Thursday, February 09, 2012

Cover short TBT puts

I cover my short TBT Feb 18 puts, and place an order to sell the Mar 18 puts. TBT @19.8. Treasuries are moving lower on news from Greece. TBT is inverse so is moving higher. Seasonality is still negative for bonds until April (positive for TBT).

Elsewhere I wistfully look at the massive rally in AAPL and think about the possibilities. Had I gone long a vertical call spread instead of short the put spread, at my entry with AAPL at 447, it could have been a huge winner. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, is a bad town to live in. However, it can be instructive to learn from past experiences.

Long APC BRKB IWM SPY XRT
* long AAPL AMZN EEM
* short GDX
* delta is near zero on these positions

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