Uranium $URA : 33 delta naked put

IV is ~ 30%; the order was filled 1 penny below the mid price.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/30/2018 14:03	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	URA	20-Jul-18	13	PUT	0.29	0.29	LMT

#SP500 #daytrading $ES_F : 4 points

Playing time frames: Good ole follow the trend trade combined with good ole contrarian trade.

The trade was posted live @tfo_medved.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/29/2018 11:30	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2698	2698	LMT
5/29/2018 11:28	FUTURE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2702	2702	LMT

#soybean : take $100 profit

 The trade idea was based on a commonsensical approach to  Sino-American Trade War of 2018.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/25/2018 12:52	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ZSQ8 1/50 AUG 18	/OZSQ8	920	PUT	1.25	1.25	LMT

The trades are posted live @tfo_medved.

#trend #trade #Bonds #ZB_F short naked call

This is a trend trade. The assumption here is that bearish to neutral trend in long-term /ZB bonds will prevail in rising rates environment.  This is a follow-up bet after the first successful one.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/25/2018 11:01	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ZBU8 1/1000 SEP 18	/OZBU8	153	CALL	0''07	0''07	LMT

#Uranium #trade : scaled in

Uranium market is slowly turning from Bear to Bull. This is a long-term process. Hence one needs a lot of patience while building the position. Today I have doubled my still very modest  $URA holdings.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/23/2018 11:19	STOCK	BUY	100	TO OPEN	URA			ETF	13.34	13.34	LMT

The first lot was bot @13.82.

in a market sell-off, #liquidity providers will not be there

Zerohedge and Goldman warned :

"liquidity disruptions could and will lead to unexpected market aberrations, such as exorbitant bid/ask margins, inability to unwind large block positions, and last but not least, explosive volatility: in essence a recreation of the market conditions approximating the days of August 2007, and the days post the Lehman collapse..."

#Uranium #Market : Bear Bull Transformation

With spot prices below the cost of production for all but the lowest cost mines and growing demand, #Uranium Bull Market is on the Horizon.

#oil #WTI , #Macro #Trend is Your Macro #Friend : Take $230 profit & new entry

Another payout from the bull trend in oil & new entry. Winning streak is  2.5 years long now.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/21/2018 9:56	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/CLZ8 1/1000 DEC 18	/LOZ8	50	PUT	0.36	0.36	LMT
5/21/2018 9:01	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/CLU8 1/1000 SEP 18	/LOU8	50	PUT	0.07	0.07	LMT

#SP500 $ES_F $SPY $SPX max #pain

with less than 3 hours till expiration the max pain strikes are :

2018-05-19 opt_pin@2700.0 /ES@2714.25 Force in $/handle=765663
2018-05-18 opt_pin@270.5 SPY@271.445 Force in $/handle=637698
2018-05-18 opt_pin@2720.0 SPX@2714.88 Force in $/handle=331408

$SPX's pin is $20 different from that of $ES_F &  $SPY.

#silver $SLV take $150 profit & roll

Recently I posted   10% #income #trade for elderly where a combination of #silver covered call and credit put spread was used to achieve the income target without  a risk of  margin call. For my own account I use a calendar version of credit put spread which requires less capital but comes with an assignment risk.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/17/2018 12:52	SINGLE	BUY	7	TO OPEN	SLV	28-Sep-18	13	PUT	0.04	0.04	LMT
5/17/2018 13:03	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO OPEN	SLV	17-Jan-20	10	PUT	0.03	0.03	LMT
5/17/2018 12:10	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	SLV	17-Jan-20	17	PUT	2.12	2.12	LMT
5/17/2018 12:06	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	SLV	29-Jun-18	17	PUT	1.52	1.52	LMT
5/17/2018 13:04	SINGLE	BUY	6	TO OPEN	SLV	29-Mar-19	10	PUT	0.02	0.02	LMT
5/17/2018 12:11	SINGLE	SELL	-6	TO OPEN	SLV	29-Mar-19	16	PUT	1.15	1.15	LMT
5/17/2018 12:05	SINGLE	BUY	6	TO CLOSE	SLV	29-Jun-18	16	PUT	0.64	0.64	LMT

This trade marks a full recovery from a horrible loss by #SP500 #daytrading #algo :

#SP500 $ES_F #daytrading #algotrading : -29.5 points

puny #SP500 #daytrade : 1 point

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/16/2018 11:38	FUTURE	SELL	-1	TO CLOSE	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2715.25	2715.25	LMT
5/16/2018 11:12	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO OPEN	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2714	2714	LMT

Start of Long term #Uranium $URA

According to  watchers of the uranium market the spot price is now sitting below the cost of production while demand is growing.  Thus after the cruel bear market  uranium has significant growth potential with low downside risk. 

