thanks for the thorough response. Steve especially reminds us repeatedly that we should have a trading plan. With your response it is obvious that you do. Kudos to you.
Thx for look !
Posted by Glad on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:52 pm
Thx for look !
I'm waiting for a potential
Posted by fredsaid on 20th of Apr 2023 at 02:43 pm
I'm waiting for a potential rally next week with the big tech names and then plan to buy the same ! Right now just pocketing TSLA puts and SPY down to 4100.