Quick Take: One Day Wonder – Bullish Trade
Time Frame: One Day.
Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position.
Desired Stock Price Direction: Up.
Option Position: Long Deferred ATM -1or -2 Call – Short Expiring ATM +1 or +2 Call.
Maximum Risk: Initial debit spread amount.
Summary: The stock performs as anticipated. The premium (air) is the short expiring call goes to zero while the long deferred call gains additional premium.
Quick Take: One Day Wonder – Bearish Trade
Time Frame: One Day.
Underlying Stock: Bearish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position.
Desired Stock Price Direction: Down.
Option Position: Long Deferred ATM +1 or +2 Put – Short Expiring ATM -1 or -2 Put.
Maximum Risk: Initial debit spread amount.
Summary: The stock performs as anticipated. The premium (air) in the short expiring put goes to zero while the long deferred put gains additional premium.
This Week’s One-Day Wonder Trades
| Market Posture: | Bullish | |||||||
| Off-Strike Horizontal Bullish Trade | ||||||||
| Market | Open | Short Call | Long Call | |||||
| Open | Edge | Stock | Option | ATM +1, +2 | ATM -1, -2 | Debit | Debit | |
| Stock | Date | Opinion | Price | Type | Exp Option | Def Option | Spread | Target |
| NONE | 01/01/00 | Bullish | $0.00 | Call | 0.0 | 0.0 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Def Option = Next Friday’s Expiration Serial | ||||||||
| Exp Option = This Friday’s Expiration Serial | ||||||||
| Prices Are Thursday Afternoon’s Around 3:00 PM | ||||||||
| Market Posture: | Bullish | |||||||
| Off-Strike Horizontal Bearish Trade | ||||||||
| Market | Open | Short Put | Long Put | |||||
| Open | Edge | Stock | Option | ATM -1, -2 | ATM +1, +2 | Debit | Debit | |
| Stock | Date | Opinion | Price | Type | Exp Option | Def Option | Spread | Target |
| NVDA | 01/10/19 | Bearish | $144.13 | Put | 142.0 | 146.0 | $4.34 | $7.38 |
| Track Record | ||||||||
| Percent | Percent | # Of | # Of | # Of | NET % | Annual | ||
| Win Trades | Loss Trades | Trades | Weeks | Targets | P/L | ROI | ||
| 65.3% | 32.0% | 74 | 37 | 0 | 9.6% | 13.5% | ||
| Def Option = Next Friday’s Expiration Serial | ||||||||
| Exp Option = This Friday’s Expiration Serial | ||||||||
| Prices Are Thursday Afternoon’s Around 3:00 PM | ||||||||
Results for this week’s trades will be posted over the weekend on the Scoreboard.