May 25-29 Week In Review (VXX, SBUX)

Here are some metrics and notes for the week.

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result
5/22/20	VXX	May 29 $29 Put	$0.11	Expired	$0.00	-$0.11
5/27/20	SBUX	June 19th $90 Call	$0.06	5/28	$0.05	-$0.01
5/28	XLF	June 5 $22.50 call	0.17	5/29	0.2	0.03
Total						-$0.09

Notes
- The first (VXX) trade was speculating on the idea that VXX hadn't moved. It was wrong.
- The second (SBUX) trade was a mistake. The purchase happened as expected but the sale was caught when the market dove for about 30 minutes. The quote was listed as $0.10 when the trade was executed but ended up at $0.05. Weird and not enjoyable. But we move forward.
- The third trade was a retracement play on the leg up that the banks made.

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May 18-22 Performance (VXX, Boeing)

Here are some metrics and notes on last week's trading

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result
5/18/20	VXX	May 22 $30 Put	$0.18	5/20/20	$0.04	-$0.14
5/20/20	MDT	May 29 $108 Call	$0.07	Still Open
5/21/20	BA	May 29 $175 Call	$0.30	5/21/20	$0.14	-$0.16
Total						-$0.30

- The first trade was  a speculative momentum trade.
- The second (Medtronic) trade was an earnings momentum trade. It failed and will likely expire worthless. No stop for this trade.
- The third (Boeing) trade was a chart breakout trade. It lost a majority of its time value quickly and hit the stop loss.


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May 11-15 Performance (Bank of America, Dow Jones, Applied Materials)

The following activity and notes are for the week of May 11-15.

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result
5/13/20	BAC	May 22 $19 Put	$0.13	5/13/20	$0.15	$0.02
5/13/20	DIA	May 22 $190 Put	$0.10	5/14/20	$0.12	$0.02
5/14	AMAT	May 22 $60 Call	$0.17	5/14	$0.37	$0.20
Total						$0.24

- The first trade was a momentum trade on the downturn for Bank of America and the banks.
- The second trade was another momentum trade on the middle of the week downturn for the market.
- The Applied Materials trade was made knowing that there would be earnings released after the market closed.



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Apr 13-17 Results (VXX, SPY, NVDA)

The results from April 13-17 are below with notes.

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result
4/8/20	VXX	Apr 17 $33 Put	$0.13	4/14/20	$0.16	$0.03
4/14/20	NVDA	Apr 24 $330 Call	$0.39	4/16/20	$1.60	$1.21
4/15	SPY	Apr 17 $251 Put	$0.12	4/16	$0.01	-$0.11
						$1.13

- The first trade was a technical trade on VXX (measures market volatility) bumping down against the $40 resistance level. The option price's time value decrease was close to matching the falling price of the index. So the sale at $0.16 took place.

- The Nvidia trade was a breakout trade. It took advantage of an extension in the breakout of price. The sale at $1.60 was a stop price.

- The SPY trade was a protective trade against a possible market downturn because of unemployment numbers and the Senate unable to pass another funding bill. It did not happen.

Profits will be going to charity, taxes (needed now more than ever), investors, and back into the account.


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Apr 6-10 Results (GE, VXX, and DIA)

Here are the results for April 6th - April 10th.

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result
4/2/20	GE	Apr 9 $7.50 Call	$0.14	4/7/20	$0.25	$0.11
4/6/20	VXX	Apr 9 $35 Put	$0.08	4/8/20	$0.09	$0.01
4/7	DIA	Apr 9 $216 Put	$0.44	4/9	$0.08	-$0.36
						-$0.24

Some Notes

- The GE trade was made as positive news for the company in terms of ventilator manufacturing and cash position were profiled.
- The VXX trade was a speculative trade that basically didn't move.
- The DIA trade went wrong right after the trade was made.It was held overnight and the closing price is where it settled. This is one issue with stop losses overnight. Sometimes the security price can open below.


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March 30-Apr 3 Results

Here are the trading results for the week of March 30 - April 3, 2020.

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result	% result
3/27/20	TLT	Apr 3 $182.50 Call	$0.29	3/30/20	$0.24	-$0.05	-17.24%
3/30/20	SPY	Apr 9 $25 Call	$0.24	3/31/20	$0.04	-$0.20	-83.33%
						-$0.25	-50.29%

- The first trade was an attempt on capitalizing the Fed purchasing. The push needed didn't happen.

- The second trade turned out to be a bad chase. SPY had moved up the day before.



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Last Week's (Jan 21-24) Results

Hello

Below are last week's results and notes

Date Entry	Security	Option	Cost	Date Sold	Amount Received	Per Contract Result	% result
1/21/2020	FCEL	Feb $2.50 Call	0.6	1/21/2020	0.69	0.09	15.00%
1/21/2020	SPY	Jan 24 $334.5 Call	0.27	1/22/2020	0.33	0.06	22.22%
1/21/2020	TLT	Jan 25 $139.50 Call	0.59	1/22/2020	0.7	0.11	18.64%
1/22/2020	SPY	Jan 24 $332.50 Call	0.53	1/23/2020	0.15	-0.38	-71.70%
1/23/2020	SPY	Jan 24 $332.50 Call	0.34	1/24/2020	0.23	-0.11	-32.35%
1/23/2020	TLT	Jan 24 $142 Call	0.21	1/24/2020	0.06	-0.15	-71.43%
1/24/2020	SPY	Jan 27 $328 Put	0.43	1/24/2020	0.71	0.28	65.12%
						-0.1	-7.79%

Notes

- Stop pricing kept the trading moving forward. The account needs to improve its stop pricing on its profitable trades.
-There is an open VXX Jan 31 $15.00 call option trade going. We'll see how this goes.
- The FCEL trade wsa brought on by another trader's information. It also had a high premium value (20% on both ends) in relation to its stock price going into its earnings call.
- The SPY 334.5 trade was a momentum trade.
- The TLT 139.50 trade was a momentum trade
- Both SPY $332.5 trades were momentum trades
- The TLT $142 was a momentum trade
- The SPY $328 Put trade was a  momentum trade



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