EL TRADES OPTIONS

This blog will show my longer term Swing trades using OPTIONS. I use specific income producing option strategies with a DIRECTIONAL BIAS. Having a directional bias is critical in earning more, even from what are generally called income trades such as butterflies and condors. The aim of my strategies is to give me more than a 66% edge and to provide a greater than 80% win rate within that edge. The blog shows you the trades I make and how I manage them. For my directional bias, I use the same EL methodology as I employ in my day trading that you have seen for years in the original ElectronicLocal blog. Read the disclaimer.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Apple Earnings Spec Trade

I bought a Broken Butterfly on July AAPL. I BOT +590 PUT, --585PUT, +575PUT. I'm banking on either a good reaction to the earnings report tonight or one that doesn't take out my short 585 PUTs. I've traded July as they expire on Friday.


This is a pure speculative trade and I'm risking a maximum of just a bit under $10,000 and I can make 28% on the trade. The maths of this trade only work with the high win rate I have with them.


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