Today long term $URA position was opened.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/16/2018 13:19	STOCK	BUY	100	TO OPEN	URA			ETF	13.82	13.82	LMT

#sp500 #daytrading #algotrading : 4 points $200 profit

was posted live @tfo_medved : 4 points

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/15/2018 13:32	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2705	2705	LMT
5/15/2018 10:56	FUTURE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2709	2709	LMT

#ZB_F #bonds #naked #calls : flat $250 profit

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/15/2018 8:21	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ZBM8 1/1000 JUN 18	/OZBM8	143.5	CALL	0''16	0''16	LMT

The entry was posted here.

#soybean #ZS_F naked put : new entry &graphical explanation

Soybean is the first casualty in Sino-American Trade War of 2018. This is a trade aimed to profit from an inevitable arrival of Sino-American Trade Peace.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/11/2018 11:44	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ZSQ8 1/50 AUG 18	/OZSQ8	920	PUT	3.5	3.5	LMT

Bell shape shows 1 SD move. 

920 Put 77 DTE (days to expiration)

Buying power effect : ~ $600

Max profit : $150

$ES_F #SP500 naked call : new entry

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/10/2018  2:21:224 PM	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ESM8 1/50 JUN 18	/ESM8	2905	CALL	1.2	1.2	LMT

flat #WTI naked #puts , $220 profit , income #trade .

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/8/2018 13:02	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/CLN8 1/1000 JUL 18	/LON8	46	PUT	0.01	0.01	LMT
5/8/2018 13:00	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/CLN8 1/1000 JUL 18	/LON8	46	PUT	0.01	0.01	LMT

The trade entry ( March 13, 2018 ) is here.

flat #WTI #RBOB #crack spread @19.37 , profit $110

#WTI #RBOB simple crack spread #trade explained & trade entry is here.

Exec Time

Spread

Side

Qty

Pos Effect

Symbol

Exp

Strike

Type

Price

Net Price

Order Type

Crack

19.3744

5/7/2018 15:00

FUTURE

BUY

1

TO CLOSE

/CLN8

18-Jul

FUTURE

69.8

69.8

MKT

5/7/2018 15:00

FUTURE

SELL

-1

TO CLOSE

/RBN8

18-Jul

FUTURE

2.1232

2.1232

LMT

#SP500 $ES_F #daytrading #algotrading : -29.5 points

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/3/2018 12:58	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2625.75	2625.75	STP
5/3/2018 10:59	FUTURE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2596.25	2596.25	LMT

$ES_F #SP500 #daytrading #algotrading : 4 points

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/1/2018 11:05	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2627.25	2627.25	LMT
5/1/2018 11:00	FUTURE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/ESM8	18-Jun		FUTURE	2631.25	2631.25	MKT

#siver #gold pair update

PM complex moved down.  -40 /GC delta of the original trade 

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
4/27/2018 11:12	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/GCM8 1/100 JUN 18	/OGM8	1330	CALL	10.6	10.6	LMT
4/27/2018 11:10	FUTURE	BUY	1	TO OPEN	/SIN8	18-Jul		FUTURE	16.52	16.52	LM

 became -20. Posted is the trade which makes /GC delta back to -40.

Exec Time	Spread	Side	Qty	Pos Effect	Symbol	Exp	Strike	Type	Price	Net Price	Order Type
5/1/2018 10:52	SINGLE	BUY	1	TO CLOSE	/GCM8 1/100 JUN 18	/OGM8	1330	CALL	4.6	4.6	LMT
5/1/2018 10:49	SINGLE	SELL	-1	TO OPEN	/GCQ8 1/100 JUL 18	/OGN8	1325	CALL	14.1	14.1	LMT

The trade mechanics was explained here.   For chart lovers I have a graphical representation of the trade:

To be continued ...