April Report Card
Profit of $18,683 for the month, a 40% return on risk March was reported here. April finished pretty much how I had accounted for it then, with details in the chart below. (Remember, under the "Trd" (Trade) caption, B = buy, S = sell, T = to, O = open, and C = close. '#' is for the number of contracts purchased at 100 shares per contract. All spreads are on the SPX for April expiration. Since you can't lose on both your underside and topside positions at the same time, risk is calculated on the side with the greatest exposure.) The green shaded trades represent one complete series in a single month. In past months, I've talked about protecting a trade by closing it down and opening a new position a month out in order to get higher premiums from time value. In this case, I was pretty certain that the 1310/1320 I entered on 3/08 was going to be in trouble, but I closed early enough (3/16) that I was able to just double my position size from 15 to 30 contracts and stay within the same month. In short, that series profited about $5,000 if you add...
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