UPDATE 29-JUL-10: Yesterday I went long some more calls based on %R retest of UL. So I had another $6.90 per contract on the line. Today UL got massacred and these contracts are at a mid of $5.95. The share positions I had got exited at the defined loss ($140 and $254) due to trade triggers. However, the calls are really in pain now. I tried but failed to exit today at a decent price. Tomorrow I have to unload these.
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UPDATE 19-JUL-10: Trade triggers fired today and caused automatic exit in the options positions...for a loss of $192 in taxable account (I somehow get filled at $6.46 with a limit of $6.20...kudos TDAmeritrade..you won't see these words printed here often).
Other accounts suffered the $6.20 fill.
So losses ranged from $150 (my Roth) to $300 (my IRA)...Strange my sister's IRA had the same trade trigger and it didn't fire...wonder why...but I am glad it didn't...let her account at least have fun with this trade.
UL closed today with a %R back at 83.44 and above the accel bands.
Equity trades are still on...so more updates to come....
Lesson here was too a tight stop and I think with some options I should put the bid and limit price further apart...
so here I should have said when the bid is $6...sell at limit $6.20...what I need to do is look at the options chart and figure out its own ATR...THAT'S AN ARCHIMEDES MOMENT...I'm gonna go run around town naked now.
16-JUL-10:
Outside the band retest noticed intraday.
Again, used ATR to determine position size here...this is new for me and I am hopeful it works.
Calculator came up with
8 contracts of the November $22.50 call...Entry price is $6.70
Stop is set at $6.20
This is tight and it is due to the low ATR on UL...
So here is hoping this takes off like a rocketship.
Market was tough today big drop, 2 yr treasury yield hit an all time low...yes all time low...As a contrarian I consider this bullish for stocks bearish for bonds...but everyone says how bonds are under-owned and the bull in bond land is far from over...anyway not good for stocks for sure.
BVF did great thanks to an upgrade...so the folios were all performing decent.
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