Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Wrapping Up the Condor Trades

Here's the P/L chart:

Ticker Position Status Strikes Current Price R/R # of Contracts Max Profit Max Loss Initial Credit Closing Debit P/L Return %
NFLX Closed 295/300/400/405
1/.2 4 328 1640 0.82 1.23 -164 -50.00%
HPQ Closed 27/29/36/38
1/.13 10 230 1769 0.23 0.03 200 87.00%
FEYE Closed 21/25/37/41
1/.16 5 275 1718 0.55 0.2 175 64.00%
P Closed 19/21/29/31
1/.19 10 320 1684 0.32 0.16 160 50.00%
V Closed 195/200/220/225
1/.2 4 336 1680 0.84 0.36 192 57.00%
DDD Closed 38/43/60/65
1/.11 4 200 1818 0.5 0.19 124 62.00%
Z Rolled 85/90/125/130
1/.18 4 300 1666 0.75 N/A N/A N/A
FSLR Rolled 50/52.5/67.5/70
1/.18 8 312 1733 0.39 N/A N/A N/A
TSLA Closed 170/175/225/230
1/.23 4 372 1617 0.93 0.34 236 63.00%
TWTR Rolled 25/28/36/39
1/.13 7 245 1884 0.35 N/A N/A N/A
FSLR Closed 55/57.5/67.5/70
1/.18 8 402 1733 0.57 0.33 192 48.00%
Z Closed 95/100/125/130
1/.18 4 420 1666 1.05 0.73 128 30.00%
TWTR Closed + Rolled 27/30/36/39
1/.13 4 184 1415 0.46 0.5 -16 -8.70%
TWTR Open 31/33/36/39 0.7 1/.13 3 195 1500 0.65 N/A -15 N/A












Totals










Original MP Original ML Original Max ROC Total Realized Profit Total Cap ROC Ann. ROC W/L % Avg. Return


2918 17209 16.66% 1227 16740 7.33% 87.96% 80.00% 122.7



Looking at the Position Status column, you may wonder what "Rolled" means. Rolling is when you change the strikes and/or expiration on your contracts by closing part of a position and opening an entirely new one. The point is to reduce losses by allowing for greater potential return and keeping risk equal. 

For example, you have an iron condor on XYZ at the strikes of 25/30/40/45 for 0.50, and you put on the trade when XYZ was trading at $35 with 30 DTE. Now with 10 DTE, XYZ is trading at $39, and the spread is at 0.75. You'd take a 0.25 loss if you closed the position. Instead what you would do is buy back the put spread of 25/30 at 0.05 and then sell another put spread closer to the underlying, say 30/35 for 0.25. Your new spread of 30/35/40/45 is trading at 1.00, meaning you could now take in $100 per spread upon expiration.

Let's say XYZ stalls out after its big run from $35 to $39, and 3 days later the 30/35/40/45 spread is trading at 0.50. You could buy back the spread for a 0.50 profit, instead of losing 0.25! This process is called "Rolling Up" 

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