XLF and VXX Call Options Purchased

For next week's trade, we have purchased a Jan 3rd $31.00 XLF call option and a Dec 20th $18.00 VXX call option. The cost of the trade was $0.40. The expectation is for the trade to reach $1.00. Stop loss pricing is in effect. Some reasons for the trade are below.

 - Market is at all time highs
- Different kind of spread trade
- XLF broke out with a big positive candle this week
- VXX is at bottom of its range
- Trade deal confusion persists
- Santa rally?

*An earlier version incorrectly had Dec 27th as the date of the XLF option.*

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New Spread Trade in SPY

Hello,

A new spread trade in SPY has been made. A Dec 2nd $311 put option and two Dec 2nd $318 call options were purchased for $0.28.

The goal of the trade is to reach $1.00.  Stop loss pricing has been instituted.Some reasons for the trade are below.

- Getting this amount of time (5 days) for as small a total premium of $0.30 is worth the risk.
- Upward trend is strong
- Likely heavy news cycle between now and Monday (Trade, Impeachment, Fed, Black Friday Numbers)

Happy Thanksgiving!



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QQQ Spread Trade Out For a Profit

The Nasdaq QQQ spread trade has been sold for a profit. The trade was sold for $1.18 before fees. Profits have been distributed to charity, taxes, investors, and back into the account. The original post on the trade can be found here. On to the next trade!




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New Spread Trade for Nasdaq ETF QQQ

A spread trade for Nasdaq ETF QQQ has been made. An Oct 3rd $165.50 call and $164.50 put were purchased for $0.96 before fees and commissions. Stop pricing has been made. The trade will end tomorrow. The reason for the trade is below.


- Job Numbers tomorrow
- High Volatility is likely
- Chairman Powell speaks


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Stop Loss Out Of Jet Blue

The spread trade with Jet Blue was sold at the stop loss price. Stop loss pricing keeps the trader trading and conditioned to accept losses when they come.

On to the next trade!



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New Spread Trade In Gold

A new spread trade in gold etf IAU has been made. An Oct 18 $14.50 put and call were purchased for $0.48 before fees and commissions. The expectation is that the trade will reach $1.00. Stop loss pricing has been installed. A previous trade with IAU can be found here.  Reasons for the trade can be found below. We also have a spread trade going on with Jet Blue (link here).

- Continued increased Federal Reserve activity in the repo market
- Gold's second try at high of range (likely a breakout of breakdown)
- Political volatility
- Corporate earnings due in a couple of weeks


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New Spread Trade Made in Jet Blue

A new spread trade in Jet Blue has been made. Two October 18th $17.00 call options and one $16.00 put option were purchased. At the time of the trade, Jet Blue was trading around $17.20. The cost of the trade was $1.70 before fees. The expectation of the trade is to be $4.00. Stop loss pricing has been started. Some reasons for the trade are below.

- At bottom of a trading range
- Oil seems to be going lower
-Trade War conversation still loud
- Fed data coming next week
- Quarterly earnings data within date range of trade


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TLT Spread Trade Sold for a Profit

The TLT spread trade closed out for a profit. The trade closed at $1.29 before fees. A post to the original trade can be found here. Some reason(s) for the trade are below. On to the next trade!

 - TLT moved quite a bit right away, putting the trade in a profitable area
- Opportunities elsewhere have presented themselves


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New Spread Trade in Bond ETF TLT

A new trade in bond ETF TLT has been started. An Aug 9th $133.50 call and $131.50 put were puchased for a price of $1.05 before fees. The goal of the trade is $2.50. Stop pricing has been started. Some reason(s) for the trade are below.

- Federal Reserve announcement happened after the spread trade was executed.
- Chart wise, TLT was sitting in between $130 and $135. A move to either given the fed announcement is likely


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Spread Trade in TLT Closed at Stop Loss

The spread trade in TLT was closed at the stop loss price. The trade closed at $0.45 before fees and commissions. The original post for the trade is here. Reason(s) for the trade are below. On to the next trade!

