Couple more triggers on Friday, but I'm trying to trade less through the summer time. Holding on to my money until the fall winter. So I'm going to stay out for the most part. Still checking every day in case I see something that looks amazing. I'd like to hold on to 10% coming into the fall winter though. Hoping to pull out some decent gains into the end of the year.by funkho - Trading Discussion
Wow... Never kicked me out yesterday. I don't know if this is because of paper or what. The price of the stock did go against me a little yesterday, but my stop never fired... Whatever happened today is welcome. I am kicked out on the high side. CME 5 x Dec 95C @ 4.10 = 2,050 Stop: 4.00 Limit: 5.35 Sold 6/5 @ 5.35 = 2,675 +625 Account Total: $11,086by funkho - Trading Discussion
No new triggers today. Updating on CME. It has gone back to even. Market is full of chop. I'm going to keep moving my stop up on it. See where it goes. CME 5 x Dec 95C @ 4.10 = 2,050 Stop: 4.00 Limit: 5.35 Now: 4.10by funkho - Trading Discussion
Skipped yesterday because nothing was triggering. CME is doing just fine, so I'm still holding... Going to move up the stop on it, but leave it alone otherwise. CME 5 x Dec 95C @ 4.10 = 2,050 Stop: 3.75 Limit: 5.35 Now: 4.50by funkho - Trading Discussion
Practically no movement today on CME. I'm going to leave it alone and check on it again tomorrow. Considering how things have been going, I'm not going to add any positions until later. I think I will just run one during the summer months. CME 5 x Dec 95C @ 4.10 = 2,050 Stop: 3.50 Limit: 5.35 Now: 4.10by funkho - Trading Discussion
Ok I got a trigger on CME, and though it's been a while, I'm going in! CME 5 x Dec 95C @ 4.10 = 2,050 Stop: 3.20 Limit: 5.35 Happy last day of the month!by funkho - Trading Discussion
Still checking in. Had a trigger on DECK yesterday, but earnings is tomorrow. So there's no play there. Other than that, things are quiet. Which is nice since I'm not really itching to jump into anything. I am still filling in the spreadsheet. Should have it complete soon. It will be better for future trades anyway.by funkho - Trading Discussion
I got a trigger on Yahoo to go down today, but that's a big drop already. Going to let that one pass also. Still working on the spreadsheet. I see that I made some typo's in the calculations early on. That's pretty funny. The spreadsheet does the calc for me, so it will be more accurate once I have it fully filled in. For anyone who wants to see it, I have made it publicly viewable.by funkho - Trading Discussion
Now CAT is showing up as a put! I am going to stay out for now. I am doing some analysis of the plays that I have made. The first thing I am doing is going back through the entire thread and putting all trades into a spreadsheet. I am going to run some analysis on all the trades and see if there is something that stands out in terms of doing things differently. We know this is the 'harder' tby funkho - Trading Discussion
Again no triggers on RTT. Maybe just a slow time to be trading. I'm accounting the CAT loss. CAT 5 x Nov 90C @ 4.30 = 2,150 Stop: 3.95 Limit: 5.65 Sold 5/15 @ 3.90 = 1950 -200 Account Total: $10,461by funkho - Trading Discussion
There are no new triggers on RTT today, and I was stopped out of CAT this morning at 3.90. I will record the loss tomorrow.by funkho - Trading Discussion
Not doing anything today but updating my CAT stop. CAT 5 x Nov 90C @ 4.30 = 2,150 Stop: 3.95 Limit: 5.65 Now: 4.25by funkho - Trading Discussion
Totally missed yesterday. Entry on CAT popped for going up. 4 week trend. I'm going to go ahead and pop into it today. It looks decent. I wish I would have gotten in yesterday. CAT 5 x Nov 90C @ 4.30 = 2,150 Stop: 3.70 Limit: 5.65by funkho - Trading Discussion
Wow. Nothing to do at all. No new triggers. At play triggers are busting.. Speaking of which, my put in CAT stopped out at a gap this morning unfortunately. So no new entries. Just account the loss. CAT 3 x Nov 87.50P @ 6.85 = 2,055 Stop: 6.00 Limit: 8.90 Sold 5/11 @ 5.50 = 1650 -405 Wow, what a freaking gap... Account Total: $10,661 This is supposed to be the tougher tby funkho - Trading Discussion
No new triggers today. WMT is sitting at 78.92, which is going to be close enough to 79 for me to go ahead and take it. Closing that one out. The CAT play is hurting... It's sitting right at the sell point if I move my stop up. I'm going to move the stop up, but give it a little wiggle room today. WMT 5 x Dec 77.50C @ 4.20 = 2,100 Stop: 4.25 Limit: 5.50 Sold 5/8 @ 4.80 = 2,400by funkho - Trading Discussion
WMT making a nice move up today. I'm going to go ahead and lock in a profit on it. Just enough to pay commissions. If I see the 79 area on WMT, I'm going to pull the plug on it. I also got a trigger on CAT today for puts, so I'm going to shoot at that one also. WMT 5 x Dec 77.50C @ 4.20 = 2,100 Stop: 4.25 Limit: 5.50 Now: 4.45 CAT 3 x Nov 87.50P @ 6.85 = 2,055 Stop: 5.85 Limitby funkho - Trading Discussion
