Weekly Trade Summary: August 20 - August 26

I've been super busy with work and family activities as summer comes to a close. This has meant that the blog has dropped in priority, but will pick up in the coming weeks.

I didn't close any trades this week, but I entered one new trade.  Details of this week's trading below:

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I currently have 8 open trades, with expirations in Aug (1), Sep (3), and Oct (4):

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Total defined risk for these trades 44.6% of the account net liquidation value.

31 trades have been closed this year...16 wins and 15 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.6%.  Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small. Of the 8 open trades, 7 currently have a positive P&L (all but the trade entered this week).


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Weekly Trade Summary: August 13 - August 19

No trading this week...had quite a bit of work this week and wasn't able to trade.

I still have 7 open trades, with expirations in Aug (1), and Sep (3), Oct (3):

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Total defined risk for these trades 40.5% of the account net liquidation value.

31 trades have been closed this year...16 wins and 15 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.6%.  Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small.


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Weekly Trade Summary: August 6 - August 12

I didn't close any trades this week, but I entered one new trade and expired another for a very small loss.  Details of this week's trading below:

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The trade that expired was the August 11 expiration trade, trade #31, and the related posts can be found below:

• August 11 expiration entry: Weekly Trade Summary: June 04 - June 10
• August 11 expiration adjustment: Weekly Trade Summary: July 16 - July 22

I currently have 7 open trades, with expirations in Aug (1), and Sep (3), Oct (3):

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Total defined risk for these trades 40.5% of the account net liquidation value.

31 trades have been closed this year...16 wins and 15 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.6%.  Total win rate is at 52%. The win rate on the core trades is at 59%. Not happy with the win rates, but at least the losses have been small.


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Weekly Trade Summary: July 30 - August 5

I didn't close any trades this week, but I entered one new trade.  Details of this week's trading below:

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I currently have 7 open trades, with expirations in Aug (2), and Sep (3), Oct (2):

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Total defined risk for these trades 39.8% of the account net liquidation value.

30 trades have been closed this year...16 wins and 14 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.7%.  Total win rate is at 53%. The win rate on the core trades is at 62%. Not happy with the core trade win rate. Of the 7 open trades, 3 currently have a positive P&L.

Broken wing butterflies are not performing as well as last year. I am digging into the iron condor backtest results a bit more right now to see how well they have performed in 2017.

I plan to work on part 3 and part 4 of the the IC backtest summary this weekend. If all goes well, I will publish part 3 next week.


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Weekly Trade Summary: July 23 - July 29

Having a difficult time creating these weekly trade update blog posts...super busy with work...so this is one week late.

I didn't close any trades this week, but I made three adjustments and entered one new trade.  Details of last week's trading below:

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The details of the adjusted trades are shown below:

• Original Trade Entry: June 21 - BWB on the Aug 31 expiration (post)

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• Adjustment: July 17 - BWB on the Aug 31 expiration (post)

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• Original Trade Entry: June 27 - BWB on the Sep 15 expiration (post)

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• Adjustment: July 17 - BWB on the Sep 15 expiration (post)

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• Original Trade Entry: July 19 - BWB on the Sep 29 expiration (post)

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I currently have 6 open trades, with expirations in Aug (2), and Sep (3), Oct (1):

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Total defined risk for these trades 33.3% of the account net liquidation value.

30 trades have been closed this year...16 wins and 14 losses. Return on the account for the year is at 2.7%.  Total win rate is at 53%. The win rate on the core trades is at 62%. Not happy with the core trade win rate. Of the 6 open trades, 3 currently have a positive P&L.

Broken wing butterflies are not performing as well as last year. I am digging into the iron condor backtest results a bit more right now to see how well they have performed in 2017. My IC research has been on hold for about one month now due to vacation and work.


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