What
comes to mind is a story from my youth. I would go to the beach, wade
out into the water to swim. Some days the waves were big and
powerful. With gentle swells a person can easily wade out. On the
days with big waves, not so much. Sometimes the waves were so big
that it knocked a person over. One or two times, the life guard had
to come out and push me back to shore.
That
was this week in the stock market. I think I have the wave gauged,
that I can make it. Then boom, the wave hits and it is more powerful
than I anticipated and I go tumbling. I took some big losses. For the
most part I followed my mental stops. With the trending move lower,
losses were substantial. In round numbers, I am down about 5% in my
trading account for 2016.
I
traded too much, was too aggressive. Big losses in BA, DIS, IWM, TSO,
VLO. Some other positions are deep-deep in the red, but haven't been
closed yet. There were a few small potato winners, but overall it was
a sea of red ink for me.
Mon Another wide ranging day. I get washed out near the lows
on Boeing and the Russell 2000 etf. I initiate a new position in
Under Armor as it moves lower on a downgrade.
Cover
two legs of BA Jan 130 puts 200
one
for about a 300% loss, the other at about 700%. Ouch. Boeing closed
on Friday below 130 which is my mental stop level.
Sell
BA Feb 145 c 53 Rebalance, I am still short Feb 125 puts.
Cover
IWM Jan 103 p 167 about a 800% loss :(
Cover
AMZN Jan 800 c 01 97% profit :)
Sell
TSO Jan 80 c 30
Sell
VLO Jan 72 c 15
Sell
DIS Feb 110 c 43
Sell
UA Feb 55 p 70
Sell
UA Feb 90 c 15
Sell
UA Jan 62.5 p 15
Sell
VLO Jan 64.0 p 30
Tue
I close out all my SPY puts (sell-to-close).
Close
SPY Feb 182 p 170 about a 15% profit, long anticipated rally is
happening.
Close
SPY Mar 172 p 161 about a 17% profit.
Close
SPY Apr 190 p 626 about a 16% profit
Cover
(buy-to-close) DIS Jan 107 c 04 70% profit
Sell
VLO Jan 65 p 18 rebalance
Sell
VLO Feb 60 p 71 rebalance
Sell
TSO Jan 97.5 p 27 rebalance
Wed
Rally looks tepid, so I rebalance back towards neutral on the index
etfs by selling calls
Sell
SPY Feb 208 c 20
Sell
SPY Mar 207 c 79
Sell
SPY Apr 205 c 191
As
the market drops, I cover some sold puts for big losses
Cover
IWM Feb 101 p 211 about a 500% loss
Cover
TSO Jan 97.5 p 226 about a 900% loss
Cover
VLO Jan 65 p 74 about a 400% loss
Sell
VLO Feb 75 c 61
Sell
TSO Feb 120 c 47
As
the market continues to tumble, I sell more calls, and buy some puts
Sell
SPY Mar 207 c 62
Sell
SPY Feb 204 c 51
Buy-to-open
SPY Apr 188 p 677
Buy-to-open
SPY Jan 191 p 191
sell-to-close
late in the day 242 about 25% day trade gain
Cover
TSO Feb 95 p 234 about a 500% loss
Cover
IWM Feb 97 p 171 about a 500% loss
Cover
VLO Jan 64 p 150 about a 600% loss
Cover
VLO Feb 60 p 300 about a 800% loss
Cover
SPY Jan 186 p 80 about a 90% loss
Thu
Cover (sell-to-close) SPY Apr 188 p 776 about a 14% gain
Sell
strangles: GPRO Feb 8 p 21
Sell
GPRO Feb 20 c 16
Sell
CMG Feb 325 p 175
Sell
VLO Feb 55 p 66
Cover
CMG Jan 480 c 30 about a 50% gain
Cover
SPY Mar 207 c 66 about breakeven
Cover
SPY Feb 204 c 52 about 10% loss
Cover
SPY Apr 205 c 166 about a 15% gain
Fri
Huge gap down on the open
Buy
SPY Apr 187 p 827
Cover
DIS Jan 97.5 170 for about a 700% loss
Sell
SPY Feb 205 c 19
Sell
SPY Mar 206 c 47
Sell
SPY Mar 204 c 70
Sell
CMG Feb 365 p 330
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