My Trade Examples

September 2018 Week 3: The trades shown here are for instructional purposes only. The weekly spread trades occurred in the prior week and are now closed. Investors are responsible for Trade Comments:


Date Entered	Symbol	Position	Exit Date	% Profit/Loss on Acct Bal	Comments
Directional Trades on Standard Options
9/11/2018	SPY	BC 19OCT18 288 SP	9/17/2018	-0.12%	Took trade based on Buy-Signal day on 9/11/18 and share price bouncing off 21-day ma support. Exited the trade when share price began to drop sharply. An alternative would have been to exit 1/2 my posistion on 9/17 and placing my stop below the 21-ma support. A good time to take remaining profit would have been on 9/21 based on the Sell-Signal day and bearish hammer candlestick on 9/20.
9/20/2018	SWKS	BC 16NOV18 87.5 SP	OPEN
	Total Monthly Profits on Directional Trades:			-0.12%
		# Monthly Directional Trades:		1	(Closed Trades Only)
		# Monthly Profitable ades:		0
Monthly Percent Profitable on Directional Trades:				0.00%

Date Entered	Symbol	Position	Exit Date	% Return on Entire Acct . Bal.	Comments
Vertical Spreads on Weekly Options July Week
9/17/2018 Bull Put	PX	SP 21SEP18 152.5 SP BP 150 SP	EXPIRED	0.85%	Entered trade based on a Buy-Signal day on 9/11, bullish Harami candlestick pattern on 9/14 & 17 and share price price bouncing off the 21-ma. Strike prices below the 21-moving average and well below the lower Bollinger Band giving us a 2 defense line, no brainer trade.
9/17/2018 Bear Call	AMZN	SC 21SEP18 2050 SP BC 2052.5 SP	EXPIRED	0.32%	Entered trade based on a Sell-Signal day on 9/14, share price breaking strongly through the 21-day moving average and bearish Hammer candlestick on 9/12 Strike prices were above the 21-day ma and upper Bollinger Band giving us a 2 defense line, no brainer trade.
9/17/2018 Bear Call	BKNG	SC 21SEP18 1960 SP BC 1965 SP	9/21/2018	-0.06%	Entered trade based on a Sell-Signal day on 9/10 & 9/17, bearish Hammer candlestick on 9/24, Bearish Engulfing candlestick pattern and share price breaking below the 21-ma on day of trade. Strike prices were above the 21-day ma and the upper Bollinger Band giving us a 2 defense line, no brainer trade. The following day, share prices began to move higher. On Friday share price moved above my short call (call I sold) for a short time and then immediately began to drop strongly moving back below it. The share price movement was favorable for our trade and would have resulted in a profit, however, I exited with a small loss when the share price began to rally upward again, to avoid a potentially larger loss (see discussion on exiting a trade that is moving against you).
Total Monthly Profits on Weekly Spread Trades:				1.11%	YTD Directional Trades Percent Profit on Entire Account Balance: 25.71%
		Total Monthly Profit on All Trades:		0.99%	YTD Weekly Spread Trades Percent Profit on Entire Account Balance: 13.85%
		# Weekly Spread Trades:		3	YTD All TradesTotal Percent Profit on Entire Account Balance: 39.56%
		Profitable Trades:		2	YTD Percent Profitable Directional Trades: 71.92%
		Percent Profitable Trades:		66.67%	YTD Percent Profitable Weekly Spread Trades: 89.66%