X is powering upwards. Don't trade again the HRFP! Heh... WMT is managing to stay afloat during today's sell off.. Almost no movement. I will move up stop on it, but otherwise, I'm sitting tight. I got a trigger on HAS to go down, but the spread on the option is 80 cents. Man, that's pretty wide. I'm going to watch it, but let it pass me by.. WMT 5 x Dec 77.50C @ 4.20 = 2,100 Stop:by funkho - Trading Discussion
DECK went on down to hit my stop, so I'm logging that one today. I still don't love the set up on X for going down, and I see a HRFP to go up on the 4-hr for X now. Going to steer clear for the time being. I did get a trigger on WMT to go up, and I'm going to play that one. DECK 2 x Dec 72.50C @9.50 = 1,900 Stop 9.25 Limit: 12.35 Sold 5/5 @ 9.25 = 1850 -50 WMT 5 x Dec 77.50C @ 4.2by funkho - Trading Discussion
No new triggers today. DECK is managing to stay above the line so far. I am going to keep the stop the same, since I'm showing the price at 9.45. Tomorrow though, I will be moving that stop up. I really want to enter X puts today, but I don't like it so far down and coming off the bottom BB... I can see this just looking at the RTT chart. I'm going to just hold off on it. I'd like to seeby funkho - Trading Discussion
I have decided that I would like to take a shot at X, but it is hovering and not really pulling back. I am going to keep it on the watch list for Monday. DECK is shaping up nicely. The move today has put the position up, and I'm going to go ahead and move the stop up to a small loss on it. The target area for this trade is 78... DECK 2 x Dec 72.50C @9.50 = 1,900 Stop 9.25 Limit:by funkho - Trading Discussion
A bit of confusion today as I got a trigger on DECK puts from RTT. There seem to be conflicting trends in play at the same time. I haven't seen this happen before. There is a 4 week trend for DECK to go down that started on 4/27, but there is an earnings trend for DECK to go up until 5/28... I don't really understand how that happens, but I am going to stick with the position. Being the fiby funkho - Trading Discussion
By the way, I think Rick is right about the fills in TOS. I think that option just didn't trade all day...by funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a trigger today on CRUS, but the end of the trend is today. Not going to act on that one. Deck is lingering. Going to move my stop up. Perhaps a little FOMC will do the trick for DECK... DECK 2 x Dec 72.50C @9.50 = 1,900 Stop 8.50 Limit: 12.35 Now: 9.10by funkho - Trading Discussion
There are no new triggers today either, but I see DECK kissed the level I was looking for. Maybe I should have had a buy order in. I'm going to go ahead and get into DECK after the 73.50 area test... DECK 2 x Dec 72.50C @9.50 = 1,900 Stop 8.10 Limit: 12.35 TOS is being funny about filling my paper order again... Interesting...by funkho - Trading Discussion
Nice to finally have a top side sell out. BIDU sold on the top side, filled higher than the limit. A welcome gap. I have no new triggers, but I am still eyeballing DECK. It never came down to what I wanted, and now it's nice and diverged.. So I'm going to keep watching for a good entry. Nothing to do today but accounting and waiting. BIDU 1 x Sep 210C @ 18.30 = 1,830 Stop :17.30by funkho - Trading Discussion
DECK hasn't quite hit where I want it. So I am going to hold off one more day. BIDU, however, has made a very nice move in my direction. I will move my stop up on that one and hold on. I got a trigger on PNRA to go down, but earnings is too close, so I'm going to pass on it. Day after tomorrow, it looks like. BIDU 1 x Sep 210C @ 18.30 = 1,830 Stop :17.30 Limit: 23.50 Now: 20.15by funkho - Trading Discussion
Stopped out of CRUS today. Sucks... BIDU is at profit now... Some triggers from yesterday. SBUX, but earnings is today. DECK, MA, V all triggered, but they also all had massive moves. MA and V are pulling back. After these massive moves, I'm going to do something I haven't done yet, which is to wait for a pullback. DECK has the longest time until earnings, so that will be my focus. I jby funkho - Trading Discussion
The trade station feature is more of what I had in mind. I believe there are some other backtesting platforms as well. Ninja trader? That's the kind of back testing I was looking for. Basically for system development. Example... Buy every HRFP on SPY 4 hr chart over the past 5 years... Exit on 30% up or 15% down. Thanks!by funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a new trigger today. Going into bidu. Going to raise stop on CRUS. But not as aggressively as before. Going to 2.70 on the stop. Not at a keyboard. So I can't write it all up. But... CRUS stop moving to 2.70 BIDU Sep 210c at 18.30by funkho - Trading Discussion
Got a new trigger today on CRUS as an earnings trend. Going to pick it up. CRUS 6 x Sep 25C @ 3.05 = 1,830 Stop: 2.60 Limit 3.95by funkho - Trading Discussion