- Expiration was yesterday
- Trade was mostly range bound between the price points


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New Spread Trade in TLT

Yesterday, a new spread trade in bond ETF TLT was made. On Tuesday, a June 7th $131.50 call and $130.50 put spread was purchased for $0.87 before fees and commissions. The goal is to see the trade reach $2.00. some reasons for the trade are below. Stop loss pricing has been instituted. 

- Stock rebound
- Fed speakers all week
- Big data (oil, jobs, auctions) out all week



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XLF Trade Closed For A Profit

The XLF trade has closed for a profit. The trade sold for $1.01 before fees and commissions. The link to the original post on the trade can be found here. Reason(s) for the trade closing can be found below.

- Time left on the trade was approaching one week left
- Profit locked in during a volatile environment
- Other profitable trades presenting themselves

Money for charity through Keane Venture Capital and Consulting, taxes and investors will be distributed accordingly. 

On to the next trade!

New Spread Trade in Bank ETF XLF

A new spread trade has been created for bank ETF XLF. A June 7th $27.00 put and $27.50 call were purchased. The cost of the trade was $0.75 before fees and commissions. The goal of the trade is to see $1.50. Stop loss pricing has been instituted. Some reasons for the trade are below. Previous trades in XLF this year can be found here, here,.

- Volatility has begun to pick up
- China trade
- $27.00 pivot point
- Middle East Stability
- 50% retracement of 3 point move at $27.00



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New Spread Trade in Oil ETF USO

A new spread trade in oil ETF USO has been made. A May 3rd $13.00 call and put were purchased. The cost of the trade was $0.74 before fees and commissions. The goal of the trade is $2.00. Stop loss pricing has been instituted. Some reasons for the trade are below.

- Increased volatility in the oil market
- production cuts continue to be in the market
- geopolitical actions taking place in oil sensitive countries like Libya
- economic slowdown continues to be echoed
- time for earnings

We also have a call trade on $SQQQ. The blog on that trade can be found here.


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FXY Spread Trade Closed at Stop Loss

The spread trade in Japanese Yen ETF FXY has been sold at the stop loss price before fees and commissions. Reasons for the trade are below. A link to the original post on the trade can be found here. On to the next trade!

 - Option price hit stop loss
- Time left on trade is less than 2 weeks


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XLF Spread Trade Closed for a Profit

The spread trade in financial ETF XLF has been closed for a profit. The closing price was $0.84 before fees and commissions. The original post on the trade can be found here. Reasons for closing the trade are below. Current open trades include a spread trade in Japanese Yen ETF FXY (link here).

 - In the last 4 trading days, XLF moved down 6%
- Other opportunities exist
- Market shifting with Fed moves

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New Spread Trade in XLF

A spread trade in Financial ETF XLF has been created. An April 5 $26.50 call and $26.00 put were purchased. The cost of the trade was $0.56 before fees and commissions. The goal of the trade is $2.00. Stop loss pricing has been created. We have traded XLF once previously this year. A link to that post can be found here.



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New Spread Trade in FXY

There has been a new spread trade started in Japanese Yen ETF FXY. The cost of the trade is $0.85 before fees and commissions. The target price of the trade is $2.00. Stop prices have been marked and are ready to go. This is the second trade in FXY this year (link to other trade can be found by here). Some reasons for the trade are below.

- FXY possibly hitting resistance at $86.00
- North Korea starting to rumble
- US administration complaining about value of dollar
- Japanese economic data being released this week



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Japanese Yen Trade Closed For a Profit

The Japanese Yen ETF FXY spread trade has been closed for a profit. The trade was sold for $0.80 before fees and commissions. The trade cost $0.63 before fees and commissions. The original post on the trade can be found here. 

Some reasons for the trade are below:

- Only 1 week left on trade
- Uncertainty over North Korea reaction to talks

On to the next trade!


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New Spread Trade in Japanese Yen ETF FXY

A March 8 $87 call and $86 put spread trade has been started. A stop loss price has been implemented. The cost of the trade was $0.63 before fees and commissions. The goal of the trade is $1.50. FXY will have to likely move 1.5% in either direction to make this happen. Reasons for the trade are below:

- Bumping down on near support of $86.00
- General resistance at $88.00
- R1 is $89.06 on a 3 M chart, S1 is $83.72



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